Drink a Potion Defensively

[Droid101]

Can you drink a potion defensively? This came up in our game. Under the "Special" entry in the description of the Concentration skill, it doesn't specifically list "Drink a potion" as an action you can do defensively, but it does say "actions that provoke attacks of opportunity."

My DM ruled that the guy got to make a Concentration check, but he failed anyway. I was just wondering what you all thought.

 

[dcollins]

No. That would need to be explicitly spelled out in the rules somewhere.

 

[AuraSeer]

The Concentration description refers to spells, spell-like abilities, and skills, but it explicitly says: "This doesn’t apply to other actions that might provoke attacks of opportunity." Drinking a potion would be an "other action" so you cannot do it defensively.

Your DM is always right, but in this case he was slightly less right than he could have been.

 

[dogoftheunderworld]

Full Defense

You should be able to use a Standard Action for Full Defense (or fighting defensively) and use your move action to drink the potion. At least you would get an AC bonus against the AoO.

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

Drinking a potion is a standard action, so that wouldn't work, DotU.

 

[AuraSeer]

Drinking a potion is a standard action.

 

[dogoftheunderworld]

D'oh!! Okay, you could use your move action to remove the potion from your pocket

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

*That* you could do.

 

[Droid101]

Thanks guys. That's what I kept saying to him, but he wouldn't have it.