I did the inert potion quest thousands of time now =) and I can confirm it. The REAL Slansin looks like a normal Erudite merchant, he wears blue clothes. The FAKE Slansin seems to be Toresian Fhabel(sp?)'s twin brother, he wears red clothes. Now, if the REAL Slansin is in the Vial of Vitality, just hand him the potion and he will disapear, you will get the faction hits though... Then go to Toresian and tell him : I study enchantment. This should thrigger(sp?) the spawn. Go down to see if it is the REAL one or the FAKE one. Repeat until you got the FAKE. Just do the opposite if you want the REAL one to spawn, although I do not know why you would want to... Hope I helped =)
Slansin version 1: Looks like a plain Erudin merchants with a blue vest. Slansin version 2: Looks like he is wearing the same style clothes like Toresian Fhabel wears.
Faction for killing Slansin version 2: Craftkeepers better HighCouncilofErudin worse Heretics better HighGuardofErudin worse
Now. Slansin version 1, conned Kindly. (Dissapears after handing the potion)
Slansin version 2, conned Scowls. (real faction i want)
Finally my question here is, how do i raise Slansin faction to accept the potion? This is what im doing: Killing Sewer Sentinels in Qeynos (Good "UnseenHands") Carrot quest in Rivervale. Killing Mangler Telling Gunrich "Dark Rivers Flow East" and handing the box of Blackburrow Stout to Rueppy at the Fools Gold in Rivervale. Attacking my problem with Rogue faction and the Coalition of Trade Folk & Coalition of Trade Folk Illegal & Circle of Unseen Hands all at once. Hopefully, after doing this minor faction adjustment a Billion times, i can get to hand him the vial of potion.
Try killing Elial Brook in Tox Forest. He helps raise faction with Craft Keepers and Gate Callers - you need good faction with one of these in order to get the vial from Toresian. Elial is here: http://eqbeastiary.allakhazam.com/search.shtml?id=3396
I'm trying to complete this quest in hopes of raising my Coalition of Tradefolk and possibly others. However, I am KOS to one of the Slansins..anyone know what faction he is?
The "bad Slansin" appears to be on the Coalition of Tradesfolk Illegal faction. How an Erudite ever got onto the Freeport rogue faction is beyond me. ;-) Dubious faction with Slansin is sufficient to do this quest, although you must be Amiable to Toresian.
There are two Slansisns that I have seen. The first looks like a regular Erudian person. Giving the potion to him causes Heretics to go up, from what I heard. If you give the potion to the second Slansin, he says "Ha!! What a fool!! I have stolen another portion to add to the crate I shall make a fortune!! The real Slansin is in back. Now it is time for me to leave." He doesn't leave, and there is no Slansin in the back of the Vials shop, but the faction is all good: +CoalitionofTradeFolkIII +CoalitionofTradeFolk +CarsonMcCabe +CorruptQeynosGuards +TheFreeportMilitia Oh yeah, this Slansin looks like an Edrudian with dark red top and brighter red leggings. Unless the first one I mentioned is the real one, I haven't seen "the real Slansin"....