Alchemy#

Every herb on Sedia is a medicine and a poison. The only difference is how much, and who's drinking.

Verity Oake, guildmaster of alchemy

The trade of potions, pills and applicants: brewing herbs, metals and powders into things that heal, harm or put magic into a weapon or armor. An alchemist is welcome in any party, and nobody in it drinks what they hand over without asking first.

KindLiving things HallMenusia GuildmasterVerity Oake Skills9

Ranks and quests#

The guild’s hall sets each rank’s quest. Six ranks has what every rank makes, and making something how the craft roll works.

Level0
Rank 1: Inquirer
Trash to Shoddy · ×1 worth · 1d6 craft roll
Gather and name ten herbs without poisoning yourself on any of them.
Level20
Rank 2: Hobbyist
Crude to Inferior · ×1.25 worth · 2d6 craft roll
Brew a remedy for someone sick, and sit with them until it works.
Level40
Rank 3: Apprentice
Shoddy to Acceptable · ×1.5 worth · 2+3d6 craft roll
Find the luminescent mushroom and bring it back still glowing.
Level60
Rank 4: Journeyman
Poor to Fine · ×1.75 worth · 4+4d6 craft roll
Brew an applicant for someone's blade, and watch them use it.
Level80
Rank 5: Master
Inferior to Flawless · ×2 worth · 5+5d6 craft roll
Brew a potion with a prefix and a suffix, and drink it yourself in front of the hall.
Level100
Rank 6: Artisan
Adequate to Masterwork · ×3 worth · 6+6d6 craft roll
Brew something that comes out in a fleaker. Nobody in the hall can tell you how, and that's the test.

The work#

Alchemists brew from herbs they find in the wild, with metals and powders besides. Identify herb and identify poison tell you what you’re looking at, and gather herb and gather poison take it.

A brew is a potion to drink or an applicant to put on a weapon or armor, and it carries a magical prefix, a suffix or, once your rank unlocks both, one of each.

Brewing#

Every brew goes through four steps, grind, blend, process and procure, and each adds your rank’s craft roll to a running total. Alchemy doesn’t use the DC of an item: the total against the table below gives the brew’s craftsmanship, and a brew with both a prefix and a suffix needs 10 more for every grade.

Brewing

The glass it comes in#

You don’t choose the container. The better the brew, the less it wastes, so a finer grade comes out in finer glass: a pill at worst, a fleaker for a masterwork. Your rank has to be high enough for the container too.

Skills and tools#

Identify Herb: Identifies an herb, showing its remedial value and prospective worth.
Identify Poison: Identifies a poison, showing its strength and prospective worth.
Gather Herb: Herbalism. For a list of herbs see herbs and reagents section.
Gather Poison: Herbalism. For a list of poisons, see poisons section.
Grind: Requiring a mortar and pestle, the first process of brewing a potion is grinding down the required herbs, fragments and other requirements into a mixable powder.Tools: mortar and pestle
Blend: Blend the grinded down potion ingredients into a solution with vitriol so it can be processed.
Process: Process the potion with the required process types to allow the ingredients to react together to form the finished potion within the alchemy station.Tools: alchemy station
Procure: Gather the processed ingrediants into the consumable container.
Scribe ScrollApprentice: Write a spell you know onto a blank parchment with quill and ink, as a scroll anyone of its level may recite.Tools: quill

Tools and supplies (17)

Tool	What it is for
Quill	Quills are generally made from cut feathers, used to hold ink and write with.
Ink	Ink is necessary with quills to write. Ink is made of blended pigments from crushed plants of animal anima depending on the availability.
Parchment	Parchment is made of tanned animal hides, used for writing on a documenting important information.
A Luminescent Mushroom	The cap is thin and pale as candle wax and glows from within, brighter when the grove hums. It grows only where the Composers’ music has soaked into the ground for generations. Alchemists in the cities would pay well for samples, if anyone could say what they do.
A Pouch Of Mist Powder	Adelina’s own mixture: ground sea-holly, chalk and something bitter she will not name, sifted fine enough to hang in the air. Scattered into the coastal mist, it should settle whatever poison rides in the fog and show what the mist is hiding.
Vitriol	A mixing agent used to help in the blending process of alchemy.
Mortar And Pestle	A stone bowl and club for grinding herbs and reagents to powder.
Pill	Very tiny container for a potion. Contains one use.
Ampoule	Tiny container for a potion. Contains two uses.
Vial	Very small container for a potion. Contains 3 uses.
Tube	Small container for a potion. Contains 4 uses.
Erlenmeyer Flask	Medium container for a potion. Contains 5 uses.
Florence Flask	Large container for a potion. Contains 6 uses.
Fleaker	Largest container for a potion. Contains 7 uses.
Alchemy Station	A bench of glass retorts, coils and spirit burners where an alchemist works a brew through its processes. It must stand where the brewing is done.
Black Powder Bomb	An iron ball an alchemist packs with black powder, a waxed fuse poking from its top. Light it, and throw it before the fuse burns down.
Firepot	A clay pot of an alchemist’s quickfire stoppered with a rag fuse. It bursts sooner and hotter than a powder bomb.

