Alchemist of the 5 Magics

The Doctrine of Signatures: The attributes without mirror the powers within. (Symbol: triangle pointing downward)

Alchemists are concocters of all sorts of oils, philters, potions, dusts, elixirs, and powders. They may produce some things that are normally considered magic items and may produce combinations in quantities.

Alchemist can choose to brew their potion via standard 3^rd ed rule or have the added flexibility to brew potions without expenditure of experience points. This method is more expensive monetarily, takes more time and sometimes does not work!

Pre-Requisites:

Class: Wizard 1^st level

Skill:Craft Brewing 3 ranks

Level	Titles	Special Abilities	Spells
1st	Apprentice	Identify Potion 30%, Brew Potion	+1 level Wizard
2nd	Apprentice	Identify Potion 35%	+1 level Wizard
3^rd	Apprentice	Identify Potion 40%	+1 level Wizard
4^th	Apprentice	Identify Potion 45%	+1 level Wizard
5^th	Apprentice	Identify Potion 50%	+1 level Wizard
6^th	Apprentice	Identify Potion 55%	+1 level Wizard
7^th	Apprentice	May Teach Alchemy, Identify Potion 60%	+1 level Wizard
8^th	Apprentice	Identify Potion 65%	+1 level Wizard
9th	Master Alchemist	Identify Potion 70%	+1 level Wizard

Alchemists need a full lab: 1,000 gp/level + l00gp/level per month, to produce any type of potion. In addition they need a primary ingredient that relates to the potion to be created (ie Giants blood for Giant strength potion). The rest of the material is normally found in the lab.

Chance to recognize alchemically created items: 25% + 5% / level of alchemists (70% maximum)

Following Formulae

	Alchemy Skill	Chance of Success	Time Needed	costs
Simple	1^st level	15% per level	1-3 days	10gp/day
Moderate	3^rd level	10% per level	2-5 days	100gp/day
Complex	5^th level	5% per level	2-16 days	500gp/day

Usually 2-5 potions are created in a successful batch

Failure to Follow Formulae, The Rolls:

Explosions: a role of 95% or higher when trying to make a potion indicates an explosion in the lab.

Explosions cause 1d6/lvl of alchemist in damage to all within the lab; save for 1/2. Additionally, a save must be rolled for each 100gp value of the lab (glass v.s. magical fire).

Failure by within 10% yields 1 potion that may or may not work. To be rolled when imbibed:

01-10% Save vs poison or 2d10;
11-50% Potion fails;
51-90% potion works normally;
91-00% Random Potion Effect (Alchemist may make an IQ check at -2 per level of complexity to identify the formulae for this new potion)

Creating New Formulae

	Skill Required:	Chacnce of Success	Time Needed	Cost
Simple	4th level	10%/level	1-4 weeks	250gp/week
Moderat	6th level	5%/level	2-5 weeks	500gp/week
Complex	9th level<	1%/level	3-6 weeks	1,000gp/week

Thaumaturgy may be used to purify, homogenize, separate, and otherwise concentrate the raw essences of the various alchemical components to increase the chances of succes of an alchemical trial by +5% per level of thaumaturgy. Use of thaumaturgy to stretch out the ingredients increases the number of potions created by +1 per level of thaumaturgy.