Arden Oakwald |
Hi, didn't know where to look to figure this out, so i figured i'd just pop in a quick question over here.
The Flask of Acid alchemical item can be used as a material (which uses it up) to extend the duration of the Acid Splash spell by one round.
What does this do exactly? ...And, is it more worth it to simply throw the vial of acid to begin with, since it could do 1d6 acid damage + splash?
Nothing |
The spell says it creates an orb of acid that does d3 damage and disappears after 1 round. Using the acid flask as a material component will make the orb last two rounds, doing an extra d3 damage.
Yes, this is generally pointless, although throwing the flask very far can have large range penalties, you have to worry about splashing allies, and it only does d6 anyway so getting d3 out of it isn't losing all that much.
You may also get bonuses for doing acid damage that could more than make up for the reduced damage, but 10 gold per shot is a lot to throw away at low level and ~3 damage quickly becomes meaningless.