Alchemy

Many see alchemy as the study of matter; others view alchemy as the study of change. In truth, both are correct, for alchemy is the study of everything. What doesn’t fall within its domain? Everything in the universe — from the tiniest speck of dust to the massive, ever-burning sun — owes its existence to chemistry. If matter and energy are the building blocks of reality, then alchemists are grand cosmic architects who rival even the gods themselves in their mastery over the physical world. Alchemists destroy matter in a way that would humble even the most fearsome warlord, breaking down objects into their most fundamental pieces. Alchemists create new wonders in ways that artists could never hope to match, brewing new chemicals that were heretofore unseen. When you understand the inner workings of the universe, the possibilities are endless: you could bottle sunlight, brew glory, or even unlock the hidden process for turning lead into gold. So, master chemist, what will you brew into your next bubbling concoction?

Examples of alchemy characters include:

• A hermit lives in the swamp, where he brews fish eyes, pickled fireflies, and muddy water into potent elixirs.
• A chemist travels the world in search of rare and exotic materials to create the elixir of eternal youth.
• Hidden in her secret lair, an assassin creates deadly poisons for her next kill.

Combat

Acid Theme Alchemy Category Combat Effect You can dissolve a handheld item or an equivalent amount of material Lore Describe Sizzling chemical, acrid scent, bubbling green liquid, reducing something to frothy sludge. Extra	Biohazard Theme Alchemy Category Combat Effect You can expend a chemical that you did not create to tell a free Good Tale Lore Describe Causing a chemical reaction, adding a spark to explosives, identifying a chemical's properties Extra Chemicals: Black powder barrel, vial of acid, goo-puddle, mushrooms, pool of monster blood, thick smoke. Reactions: Explode, catch something on fire, heal someone, blind, create a thick cloud, poison, create fireworks
Flashbang Theme Alchemy Category Combat Effect You can create an incredibly bright flash and loud bang in a zone. Creatures in the zone gain the condition "Blind and Deaf" until the effects fade. Lore Describe Bottled sunlight, sonic crystals, volatile chemicals, shattering a sun crystal, fireworks, a bright flare. Extra	Healing Potion Theme Alchemy Category Combat Effect You can spend reagents to create a healing potion. Anyone who drinks it heals as if they received 1 day of uninterrupted bed rest and medical attention. Then, they gain the condition "Hungry and Tired." Lore Describe A bubbling red liquid, a sweet-tasting potion, medicinal salves, brewing the potion in your lab Extra Reagents: Curative herbs, pure water, bottled sunlight, tree sap, crushed fruit seeds, enriched blood, sugar
Inoculated Theme Alchemy Category Combat Effect Gain the defense "Inoculated ☐." Mark it when you suffer a Bad Tale related to chemicals. Also, you're immune to poison, disease, and related conditions Lore Describe Extra Conditions: Disease, poison, venom, parasites, infections, blood curse, forced transformations	Panacea Theme Alchemy Category Combat Effect You can spend reagents to create a panacea. Anyone who drinks it replaces all conditions related to physical ailments with "Hungry and Tired." Physical ailments include things like poisons, diseases, and curses, not wounds like broken bones or severed arteries. Lore Describe Distilled water so pure it washes away anything, drink an antitoxin, release cleansing vapors Extra Conditions: Disease, poison, venom, parasites, infections, blood curse, forced transformation. Reagents: Distilled water, bottled cloud, soap, clear parchment pulp, spring water, a new leaf, starlight
Poisonous Theme Alchemy Category Combat Effect You have a poison. Collaborate on its properties. Creatures you poison gain the condition "Poisoned" and slowly start to suffer symptoms Lore Describe Injecting poison, venomous fangs, a toxic vial, poison-tipped blow darts, venom-coated weapon Extra Symptoms: Muscle weakness, nausea, eventual death, paralysis, hallucinations, paranoia, anti-coagulation	Tranquilizer Theme Alchemy Category Combat Effect You have a tranquilizer. Collaborate on its properties. Creatures you tranquilize gain the condition "Tranquilized" and slowly start to lose faculties. Lore Describe Brewing the chemical in your lab, loading it into a delivery system, how their senses go numb. Extra Faculties: Consciousness, sight, sense of feeling, ability to move, ability to talk, a certain Trait, emotions

