Can you have a potion of Inflict Serious Wounds?

Question

Can you create a potion of Inflict Serious (etc.) Wounds?

If so, does it give you the ability to do a touch attack which does the Inflict, or does it Inflict the wounds on the drinker?

Answer 1

Yes; it damages the drinker.

The rules on potions, from the SRD:

It can duplicate the effect of a spell of up to 3rd level that has a casting time of less than 1 minute.

Potions are like spells cast upon the imbiber.

And under Creating Potions:

The imbiber of the potion is both the caster and the target. Spells with a range of personal cannot be made into potions.

There's no rule that potions have to be beneficial to you.

In fact, a few D&D 3e sourcebooks feature potions of inflict light/moderate/serious wounds, mainly as they heal undead. The psychic vampire Kantos from the Libris Mortis web enhancement Tarus's Banquet carries a potion of inflict moderate wounds, as does the phantom ghast ninja Kugan from Monster Manual V.