Where can I get a list of all potions that are legal from all Paizo Pathfinder books?
By "legal" do you mean "legal to use in PFS play"?
If not, what does "legal" mean?
Assuming "legal" potion means "what spells can I stuff in a bottle?" you would have to cross reference the Brew Potion feat and the Magic Item Creation rules.
For Brew Potion:
"You can create a potion of any 3rd-level or lower spell that you know and that targets one or more creatures or objects."
For the relevant Magic Item Creation rules:
"Spells with a range of personal cannot be made into potions."
There are several NPC statblocks across adventure paths and other material who have potions in their inventory that do not follow the rules listed above. They are, unfortunately, in-error for possessing them. It is very plausible an author misinterpreted or forgot these rules when equipping these NPCs.
By making such a list and sharing it with the community.
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... and keeping it updated as new books come out.
You can get started here by downloading a spreadsheet with most of the Paizo-published spells and filtering on the appropriate columns.
Do you ignore the oils?
Oils do not fall under the Brew Potion rules, but the Craft Wondrous Item rules.
/cevah
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A potion is a magic liquid that produces its effect when imbibed. Potions vary incredibly in appearance. Magic oils are similar to potions, except that oils are applied externally rather than imbibed. A potion or oil can be used only once. It can duplicate [...]
I prefer to populate my world with CxW oils, since it bothers me to think of pouring a liquid down an unconscious character's throat -- even though I acknowledge that no one will ever actually choke on a potion.
What I hadn't realized is that potions don't work for "personal" spells. So, no Potion of Animal Aspect. Okay, I suppose the idea is that the caster tries casting the spell even as they're creating such a potion, and ends up with Animal Aspect on themselves, and a foul-tasting but magic-less brew.
But can you put Animate Dead into a potion? Or is that an example of a spell that would have to be an oil -- to be rubbed on the corpse to be animated?
And what about Haste? Who ends up hasted? (If you use a wand of Haste, you'd name up to 5 creatures in range, sure, but I have a hard time visualizing all that from YOU drinking a potion.)
Oils are potions applied to objects, and crafted with brew potions.
You might be thinking of 'elixirs'.
Linkified.
Yes I was. However, I did spot Oil of Silence and Oil of Attraction. There are also: Universal solvent, War paint of the terrible visage, Elixir of XXX, Unguent of timelessness, Nightdrops, Bottled misfortune, Seer's tea, Bottled yeti fur, Dust of XXX, Dowsing syrup, Preserving flask, Salve of slipperiness, Flying ointment, Sovereign glue, Philter of love, ....
Clearly, some of these are spell in a can types, and not special one use magic items that are not quite spells.
What can be made with CWI is not limited to the those that can be made into potions.
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Lesser Restoration is higher than level 3 and therefore can't be a potion.Lesser Restoration is a level 2 spell and can be made into a potion.
You're thinking of Restoration.
No, I am not.
Lesser Restoration takes 3 rounds to cast, so if it was from a scroll it would take that long, but a potion acts immediately.
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Lesser Restoration is higher than level 3 and therefore can't be a potion.Lesser Restoration is a level 2 spell and can be made into a potion.
You're thinking of Restoration.
No, I am not.
Lesser Restoration takes 3 rounds to cast, so if it was from a scroll it would take that long, but a potion acts immediately.
That reply wasn't directed at you...
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That reply wasn't directed at you...Lesser Restoration is higher than level 3 and therefore can't be a potion.Lesser Restoration is a level 2 spell and can be made into a potion.
You're thinking of Restoration.
No, I am not.
Lesser Restoration takes 3 rounds to cast, so if it was from a scroll it would take that long, but a potion acts immediately.
Yes, but my question was if it can be activated as a standard action.
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But can you put Animate Dead into a potion? Or is that an example of a spell that would have to be an oil -- to be rubbed on the corpse to be animated?
And what about Haste? Who ends up hasted? (If you use a wand of Haste, you'd name up to 5 creatures in range, sure, but I have a hard time visualizing all that from YOU drinking a potion.)
From the PRD:
The drinker of a potion is both the effective target and the caster of the effect (though the potion indicates the caster level, the drinker still controls the effect).
