Throwing Potions

[SinCanDory]

I see some NPCs throwing things, which I believe are potions, to heal eachother or my character but when I throw I damage my party instead.

How does it work? What do I do wrong? Or is it not a potion what they throw to heal?

[Corridian]

I do not believe they throw healing potions. You can throw acid and alchemist fire.

[SnarkOne]

They throw healing potions.
The mechanism is a bit odd rn.
You press throw them as you would throw any weapon, the potion breaks on contact & a liquid spills which heals in a small aoe circle.
You can also get up downed allies by throwing a healing potion at them.

Sometimes theres a miscalculation & the potion damages your party member so it's safest to throw it at their feet without targeting them.
The metagaming strat is to heal 2 people with 1 potion by throwing it between them while they're next to each other.

[Emblee]

Throwing potion vials, from what I've seen in game, shows a grey number if you hit an ally directly (which I assume is the 'damage' it deals) and then a blue number, which represents the healing it gives.
From what I've gathered it both deals damage(grey) and heals(blue) as two separate dice roles. BUT from what I've seen in game even with the grey damage number showing, my character doesn't actually take damage, they only receive the healing. Is this different for you?

As SnarkOne mentioned: throwing potion vials is a great way to revive a 'downed' character. Typically it seems to be better to use your action to drink the potion on the character who needs healing when possible, and throw the potions at downed characters to revive them when needed.
Edit: Woops grammar

[SinCanDory]

Originally posted by SnarkOne:

They throw healing potions.
The mechanism is a bit odd rn.
You press throw them as you would throw any weapon, the potion breaks on contact & a liquid spills which heals in a small aoe circle.
You can also get up downed allies by throwing a healing potion at them.

Sometimes theres a miscalculation & the potion damages your party member so it's safest to throw it at their feet without targeting them.
The metagaming strat is to heal 2 people with 1 potion by throwing it between them while they're next to each other.

Ah it makes sense. I'll try to throw close to them to see what happens. Thanks a lot :)

[SinCanDory]

Originally posted by Nerm:

Throwing potion vials, from what I've seen in game, shows a grey number if you hit an ally directly (which I assume is the 'damage' it deals) and then a blue number, which represents the healing it gives.
From what I've gathered it both deals damage(grey) and heals(blue) as two separate dice roles. BUT from what I've seen in game even with the grey damage number showing, my character doesn't actually take damage, they only receive the healing. Is this different for you?

As SnarkOne mentioned: throwing potion vials is a great way to revive a 'downed' character. Typically it seems to be better to use your action to drink the potion on the character who needs healing when possible, and throw the potions at downed characters to revive them when needed.
Edit: Woops grammar

Yeah, a companion had very little HP and when I threw a health potion, it ended up with companion being on the ground begging for help. I'll try again later today to see how it will go. I generally hoard the potions because I hardly need them but sometimes they are useful where I can't use spells anymore.

[God Queen 158]

We do this in our multiplayer game! Throw the potion next to a downed ally and they can get healed via the puddle and get up to fight.

Sometimes we do miss and accidentally hit the other player, which does damage. lol

So just make sure to throw it near their hitbox but not at them!

[SinCanDory]

Originally posted by fancyMlar:

We do this in our multiplayer game! Throw the potion next to a downed ally and they can get healed via the puddle and get up to fight.

Sometimes we do miss and accidentally hit the other player, which does damage. lol

So just make sure to throw it near their hitbox but not at them!

Now I can imagine the conversation for damaging with potions

[dolby]

i think that floating damage numbers come from potion vail taking damage... So your characters don't lose hp at all?

At least that's what my impression was after looking at the log.

Granted that i don't use it alot so this could be wrong. It's on my cheezy feature list of don't use anyway so ...

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Originally posted by Tinball:

Throwing a healing potion to heal. That's some whack Larian 5e home brew there.

This ^

[God King 069]

Originally posted by pandariuskairos:

Originally posted by Tinball:

Throwing a healing potion to heal. That's some whack Larian 5e home brew there.

This ^

Agreed. Hahaha no concussion or shrapnel? Just heals you because liquid contact?

[SinCanDory]

Originally posted by 8BallQue:

Originally posted by pandariuskairos:

This ^

Agreed. Hahaha no concussion or shrapnel? Just heals you because liquid contact?

I legit downed my companion by throwing potion. Maybe it was bug but man it was literally hilarious.

"Lemme heal you!"
*Glass pieces cuts and kills the companion*

[God Queen 158]

Yeah! I remember killing a companion the first time I tried it. I felt so bad lol!

So I never tried again till my multiplayer buddies asked since the NPCs are programmed to heal allies this way.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

They need to kill this "feature".

[SinCanDory]

Originally posted by pandariuskairos:

They need to kill this "feature".

Everyone is healer when you can throw potions.

By the way, does anyone know if the thrown potions heal enemies too?

[God King 069]

Originally posted by SinCanDory:

Originally posted by pandariuskairos:

They need to kill this "feature".

Everyone is healer when you can throw potions.

By the way, does anyone know if the thrown potions heal enemies too?

We know it works on NPCs. It would only have some very minor redeeming value if it did heal enemies as well. Otherwise this should be some legendary level ♥♥♥♥ right here hahahaha