Defoliant Polish

[Jokem]

Could this be used as a ranged weapon against a plant type opponent?
Like a Shambling Mound?

[Nefreet]

You mean if an Alchemist (Grenadier) coats a weapon in Defoliant?

[Jokem]

No, I mean throw the container just like an alchemist fire or acid, etc.

It lasts 24 hours, so the Shambling Mound ends up taking 1 point per round all day.

The thrower would have to stay out of the Mound's reach for maybe an hour, but once done, that adds up to 600 points of damage.

[Sean H]

Nothing in the rules allows for that. As written, Defoliant Polish has only two effects:

1) A creature wearing armor coated with Defoliant Polish (the bearer) can move through difficult terrain created by plants and vegetation without penalty.

2) A plant creature who attacks or grapples the bearer takes one point of damage per attack.

Based on that, you could dip a plant creature in a vat of the stuff and it would have absolutely no effect.

Do I think that is silly? Yes. Would I run it like that at my table? No. However, doing anything other than that is firmly in the territory of houserules.

So to answer your question: No, you cannot throw a vial of defoliant polish as anything other than an improvised weapon unless your GM rules otherwise. If you elect to use it as an improvised weapon, the fine object will deal 1 nonlethal damage on a hit, with no other effects.

[Nefreet]

Ah. It's a wondrous item. No wonder I couldn't find it in a search. I was looking for alchemical items.