Tenser's Transformation and Attacks of Opportunity

[reiella]

Somewhat curious about this spell now, due to part of it's components being an action that draws it's own AoO (drinking a potion).

Kinda curious as to how many AoOs get provoked by A) Casting the spell normally, and B) if an AoO is provoked when the spell is cast defensively (due to the action of drinking the potion).

On a semi-related note, if when cast defensively there are no AoO, would it be possible to use Cast Defensively (or some Concentration application in general) to avoid taking an AoO when you drink a potion?

 

[Jhyrryl]

I'd probably say that drinking the potion is the somatic component of the spell, so only provokes a single attack of opportunity. You can choose to cast defensively, and if successful, your spell goes off fine. If you fail, you still lose the spell (because you didn't drink the potion at quite the right time, interrupted your verbal component with a sudden movement, or whatever excuse you want to come up with), but you still made the attempt, which means you drank the potion.

Now whether the potion's magic is consumed in the failure, or you gain the normal benefits of drinking the potion is another matter.

Edit: fixed what James so kindly pointed out.

 

[James McMurray]

Actually, you would lose the spell, not loose it.

 

[reiella]

Well the normal benefits of the potion are subsumed by explicit mention in the spell (Material Component: A potion of Strength, which you drink (And whose effects are subsumed by the spell effects).