Add a straw, like a tea bomb.

Potions are also four ounces. Maybe try less liquid

Perhaps trying out different shapes of bottles with the same amount of fluid. Something with a Erlenmeyer flair or perhaps a nice Boston Round

What if you made the potions into hard candy and just swallow them whole

​@@dustinthewind357 then I'd expect it to work slower, making the analogy with real world medicine

adventurers need throat game

​@@FlameQwert with high enough preformance, drinking potions becomes a bonus action

@@dizzy6756 I love the implications that are given from commenting this under a comment talking about “throat game”

I used to be a commoner like you, then I took a potion to the throat.

Alcoholism!!! 🎉

At first this made me think of edible glass. But now, that led me to think of jellofied potions.

OUTRAGEOUS

​@vanillalice4676 that would be hilarious kinda like how a lot of supplements nowadays are in gummy form.

I don’t remember any other part of that skit, but man is that line memorable

That's why they heal so little, all the magic is wasted fixing your digestive tract.

Vldl reference man of culture

Thats... actually kind of an interesting idea. Circular "screw" grooves in the neck to naturally start the vortex for easy quick consumption on demand.

@Axel-zc6xj either that or every bottle comes with a prestigitation built-in to add a gentle gust of wind at the back of the bottle. What minor illusion would be common? Would every bottle have a loud advertisement for the general store at the bottom of every bottle? Do most people not finish the dregs of the bottle so that they can avoid the advertisement? Is the campaign high magic or low magic? How does ya like that hot air?

@Axel-zc6xj also, a small hole runs from the middle inside of the neck to the inside of the bottle to prevent surface tension from creating a barrier to flow.

@@gabef9538 Ah yes, the lesser known shotgun flask, with two corks

@CharlieApples the double corked flasks is only for either a concoction that tastes aweful and requires a chaser, or if the potion duration is dependent on a chemical reaction and the active ingredient would otherwise have a shelf life of minutes.

Facts

Lol

Itd be an interesting mechanic to let people save what they can't drink in 1 roll, but only give the +2 bonus once, potions in d&d feel pretty underwhelming for the expense that would at least let you get the full 6 out of it eventually

Idk if it's supposed to be like that, but that's the canon explanation for me and my friends while we are in combat

​@@jestfullgremblim8002iirc that IS WotC's official explanation, and also the reason why if you drink a potion outside of combat you always get the maximum effect.

My interpretation is it's the extra HP that wasn't restored from the Dice roll lol

Really clears up the sinuses

Good for sinus allergies

If it burns that means its working

In Mexico we call this turbo chelas! LOL

I was searching for this comment

Has Merica been doing shotguns with to many steps? I feel like we have been...

In New Zealand we call it a Vorteke

​@@bluefox2844 haha no we have now just expanded our ability to poision ones self

😂

Probably the only thing you'll ever get to is your reaction for anyways 😂

That's just an interaction, though...

GURPS logic

As a GM, I would rule that it would require proficiency in order to chug as a bonus action. Which can make for a great homebrew talent dealing with alchemy

Two scrawny mages arguing about how to drink potions in a tavern, taking turns trying to beat each other’s time Then a 7 foot beast of a man walks in, eats a bottle whole, then leaves without a word

@@Menamphetamine reverse it so two beasts of men are squabbling over the perfect chomp technique for potions, and a scrawny mage comes in, does a perfect swirl chug then eats the bottle and leaves without a word

@@dyingofdioxide works just as well

It's a popular drinking game. He who doesn't knock back the practice booze withing six seconds a) pays for the next round and b) doesn't get the potion of minor healing to get unwasted again

@@Arcanefungus One Two Three Four Chug the potion fast for more! *Groggy Ice has entered the room*

Beer should be savored, not chugged 🍻

@@grizzlybear6377 depends on the the "beer."

​@thingmaker3 yeah, definitely not savoring no Bud Light

@@thingmaker3 You can treat a beer the same way you treat a lover. Slow, enjoying every sip. Or fast and to the point like a dirty shot found on top of a urinal. It's up to you 😉🍺

I think the problem is the shape of the flask. It's very thin at the end, so the question is more "how fast can the liquid get out of the end" than "how fast can you drink"

This! Little details like this are so fun 👏

Yeah you got to eat the bottle

​@@bored4271 Very barbarian sentence

😂😂

"Not to be taken orally"

I had my artificer develop an injector knife. The DM was absolutely NOT expecting me to backstab a friendly NPC to negotiate with a bad guy, and was even less expecting me to have loaded the knife with a greater healing potion

Same, it would also make more sense to have much smaller vials for the sake of carrying capacity.

