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Scientific Sorcery

It's time to delve into alchemy in your 5th Edition games! This article by Matt Roth presents a new Alchemist's Apprentice background (and it variant, the unorthodox Self-Made Master), a bunch of new alchemical items, and three new feats designed especially for alchemists - Alchemical Artillerist, Expeditious Alchemy, and Pernicious Poisoner. Illustrated by Nick Cramp and Jen Tracy.

Scientific Sorcery

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Adventurer's Guide pg. 75: Making Backgrounds If you want to design your own background, it should include the following: • +1 to two ability scores of your choice. • Proficiency in two skills. • Proficiency in two tools, two languages, or one of each. • One connection: an acquaintance, ally, or enemy from your past. • One memento: an item of sentimental value worth less than 30 gold. • A background feature describing your relationship with the world. Your background feature typically provides a source of information, shelter, or financial support in a certain lifestyle. In the background & variant here: Skill Proficiencies: Medicine, Nature Tool Proficiencies: Alchemist’s supplies Language: One of your choice

Keovar

Backgrounds are supposed to grant proficiency with a combination of two tools and languages, no more, no less than that.

Leonardo Raele

It's a chemical term. There's a great Wikipedia article on bases here, Radim: <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_(chemistry)" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_(chemistry)</a>

DnD EN5ider

What the "bases" means in the Alchemical Specialization table?

Radim Havlicek

I really like this style of an article. I also really like the feats, both while very useful are not too situational or over powering.

Steven Martin

I really enjoyed this. I plan to make this an option in my campaign's home rules.

MNBlockhead

This is really wonderful and might end up being a near future addition to my game play. 5/5.

C. Truman Aitken

Very cool ideas here. Well done.

Richard Howard

Great new items, and I especially like the Expeditious Alchemy feat. Incorporating this immediately, thanks =)

Xaelvaen

What do you think of this article? Let us know in the comments!

Joey


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