Level Up (A5E) Purchasing, Carrying, and Expiring Supply

[FitzTheRuke]

As a scummy student at uni I once grew mould in a glass of whisky and coke.

That was the coke. Mould loves all that sugar.

 

[Faolyn]

I don't know from movies. I'm going from historical examples of things like grog, watered wine and small beer, where diluted alcoholic drinks are used because if you just drink the water it'll make you ill.

A 70% solution of alcohol would be useless for hydration - the alcohol content would dehydrate you.

Not an expert, but that's less "water with alcohol in it" and more "water that's been brewed," which is different. The former sounds like either a diluted alcoholic drink or like you're using alcohol as one of those iodine water purification tablets.

Hmm... prestidigitation can be used to heat or cool something. Can it get water hot enough to boil it, thus rendering it safe to drink?

 

[MarkB]

Not an expert, but that's less "water with alcohol in it" and more "water that's been brewed," which is different. The former sounds like either a diluted alcoholic drink or like you're using alcohol as one of those iodine water purification tablets.

Hmm... prestidigitation can be used to heat or cool something. Can it get water hot enough to boil it, thus rendering it safe to drink?

P:robably not, or people would already be exploiting it for damage-dealing effects. Maybe create bonfire or produce flame for the heating, then prestidigitation or control water to cool it down quickly to drinkable temperature afterwards.

 

[Stalker0]

Hmm... prestidigitation can be used to heat or cool something. Can it get water hot enough to boil it, thus rendering it safe to drink?

Specifically, the spell can warm....which I think would preclude boiling or freezing.

 

[Rune]

Not an expert, but that's less "water with alcohol in it" and more "water that's been brewed," which is different. The former sounds like either a diluted alcoholic drink or like you're using alcohol as one of those iodine water purification tablets.

Hmm... prestidigitation can be used to heat or cool something. Can it get water hot enough to boil it, thus rendering it safe to drink?

Pretty sure prestidigitation only says it “warms” something for up to an hour. On the other hand, it can instantly ignite a small campfire.

Taken together, those seem to imply prestidigitation cannot sustain enough heat long enough to bring water to a boil.