Okay, this is my first post anywhere, so sorry If I do things wrong.
Anyway, I'm a steampunk fanatic, and I've been playing an Artificer from the Eberron rules in my DM's Grayhawk setting. Using the Steam & Steel rules to cover my machinery, specifically making Steam-work Arcana.
The rules state that neither Potions or Scrolls can be made with the whole Steam-work Arcana idea, however I've cooked up a rule for Steam-work Potions, just want critiques and in general what others think about it before presenting it to my DM.
Well Here's my rules for it.
Steam-work Potions
Steam-work Potions are not actually potions mixed in a steam-engine or any such bizarre thing as that, nor are they machines in anyway, instead they are a form of potion that requires the kick-start of science to activate them to work. They are oftentimes not used in combat situations, and are generally used before combat, to prepare for certain situations, or lastly at a campsite as the party settles down for the night.
Steam-work Potions are used in conjunctions with a steam-work device called a Potion Heater. In order to gain their benefits, a Steam-work Potion must be heated for 3 rounds before being imbibed, and if not imbibed within 3 rounds after being removed from a Potion Heater then loose their potency, until reheated.
As other steam-work arcana, they have the advantage of costing only 80% of the GP and XP cost of a normal potion to create.
Steam-work Device:
Potion Heater
The potion-heater is a non-magical device that runs off of a steam engine, and must be calibrated before any startup to prepare it to properly heat a steam-work potion so that it will be able to heat it properly. However if the new potions are the same as the last potions heated in it, then there is no need to calibrate the device.
Calibration takes 1 minute, and requires a Craft (Steam-works) or Alchemy check vs. a DC of 10+ the highest level of the potion stored in the device. The Potion Heater has no effect on a regular potion. It takes 3 rounds for the engine in the device to heat properly, and then another 3 rounds to heat the potions properly.
Potion Heaters are Fine, Diminutive, or Tiny in size. A fine sized Potion Heater can accommodate 1 potion, a diminutive one can handle two potions, while a tiny sized one handles a total of three potions.
On a breakdown on a failed maintenance check, any potion stored in the Potion Heater is fouled and is destroyed.
Requirements:
Craft (Steam-works) Rank 9
Statistics:
Size Cost Maintenance
Fine 150 GP DC 06
Diminutive 300 GP DC 08
Tiny 450 GP DC 10
Steam-work Potion:
Though the brewer does not need to create a steam engine to brew the potion, she must know the heating and workings of a steam engine to successfully create the needed Potion Heater to utilize the potions. She must also know how to build a engine to create the Potion Heater so that the potions may be heated correctly so that they will work.
A Steam-work Potion alters the DC of the Potion Heater by the spell level that is stored within it. A 1st level spell adds 1 to the Maintenance DC, a 2nd level adds 2, etc…
Requirements:
Brew Potion Feat
Any 1 Steam Engine Creation Feat
Craft (Steam-works) Rank 5 + spell level in Potion
Anyway, I'm a steampunk fanatic, and I've been playing an Artificer from the Eberron rules in my DM's Grayhawk setting. Using the Steam & Steel rules to cover my machinery, specifically making Steam-work Arcana.
The rules state that neither Potions or Scrolls can be made with the whole Steam-work Arcana idea, however I've cooked up a rule for Steam-work Potions, just want critiques and in general what others think about it before presenting it to my DM.
Well Here's my rules for it.
Steam-work Potions
Steam-work Potions are not actually potions mixed in a steam-engine or any such bizarre thing as that, nor are they machines in anyway, instead they are a form of potion that requires the kick-start of science to activate them to work. They are oftentimes not used in combat situations, and are generally used before combat, to prepare for certain situations, or lastly at a campsite as the party settles down for the night.
Steam-work Potions are used in conjunctions with a steam-work device called a Potion Heater. In order to gain their benefits, a Steam-work Potion must be heated for 3 rounds before being imbibed, and if not imbibed within 3 rounds after being removed from a Potion Heater then loose their potency, until reheated.
As other steam-work arcana, they have the advantage of costing only 80% of the GP and XP cost of a normal potion to create.
Steam-work Device:
Potion Heater
The potion-heater is a non-magical device that runs off of a steam engine, and must be calibrated before any startup to prepare it to properly heat a steam-work potion so that it will be able to heat it properly. However if the new potions are the same as the last potions heated in it, then there is no need to calibrate the device.
Calibration takes 1 minute, and requires a Craft (Steam-works) or Alchemy check vs. a DC of 10+ the highest level of the potion stored in the device. The Potion Heater has no effect on a regular potion. It takes 3 rounds for the engine in the device to heat properly, and then another 3 rounds to heat the potions properly.
Potion Heaters are Fine, Diminutive, or Tiny in size. A fine sized Potion Heater can accommodate 1 potion, a diminutive one can handle two potions, while a tiny sized one handles a total of three potions.
On a breakdown on a failed maintenance check, any potion stored in the Potion Heater is fouled and is destroyed.
Requirements:
Craft (Steam-works) Rank 9
Statistics:
Size Cost Maintenance
Fine 150 GP DC 06
Diminutive 300 GP DC 08
Tiny 450 GP DC 10
Steam-work Potion:
Though the brewer does not need to create a steam engine to brew the potion, she must know the heating and workings of a steam engine to successfully create the needed Potion Heater to utilize the potions. She must also know how to build a engine to create the Potion Heater so that the potions may be heated correctly so that they will work.
A Steam-work Potion alters the DC of the Potion Heater by the spell level that is stored within it. A 1st level spell adds 1 to the Maintenance DC, a 2nd level adds 2, etc…
Requirements:
Brew Potion Feat
Any 1 Steam Engine Creation Feat
Craft (Steam-works) Rank 5 + spell level in Potion
