Stealing an Alchemists Infusions

[Occamz]

If a player or NPC takes an Alchemist’s infused extract and never uses it does that mean the alchemist can never again use that extract slot? What if the Alchemist prepares all her extracts for the day as infused and they are all taken. This seems a bit harsh that a major class ability can be taken away so easily. This rule is implied in the description of the infusion discovery and confirmed in the chirurgeon ability. Is there a reason that an alchemist cannot choose to render an infused extract inert?

Infusion:

Benefit: When the alchemist creates an extract, he can infuse it with an extra bit of his own magical power. The extract created now persists even after the alchemist sets it down. As long as the extract exists, it continues to occupy one of the alchemist’s daily extract slots. An infused extract can be imbibed by a non-alchemist to gain its effects.

Infused Curative:

At 2nd level, a chirurgeon’s extracts of cure spells automatically act as infusions, and can be used by non-alchemists. When a chirurgeon prepares his extracts, he may choose to render any or all of his infused curatives inert and prepare other extracts to replace them (unlike infusions, which continue to occupy the alchemist’s daily extract slots until consumed or used).

[Michael Sayre]

Wow... That's.... Interesting. As written it does look like stealing an Alchemist's Infusions and burying them somewhere would effectively kill that slot.

[Codanous]

That would be rough for a number of pathfinder modules that have you starting off with nothing, ie: in prison, stuck on a boat. It isn't like they are going to just destroy the infusions, which would prevent you from being able to make anymore till you found the ones taken from you.

That's rough.

[Mergy]

The Infusion text doesn't trump the text about extracts in general:

Quote:

An extract, once created, remains potent for 1 day before becoming inert, so an alchemist must re-prepare his extracts every day.

Nowhere in the Infusion text does it state that the shelf life of extracts increases to beyond one day.

[Occamz]

Mergy wrote:

The Infusion text doesn't trump the text about extracts in general:

Quote:

An extract, once created, remains potent for 1 day before becoming inert, so an alchemist must re-prepare his extracts every day.

Nowhere in the Infusion text does it state that the shelf life of extracts increases to beyond one day.

Ah good catch Mergy thank you. Seems strange that the chirurgeon's ability is worded the way it is.

[Mergy]

It's not uncommon that archetype writers have incomplete grasp of the rules. There are a lot of rules in this game.