That does it. Next time I have a shot of espresso I’m putting it in a vial

Or it's like a grenade you throw at the ground and it vaporizes around you and into you

​@smileyp4535 Well that's just BG3 rules

Yeah, same about the vials instead of bottles idea for me. Considering that, at least in Pathfinder rules, in order to create a healing potion, you had to be able to cast healing spells. So I always thought that is was just like you have to have a masterwork weapon to be able to hold a magical enchantment, an alchemist has to create a concoction that would hold a healing spell. It's not a medicine, it's a vehicle for magical storage. Thus, you don't need a big ass potion. Just a small vial is enough to carry the spell.

It would be like drinking from a shot glass. I think most people could do that in less than 6 seconds fairly consistently.

Thanks, came looking for this.

Didn't see this before commenting. 😊

What video are you watching? The time is on the screen...

@@larrymandusky7332I saw it empty at 4.46 but to look back normally did take a bit longer

Not really. To see if it's a bonus action, you'll need to do the test while sprinting, being attacked by multiple people, and/or while making multiple attacks.

“The potion heals you for 10 HP, but the broken glass in your stomach damages you for 10 HP. You are also inflicted with bleeding.”

Right? I don't understand how more people don't know you just eat the vile, glass and all.

Pathfinder actually had something like that for underwater campaigns, the idea was these wax covered sponges in which the potion was absorbed. Pop it into your mouth and chew through the wax to get to the potion

Wrong. Youre supposed to shatter the potion on the floor and get crushed onto it.

Terraria character moment

🤣

Viva La dirt league is too funny

Okay Ben! Eating the potion like a normal person. Avoiding the shards of glass

HAH😆YES VLDL is an amazing channel. Love this reference.

I've not seen that one. I thought I had seen all of their vids.

what if the bottles come with the straw pre-installed :O

bite through the bottom of the glass then open it

True. I definitely saw more comments saying he used the wrong shape containers than I saw people saying to swirl it (I saw nobody saying to swirl it lol)

I've always defined potions as around 2 ounces (about a "shot") and contained in straight sided vials. Makes them much easier to down during combat.

Yeah I imagine that the shape of the bottle has a lot to do with it because I can easily down like half a 28 oz reusable water bottle in like 6 seconds, but maybe I’m just odd idk

same! i always figured it was those thin test tubes and you could just slot em in easily on a tool belt or some shit

@@kennpeters1973yeah I think its much more realistic to have five test tubes/lidded shot glasses hanging from their belt than five massive bottles, especially when they are constantly being thrown about and punched in battle, those would break so easily.

I mean liquid courage is technically a potion

​@syncretik5762 That's what I've been calling vodka.

I just take a shot of Courage

@@hay2bay hennything is possible for a cowardly dog

the potion is constantly swirling inside thanks to magic, duh

Swirl it while you're taking it out.

I mean it only takes like 1 second to swirl a bottle though

He's prob more fun to be around than you

Had to google what 1 oz looks like cause I live in not America. Apparently its about half a shot glass. Yup that should take less than 6 seconds.

Guy is intentionally making DND clickbait. Shrug. Just go with the meme answer of eating the bottle.

TIL there's an actual volume specified

The fact that you knew that is bewildering to me. Everyone has something, I'm happy you found yours.

"Most" is not "all", and when you take rarity into account, most could just be common potions. Personally, unless it specifies a volume, I make the rarer potions larger because you need the extra medium to contain the more powerful magic. That just makes more sense to me.

Its one of those "mega potions" i forgot the actual name

They're only 1oz according to the actual DM's Guide. Which makes them smaller than a 5 Hour Energy. This, in this video, is not a healing potion. This is like a half dozen healing potions

@@chrismanuel9768 Really? Holy balls, that's good to know. But why does it take 6 seconds to knock that back?

​@Drekromancer I'd have to imagine that something thar instantly cures your wounds would taste like hell lmao. Choking it down.

Like a stamina potion from Diablo 2?

Or place it next to a character and then activate the giant metal press that downs them but breaks the potion to immediately revive them

@@panbaguette4400what is this Sierra adventure puzzle nonsense 😆

@@KM-hv1jg I know right. Half of my grymforge battle was me dropping health potions and the shooting the button for the metal press with an arrow.

*wincing in secondhand pain as he watches in horror as Ben chews on glass*

Outrageous!!

