So, I get that Alchemists don't need a full round to cast spells with a 1 round casting time (drinking an extract is a standard action, thus an alchemist could move, then drink an extract of, say, enlarge person); however, when would said extract come into effect?
Immediately?
Or at the start of his next turn, as is normal with spells of that casting time?
I can't really seem to find an "official" answer to this question, so if someone could point me in the right direction, it would be greatly appreciated.
I may already know the answer, I suppose...if extracts work like potions, then, like potions, they take effect immediately. I just wish it would say that in the class crunch after the bit about "duplicating effects exactly."
Effects are duplicated, the casting is not.
Effects are duplicated, the casting is not.
Yeah, that's the conclusion I've come to. I guess the best answer is to treat extracts like potions in every way except that an Alchemist can draw and drink an extract in a standard, and that extracts don't have a level limit.