D&D 5E (2014) Thoughts on bonus action potions?

[AlViking]

if we take PHB numbers, I'm just trying to give a picture how a container might look like, be it from steel or glass.

Sure, number are gamist, but we can still run those numbers and say are those reasonable or not.
personally, it's a bit too much. 1/4lb would be more appropriate, but as I said, adventurers life is hard and dangerous, so they might want to over engineer the container to survive combat abuse.

on the other hand, acid vial needs to break on purpose so that glass should be thinner.

I always envisioned part of the cost (and weight) being special containers if I thought about it. Acid flasks are extra heavy because they act like grenades - inert and hard to break while carrying but pull a pin and the protective container has to be negated somehow.

But I still think the best solution is something like

 

[FrogReaver]

If the wizard has the option to regain HP every turn by drinking a potion, that's the DM's fault for putting too many healing potions into the game.

The point is the wizard isn’t sacrificing action economy for it when it’s needed but the monk is.

 

[Maxperson]

yes, but also:
if you cant buy magic items, what will you spend all that gold on?

Castles, bastions, houses, land, orphanages, the occasional item that comes up for sale that isn't in a magic mart, feeding the poor, a lot of other stuff that the PCs come up with.

 

[Maxperson]

I always envisioned part of the cost (and weight) being special containers if I thought about it. Acid flasks are extra heavy because they act like grenades - inert and hard to break while carrying but pull a pin and the protective container has to be negated somehow.

But I still think the best solution is something like
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As often as PCs get slammed backwards, knocked prone, fall 10+ feet, get hit by giants, ogres, trolls, weapons, etc., exposed potions like that(or on a belt) are likely going to be lost or shatter before you ever get to drink them.

 

[Horwath]

Castles, bastions, houses, land, orphanages, the occasional item that comes up for sale that isn't in a magic mart, feeding the poor, a lot of other stuff that the PCs come up with.

maybe, but we are more for dungeons and dragons and less for Sim city.

 

[Maxperson]

The point is the wizard isn’t sacrificing action economy for it when it’s needed but the monk is.

It may not be perfect, but it's a better solution than making them useless and almost never used because they take a full action and are almost always inferior to class/real magic item options.

 

[Horwath]

As often as PCs get slammed backwards, knocked prone, fall 10+ feet, get hit by giants, ogres, trolls, weapons, etc., exposed potions like that(or on a belt) are likely going to be lost or shatter before you ever get to drink them.

that is why I said that potion bladder is far better, it's on your back, probably under armor and tube in under the helmet.

 

[Maxperson]

maybe, but we are more for dungeons and dragons and less for Sim city.

Then have magic marts!

I don't do that, but other DMs I've played with do.

 

[FrogReaver]

It may not be perfect, but it's a better solution than making them useless and almost never used because they take a full action and are almost always inferior to class/real magic item options.

They still had an out of combat use.

 

[Horwath]

Then have magic marts!

I don't do that, but other DMs I've played with do.

right now, we are in between, we ordered "battle wagon" to be made for us.
10x20ft, two stories, 8 wheels and 4 horses in armor.
decked out with arrow slits and small balistas.