Alchemist

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Alchemist
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The Alchemist is a Premium class introduced in U45 (Feb 2020). It is a full spell-casting class, based on the Alchemist Savant prestige class from the Magic of Eberron PnP sourcebook DDO Forums .

The Alchemist casts spells in a different manner from other classes and has a unique spellbook with 90+ spells. As Intelligence-based prepared casters, Alchemists' spells are subject to Arcane Spell Failure. When not casting, the Alchemist is designed as a range-throwing hybrid. The Alchemist has the following key features:

Flask-Throwing
Elemental Damage
Poisoned Weapons
Healing
Party member buffs, with powerful short-term effects
Unique spells not available to other classes

The Alchemist is free to VIPs and can be purchased in the DDO Store for 1,495 . As of Update 53, it is the only class that is neither free nor unlockable via in-game play.

Class Summary[edit]

Alignment: Any

Hit dice: d6

Class Skills

Skill points at 1st level: (4 + Intelligence modifier) x4

Skill points at each additional level: 4 + Intelligence modifier


Balance (Dexterity)
Concentration (Constitution)
Bluff (Charisma)
Diplomacy (Charisma)
Heal (Wisdom)
Spellcraft (Intelligence)
Search (Intelligence)
Spot (Wisdom)
Use Magic Device (Charisma)
Haggle (Charisma)

Weapon and Armor Proficiencies[edit]

Simple weapons

Past Lives[edit]

Past Life: Mixer of Magics

You recall more about your past life as an alchemist. You gain +1 to your Use Magical Device skill, and once per Rest you can restore Spell Points to yourself. (Once per rest, activate this alchemist ability to gain 5SP + 3SP per Character Level (max 65 at level 20). In Epic, this increases to 10SP + 5SP per Character Level (max 160 at level 30)). 3 minute cooldown.

Past Life: Alchemist

You were an Alchemist in a past life. You occasionally find yourself drinking things without knowing what they do. Each time you acquire this feat you gain a stacking (up to 3 times):

+1 to the DC's of your Transmutation spells
+20 Maximum Spell Points

Past Life Feat is a Free Feat, which means it is permanently added to the character that unlocks it and you won't need to choose it, neither at new life nor at level up.

Prestige Enhancements[edit]

Apothecary enhancements - Buff, support, positive healing & negative damage; Tier 5 - Cure/Inflict Critical Wounds admixture as AoE SLA, no Max Caster Level for Curative Admixtures and Gildleaf spells
Bombardier enhancements - Spell DPS, elemental SLAs, bonuses with Pyrite reactions; Tier 5 - Make immune creatures vulnerable to elemental damage
Vile Chemist enhancements - Poisons & debuffs: Additional poison damage to weapons (scales with Alchemist level & Cores enhancements); Bonuses to hit/damage for simple weapons; AoE poison SLAs with lingering damage; Tier 5 - Extra Critical Threat with Darts

Advancement table[edit]

