Potion Miscibility and Strength

Okay, a question that came up recently about mixing potions. Most importantly, on the roll of 91-99 on the "Potion Miscability" table, "Both potions work, but the numerical effects and duration of one potion are doubled. If neither potion has anything to double in this way, they work normally."

Now, this tracks just fine if you take a Potion of Healing while under the effects of, say, a Potion of Invisibility. You just double the healing, pat yourself on the back for your incredible luck, and call it a day. But what if you mix an Elixir of Health with a Potion of Storm Giant Strength? The only potion with any measurable numeric effects is the Potion of Storm Giant Strength. If you double its numerical effects, does your strength become Fifty-Eight?!?

What if you get mega nutty, and you drink three Potions of Storm Giant Strength? And you roll a 91 and a 100? Does your strength become fifty-eight Forever?

Obviously a bonkers situation, but... possible? Also... is there a way to cheese a pair of consecutive d100 rolls? Asking for a friend.

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Now, this tracks just fine if you take a Potion of Healing while under the effects of, say, a Potion of Invisibility. You just double the healing, pat yourself on the back for your incredible luck, and call it a day. But what if you mix an Elixir of Health with a Potion of Storm Giant Strength? The only potion with any measurable numeric effects is the Potion of Storm Giant Strength. If you double its numerical effects, does your strength become Fifty-Eight?!?

RAW, I guess so.

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What if you get mega nutty, and you drink three Potions of Storm Giant Strength? And you roll a 91 and a 100? Does your strength become fifty-eight Forever?

First, you have to mix the three together, not drink them individually. I believe only one of the Potions of Storm Giant Strength would work, it would be at its normal strength, and it would be permanent. Dispel Magic might end the effect. 

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Obviously a bonkers situation, but... possible? Also... is there a way to cheese a pair of consecutive d100 rolls? Asking for a friend.

d20 roll? Yes. d100? Not to my knowledge.

Having any ability score higher than 30 isn't really supported by the rules.

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The only potion with any measurable numeric effects is the Potion of Storm Giant Strength. If you double its numerical effects, does your strength become Fifty-Eight?!?

 Since 30 is the highest an Ability Score can go, i suppose it would be cap there.

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Okay, a question that came up recently about mixing potions. Most importantly, on the roll of 91-99 on the "Potion Miscability" table, "Both potions work, but the numerical effects and duration of one potion are doubled. If neither potion has anything to double in this way, they work normally."

Now, this tracks just fine if you take a Potion of Healing while under the effects of, say, a Potion of Invisibility. You just double the healing, pat yourself on the back for your incredible luck, and call it a day. But what if you mix an Elixir of Health with a Potion of Storm Giant Strength? The only potion with any measurable numeric effects is the Potion of Storm Giant Strength. If you double its numerical effects, does your strength become Fifty-Eight?!?

What if you get mega nutty, and you drink three Potions of Storm Giant Strength? And you roll a 91 and a 100? Does your strength become fifty-eight Forever?

Obviously a bonkers situation, but... possible? Also... is there a way to cheese a pair of consecutive d100 rolls? Asking for a friend.

 The real answer is "your DM will determine". (With the implied "no, you're not going to get a permanent 58 strength".)

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Okay, a question that came up recently about mixing potions. Most importantly, on the roll of 91-99 on the "Potion Miscability" table, "Both potions work, but the numerical effects and duration of one potion are doubled. If neither potion has anything to double in this way, they work normally."

Now, this tracks just fine if you take a Potion of Healing while under the effects of, say, a Potion of Invisibility. You just double the healing, pat yourself on the back for your incredible luck, and call it a day. But what if you mix an Elixir of Health with a Potion of Storm Giant Strength? The only potion with any measurable numeric effects is the Potion of Storm Giant Strength. If you double its numerical effects, does your strength become Fifty-Eight?!?

The "numerical effect" of a Potion of Giant Strength is to make your STR score a specific number, not boost it by some amount. So doubling it would change your STR to 29... twice

I'd rule that means the duration is doubled

I’d also argue the potion of storm giant strength is not a numerical effect — and yes, I know it involves a number. But I’d say a numerical effect would be something like, increases your strength score by 3, or whatever number. The idea is there needs to be some math and/or dice involved.

I realize I’m basically inventing a definition here, but since there isn’t one, seems fair game.

Heroic Inspiration will allow you to reroll ANY single die roll immediately after seeing the result.

If you roll a 25 on a percentile roll, you could use Heroic Inspiration to reroll the tens die.

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Heroic Inspiration will allow you to reroll ANY single die roll immediately after seeing the result.

