Simply doesn't work. I drank two of them in a roll, trying to spot someone who cut my purse. It was no Wild magic area. No effect at all.
PC: Birbag
Account: ihaul
I think these are potions which use "Find Traps" aren't they?
Was this after hearing someone cut your purse or at the time you actually lost your gold and got a message about that? There's a bit delay.
Biam has one of those, it casts Find Traps. So, unless there's multiple types of awareness potions, then I'd say it's working as intended.
A Potion of Hearing grants the bard spell Amplify. A Potion of ESP grants the wizard/sorcerer spell Clairaudience/Clairvoyance. A Potion of Awareness grants the spell of Find Traps. I'm assuming you meant a Potion of ESP, which would have an effect, and certainly does work, but some thieves have ridiculously high hide/move silently, and for someone who isn't focused in detection, even potions of Hearing and ESP aren't a sure bet, ESPECIALLY if the thief has already begun to flee.