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This potion bestows magical invulnerability to all forms of normal fire (such as bonfires, burning oil, or even huge pyres of flaming wood) upon the person drinking it.
It furthermore gives resistance
to such fires as generated by molten lava,
a wall of fire, a fireball,
fiery
dragon breath and similar intense flame/heat.
All damage from such fires is reduced by
-2
from each die of damage, and
if a saving throw is applicable, it is made at +4.
Note: If but one-half of the potion is consumed
it confers invulnerability to normal fires and half the benefits noted
above (-1, +2).
The potion lasts 1 turn, or 5 rounds for
half doses.
<viscous, variegated, blue, honeyed>
Q. How does a potion
of fire resistance
work against dragon breath
when it
reduces the amount of damage
done
per damage die? Dragon breath
does
not work that way.
A. Dragon breath is
calculated as the
equivalent of the dragon's
current HP.
Therefore we suggest that
the
effect of a potion of fire
resistance
would be to reduce the amount
of
damage done by dragon breath
by 2
points per HD of the dragon.
As an
example: a 9 HD adult
red dragon (with 5 HP per
HD
giving 45 HP and 45 points
of damage for its breath
weapon)
would be treated as a 9 HD
sub-adult
dragon with 3 HP per HD
when breathing on someone
who
had consumed a potion of
fire resistance.
Another adventurer standing
next to this potion-tippler
will still
take 45 points of <fire>
damage. The moral
of this example is share
your potions
with your Friends.
(Imagine #12)
"A search of the goblin-bags will reveal
that one is empty, another contains 80 g.p.
and the 3rd contains a vial of dark brown
liquid that tastes like bad whiskey.
The liquid is in fact a Potion of Fire Resistance."
Source: The Dragon #32, The Fell Pass. area 11.