Int: Required for the Alchemist’s Extracts,īut not quite as crucial as it is for a full spellcaster. Polymorph, or plan to go into melee combat, you may instead want to focus on The vanilla Alchemist is a ranged character with 2/3 Intelligence-based For help selecting Alchemist Discoveries, see my Grand Discovery (Su): Grand Discoveries areĪmazing. To poison a weapon as an immediate action is to use it for an attack of That you need to whip up an item in the middle of combat, and the only reason Swift Poisoning (Ex): Poison weapons evenįaster! Of course you probably still need to pass them to someone who’s goodīiggest limitation is its duration, and multiplying the duration by 6 is a Poisoning weapons as a move action is nice inĬombat, but the Alchemist still isn’t combative enough to be notably scary Items more quickly further improves your access to alchemical items like Acid However, if you have someone in the party who doesn’t mind using poison youĬan poison their weapons for them and send them into combat.
Weapon user, so it’s difficult for them to find a way to make use of poison.
Poison Use (ex): The Alchemist isn’t a big Poison becomes common at high levels where your bonus is substantial. Powerful and unique ways to customize your alchemist, and a class dip intoĪlchemist is a common choice for many builds (especially those that need anĮxtra arm to reload weapons). Get added to the Alchemist’s Bomb damage because Bomb already adds theĪlchemist’s intelligence bonus to damage.ĭiscovery (Su): Alchemist Discoveries are Weapons, but the bonus damage with splash weapons dramatically improves theĭamage of alchemical weapons like Acid. Ranged weapons, and Reflex saves, but will handicap your already low Willįeat won’t really help much unless you like throwing garbage or non-ranged Dexterity will improve AC, attack rolls with Increase: improving Strength will improve damage with thrown weapons, but will Be careful of which ability you choose to The bonuses to your abilities are fantastic, and In terms of item crafting, but it never hurts to hand out cheap healing “Bomb Admixture” spells which supplement the effects of your bombs.īrew Potion (Ex): Potions aren’t fantastic Use bombs, be sure to invest some Discoveries to improve Bomb. Level, the Bomb’s damage drops off quickly compared to spells. The Infusion Discovery so that you can share your Extracts with the party. Should have plenty of bonus skill ranks to pick up the few good skillsĪvailable to the Alchemist, and you might consider picking up additional classĪlchemy (Su): The Alchemist works a bit likeĪ 2/3 prepared caster, but they drink all of their spells. The Alchemist is Intelligence-based, so they Will saves will be a problem, especially if you use your Mutagen to boost your Saves: Good Fortitude and Reflex saves, but Primarily magical character, but not great if you spend a lot of time in close Blue: Fantastic options, often essential.Red: Bad, useless options, or options whichĪre extremely situational.Also note that many colored items are also links to the Paizo SRD. RPGBOT uses the color coding scheme which has become common among Pathfinder build handbooks. Not covered here, please email me and I am happy to provide additional assistance. If you would like help with Pathfinder player options I support a limited subset of Pathfinder’s rules content. Multiclassing and Prestige Classes Disclaimer.
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