[quote=@MiddleEarthRoze]
don't have your character magically re-stocking items out of nowhere when they've been using said items constantly.
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Literally a pet peeve of mine are archers with infinite bows and medics who whip out rolls of gauze from god knows where. What's the fun in playing an alchemist if there's no risk in it? The last time I played a crafter she was a broke werewolf doctor who worked with herbal remedies; half the time she had to MacGyver her patients to stability until she could buy/forage the herbs she needed. Every wound became a puzzle and there were honest to god consequences with limb loss and all the works.

I'll pad it out a little then, but my gripe was more the prospect of having the oblivion wiki open to read up the specific herbal names and quantities for each in-game potion whenever I write something out. Hopefully you won't mind if I fudge it and say something like "throws leaves into a pot".