Alchemist's "Infusion" Discovery

[Brinaku]

I'm GMing a game with some friends, and I have to play NPC party members to fill out the group... I also love character creation, so I'm making multiple lower-level support NPCs. Right now I'm making a 2nd level half-elf alchemist using APG rules.

My question is this: when an alchemist learns the infusion discovery, it seems to imply the ability to make as many extracts as they want, assuming the extracts are used.

Explanation of why I think this: in the infusion description it says, "As long as the extract exists, it continues to occupy one of the alchemist’s daily extract slots." This indicates that once the extract no longer exists, i.e., is drunk, it no longer counts against the slots, which would leave a slot open for the alchemist to make another extract.

Now, I don't think that's how it works, I feel that I'm missing something here. I also think that if that is how it works, I'll houserule to change it, because that's a very imbalanced discovery to be able to pick at 2nd level. Please just let me know on this one, I'm by no means a rules officianado, I don't like to worry about rules and mechanics too much, I just want to clear this up.

[Cheapy]

That line means that they persist over multiple days. It essentially turns the extract into a potion.

[spalding]

However for as long as they persist the alchemist is down an extract for that level for the next day too.

So if I prepare (as a second level alchemist) three extracts of cure light wounds and make them infusions and two of them get used the next day when I go to make extracts I have 1 infusion of cure light wounds and can make 2 more infusions.

This can really suck if one of your extracts gets taken by an enemy who never drinks it. As such I would suggest a house rule where an alchemist can choose to 'end' an infusion at the start of the day so he can make new ones.

[Alch]

Hmm... I interpreted the rules differently.

The 'Infusion' discovery says that "As long as the extract exists, it continues to occupy one of the alchemist’s daily extract slots.".

The rules for extracts say that "An extract, once created, remains potent for 1 day before becoming inert, so an alchemist must re-prepare his extracts every day.".
This sentence is after the sentence on extracts becoming inert if they leave the Alchemists possession and thus, as I see it, a separate rule.

I think the 'Infusion' discovery just negates the "possession leaving" rule, not the 1 day rule.

[Brinaku]

Thanks, I was pretty sure that it just negated possession and 1-day, and not the limit. Just awkward wording in the book I suppose. Makes sense to make that houserule, too.