Ellrin
2017-05-24, 10:42 PM
So the only restrictions I can find on brewing potions is the spell level (0-3), range (no range: personal spells), casting time (under a minute), and target (one or more creatures or objects).
Potions of offensive spells generally aren't a good idea, since you'd usually need to find some way to cram it down the target's throat, but the poisoner's gloves, for example, allow you to administer a potion as a touch attack.
Each glove may be filled with a single dose of poison, a potion, alchemist infusion, holy water, or similar liquid [...] The wearer can deliver the dose to a target as a melee touch attack or as part of an unarmed strike or natural attack with the hands (such as a claw or slam attack).
(Emphasis mine.)
This seems relatively straightforward with most offensive spells; however, I'm curious to know how this would function with spells that allow the caster to make multiple attacks, but list the target(s) of the effect as the target of the spell.
Take my eponymous example, frostbite (assuming the caster level of the potion were high enough to allow multiple attacks). Would only the first attack work? Would the character wearing the gloves be able to continue making the appropriate number of attacks as dictated by the spell rules, as if he had cast the spell? Since the drinker (or "drinker" in this case) is treated as both the target and caster with potions, would the target hold any remaining charges?
Potions of offensive spells generally aren't a good idea, since you'd usually need to find some way to cram it down the target's throat, but the poisoner's gloves, for example, allow you to administer a potion as a touch attack.
Each glove may be filled with a single dose of poison, a potion, alchemist infusion, holy water, or similar liquid [...] The wearer can deliver the dose to a target as a melee touch attack or as part of an unarmed strike or natural attack with the hands (such as a claw or slam attack).
(Emphasis mine.)
This seems relatively straightforward with most offensive spells; however, I'm curious to know how this would function with spells that allow the caster to make multiple attacks, but list the target(s) of the effect as the target of the spell.
Take my eponymous example, frostbite (assuming the caster level of the potion were high enough to allow multiple attacks). Would only the first attack work? Would the character wearing the gloves be able to continue making the appropriate number of attacks as dictated by the spell rules, as if he had cast the spell? Since the drinker (or "drinker" in this case) is treated as both the target and caster with potions, would the target hold any remaining charges?