Exploration

Adamanthesive Theme Alchemy Category Exploration Effect You can adhere two things together. After about 1 minute, they're permanently bound together. Collaborate on what dissolves the adhesive. Lore Describe Alchemical glue, fusing molecules together, never-melting ice, stitching together the fabric of reality Extra Dissolves by: Time, extreme heat or cold, a certain chemical, a magical phrase, pure distilled water, starlight	Field Alchemy Theme Alchemy Category Exploration Effect You can harvest rare reagents. When you do, the GM tells you what trait the reagent contains. You can perform alchemy to transform the reagent into an elixir. Anyone who drinks it gains that trait as a temporary trait for several minutes Lore Describe Mixing chemicals in a lab, distilling essences, bubbling liquid, growing magic crystals, mad science Extra Reagents: Moss, monster blood, powdered monster bone, venom, mushrooms, tree sap, magic crystals
Mutagen Theme Alchemy Category Exploration Effect You can spend reagents to create a mutagen, which can cause any effect imaginable. Collaborate on your mutagen's effects. For every beneficial effect your mutagen has, the GM gives it a detrimental side-effect Lore Describe Brewing a bubbling potion, harnessing raw chaos, bottling a chain reaction, special lab equipment Extra Effects: Reduce a building to acidic sludge, transform someone into a monster, cause a HUGE explosion Reagents: Unstable chemicals, powerful bases, caustic acids, radioactive metal flakes, mithral flakes Side-effects: It's highly unstable, it's radioactive, you mutate hideously, the fumes are toxic, it drains you	Oil Slick Theme Alchemy Category Exploration Effect You can create an extremely slippery zone Lore Describe Spew oil from a hose, shatter a goo flask, secrete from oily glands, shatter an oil barrel Extra
Philosopher's Stone Theme Alchemy Category Exploration Effect You can turn certain materials into treasure. Collaborate on what materials you can transform. Lore Describe Changing their chemical structure, reshaping reality, turning lead into gold, rebuilding atoms Extra	Thermite Theme Alchemy Category Exploration Effect You can spend reagents to create thermite. Anyone can spend about 1 minute setting it up to activate it. Once activated, it slowly and continuously burns a one-space tunnel through absolutely anything in whatever direction the user likes for several minutes. Thermite is absolutely unstoppable until it naturally burns out Lore Describe Billowing smoke, choking miasma, chemical fumes, bubbling chemicals, the acrid scent Extra Reagents: Metal oxide, rust flakes, copper powder, gun powder, kindling, bottled flame, lamp oil, aluminum

Interaction

All-cohol Theme Alchemy Category Interaction Effect You can spend reagents to create all-cohol. Anyone who drinks so much as a sip instantly gains the condition "Drunk" and must act accordingly. Lore Describe Distilling the alcohol, the fermentation process, ruddy cheeks and slurred speech, how it tastes Extra Reagents: Yeast, barley, pure alcohol, liquor, wheat, hops, grains, distilled water, grapes, ripe fruit	Drug Theme Alchemy Category Interaction Effect You can spend reagents to create an addictive drug. Collaborate on the drug's properties. Lore Describe Growing special plants, brewing in your lab, wearing a gas mask and gloves, breaking bad Extra Administered by: Ingestion, inhaling via smoke, injection, inhalation through the nose, skin contact Properties: Extreme elation, hyperactivity, absolute fearlessness, itchy hives, sleeplessness, the munchies Reagents: Herbs, roots, crushed leaves, powdered seeds, dissolved tree bark, lizard oil, swamp gas, fumes
Love Potion Theme Alchemy Category Interaction Effect You can spend reagents to create a love potion. Anyone who drinks it gains the condition "Enamored" and falls in love with the next person they see who is of a race and gender they normally find attractive. Lore Describe Light and fruity pink liquid, butterflies in their stomach, distilling the essence of desire Extra Reagents: Butterfly wings, wine, strawberries, chocolate, hair from a virgin, sugar, sweat, spring water	Perfume Theme Alchemy Category Interaction Effect You can give something an incredibly pleasant or unpleasant scent for about 1 day. If it's pleasant, creatures are inexplicably drawn to the scent and gain the desire to possess the scent's source. If it's repulsive, creatures are disgusted by it and don't want to be near it. This may have the opposite effect on creatures like undead and vermin that are attracted to disgusting smells. Lore Describe Heavenly scent, heady aroma, relaxed and pleasant feeling, euphoria, being light headed Extra
Pheromones Theme Alchemy Category Interaction Effect Collaborate on a base emotion or instinct. You can emit pheromones in the air. Anyone who breathes in your pheromones gains the condition "Instinct-Driven" and experiences the selected emotion or instinct with increasing intensity Lore Describe Musky scent, dilated pupils, mixing animal pheromones, working in your lab, altered biochemistry Extra Emotions and Instincts: Survive, reproduce, find a pack, lust, fear, rage, hunger, envy, joy, sadness	Snake Oil Salesman Theme Alchemy Category Interaction Effect You have a 50% discount on all purchases, and a 50% markup on all sales. Lore Describe Flashing a warm smile, giving a sales pitch, haggling down the price, "But wait, there's more!" Extra

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