Potions vs. Elixirs
Explains why a high-level alchemist's mass-producible elixirs can rival dozens of high-rank spells, despite sharing potion pricing.
Parent page Potions
Alchemical items and magic items follow a similar price economy based on their level, but the effects of potions can be a bit broader and more directly magical. Alchemists can also make extremely large numbers of elixirs at an item level equal to their alchemist level, so if a 17th-level elixir was competing with a 9th-rank spell for power, an alchemist would be packing the equivalent of over 40 9th-rank spells, and potentially quickened spells thanks to the single action activation.
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