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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 3700927" data-attributes="member: 19675">Sure I have- basic form:1) Fighter gets an idea and goes to his armorer- &quot;I'm going to fight a big creature with a big mouth that could swallow me up in one or two nibbles- could you put some porcupine-like spikes on my armor so it won't do that?&quot;&nbsp; No research is required- the armorer (really almost any armorer) can make the armor as spikey as the fighter wants.2) Fighter gets an idea and goes to his alchemist- &quot;I'm going to fight a big creature with a big mouth that could swallow me up in one or two nibbles- can you come up with some kind of repellent, expectorant, or other kind of goop to put on my armor so it won't do that?&quot;&nbsp; To answer the fighter, the alchemist (or one of his predecessors) will have to do research- either empirical&nbsp; work in the field or magical- to determine what things actually repel the critter in question, if it is possible to put that stuff into an effective goop, if that goop can be applied to armor, and how much is needed to be effective.&nbsp; There may even be a trail of dead assistants who helped find that info out.And not every alchemist will have or be willing to share this info with his colleagues, making availability of the goop hit or miss.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 3700927, member: 19675"] Sure I have- basic form: 1) Fighter gets an idea and goes to his armorer- "I'm going to fight a big creature with a big mouth that could swallow me up in one or two nibbles- could you put some porcupine-like spikes on my armor so it won't do that?" No research is required- the armorer (really almost [I]any[/I] armorer) can make the armor as spikey as the fighter wants. 2) Fighter gets an idea and goes to his alchemist- "I'm going to fight a big creature with a big mouth that could swallow me up in one or two nibbles- can you come up with some kind of repellent, expectorant, or other kind of goop to put on my armor so it won't do that?" To answer the fighter, the alchemist (or one of his predecessors) will [I]have[/I] to do research- either empirical work in the field or magical- to determine what things actually repel the critter in question, if it is possible to put that stuff into an effective goop, if that goop can be applied to armor, and how much is needed to be effective. There may even be a trail of dead assistants who helped find that info out. And not every alchemist will have or be willing to share this info with his colleagues, making availability of the goop hit or miss. [/QUOTE]

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