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Potion of Resistance

Potion Of Resistance
  • Category: Potion
  • Rarity: Uncommon

When you drink this potion, you have Resistance to one type of damage for 1 hour. The GM chooses the type or determines it randomly by rolling on the following table.

1d10Damage Type1d10Damage Type
1Acid6Necrotic
2Cold7Poison
3Fire8Psychic
4Force9Radiant
5Lightning10Thunder

Tactical Applications​

Damage Resistance: Provides resistance to one damage type for one hour, reducing incoming damage by half. Exceptional for surviving specific threats, tanking elemental damage, and tactical positioning against known enemy types.

Class Synergies:

  • Any Class: Universal utility for damage reduction regardless of class or build specialization
  • Tank Builds: Perfect for characters designed to absorb damage and protect allies from specific threats
  • Elemental Specialists: Essential for characters facing known elemental damage sources
  • Tactical Defenders: Excellent for characters requiring protection against predictable damage types

Build Considerations: Single-use item providing temporary but significant damage reduction against specific threats. Most valuable when facing known enemy types or elemental hazards.

Acquisition Methods​

Crafting Requirements: Requires resistance magic, protection enchantments, and elemental essences. Creation cost 500-1,500 gp and takes 3 weeks.

Common Sources:

  • Protection specialists and resistance practitioners
  • Treasure hoards of legendary defenders and elemental creatures
  • Commission from enchanters specializing in protection magic
  • Found in the collections of elemental researchers and damage specialists
  • Sometimes discovered in elemental environments or obtained from resistant creature encounters

Alternative Acquisition: Often found in locations with specific elemental threats or damage-focused environments.

Value & Trade​

Estimated Value: 800-2,200 gp, with demand varying based on local threats and elemental hazards.

Trade Considerations: Popular among adventurers facing specific threats and anyone requiring protection against known damage types.

Character Integration​

Roleplay Elements: Suggests experience with specific threats, elemental environments, or professional roles requiring damage resistance.

Character Concepts:

  • Elemental specialist with resistance expertise and environmental protection experience
  • Tactical defender using damage resistance for strategic protection and ally support
  • Character with extensive experience in hazardous environments requiring specific protection
  • Damage specialist combining resistance with traditional defensive techniques

Adventure Hooks​

The Elemental Expedition: Adventures in elemental environments where resistance provides crucial survival advantages.

The Known Threat: Combat scenarios where predictable damage types make resistance extremely valuable.

The Protective Mission: Scenarios where resistance enables protection of allies and mission objectives.

The Hazardous Environment: Exploration missions where elemental resistance determines survival and progress.

Variants & Customization​

Resistance Types Available:

  • Acid Resistance: Protection against acid damage and corrosive effects
  • Cold Resistance: Protection against cold damage and freezing effects
  • Fire Resistance: Protection against fire damage and burning effects
  • Lightning Resistance: Protection against lightning damage and electrical effects
  • Thunder Resistance: Protection against thunder damage and sonic effects

Specialized Variants:

  • Greater Potion of Resistance (Rare): Enhanced resistance and additional protection benefits
  • Multi-Resistance Potion (Very Rare): Protection against multiple damage types simultaneously
  • Environmental Resistance Potion (Uncommon): Optimized for specific environments with enhanced protection

Lore & History​

Origins: Created by ancient explorers who needed reliable protection against elemental hazards and environmental threats.

Historical Significance: These potions enabled crucial explorations and the survival of expeditions in hostile elemental environments.

Cultural Impact: Represent the mastery of protection magic and the practical applications of elemental resistance.

Magical Craft: Demonstrates understanding of protection magic and the processes required for damage resistance.

Balancing Notes​

Introduction Timing: Appropriate for levels 2-10 when specific damage types become common and resistance provides significant advantages.

Campaign Impact: Provides meaningful protection balanced by single-use limitation and damage type specificity.

Threat Focus: Most valuable in campaigns featuring predictable damage types and elemental environments.

Encounter Design​

Recommended Challenges:

  • Elemental encounters where resistance provides crucial survival advantages and tactical positioning
  • Environmental hazards where specific protection enables exploration and progress
  • Combat scenarios where known damage types make resistance extremely valuable
  • Protective missions where resistance enables ally support and objective completion

Resistance Adjustments: Encounters may need to account for damage resistance and reduced threat from specific damage types.

Protection Items: Other items that enhance damage resistance and provide defensive capabilities.

Elemental Equipment:

  • Items that improve elemental protection and environmental survival
  • Equipment for elemental exploration and hazardous environment navigation
  • Tools for damage resistance and protection magic

Complementary Equipment: Items that enhance resistance abilities or provide additional protection benefits.

Roleplay Opportunities​

Elemental Mastery: Characters develop expertise in elemental protection and environmental survival techniques.

Protective Leadership: Resistance capabilities create opportunities for leading expeditions into hazardous environments.

Tactical Defense: Damage resistance enables strategic protection planning and ally support in dangerous situations.