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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nykidemus" data-source="post: 5319125" data-attributes="member: 95101"><p>I'm starting up an Alchemist in a Pathfinder game here in a week or so, and I'm curious if anyone has any advice. The mechanics are so... different from anything else I've played. I'm not quite sure what to do with it.  I'm getting the general idea of a short range skirmisher type, using my Mutagen to buff Dex and throwing things at people?  Going the Mutagen specialization route and getting huge buffs to all your physical stats is rather tempting, but you still only have Simple Weapon prof and 3/4 base attack, so even with a +8 to str it seems like it would make a fairly mediocre meleeist.  The bombs are awesome, but the damage is fairly lacking compared to other dedicated ranged DPS classes. Some of the late game effects are really neat, like Cloudkill in a 20' radius whenver you bomb, but they dont crop up until lv 12+, and you have to dedicate all of your Discoveries to them.  I havent looked around at many of the Pathfinder specific feats yet. Old standbyes like Far Shot seem solid, since the bombs have a meager 20' range, but you probably wont need point blank shot, as you're only rolling to hit the square that the target is in.  What does one do for a backup roll when they're not throwing explosives? Some sort of thrown weapon seems like it would synergize best, as you have to keep your offhand free and thus reloading a crossbow gets in the way pretty bad.  <a href="http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/base-classes/alchemist" target="_blank">Alchemist - Pathfinder_OGC</a> A link to the class, for those who would like to comment but are not familiar with the system.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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