As far as the potion of Haste, you'd haste yourself, and only yourself, just like any other multi-target spell with one target. Same if you made, for some reason, a CL3 version of a potion of Magic Missile. You become the 'caster' and the target of two 1d4+1 force damage missiles. (Yum.)
By strict letter of rules, pouring that Animate Dead oil on a corpse is going to net you a self-controlled skeleton or zombie as decided by the potion's maker (remember, the 'taker' of the potion is the caster ... not important for making things slick but when it's who controls the skeleton?). And Animate Dead's a lousy choice for potion (see that variable material cost? Wanna sink that cash on the wrong corpse and get a fizzle? SURE you do!).
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But can you put Animate Dead into a potion? Or is that an example of a spell that would have to be an oil -- to be rubbed on the corpse to be animated?
Mainly up to the GM. First, GM would have to decide if corpses were objects or creatures in this respect. If creatures, potions, and if objects, oils. Second, if potions, GM would have to decide if the dead creature could actually drink the potion. And third, the potion would grant control over that undead to the mindless undead itself. I suppose this could be useful if you intend to Command Undead via another method.
Though thinking it overs, sounds like a great low level quest. Where the players/NPCs are promised a potion to revive the dead, but it only creates a mindless zombie. Could be failed experiement, or more mallicious.
Thank you, Lincoln, for your list! I know it was for the OP's benefit, but I'm grabbing it, too. And I therefore have some questions...
>> According to the comments on Animate Dead, wouldn't a potion of Stabilize (cantrip) be pointless except for a half-orc?
>> You've got "heighten reflexes" as a 2nd level spell. It's actually "heightened reflexes," FYI. More seriously, this is the spell description:
You grant each of your allies within the area a +10 competence bonus on a single Reflex saving throw. Each ally must decide whether to use the bonus before making the roll to which it applies. When an ally uses the bonus, the spell ends for that individual.
Does this work as a potion?
>> I assume that a Jester's Jaunt potion would function as a cheap D-Door, teleporting the person who spent a standard action drinking the potion. It's reasonable, but I'm just clarifying.
I removed the variant castings by specific classes and the ACG & Occult spells (and thank you soooo much for listing the source of each spell). I also pulled out the ones that looked to be not of as much value for a loot pile, focusing on ones from the APG. My goal was to get all the lists other than cantrips down to 20 spells (for convenience when generating a loot pile). Here, FWIW, is my reduced list...
1st (50 gp): (1) ant haul (APG), (2) cure light wounds, (3) endure elements, (4) enlarge person, (5) feather fall, (6) hide from animals, (7) hide from undead, (8) jump, (9) keen senses (APG), (10) mage armor, (11) magic fang, (12) negate aroma (APG), (13) pass without trace, (14) protection from chaos, (15) protection from evil, (16) reduce person, (17) remove fear, (18) restful sleep (APG), (19) sanctuary, (20) shield of faith.
2nd (300 gp): (1) barkskin, (2) blur, (3) bear's endurance, (4) bull's strength, (5) cat's grace, (6) corruption resistance (APG), (7) cure moderate wounds, (8) darkvision, (9) delay poison, (10) eagle's splendor, (11) feather step (APG), (12) fox's cunning, (13) invisibility, (14) lesser restoration, (15) levitate, (16) owl's wisdom, (17) remove paralysis, (18) resist energy, (19) see invisibility, (20) spider climb.
3rd (750 gp): (1) clairvoyance/clairaudience, (2) cure serious wounds, (3) dispel magic, (4) displacement, (5) draconic reservoir (APG), (6) fly, (7) gaseous form, (8) greater magic fang, (9) haste, (10) heroism, (11) jester's jaunt (APG), (12) neutralize poison, (13) nondetection, (14) protection from energy, (15) rage, (16) remove blindness/deafness, (17) remove curse, (18) remove disease, (19) tongues, (20) water walk.
Lesser Restoration is higher than level 3 and therefore can't be a potion.Lesser Restoration is a level 2 spell and can be made into a potion.
You're thinking of Restoration.
No, I am not.
Lesser Restoration takes 3 rounds to cast, so if it was from a scroll it would take that long, but a potion acts immediately.
What if a Lesser Restoration is actually a 1.25L bottle of funny smelly magical slosh? I think that would take at least 3 rounds. And you might have to make a fort save.