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<blockquote data-quote="Alchemist" data-source="post: 736284" data-attributes="member: 6594">How about this:Make Alchemy a cross-class skill for everybody except for Alchemists.&nbsp; Take Brew Potion away too, while you're at it.&nbsp; Remove salves, powders and whatnot from wonderous item lists and make them part of &quot;potions&quot;.&nbsp; Potions (needs a new name, perhaps Concoctions?) now encompasses all these things. Invent a new class, the Alchemist.&nbsp; He could be a core class or be a PrC built from a few levels of Expert or something.&nbsp; Required skills would be Alchemy, Knowledge: Arcane and Herbalism.&nbsp; Brew Potion is a class ability.&nbsp; It would work essentially the same as it does now, using the Alchemist's level as an &quot;effective&quot; caster level for the purposes of creating a potion or salve or whatever, and does not require the ability to cast a spell to make a potion that does the job.&nbsp; For example, a Cure Moderate potion could be crafted by a 3rd level Alchemist, since a 3rd level cleric can cast the spell.Alchemists would also be the ones to go to to make non-magical concoctions too, since they're the only ones with Alchemy as a class skill.It's kinda rough and probably needs alot of work, but it's a start on separating alchemy from magic and sending it down it's own path.&nbsp;&nbsp; Criticism?&nbsp; Accolades?&nbsp; Flaming bags of dog poo?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Alchemist, post: 736284, member: 6594"] How about this: Make Alchemy a cross-class skill for everybody except for Alchemists. Take Brew Potion away too, while you're at it. Remove salves, powders and whatnot from wonderous item lists and make them part of "potions". Potions (needs a new name, perhaps Concoctions?) now encompasses all these things. Invent a new class, the Alchemist. He could be a core class or be a PrC built from a few levels of Expert or something. Required skills would be Alchemy, Knowledge: Arcane and Herbalism. Brew Potion is a class ability. It would work essentially the same as it does now, using the Alchemist's level as an "effective" caster level for the purposes of creating a potion or salve or whatever, and does not require the ability to cast a spell to make a potion that does the job. For example, a Cure Moderate potion could be crafted by a 3rd level Alchemist, since a 3rd level cleric can cast the spell. Alchemists would also be the ones to go to to make non-magical concoctions too, since they're the only ones with Alchemy as a class skill. It's kinda rough and probably needs alot of work, but it's a start on separating alchemy from magic and sending it down it's own path. Criticism? Accolades? Flaming bags of dog poo? [/QUOTE]

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