Ah I see you’re a man of culture as well

⁠@@no-4 It’s actually quite easy as the wounds created by the glass are immediately healed afterwards. Though, just make sure not to swallow any glass, cause I would rather use lay on hands on the Barbarian who is currently wrestling an owl-bear at the moment.

@@gratefulgamer7907yeah if you swallow then you'd have to drink another potion on the exit of the first one which is a waste obviously

Fallout reference?

Ultrakill refrence?

Isn’t intoxication a minus to Wisdom? 🤔 Could be half and half. 👏 WE NEED A RULING HERE!!

​@@David0lyleDefinitely a minus to Wisdom. You're intelligence doesn't really degrade with intoxication, just your ability for critical thinking, good decision making, and capacity of observation. The brainpower is still there, just used badly.

​@@anonymousapproximation8549nah next day u def get an intelligence debuff. I take dot damage i try to use my brain then.

4-4-40, but with health potions. First one to keep them all four down for all 7 rounds takes the pool. (Oh, to be young again.)

*Chugs potion of potion chugging*

Potions bases are nearly always a spirit or alcohol. What you're describing is alcoholism and it's already real

"You cannot chug *MY* strongest potions, traveler!"

Naw dude some guy just enchants bottles all day making the potions shoot into your mouth and down your throat.

*vial

Like a normal person

Just turn autocorrect off.

Came to say this

Vial is a real word. I don't think autocorrect would have changed it.

Right, he is clearly not of the strongest of beings he is clearly of the weakest.

what is in it? just red food coloring?

Where's that reference from? I know ive seen it but cant recall what it is

@@lllooolll327 The name of the vid is Potion Seller

The character in Dead Cells actually has a "Face Flask" power -- "Crush a flask on your forehead, dealing low damage to yourself."

considering the healing aoe by smashing it near a group of characters...this is a strong contender lol

Nah man, that's not D&D. One might even say it's Blasphemous... But the Dead Cells "face flask" is actually a reference to Blasphemous. There's actually an outfit rewarded for using the face flask that's made to look like the Penitent One, the game's protagonist. Easily one of the best metroidvanias of all time.

When the barbarian can no longer rely on the cleric

In runescape you can do a mini quest that allows you to smash flasks on your head after theyre empty to get rid of them from your inventory

5'8" is average height, not below 5 feet

That's why you GOTTA do it in 6 seconds or less. Oh my god, monster readies attack action, trigger is player chugs potion

i might have to torture my players and do something about this next session

Oh my god haha please do update us if so! ​@@fae4688

as he said in the pinned comment, it's all about the head movement when you start to down it. You really don't have to do the wrist swirls. It's very common when people are trying to drink lots of alcohol very fast.

@@jaxryz_380 True, but I would question how fast that potion can go from it's position in a tool belt, to chin height while still being secure enough to not fall or break during acrobatics/combat.

you do the swirl as you run to a safe place that will let you sit there for 6 seconds.

If health potions were real they wouldnt work mid combat. Try drinking a potion after youve been stabbed while youre trying to defend yourself against an aggressor in full plate with a longsword relentlessly attacks you. The second you pull out that potion he'll see what youre trying to do and will come at you even harder. Youll be down and out before you drink a drop of thar potion

Perhaps the mark of a good alchemist is how small they can make their potions. A small vial that can be finished in one swig is far more useful and easy to carry than a massive jug.

@@jooot_6850I see what you’re getting at but wouldn’t it make more sense to carrry the best potion in a giant hug and transfer to vials as needed

​@jooot_6850 it would cost more gold coins from a adventurers perspective because concentrating sometimes takes a lot of resources

​@@lilkidsuaveconcentrated potions means you can't sell as many for the same amount of ingredients, so yeah, value would go up

​Not really, if the more concentrated potion is proportionally smaller then the amount of ingredients used is the same (outside of the actual process of concentrating, though that would probably be cheaper than the initial potion cost). Definitely more expensive, but probably only 1.5x raw resource cost. Of course, the value for the skill required to concentrate the potion would also drive up the price, but it would be pretty viable for a PC making their own potions!​@@annoyinglyfast5972

In Australia it's called a vortex and it's an infamous drinking technique

I've called it tornado as well, but I live in a section of the US called Tornado Alley....also the move has been used icing people for awhile

In America it’s called newly divorced and it’s becoming a popular technique.

Swirl, Swirl(ee), tornado, twister, Vortex, or a spin are all acceptable when it comes to drinking terms.

