Alchemical Throwing Phials

Introduced:

Updated:

Recollections, Sins of the Fathers, Gaining Ground

Alchemical Throwing Phials, also called Alchemy Phials, Alchemy Grenades, Grenades, and other variations, were created as a result of Janier al-Evv's research, with a little help from Ciandra. The research is described in A Treatise on the Combat Uses of Alchemical Phials. Creation uses Alchemy. Creation is a standard crafting skill check. After crafted, grenades can be given and traded. To wield a grenade, one must have the appropriate level of base alchemy skill, which varies by phial type. A shield can be wielded while throwing phials, which stack to 250.

Use an Enchanted Phial on an oil to create a single throwing phial, use a Enchanted Phial Pea on a concentrated oil to create 50 throwing phials (the skill check is higher when using peas). The type of phial determines the power of the spell. The type of oil determines which spell is cast. The throwing phials use Thrown Weapons skill, but they cast Phial's Accuracy (Increases Thrown Weapon skill by 500 points) on the wielder so Thrown Weapon does not need to be trained to hit creatures with the projectiles. However, this thrown weapons spell drops when you throw the last phial, so you will almost always be evaded.

The phials have mana, and an entire stack can be destroyed by using a mana stone on it. (The high-end ones are expensive to make, so be careful.)

Updates:

In Recollections, Phial Peas were added, which allows for alchemists to craft 50 phials at a time.
In Sins of the Fathers, Mana Phials were added, which are enchanted with level 7 spells at 520 spellcraft.
In Gaining Ground, there were numerous updates:

Stack size increased from 50 to 250.
Burden Decreased from 15 to 10.
Value of crafted phials reduced by 50%.
Value (cost) of uncrafted phials reduced by 50%.
Fester phials added.

In Retributions, the -10% melee defense modifiers were replaced with positive modifiers:

Iron phials: ?
Copper phials: ?
Silver phials: ?
Gold phials: ?
Pyreal phials: ?
Platinum phials: +10%
Empowered Platinum phials: +12%
Mana phials: +14%

In-Game Texts:

New Infusions and Oils

For the old Infusions and Oils see Basic Alchemy.

			Difficulty At 50%
Alembic	Verdigris	Slashing Infusion	55
Alembic	Cadmia	Bludgeoning Infusion	55
Alembic	Ginseng	2 Piercing Infusions	55
Slashing Infusion	Aqua Incanta	Slashing Oil	75
Bludgeoning Infusion	Aqua Incanta	Bludgeoning Oil	75
Piercing Infusion	Aqua Incanta	Piercing Oil	75
Alembic	Verdigris Pea	Concentrated Slashing Infusion	85
Alembic	Cadmia Pea	Concentrated Bludgeoning Infusion	85
Alembic	Ginseng Pea	2 Concentrated Piercing Infusions	85
Concentrated Slashing Infusion	Concentrated Aqua Incanta	Concentrated Slashing Oil	105
Concentrated Bludgeoning Infusion	Concentrated Aqua Incanta	Concentrated Bludgeoning Oil	105
Concentrated Piercing Infusion	Concentrated Aqua Incanta	Concentrated Piercing Oil	105

Grenade Creation

	Spell Level	Spellcraft	Melee Defense Modifier	Difficulty At 50%		Wield (Base Alchemy Skill)
Enchanted Iron Phial	2	100	0	75	105	75
Enchanted Copper Phial	3	160	+2%	125	155	125
Enchanted Silver Phial	4	220	+4%	175	205	175
Enchanted Gold Phial	5	270	+6%	225	255	225
Enchanted Pyreal Phial	6	340	+8%	275	305	275
Enchanted Platinum Phial	6	400	+10%	325	355	325
Empowered Platinum Phial	6	460	+12%	375	405	375
Enchanted Mana Phial	7	520	+14%	425	455	400