If you like cheese and you can get away with it, get your hands in a summoner created potion of stone skin at a high caster level.
You don't have to use alchemical allocation with the same potions/elixirs each time. You can choose which to use after you actually cast alchemical allocation. Also it only works with potions or elixirs, not with other extracts.
Keeping a potion of tongues around can be helpful. Magic circle against evil likewise.
The thing with alchemical allocation is that if you can get a potion, you only need to pay the cost of any components once. You can't normally get stoneskin as a potion because it's 4th - but the original version of the summoner gets it as a 3rd level spell.
Yes, the emanation of magic circle is from the target of the spell. As the drinker of the potion you'd be the target.
Thanks for the replies guys.
For furthur clarification, if I'm level 5 wouldn't the cost of a 12th level barkskin potion cost 12 * 5 * 50 ?
If you're caster level 5 you can't make a caster level 12 barkskin potion, you have to buy it. The cost is caster level * spell level * 50, i.e. 12 * 2 * 50 = 1200 gp.
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Check out the various elixirs too, +10 to several different skills. Also, elixir of elemental protection will stay good even at much higher levels because you don't have to pick the element ahead of time--it's all automatic when you take damage. Sure they only last an hour, but that last one has saved my bacon many a time. Elixir of Dragon Breath is also affordable and decent at lower levels.
Yeah I guess I don't understand.
Since it's a level 2 spell, do you use 12 * 2 * 50?
The other gentleman wrote it would cost 12 * 3 * 50. Does the 3 signify a wizard for example needs to be level 3 to make a 2nd level potion?
Pad300's example was '12th level potion of extended barskin,' where the Extend Spell metamagic was used to increase the spell level of barkskin from 2 to 3 in exchange for doubling the duration of the potion.
The spell level of barkskin is 2. If you're not trying to get a version with some metamagic feat attached that is the number you put in the 'spell level' part of the equation. The caster level is the level of the person casting the spell. When made into a potion this can be anywhere from the minimum level for the creator's class to cast the spell (3 or 4 usually) to the actual level of the creator.
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Heroism as a level 2 extract is nice, and if you can get a high caster-level or extended version, all the better.
Stoneskin, absolutely. Ablative Barrier is a cheaper and longer-lasting option. Countless Eyes, when going up against rogues.
Elixir of Spirit Sight is very nice to buy once, use forever.
Protection from Energy, Resist Energy, or Fire Shield.
Greater Magic Fang is great for unarmed or natural attack alchemists.
Gaseous Form for escaping certain death.
Remove Blindness/Deafness. All my characters keep one around just in case. You get to use it without using it up.
Placebo Effect to get you through just about any status condition - if paralyzed, someone can pout the original potion down your throat.
That list came from the Core Rule Book, so it doesn't include any non-Core classes.
You are correct that Magic Circle would last for at least 50 minutes, since duration is based off of Caster Level, not Spell Level.
I wouldn't recommend it even without him, usually if you need dispel magic cast on yourself you don't have the actions required to do so.