What it makes#

Grades and glass#

A brew with one affix needs the first total, one with a prefix and a suffix the second. Suffixes unlock at inquirer, prefixes at journeyman.

Grade	One affix	Both affixes	Worth
Trash	0	0	-80%
Crude	10	20	-60%
Shoddy	12	22	-40%
Poor	14	24	-20%
Inferior	16	26	0%
Adequate	18	28	+20%
Acceptable	20	30	+40%
Average	22	32	+60%
Fine	24	34	+80%
Exceptional	26	36	+100%
Flawless	28	38	+150%
Masterwork	30	40	+200%

Container	Rank	Lowest grade
Pill	Any	Any
Ampoule	Any	Poor
Vial	Hobbyist	Adequate
Tube	Apprentice	Average
Erlenmeyer Flask	Journeyman	Exceptional
Florence Flask	Master	Flawless
Fleaker	Artisan	Masterwork

Ingredients and processes#

Each prefix and suffix names the processes it takes, and each process takes ingredients of four kinds:

Planetary metals: lead fragment, tin fragment, iron fragment, copper fragment, gold fragment, silver fragment
Mundane elements: phosphorus powder, arsenic powder, antimony powder, boron powder, magnesium fragment, platinum fragment, potassium fragment, stone powder, zinc fragment
Purifying agents: kunzite powder, maxixe powder, cinnabar fragment, pyrite powder, orpiment powder, galena powder
Primes: sulfur powder, mercury fragment, salt powder

Process	Planetary metals	Mundane elements	Purifying agents	Primes
Oxidation	1	1	0	1
Digestion	0	0	2	1
Putrefaction	1	0	1	0
Congelation	0	2	1	0
Fixation	0	1	1	1
Ceration	0	1	0	2
Distillation	1	0	0	1
Sublimation	1	0	1	2
Filtration	1	1	1	1
Solution	0	2	0	2
Multiplication	2	0	0	2
Projection	1	2	2	2

Prefixes and suffixes#

Prefixes (55)

Name	Rank	Gives	Brewed from
Dwarven	Journeyman	+1 str	hydrastis canadensis, by putrefaction and fixation
Elven	Journeyman	+1 dex	ginkgo biloba, by oxidation and fixation
Celestial	Journeyman	+1 int	passiflora incarnata, by projection and multiplication
Ancestral	Journeyman	+1 wis	eleutherococcus senticosus, by oxidation and multiplication
Fortifying	Journeyman	+1 con	zingiber officinale, by distillation and projection
Glowing	Journeyman	+1 cha	sunflow, by digestion and sublimation
Stargazer	Journeyman	+1 luc	orenotherabiennis, by multiplication and projection
Outlandish	Journeyman	+level req 5	vaccinium maerocarpan, by oxidation and digestion
Simple	Master	-level req 5	echinacea purpura, by oxidation and congelation
Shadowed	Journeyman	+1 hide (armor)	krakken, by oxidation and fixation
Quiet	Journeyman	+1 sneak (armor)	krakken, by oxidation and distillation
Avarieen	Journeyman	+5 max hp	hamamelis virginiana, by congelation and solution
Adept	Journeyman	+5 max wp	capsicum oil, by solution and projection
Scouts	Journeyman	+5 max sp	silybum marianum, by solution and multiplication
Void	Master	-light 2	venomsbane, by sublimation and distillation
Dark	Journeyman	-light 1	venomsbane, by sublimation and putrefaction
Illuminating	Journeyman	+light 1	sunflow, by distillation and multiplication
Radiant	Master	+light 2	sunflow, by oxidation and multiplication
Woodland	Journeyman	+two-handed range damage 1 (armor)	taraxacum officinale, by fixation and multiplication
Grassland	Journeyman	+one-handed weapon damage 1 (armor)	matricaria recutita, by distillation and fixation
Mountain	Journeyman	+two-handed weapon damage 1 (armor)	matricaria recutita, by digestion and distillation
Desert	Journeyman	+unarmed damage 1 (armor)	rhamnus purshiana, by digestion and congelation
Swampland	Journeyman	+one-handed range damage 1 (armor)	orenotherabiennis, by congelation and fixation
Ethereal	Journeyman	Everlasting durability	sunflow, by congelation and fixation
Parasitic	Journeyman	1 hp stolen on hit (weapon)	tickfern, by oxidation and congelation
Predatorial	Master	2 hp stolen on hit (weapon)	tickfern, by oxidation and putrefaction
Vampiric	Artisan	3 hp stolen on hit (weapon)	tickfern, by oxidation and digestion
Moonlit	Journeyman	+1 elemental resistance	black willow, by projection and multiplication
Arcane	Master	+2 elemental resistance	black willow, by distillation and projection
Ritualistic	Artisan	+3 elemental resistance	black willow, by distillation and multiplication
Heated	Journeyman	+1 fire damage (weapon)	rekk, by congelation and fixation
Flaming	Master	+2 fire damage (weapon)	rekk, by congelation and distillation
Flamestorm	Artisan	+3 fire damage (weapon)	rekk, by congelation and ceration
Cold	Journeyman	+1 water damage (weapon)	riverroot, by putrefaction and solution
Frozen	Master	+2 water damage (weapon)	riverroot, by putrefaction and filtration
Blizzard	Artisan	+3 water damage (weapon)	riverroot, by putrefaction and fixation
Jolting	Journeyman	+1 air damage (weapon)	sunflow, by digestion and multiplication
Shocking	Master	+2 air damage (weapon)	sunflow, by digestion and solution
Thundering	Artisan	+3 air damage (weapon)	sunflow, by digestion and filtration
Shaking	Journeyman	+1 earth damage (weapon)	archaeleaf, by oxidation and projection
Pulsing	Master	+2 earth damage (weapon)	archaeleaf, by oxidation and solution
Uprooting	Artisan	+3 earth damage (weapon)	archaeleaf, by oxidation and ceration
Grim	Journeyman	+1 spirit damage (weapon)	seccubi blood, by distillation and digestion
Corrupt	Master	+2 spirit damage (weapon)	seccubi blood, by distillation and projection
Vile	Artisan	+3 spirit damage (weapon)	seccubi blood, by distillation and oxidation
Hunters	Master	Extra saving throw on poisons (armor)	vaccinium myrtillus, by putrefaction and congelation
Swift	Master	Extra trip saving throw (armor)	tanacetum parthenium, by distillation and sublimation
Steadfast	Master	Extra stun saving throw (armor)	tanacetum parthenium, by digestion and ceration
Padded	Artisan	+2 to highest AC (armor)	valeriana officinalis, by fixation and multiplication
Nightwalkers	Master	Extra dc20 to dodge (armor)	valeriana officinalis, by distillation and solution
Tribal	Master	Extra saving throw on diseases (armor)	allium sativum, by multiplication and projection
Brawny	Journeyman	+1 to the lowest AC type (armor)	panax ginseng, by digestion and ceration
Enforced	Master	+2 to the lowest AC type (armor)	panax ginseng, by solution and digestion
Resilient	Artisan	+3 to the lowest AC type (armor)	clycyrrhiza glabra, by fixation and ceration
Pristine	Artisan	+1 to physical resistance (armor)	astragalus membranaceus, by oxidation and putrefaction

