Alchemist #

Alchemists use Reagents to power many of their abilities, and especially their Formulae. Every Alchemist has 3 Reagents in Adventurer Tier, 4 Reagents in Champion Tier, and 5 Reagents in Epic Tier. They’re restored during a Quick Rest.

Once per turn, you can spend 1 Reagent as a free action on or outside your turn to give yourself Temporary HP equal to half of your average recovery. This can be performed as a response to being attacked and seeing the attack result but before being damaged.

• Champion Perk: When you use this outside your turn, you also gain Resist All 13+ until the end of the turn.
• Epic Perk: You have one extra maximum Reagent.

• Adventurer Perk: This is now 50% of the default price (25gp per tier for potions, 50gp per tier for lesser runes, 75gp per tier for greater runes).

• Adventurer Perk: You may now do this once per short rest instead of once per day.

• Adventurer Perk: While under the effect of an infusion or a mutagen, you also count your Volition as 4 for basic ranged attacks and you increase your ranged stance damage by 1 size (d8 Close/Rapid, d10 Aimed). You gain access to Defensive Stance (d8 damage, +1 AC) as well while under the effect of an infusion or a mutagen.
• Champion Perk: Your Recovery dice also increase by 1 size (to d10s) while you’re under the effect of an infusion or a mutagen.
• Epic Perk: Once per day, as a quick action, you may increase your melee and ranged stance damage by 1 extra size until you’re no longer under the effect of an infusion or mutagen. If you do, you take damage equal to your level at the end of your turn until you’re no longer under the effect of an infusion or mutagen.

• Adventurer Perk: Mutagens, infusions, and oils can count as Spells if you want them to.
• Champion Perk: Any Alchemist ability can count as a spell when it’s advantageous and not a spell when it would be disadvantageous to be a spell.
• Epic Perk: Once per encounter, an ally who benefits from an Alchemist ability (including yourself) either gains 1 advantage to their next spell attack roll within the next round or grants 1 disadvantage to attacks against an ally they affect with a spell within the next round.

• Epic Perk: You regain 1d3 Reagents when you do this.

• Adventurer Perk: Instead of Breaching applying a new condition, you can choose to make any single-round conditions inflicted from the bomb itself while Breaching 11+ save ends and increase the save threshold of any ongoing damage by 2 (to a maximum of 13+). This applies to all targets of the bomb.
• Champion Perk: One single-strength target you hit while Breaching can be Stunned or Confused instead of Hampered.
• Epic Perk: Add 1 target to any bomb used to Breach.

• Adventurer Perk: Instead of removing any secondary targets, you can exclude one ally from being a secondary target.
• Champion Perk: Your Natural 13+ Hit grenade attacks against the primary target inflict Dazed until the end of your next turn.
• Epic Perk: When you remove all secondary targets from a grenade that has them, your attack against the primary target gains 1 advantage.

• Adventurer Perk: You gain 1 Advantage on saves against ongoing damage.
• Champion Perk: One encounter per day, while you’re staggered, you have Resist Weapon 12+.
• Epic Perk: As a quick action, you may spend 1 Reagent to increase the Resistance to 13+ for all resistances granted by this talent until the end of the encounter.

• Adventurer Perk: Your oils apply to the first hit instead of the first attack for ranged weapons. Make a 13+ save whenever an oil on a weapon you’re using would expire due to hitting. On a success, the effect is still active.
• Champion Perk: You may give your oils to allies to use if you spend the Reagents before giving them out. They expire during your next short rest if not used first and don’t gain the save to avoid expiration on use.
• Epic Perk: Make an 11+ save instead of a 13+ save when determining if your oil expires.

• Adventurer Perk: Resistance potions you make increase their Resist amount by 1.
• Champion Perk: Increase the maximum amount healed for healing potions you make by 10 x Tier HP.
• Epic Perk: Anyone may use any potion you make as a quick action instead of a move action.

• Adventurer Perk: You may spend 1 Reagent while under the effects of a mutagen to ignore having to Embrace your Flaws for one skill check.
• Champion Perk: You may now use mutagens as a Move action instead of Standard. While under the effects of any mutagen, count your Volition as 3 with Bomb and Grenade attacks.
• Epic Perk: You can now be under the effects of up to two mutagens at once, but you’re Softened and Enervated until both expire.

• Adventurer Perk: Once per day, you may use an infusion as a free action instead of a quick action.
• Champion Perk: You gain 1 Advantage on infusion Sustains.
• Epic Perk: If you fail your first Sustain roll for an infusion, refund the reagent cost of the Infusion.

You’re very good at scraping together something useful from laboratory waste. During a full rest, you can create one Adventurer-tier potion for free. It expires at the start of your next full rest if not used.

At Champion Tier, you may make one Adventurer-tier lesser rune or two Adventurer-tier potions. At Epic tier, you may make one Champion-tier lesser rune or two Champion-tier potions.