If you roll a 25 on a percentile roll, you could use Heroic Inspiration to reroll the tens die.

That is... not how that works

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Heroic Inspiration will allow you to reroll ANY single die roll immediately after seeing the result.

This is true.

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If you roll a 25 on a percentile roll, you could use Heroic Inspiration to reroll the tens die.

This is false.

You are using two d10s to represent a single d100 die and therefore roll both with Heroic Inspiration. You only get to reroll a subset of the dice if you were required to roll multiple dice by the notation in the rules. 1d100 is considered by the rules to be a single die whether you are using one die to roll for it or representing it with two dice. If you are required to roll 1d100, you would reroll 1d100. If you had to roll 2d100, you could choose one d100 to reroll.

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Heroic Inspiration will allow you to reroll ANY single die roll immediately after seeing the result.

This is true.

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If you roll a 25 on a percentile roll, you could use Heroic Inspiration to reroll the tens die.

This is false.

You are using two d10s to represent a single d100 die and therefore roll both with Heroic Inspiration. You only get to reroll a subset of the dice if you were required to roll multiple dice by the notation in the rules. 1d100 is considered by the rules to be a single die whether you are using one die to roll for it or representing it with two dice. If you are required to roll 1d100, you would reroll 1d100. If you had to roll 2d100, you could choose one d100 to reroll.

 Yes.

Also, any mechanical interpretation that changes how it works based on the dice you're using is not a good interpretation. If you're making your percentile rolls on a zocchihedron, it should interact exactly the same as if you're using 2d10 or tens-and-ones dice.

Regarding Percentile Dice while such dice exist, the common way to roll 1d100 uses a pair of ten-sided dice, its still a d100 regardless of how you roll it. 

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Okay, a question that came up recently about mixing potions. Most importantly, on the roll of 91-99 on the "Potion Miscability" table, "Both potions work, but the numerical effects and duration of one potion are doubled. If neither potion has anything to double in this way, they work normally."

Now, this tracks just fine if you take a Potion of Healing while under the effects of, say, a Potion of Invisibility. You just double the healing, pat yourself on the back for your incredible luck, and call it a day. But what if you mix an Elixir of Health with a Potion of Storm Giant Strength? The only potion with any measurable numeric effects is the Potion of Storm Giant Strength. If you double its numerical effects, does your strength become Fifty-Eight?!?

 

The "numerical effect" of a Potion of Giant Strength is to make your STR score a specific number, not boost it by some amount. So doubling it would change your STR to 29... twice

I'd rule that means the duration is doubled

 Obviously, this whole post is a gag suggesting a completely insane thing happening, but you're arguing that the numerical effect of a Potion of Giant Strength is to make your STR score a specific number, so doubling it... DOESN'T double the number? Nah nah nah, if my Strength score is bumped to 29 and I roll 99 on miscibility, I'm bumping it up to 58. Although technically, I agree with Plaguescarred, that it couldn't actually go higher than 30.

Sometimes, I miss the wild, unbounded ability scores of 3.5e...

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Okay, a question that came up recently about mixing potions. Most importantly, on the roll of 91-99 on the "Potion Miscability" table, "Both potions work, but the numerical effects and duration of one potion are doubled. If neither potion has anything to double in this way, they work normally."

Now, this tracks just fine if you take a Potion of Healing while under the effects of, say, a Potion of Invisibility. You just double the healing, pat yourself on the back for your incredible luck, and call it a day. But what if you mix an Elixir of Health with a Potion of Storm Giant Strength? The only potion with any measurable numeric effects is the Potion of Storm Giant Strength. If you double its numerical effects, does your strength become Fifty-Eight?!?

 

The "numerical effect" of a Potion of Giant Strength is to make your STR score a specific number, not boost it by some amount. So doubling it would change your STR to 29... twice

I'd rule that means the duration is doubled

 Obviously, this whole post is a gag suggesting a completely insane thing happening, but you're arguing that the numerical effect of a Potion of Giant Strength is to make your STR score a specific number, so doubling it... DOESN'T double the number? Nah nah nah, if my Strength score is bumped to 29 and I roll 99 on miscibility, I'm bumping it up to 58. Although technically, I agree with Plaguescarred, that it couldn't actually go higher than 30.

Sometimes, I miss the wild, unbounded ability scores of 3.5e...

If that's how you want to play it, then doubling the "numerical effect" would let you double the STR increase, not the final result

If you had a STR of 20 when you drank the potions, doubling the "numerical effect" would get you to 38, not 58

If you doubled the "numerical effects" of a potion of fire breath, would you rule the DC of the attack is now 26?