#2.8 The Alchemist

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#2.8 The Alchemist Mar 21, 2016 9:53:07 GMT

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#2.8 THE ALCHEMIST
by Jon Pickens
August 1976

Continuing this retrospective series on articles in Dragon...

The alchemist gets revisited in later issues of Dragon, for AD&D.

From Aeolia/Dragondex:

Alchemist "Better Living Through Alchemy" Tom Armstrong 130(34) D&D1
"New D&D Character Class: The Alchemist, A" Jon Pickens 2(28) OD&D
"NPCs For Hire: ...And One Who Seeks the Perfect Mix" Roger & Georgia Moore 45(11) D&D1
"Recipe For the Alchemist, A" Len Lakofka 49(56) D&D1

As well, there is an Alchemy skill in the Mythus game, with a full 9 levels of new spells, to go along with it.

Any thoughts on alchemists in general?
Do you allow alchemist PCs in your game?

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PS.
Early articles in this series cite "July 1976" for the date for issue #2 -- that is an error, and I apologise for that.

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#2.8 The Alchemist Mar 21, 2016 12:51:54 GMT

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If I could have it my way, there would only be one class that covers magic-use, clergy, occult worship, academics, and alchemy: The Scholar. In Conan the RPG (by Mongoose), they had a class like this, that was open-ended to allow a wide range of options, including forgoing new spells for the sake of gaining more skills and knowledge. A fan manage to make the class even more open-ended (while also taking down one of the more complicated rules for ease of play) by giving more options with the Savant rule variant.

Just like spell-use, sage advice and the ability to make alchemic substances would be greatly helpful for adventures. So yeah, I would totally allow players to play as Alchemists and Sages.

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