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<blockquote data-quote="DrJawaPhD" data-source="post: 9566780" data-attributes="member: 7044770">Alchemist's Fire is much worse than Poison so it does make sense that it is cheaper.&nbsp; I would say they're both WAY too expensive, but then I reduce the pricing on everything.&nbsp; I make Alchemist's Fire 12g and Basic Poison 20g, but then for reference I also make a +1&nbsp; weapon be 100g.Alchemist's Fire is basically never worth using, it takes your action to do 1d4 damage + Burning; if you don't have much better uses of your action in combat then... well I don't know how that could be possible.&nbsp; Could be worth using out of combat if you need to light an object on fire but somehow don't have anyone with Firebolt or Create Bonfire cantrips, but that's about itBasic Poison on the other hand uses your Bonus Action to do free damage on your next attack.&nbsp; There are definitely cases where someone may not have a use of their Bonus Action, and in theory the poison can be applied for free before combat starts if you time it well.&nbsp; So it's not amazing but definitely much better than Alchemist's Fire</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DrJawaPhD, post: 9566780, member: 7044770"] Alchemist's Fire is much worse than Poison so it does make sense that it is cheaper. I would say they're both WAY too expensive, but then I reduce the pricing on everything. I make Alchemist's Fire 12g and Basic Poison 20g, but then for reference I also make a +1 weapon be 100g. Alchemist's Fire is basically never worth using, it takes your action to do 1d4 damage + Burning; if you don't have much better uses of your action in combat then... well I don't know how that could be possible. Could be worth using out of combat if you need to light an object on fire but somehow don't have anyone with Firebolt or Create Bonfire cantrips, but that's about it Basic Poison on the other hand uses your Bonus Action to do free damage on your next attack. There are definitely cases where someone may not have a use of their Bonus Action, and in theory the poison can be applied for free before combat starts if you time it well. So it's not amazing but definitely much better than Alchemist's Fire [/QUOTE]

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