Table: The Alchemist						Alchemist Spells
Level	Base Attack Bonus	Fort Save	Ref Save	Will Save	Auto-Granted Feats	Spell points	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
1st	+0/+0	+2	+2	+0	Inscribe Alchemy Recipe, Arcane Lore, Magical Training, Alchemical Spellcasting	50	3	-	-	-	-	-
2nd	+1/+1/+6	+3	+3	+0	Insightful Reflexes, Potions +1	75	3	-	-	-	-	-
3rd	+2/+2/+7	+3	+3	+1	Alchemy on the Run	100	3	1	-	-	-	-
4th	+3/+3/+8	+4	+4	+1	Bonus Feat	125	3	2	-	-	-	-
5th	+3/+3/+8	+4	+4	+1	Potions +2	150	3	2	-	-	-	-
6th	+4/+4/+9	+5	+5	+2	Multitude of Missiles	180	3	2	1	-	-	-
7th	+5/+5/+10/+15	+5	+5	+2	Poisonblood	210	4	2	2	-	-	-
8th	+6/+6/+11/+16	+6	+6	+2	Bonus Feat, Potions +3	245	4	3	2	-	-	-
9th	+6/+6/+11/+16	+6	+6	+3		280	4	3	3	1	-	-
10th	+7/+7/+12/+17	+7	+7	+3		320	4	3	3	2	-	-
11th	+8/+8/+13/+18	+7	+7	+3	Potions +4	360	5	4	3	3	-	-
12th	+9/+9/+14/+19	+8	+8	+4	Bonus Feat	405	5	4	3	3	1	-
13th	+9/+9/+14/+19	+8	+8	+4		450	5	4	4	3	2	-
14th	+10/+10/+15/+20	+9	+9	+4	Potions +5	500	5	5	4	4	3	-
15th	+11/+11/+16/+21	+9	+9	+5		550	5	5	4	4	3	1
16th	+12/+12/+17/+22	+10	+10	+5	Bonus Feat	600	5	5	5	5	4	2
17th	+12/+12/+17/+22	+10	+10	+5		660	5	5	5	5	5	3
18th	+13/+13/+18/+23	+11	+11	+6		720	5	5	5	5	5	4
19th	+14/+14/+19/+24	+11	+11	+6		780	5	5	5	5	5	4
20th	+15/+15/+20/+25	+12	+12	+6	Bonus Feat	845	5	5	5	5	5	5

Alchemist Class Feats[edit]

Alchemists can select bonus feats at levels 4, 8, 12, 16 & 20 from the following list:

Accelerate Spell (requires Alchemist level 8)
Empower Healing Spell
Empower Spell
Enlarge Spell
Eschew Materials
Extend Spell
Heighten Spell
Maximize Spell
Mental Toughness
Quicken Spell
Improved Mental Toughness
Precision
Precise Shot
Quick Draw
Rapid Shot
Shot on the Run
Dodge
Mobility
Point Blank Shot
Simple Thrown Expertise: You are skilled with the use of the Simple Throwing Weapons, and have a chance to throw an additional one per throw (Percent chance to throw an additional projectile is equal to your Dexterity) (requires Dex 13+)
Alchemical Studies - Pyrite: +1 Caster level with spells that match either of the two colors in your study (1st Acquisition requires Alchemist 4; 2nd Acquisition requires Alchemist 16 and increases Max Caster Level by 1)
Alchemical Studies - Verudite: +1 Caster level with spells that match either of the two colors in your study (1st Acquisition requires Alchemist 4; 2nd Acquisition requires Alchemist 16 and increases Max Caster Level by 1)
Alchemical Studies - Orchidium: +1 Caster level with spells that match either of the two colors in your study (1st Acquisition requires Alchemist 4; 2nd Acquisition requires Alchemist 16 and increases Max Caster Level by 1)
Battalion Brew: INT to hit and damage with Simple weapons (requires Alchemist 4)
Insightful Courage: You can use INT for Will saves (requires Alchemist 8; mutually exclusive with Insightful Fortitude, Force of Personality)
Insightful Fortitude: You can use INT for Fort saves (requires Alchemist 8; mutually exclusive with Insightful Courage)
Tonic of Toxins: You absorb 50% of all Poison damage, and are immune to Natural and Supernatural poisons. (requires Alchemist 8)
Liquid Luck: You gain evasion (requires Alchemist 12)

Spells[edit]

Alchemists may know any number of spells from their list (unlike bards and sorcerers)

Alchemists can purchase Alchemical recipes from Auromir Palance, the arcane scroll vendor in the House of Wizardry in House Jorasco, and the Arcane scroll vendors in the Portable Hole (for characters who can Teleport there)
Healing recipes are also available from Taniera Grisvill, the Artificer scroll vendor in House Cannith

Alchemists must choose and prepare their spells ahead of time:

Spells can be selected after resting at a rest shrine or while in a tavern
Alchemists should decide which spells to prepare based on upcoming questing requirements

To inscribe, prepare or cast a spell, an alchemist must have an Intelligence score equal to at least 10 + the spell level

The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against an alchemist’s spell is 10 + the spell level + the alchemist’s Intelligence modifier

Like other spellcasters, Alchemists have a limited number of spell points and spell slots

Base daily allotment is given in the Advancement table (above)
Bonus Spell points are awarded for high Intelligence, as detailed here.

