[quote=@EurmalEye]
[@Prisk] That brings me to a question I had about catalysts. Since they are mostly food items and you use the word consume is this something that our characters have to eat before combat? Or is simply having them in your inventory enough to activate its effects and they get used up in the process?
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The roleplay aspect of it is optional. You don't have to actually describe the character mixing the ingredients and eating the catalyst. But, if you use a catalyst, you have to mention it somewhere so that I know. In previous games, we've included hiders in combat posts with quick information about what the character did (so that it's easy for me to see/go back and check).