Runes and potions made with this ability can’t be sold or recycled for reagents with Scrapper.

• Adventurer Perk: For every tier, you may now make two potions or one rune of your tier.
• Champion Perk: The first time per encounter that you use any ability that requires you to spend 2 or more reagents, roll a 11+ save. On a success, you regain 1.
• Epic Perk: You may recycle items you make with this with Scrapper.

Hit: The target is Stuck (11+ save ends). The target can spend a standard action to automatically succeed at the save (or a move action if the target is double-strength or triple-strength).

Miss: The target is Stuck until the start of your next turn (or until they spend an action as above).

Primary Hit: 1d4 x Level + Volition x Tier fire damage and 1d4 x Level ongoing fire damage.

Primary Miss/Secondary Hit: Fire damage equal to your level.

Primary Hit: 1d8 x Level + Volition x Tier weapon damage.

Primary Miss/Secondary Hit: 1d4 x Level weapon damage.

While this is in effect, you’re twice as heavy but able to maintain your own weight, changing your gait and such. You may use your Alchemist skill to accomplish many things through brute force (or if your Alchemist skill already covers this, gain 1 advantage). However, you always embrace your flaws on skill checks involving reflexes or quick changes in thought, or activities involving moving vertically like flying, jumping, or climbing.

While this is in effect, you have a slight sheen to your skin, as if it were oily or wet. You may use your Alchemist skill to fast-talk or deceive someone (or if your Alchemist skill already covers this, gain 1 advantage). However, you always embrace your flaws on any skill checks involving the appearance of solemnity or sincerity.

Hit: Thunder damage equal to your level and Shaken (11+ save ends). Any spell attacks the target makes while Shaken gain 1 further Disadvantage.

Miss: Thunder damage equal to your level. Any spell attacks the target makes before the start of your next turn gain 1 Disadvantage.

Hit: Ongoing necrotic damage equal to 1d4 x Level.

Miss: Ongoing necrotic damage equal to your level.

Primary Hit: 1d8 x Level ongoing acid damage.

Primary Miss/Secondary Hit: Ongoing acid damage equal to your level.

Primary Hit: 1d10 x Level + Volition x Tier lightning damage.

Primary Miss/Secondary Hit: 1d4 x Level lightning damage.

Natural Even Hit or Miss (any): Add another secondary target and make an attack against them.

While this is in effect, your veins (or equivalent) pop out and glow a little. You may use your Alchemist skill for any task that requires an exceptional sense of smell (or if your Alchemist skill already covers this, gain 1 advantage). However, you always embrace your flaws on any skill checks involving avoiding being sickened or disgusted by something physical.

While this is in effect, your eyes are wider than normal and reflect the light a bit. You may use your Alchemist skill for any task that requires focusing on fine detail (or if your Alchemist skill already covers this, gain 1 advantage). However, you always embrace your flaws on any skill checks involving general awareness.

Hit: Cold damage equal to 1d4 x Level. Until the end of your next turn, the target is Weakened.

Miss: Cold damage equal to your level.

Special: You may spend 1 extra Reagent to target 1d3 more enemies.

Primary Hit: 1d12 x Level + Volition x Tier weapon damage.

Primary Miss/Secondary Hit: Damage equal to your level.

Special: You may spend 1 extra Reagent to instead deal half damage on a Primary Miss/Secondary Hit.

While this is in effect, your eyes take on a muted tint, your skin grows paler, and your heartbeat slows drastically. You may use your Alchemist skill for any task that requires quietness or deliberate action (or if your Alchemist skill already covers this, gain 1 advantage). However, you always embrace your flaws on any skill checks involving showing or conveying emotion or impulsive action.

Hit: The target is Weakened and Vulnerable (11+ save ends both).

Miss: The target is Vulnerable until the start of your next turn.

Hit: 1d12 x Level + Volition x Tier force damage. Any Resistance the target has is both ignored by this attack and removed for the rest of the encounter. The target is Stunned and Enervated until the end of your next turn.

Miss Half damage.

Special: You may spend 1 extra Reagent to instead deal half damage on a Primary Miss/Secondary Hit.

While this is in effect, you’re noticeably twitchy. You may use your Alchemist skill for any task that requires quick reflexes or decisive action (or if your Alchemist skill already covers this, gain 1 advantage). However, you always embrace your flaws on any skill checks involving synchronized timing or patience.

Hit: The target takes radiant damage equal to twice your level and is Vulnerable (11+ save ends).

Miss: The target is Vulnerable until the start of your next turn.

Hit: 2d10 x Level + Volition x Tier force damage.

Miss Half damage.

While this is in effect, you appear to be the perfect possible version of yourself, to the point where you could be mistaken for an incarnated deity. You may use your Alchemist skill for nearly any task (or if your Alchemist skill already covers an area, gain 1 advantage on it). However, you always embrace your flaws on any skill checks to avoid attention and avoid being the center of attention.