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Originally Posted by Ghostdancer
You used the word "Alchemy" more than three times - it's like a Bloody Mary thing for me. I just kind of appear and answer posts. Also "RPM." :-)
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Phew. I'm glad I talked about Alchemy instead of Herb Lore then.
As a GM, I'm probably going to eliminate the distinction between conventional and quick techniques. It makes some logical sense that they're different (obviously the quick technique must be doing
something very different if the elixir isn't simmering for three weeks), but a Quick Gadgeteer isn't going to have any reason to buy the slow version. (The only penalty for quick-brewing is that -1 for improvised tools, and you'd be better off by far increasing Alchemy skill instead of buying the slow techniques if you're really worried about that penalty.)
Actually, a few other weird questions occurred to me.
7. Could you make a combination elixir of two (or more) of the
same elixir? Like, if you wanted to save time in a crisis by combining three doses of Speed into one shot. (I'm having trouble finding a page reference, but I assume that each potion you consume takes a Ready action, and you would need two seconds to drink two potions?) Of course this only would make sense with elixirs for which multiple doses are effective, but still.
8. Could the Extra Dose enhancement apply to elixirs where only one dose at a time normally works? I assume that this isn't especially effective with most elixirs (like if you
could use two Strength potions, the effects would probably overlap, not stack), but you never know if someone might need two Death doses at once. (For science.)
9. Would the Cosmic enhancement (+50% for adding utility by "avoiding drawbacks," per Power-Ups 4 page 7) be an appropriate way to avoid the risk of HT loss for taking a third dose of the Celerity elixir? (As a GM I'd be concerned about game balance if players started doing this. But, you know...hypothetically.)