Vortekki

In 5e PHP it says healing potions are in vials, and it says vials are 4 oz.

But does it say the vial is filled by the potion? We don't often fill containers to the brim. That is especially true when corks are involved. You can have a vial with a potential volume of 4 oz that only holds 1 oz of fluid. In fact having air in the vial would make it easier to drink quickly so it would make sense for the vial to be only partially filled.

​@@TheBearOfSpadesIk this is gonna sound crazy, but you can put liquid in a container without filling it.

​@@Strange_BardEmpty air (headspace) in a container is the #1 determinant of spoilage under identical environmental conditions. Fill your wine bottle to the brim and it lasts longer, leave it a quarter empty and it turns to vinegar MUCH MUCH faster.

in ff16 potions are crushed in the main character’s hand and then he gets back to fighting, i like the idea of using brittle bottles that are safe enough to crush in a hand but also to carry around

30ml actually

@@sailor5853 So - a shot?

@@JustinMcJustinJeez no wonder why it can be drank so fast then.

Yea, did he pick an arbitrary volume at random? This is covered in the rules.

50ml is the palm of your hand, depending on shape, shouldnt take more than 2 secs to drink unless its narrow mouth.

"What is its effect?" "It makes *everything else* taste better"

Could be really uncomfortable if you have liquid that wants to be drunk. It almost literally jumps down your throat.

also its only one ounce, its a shot not a massive drink lol

@@bobhope3097it's 4 ounces

@@jasperzanovich2504 yikes I'm gonna have nightmares about this

@@jasperzanovich2504OP made me Figure that Magical liquids in General would have a more loose molecular structure compared to liquids like Water so They jus Flow Faster Inherently

Ya like a little vile on a sling strap where shot gun shells would go

potions are very very small! around 30ml (or 1 ounce) of liquid!

"Your character will take 16 points of poison damage." "He'll down a shot of health potion, and then another shot of poison reduction." *Sigh* "Okay, roll a Wisdom saving throw."

Dmg says potions are usually half a shotglass

I always thought of them basically being in a test tube. Smaller profile, less likely to be broken.

THANK you

Either 6 seconds is too short or potions vials are too large. I imagine for potions to take 6 seconds or less to chug they should be smaller than a test tubes or no bigger than one of those mini bottle alcohol shots.

in final fantasy 16 you can crush a tiny potion bottle in your hand it takes like half a second for the character. perhaps we can just write in combat bottles that can be crushed in the hands pretty easily but also strong enough to just not have it shatter while on your belt, maybe potions can be pellet sized or something

Just eat the bottle Rowan!

​@@nolansaylor7710 "A HORSE. POCKET."

Shotgun the potion.

Endlösung!

The PHB describes potions of healing as being a vial of liquid (this is vague and could be vials of any size imaginable) and later describes a vial (the empty kind listed in the adventuring gear) as having a maximum capacity of 4 oz. The PHB never specifies that the empty vials are the same kind used for potions of healing. In contrast, the DMG does specify a specific volume for potions and magical oils, which is 1 oz.

O.O So _that's why_ that call it a "bottleneck."

@@trajectoryunown yes a bottleneck is something that limits the propagation of one thing into another place or time

@@HelloThere..... I've only ever heard of it in relation to the performance of electronic hardware. 'twould appear that, like computer "bugs", this also has a real world origin. I was just astonished that I didn't connect the dots until now.

​@@trajectoryunownman those are my favorite moments, most things are like that, I actually felt my brain rearranging itself when I put together that analog signals are actually analogs for the information they are conveying and how obvious it was in hindsight.

You called ?

^^^First of all, perfect. Secondly: Or better yet the whole party chugging pots like frat boys while chanting chug chug chug.

So original😂

Dieser Kommentar ist nun eigentum der BRD

Nach dem Kommentar hab ich gesucht 😂

Ich versteh nicht wie man trinken kann ohne zu schlucken 😂

@@RL-DarkSpark ich ehrlich gesagt aber auch nicht 😂

It’s called tornadoing in drinking culture here

perfekt, jetzt muss ich das nicht kommentieren lmao

1 turn in DnD is 6 seconds so he still chuged it during his turn.

You can swirl it very quickly. Try it with a water bottle, it takes less than half a second to form the central air channel

Yea, but he probably can't do anything else. DnD characters do several things in a turn. ​@@Duarte_GB

@@svenfold979like taking an action (potion in this case) and a bonus (sometimes called swift i believe) action and moving (could be done while drinking)

Not RAW, but you could count this part as an interaction with an object.