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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thomp102" data-source="post: 8267505" data-attributes="member: 7030713">Is Sand considered Stone? I could think of a few times turning something a solid something like a weapon or door or drawbridge panel into sand could be a real useful activity. And while the wording says for every 10 minutes you spend performing the procedure, you can convert 'up to 1 cubic foot of material'.  What it doesn't say is that you have to perform the procedure for the full 10 minutes to get the result, just that 10 minutes of procedure will get you 1 cubic foot of converted material. 1 cubic foot of material is 1,728 cubic inches of converted material. If I'm working on a door, or a pillar, or a drawbridge, I'll probably need those 10 minutes, but what if I'm working on a weapon, or something small? There are 600 seconds, or 100 combat rounds, in 10 minutes. Broken down, that means I could convert 17.28 cubic inches of material per combat round. That's not a lot, but it's enough to mess with a weapon (say that approaching longbow arrow or crossbow bolt or javelin), or possibly the footing under an approaching enemy. Or the hinges or lock on a door (no more picking locks...). What's not clear is what the 'alchemical procedure' is. Is this similar to throwing a spell? Is there apparatus involved? Are there specific materials required? If it's similar to throwing a spell, and you're just repeating the spell over and over to get a larger result field for the length of time you want, why not be able to 'throw' a quick one for a small result, particularly if you only need to transmute it for a short period of time? Once whatever it is has fallen apart, who cares if it goes back to the original materials?</blockquote>

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