Cao Phen |
Quoting from Enlarge Person:
Emphasis mine. Simply put, anything that leaves your hands (Arrows, Alchemist's Fire, Throwing Axes, Bombs, etc) returns to its normal size.
Neat trick to do with Reduce Person is to cast it on a Halfling Ranger who has Gravity Bow already on them. Tiny Size, Medium Arrows.
Cao Phen |
Now if it was a Breath Weapon Bomb, that would be a different story:
In this case, you do not throw it, you consume it and upchuck it out like a Elixir of Fire Breath, so that might affect the way the damage rules out.
Codanous |
Now if it was a Breath Weapon Bomb, that would be a different story:
** spoiler omitted **
In this case, you do not throw it, you consume it and upchuck it out like a Elixir of Fire Breath, so that might affect the way the damage rules out.
Hmm its an interesting concept, technically the bomb doesn't leave so its considered a large bomb cause it stays on your person. I could see how that would affect the damage. It would be an interesting ruling or call on how that works.
Eridan |
Of course we can look back towards the first post that I did. It state "Melee weapons affected by this spell deal more damage". The Breath Weapon is not technically a "Melee Weapon", so I would think that it can not apply the size bonus to its damage, unless someone can rule otherwise.
This is correct.
Bombs are a SU and due to this fact they are not effected by Enlarge Person etc.. Compare Bombs with spells .. do Fireballs from a large creature more damage?Cao Phen |
Though if you want, you can get a larger radius, you can grab the Explosive Bombs Discovery. 10-foot radius with a chance to set the target on fire.
Combine that with Strafe Bomb and Shock Bomb Discoveries, and you can have multi-use, 80-foot line "Lightning Bolt". Earliest that you can grab this is at level 4.
Shogal |
my group has a tiny alchemist, its not a temporary effect like reduce person... should his bombs cause less damage? i was thinking that maybe it would because "Bombs are considered weapons" but maybe not the extra damage they add every odd-numbered alchemist level.
on a second thought they use the same vial with the same "one ounce of liquid catalyst", them he would be using an weapon Inappropriated to his size?
Scott Wilhelm |
I know a guy who told me that he kept a large size set of bows and arrows. He would drop them as a Free Action, then cast Enlarge Person, then pick them up and shoot with them. He probably cast Gravity Bow after that!
If your Alchemist took Explosive Missile, and you cast Gravity Bow, the arrows would do more damage, even if your attached Bombs didn't.
I am pretty sure that extra dimensional spaces do not count as "on your person." So objects inside a Bag of Holding or a Handy Haversack are not Enlarged when you Enlarge. If you premade large-sized flasks of Alchemist Fire then Enlarged without the flasks being on your person, perhaps with in a Handy Haversack, then you could throw your large flasks normally and do your supersized damage that way.