Questions tagged [alchemy]
For questions about alchemy, often referring to the creation of potions, poisons, and other nifty devices that are beyond the mundane but may not be truly on the same level as magic.
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How to handle my player's use of Greater Camouflage Dye?
I run a game of Pathfinder 2e that involves a 10th level Alchemist.
One issue I have with their build is their systematic use of Greater Camouflage Dye in about any combat situation. The nature of ...
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Does a Weapon Siphon with Bottled Sunlight deal both Fire AND Vitality damage?
Weapon Siphon adds 1d4 of an alchemical bomb's damage type to a weapon, but what happens when the bomb deals two damage types?
The bomb must be one that deals energy damage, such as an acid flask, ...
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Can bombs gain weapon runes?
Bombs are classified as martial thrown weapons. Neither the fundamental nor property runes state that the weapon cannot be consumable.
Is there anything stopping me from getting Thrower's Bandolier, ...
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Can you use Alchemist Supplies to make infinite money?
So just for the sake of this question, I'm going to assume you have proficiency and the kit itself.
In the description of Alchemist Supplies it states the following:
Alchemical Crafting. You can use ...
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Potion Miscibility: growth and fire breath
Since our session zero we've included the Potion Miscibility variant rule but never used it 'til now.
The party (lvl 5 now) has hoarded quite a few potions - all common or uncommon level - and only ...
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What can I make with Alchemist's Supplies? [duplicate]
The page on D&D Beyond for Alchemist's Supplies doesn't specify what if anything you can make. Other tool are more obvious in what they're for, like the Forgery Kit is for making forgeries:
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Are alchemist's tools required for Infused Reagents & Advanced Alchemy?
The Pathfinder 2 alchemist gets the Advanced Alchemy feature, which lets them spend their daily Infused Reagents resource to create alchemical items. The class description suggests that alchemist's ...
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Can alchemists prepare alchemical items without reading their formula book?
The Pathfinder 2 alchemist class can prepare alchemical items if they have the item's formula in their formula book. However, the class features never explicitly say that the alchemist needs to read ...
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Are there any published guidelines on how to chop up monsters for use as alchemical components? [duplicate]
I have a character with the Guild Artisan background. His guild was an Alchemists' Guild so he is proficient with the alchemist's tool kit. I mentioned to the DM that I could theoretically chop up ...
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What is a metal, for the purpose of a Forge cleric's Artisan's Blessing ability?
The Forge Domain cleric gets the Channel Divinity option Artisan's Blessing at 2nd level (XGtE, p. 19; emphasis mine):
You conduct an hour-long ritual that crafts a nonmagical item that must include ...
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Do you need to learn recipes first to use Craft (Alchemy)?
A character in my group, now at Level 2, put Ranks in Craft (Alchemy).
He has not actually used it yet, but plans to do so.
My question is:
Which alchemical items is he at least theoretically able ...
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Is there a reason a Forge Cleric couldn't use Artisan's Blessing to convert metal into currency for profit?
The Forge Domain cleric's Artisan's Blessing Channel Divinity option (XGtE, p. 19) states:
You conduct an hour-long ritual that crafts a nonmagical item that must include some metal: a simple or ...
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Can an alchemist create magic items using its formula?
I playing two characters in an adventure path and one of them it's the brawler that I have been asking about and the other is an alchemist. They are both 6th level now. My question is can an ...
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What happens when you touch an indirect combat spell preparation?
When you cast an indirect combat spell with sorcery, the target gets to resist/dodge the spell with a Rea+Int roll.
The spell then is launched with an Opposed Test that pits the
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Do non-Medium creatures use differently-sized splash weapons?
Because I wanted it to have some ability to make area attacks, I was considering arming with flasks of alchemist's fire (Player's Handbook 128) (20 gp; 1 lb.) a fire giant (Monster Manual 121–2). ...
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