Re: (TFT) Brewing Healing Potion - Rick's rules on combat potions

[Steve Burchett <sburchett@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Rick Smith <rsmith@lightspeed.ca> wrote:

> In one week you would make 10 doses.  If you required
> 10 weeks people would bankrupt themselves building
> potions to sell.
>
> In combat I allow players to ready and drink potions.
> This takes: 1 round to open pouch, 1 round to ready
> potion & 1 round to uncork it and drink it.  Usually
> not worth the time in combat.
>
> Warm regards, Rick.
>
>
> On Sat, 2009-07-02 at 07:19 -0800, Sgt Hulka wrote:
> > I've always had a hard time getting my head around the magic item
> creation rules. Is the following the correct way to calculate the cost in
> time and money for 10 doses of a healing potion?
> >
> > FIXED COSTS:
> > $50 Lab Materials
> > $100 Instruction Book
> >
> > WEEKLY COSTS:
> > $150 Lab Rental
> > $1,070 Common Materials x10
> > $20 Living Expenses (or $50 for higher social standing)
> >
> > And then, if the alchemist succeeds at a single Dex roll, he successfully
> creates the 10 doses. Total cost: $1,390
> >
> > If he fails at the Dex roll, the Weekly Costs are lost and he can can try
> again.
> >
> > This seems right, since you can sell 10 doses for $1,500, and thereby
> make a little bit of a profit.
> >
> > But I wasn't sure if you could create 10 doses in a single week, or if it
> required 10 weeks (1 week per dose). I also wasn't sure if the "lab
> materials" was a fixed cost, or a weekly cost.
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I played in a crazy TFT campaign (nearly thirty years ago) where we ended up
with LOTS of money, and bought the equivalent of healing beer hats for each
character: casks of healing potion carried on the back with tubes leading up
to the mouth for sipping as necessary. Needless to say, it got even crazier
after that.

Steve
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