All Alchemist spells have Somatic components and invoke Arcane Spell Failure. Some spells have Material components - Alchemists use their own component list, distinct from those of other classes

Alchemist Spell Primers & Reactions[edit]

Every Alchemist spell is part of one of three Primer Categories:

Crimsonite
Gildleaf
Cerulite

Using spells with different Primers in succession causes one of the following Reactions:

Verdanite
Orchidium
Pyrite

The game remembers the current Reaction as well as the Primer of the last spell cast. In short, the last two Alchemist spells you cast determine your Reaction, for example:

Using a Crimsonite spell then a Gildleaf spell will put the Alchemist into Pyrite state (with a sub-state listing of Gildleaf, for the last spell cast)
Casting Crimsonite or Gildleaf spells while in Pyrite will keep the Alchemist in Pyrite (but will change the sub-state to Gildleaf or Crimsonite)
Casting a Cerulite spell would remove the Alchemist from Pyrite state and change the Primer to Cerulite.

Each Reaction provides a different effect and the Enhancement Trees hook into them significantly:

Pyrite Reaction: +2 Fire, Cold, Electric, Acid & Poison Spell Power per Alchemist Level. (+40 at Alchemist Level 20)
Verdanite Reaction: +2 Positive & Negative Spell Power per Alchemist Level (+40 at Alchemist Level 20)
Orchidium Reaction: +2 Physical Resistance Rating per Alchemist Level (+40 at Alchemist Level 20)

On changing Reaction, the Alchemist receives a large bonus, for 12 seconds, corresponding to the Reaction they moved to:

Pyrite Reaction: Fire, Cold, Electric, Acid & Poison Spell Power equal to (10 + (Alchemist Level x 6)) and a -50% Enhancement Bonus to Spell Point Cost.
Verdanite Reaction: Positive & Negative Spell Power equal to (10 + (Alchemist Level x 6)) and Transmutation & Conjuration DCs equal to (1 + 1 for every 5 Alchemist Levels).
Orchidium Reaction: Physical Resistance Rating and Elemental Resistance equal to (10 + (Alchemist Level x 4)).

With some exceptions, the following applies:

Crimsonite spells relate to Elemental & Poison damage (fire, cold, acid, electricity, poison) and melee/ranged imbues
Gildleaf spells relate to Positive & Negative healing/damage, Crowd Control and Debuffs
Cerulite spells relate to defensive abilities & mitigation, buffs and utility spells

In summary, using spells with different Primers in succession causes a Reaction. Enter a reaction state, provides a short-term buff (12s) and a long-term buff (permanent until leaving the reaction state). An alchemist remains in a reaction state, as long as they only cast spells from the two triggering primers. The effects of a reaction can be increased by spending points in the Alchemist enhancement trees.

Reaction	Triggered by casting	Long-term buff (per alchemist level)	Short-term buff	Related tree
Orchidium	Crimsonite > Cerulite	+2 PRR	PRR & Elemental Resistance of (10 + (Alchemist Level x 3))	Vile Chemist enhancements
Pyrite	Crimsonite > Gildleaf	+2 Fire, Cold, Electric, Acid & Poison Spell Power	Fire, Cold, Electric, Acid & Poison Spell Power of (10 + (Alchemist Level x 4)); -20% Enhancement Bonus to Spell Point Cost (Actual effect is a -50% cost reduction)	Bombardier enhancements
Verdanite	Gildleaf > Cerulite	+2 Positive & Negative Spell Power	Positive & Negative Spell Power of (10 + (Alchemist Level x 4)); Transmutation & Conjuration DCs of (1 + 1 for every 10 Alchemist Levels)	Apothecary enhancements