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Are Experimental Elixirs Magic Items?
I admittedly can't get a straight answer on a seemingly simple question. I would like to recreate Pathfinder 1e's Vivisectionist by making a Alchemist Artificer/Rogue multiclass, and I was wondering ...
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Potions crafting - homebrew ideas [closed]
I am not satisfied entirely with DnD 5e potions crafting. I am considering to implement simple system, which doesn't take so much time of downtime activity to craft, but needs specific ingredients. ...
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Would it harm game balance to allow potions to be self-administered with a bonus action?
Potion usage costs an action according to RAW, as stated in the DMG on page 139:
Drinking or administering a potion takes an action.
However, I have heard of GM's house-ruling that PC's may use a ...
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Can you have a potion of Inflict Serious Wounds?
Can you create a potion of Inflict Serious (etc.) Wounds?
If so, does it give you the ability to do a touch attack which does the Inflict, or does it Inflict the wounds on the drinker?
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Does Potion of Maximum Power maximize all damage dice of a duration-based spell?
The first time you cast a damage-dealing spell of 4th level or lower
within 1 minute after drinking the potion, instead of rolling dice to determine the damage dealt, you can instead use the highest ...
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Do you need to succeed a DC 11 flat check to administer a potion to a creature you can't see?
I'm blinded and have a health potion in hand that I want to administer to an ally in an adjacent square.
Do I need to succeed at a DC 11 flat check due to the ally being hidden from me? If yes, would ...
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What effect does a potion of giant strength have upon a monster?
An adventure module I own indicates that as soon as a fight breaks out, the villian's quasit minion will drink a potion of hill giant strength.
Looking at the quasit stat block, I am assuming its claw(...
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What are the best buff spells for a 10th level party to use on a fighter for a 1v1 arena vs a dragon?
A party consisting of a 10th level fighter, wizard, druid, and cleric are in a situation where the fighter will be planeshifted into a planar arena to fight a dragon. They don't know the nature of ...
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Does Accelerated Drinker apply to anything other than potions?
I am trying to make a Drunken Brute Unchained Barbarian, and I came across the Combat Trait Accelerated Drinker. It allows you to drink a potion as a move action, presumably still provoking AOO since ...
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Can a character draw a potion from another person's backpack and administer it in a single round?
I think it's a common question but nonetheless. If the fighter falls down, can another character move to him, find a potion in his backpack and administer it to him in a single round?
I know that you ...
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Potion Miscibility: growth and fire breath
Since our session zero we've included the Potion Miscibility variant rule but never used it 'til now.
The party (lvl 5 now) has hoarded quite a few potions - all common or uncommon level - and only ...
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When using the Mixing Potions variant rule, if a 100 is rolled on the Potion Miscibility table, does the DM choose the permanent effect?
When using the Mixing Potions variant rule, if a 100 is rolled on the Potion Miscibility table, is the choice of permanent effects up to the DM?
The rules for rolling 100 on mixing potions is:
Only ...
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Potion of Protection from Arrows 15/magic?
According to the SRD:
https://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/potionsAndOils.htm
It lists a Potion of Protection from Arrows with 15/magic is this a mistake? According to the spell this should not be ...
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Are potions and breakable things carried by a character broken or damaged when a character falls?
I'm referring to damage from falling from a height, but also from when a character falls on their face when they become unconscious. Does a saving throw or other mechanism exist to handle equipment ...
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Are common potions of healing considered magic items?
I just had a session, and there was an argument about this. One player said potions of healing are always magic items – but another player said that according to D&D Beyond, it isn't always a ...
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