Charcoal Powder

[theJalden 21]

Charcoal Powder is just what it sounds like, charcoal in a powdered form.  It would be obtained by grinding charcoal in a quern.  One charcoal could give two charcoal powder.

 

What does charcoal powder do?

Historically Charcoal powder was used as a water purifying agent.  If it is layered in some sort of container with sand, then dirty water could be placed in the top and come out the bottom purified.  There are currently no ill effects from drinking "bad" water, but I'm thinking in terms of the future.  Charcoal has also historically been used as a detoxing agent, that means it could be made into an antidote for poison.  A poison effect does currently exist in minecraft, but I don't think there is any way to get it in terrafirmacraft.  An antidote using charcoal could give a viable way to counter act the poison in battle, or directly after battle.  An antidote could be made like alcohol is now, only by placing activated charcoal in a barrel and sealing it.

 

Charcoal powder could also be used as a dye and ink.  There isn't much point to that because squid are plentiful enough and there never seems to be a shortage of ink sacks, but redundancy exists in life, and maybe there should be the same uses for two different items.

[AllenWL 186]

Charcoal is very good at absorbing bad stuff, which is why water purifiers use charcoal, and eating activated charcoal can cure some poisoning(really. mixing charcoal with a random drink to make it easier to eat is all you need to do). You don't need a filter, but dropping some charcoal bits in water and waiting a bit would do the trick as well.

 

I support this idea(and bring attention to the different water post made some time ago)

[starXephir 30]

Charcoal filters would help anyone looking to produce a more pure moon shine.