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1) Can a spell-caster/Alchemist create their own potions in PFS play?
2) If so, what is the cost of creation? Is it just (caster level)*(spell level)*(x gold)?
1) No, item creation is not allowed with very limited exceptions.
2) edit: Cost for purchase assumes brewing by a wizard, cleric or druid. Level 0 and 1 potions of caster level 1 are always available, level 2 or 3 potions must respect the maximum for purchases based on PA or have access from a chronicle sheet.
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Follow-up: When you say we can only get level 2 or 3 potions within PA requirements, does that mean spell level (invisibility vs. say, mage armor) or casting level (level 3 potency vs. level 1)?
It means the potion's spell level. The caster level is always the minimum needed to cast the spell: 1st Caster Level for a level 1 spell, 3rd Caster Level for a level 2 spell, and 5th Caster Level for a level 3 spell.
Follow-up: When you say we can only get level 2 or 3 potions within PA requirements, does that mean spell level (invisibility vs. say, mage armor) or casting level (level 3 potency vs. level 1)?
Also, I suppose Alchemical Allocation would allow me to have something like permanent mage armor up for relatively cheap. That is fun.
All potions purchased (unless noted on a chronicle sheet) are minimum caster level. The level he was referring to was the spell level of the potion.
2nd spell level potions, such as Potion of Bear's Endurance will require you have 4 PA before purchasing (2(spell level)*3(caster level)*50g(potion price modifier) = 300g)3rd spell level potions, such as a Potion of Displacement require 9 PA before purchasing (3(spell level)*5(caster level)*50g(potion price modifier) = 750g)
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Mage armor, at 50gp for 1 hour, is dirt cheap. I'd be willing to just buy those and use them.
Mage armor stacks with studded leather, I assume? It reads like it stacks with all armor, actually.
Nope, Mage Armor will not stack with normal armor, it is whichever one provides the higher Armor Bonus to AC, although Mage Armor's bonus will apply against Touch Attacks, unlike Studded Leather (without Ghost Touch).
HEY! WAIT A MINUTE:
"Alchemists can use the Craft (alchemy) skill to produce
items with their Alchemy (Su) ability. Follow the Craft
rules on pages 91–93 of the Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook
as well as in the alchemist’s Alchemy ability description.
Any item created must be properly noted on that scenario’s
chronicle sheet."From page 20 of the PFS Guide to Organized Play.
So... looks like I CAN create my own potions!
Creating potions actually requires a feat, Brew Potion, which allows the caster to create magical potions with the same effects as the spell it copies. Craft(Alchemy) allows you to create alchemical items, such as acid flasks, alchemist fires, thunderstones and some poisons. You cannot create magical potions with the Craft(Alchemy) Skill, although there is a discovery the alchemist can learn that allows them to pass their infusions, which take the form of potions, to other people, which must be used within a limited time period.
As a note, item creation feats, including Brew Potion, are not allowed in pathfinder organized play.
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Nope, Mage Armor will not stack with normal armor, it is whichever one provides the higher Armor Bonus to AC, although Mage Armor's bonus will apply against Touch Attacks, unlike Studded Leather (without Ghost Touch).Mage armor, at 50gp for 1 hour, is dirt cheap. I'd be willing to just buy those and use them.
Mage armor stacks with studded leather, I assume? It reads like it stacks with all armor, actually.
To go a step further with the reasoning, Mage Armor generates an armor bonus for the recipient. All armor also applies an armor bonus. Since bonuses of the same type do not stack, you will get the higher of either the studded leather or mage armor.
A better comparison would be a character with scale mail and mage armor stacked. Under most circumstances, the +5 armor bonus from the scale would apply; however, in cases of incorporeal effects where normally the armor is bypassed, the force descriptor of the mage armor would be higher and the recipient would have +4 armor bonus.