Major Infusion (Discovery)

Ability Type: Su

Prerequisites: Lesser Infusion, Greater Infusion

Benefit: When an alchemist with this discovery creates a 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th level extract, they can infuse it with an extra bit of their own magical power. The extract created now persists even after the alchemist sets it down, and, as a result, can be used by any of the alchemist's allies to gain its effects. Having already created it, the extract continues to occupy one of the alchemist's daily extract slots, regardless of who actually ends up using it.

An ally using the extract must expend the same action listed in the "Casting Time" of the extract as if the alchemist were using it themselves. In most cases, this is a standard action. If the extract calls for the caster's "Caster Stat" or specifically uses the caster's Intelligence ability score, or Intelligence ability modifier, the ally using the extract may use the alchemist's Intelligence in place of their own, when calculating that variable's value. Any other variable called for by the extract, such as character level, caster level, or any ability score other than Intelligence, uses the stats of the ally to whom it was gifted.

Infused extracts become inert and useless at the start of the alchemist's next full night's rest, or after 24 hours, whichever is sooner.