I hope I am not beating a dead horse here, but after scouring the books \ PRD, as well as searching the messageboards, I am stumbling into a problem with creating potions that I can not resolve.
RAW establishes that any spell level 1st through 3rd can be made into a potion; provided that the creator has access to the spell (has the spell prepared \ is a known spell), has a casting time of 1 minute or less, targets one or more creatures, and has a range other than personal.
By this, it is possible to create a Potion of Fireball? Fireball is a third level Wizard \ Sorcerer spell, a casting time of one standard action, affects one or more targets, and possesses a range other than personal.
By RAW, Potion of Fireball is a legal potion, by all accounts I can come up with. How does a Potion of Fireball work? Is the imbiber the one that takes the damage, or does it give said individual the ability to creatively throw a fireball from portions of his \ her anatomy? Does a Potion of Lightning Bolt turn the imbiber into William Wallace?
Am I missing something here? Is there something in the rules that restricts a ranged attack spell from being turned into a potion? I hope it is merely something that I have overlooked, and anything that can point me into the right direction would be appreciated.
If its something that as a GM I have to use common sense over, that is not a problem. I am hoping for something a bit more offical to help guide me.