Suffixes (88)

Name	Rank	Gives	Brewed from
Of Minor Healing		Potion of healing health (consumable)	aloe ferox, by filtration and distillation
Of Lesser Healing	Hobbyist	Potion of healing health (consumable)	aloe ferox, by filtration and distillation
Of Moderate Healing	Apprentice	Potion of healing health (consumable)	aloe ferox, by filtration and solution
Of Greater Healing	Journeyman	Potion of healing health (consumable)	aloe ferox, sunflow, by filtration and multiplication
Of Full Heal	Journeyman	Potion of healing health (consumable)	aloe ferox, sunflow, by filtration and multiplication
Of Minor Willpower		Potion of healing willpower (consumable)	allium sativum, by filtration and distillation
Of Lesser Willpower	Hobbyist	Potion of healing willpower (consumable)	allium sativum, by filtration and distillation
Of Moderate Willpower	Apprentice	Potion of healing willpower (consumable)	allium sativum, by filtration and solution
Of Greater Willpower	Journeyman	Potion of healing willpower (consumable)	allium sativum, sunflow, by filtration and multiplication
Of Full Willpower	Master	Potion of healing willpower (consumable)	allium sativum, sunflow, by filtration and multiplication
Of Minor Stamina		Potion of healing stamina (consumable)	matricaria recutita, by filtration and distillation
Of Lesser Stamina	Hobbyist	Potion of healing stamina (consumable)	matricaria recutita, by filtration and distillation
Of Moderate Stamina	Apprentice	Potion of healing stamina (consumable)	matricaria recutita, by filtration and solution
Of Greater Stamina	Journeyman	Potion of healing stamina (consumable)	matricaria recutita, sunflow, by filtration and multiplication
Of Full Stamina	Master	Potion of healing stamina (consumable)	matricaria recutita, sunflow, by filtration and multiplication
Of Vitality	Artisan	+10 hp	matricaria recutita, by congelation and ceration
Of Willpower	Artisan	+10 wp	capsicum oil, by congelation and distillation
Of Stamina	Artisan	+10 sp	panax ginseng, by congelation and sublimation
Of The Tiger	Apprentice	+1 str, +1 dex	tanacetum parthenium, by digestion and sublimation
Of The Bear	Apprentice	+1 str, +1 con	orenotherabiennis, by digestion and filtration
Of The Lion	Apprentice	+1 str, +1 wis	eleutherococcus senticosus, by filtration and solution
Of The Lynx	Apprentice	+1 str, +1 int	echinacea purpura, by filtration and multiplication
Of The Bat	Apprentice	+1 str, +1 luc	vaccinium maerocarpan, by filtration and projection
Of The Eagle	Apprentice	+1 str, +1 cha	taraxacum officinale, by projection and oxidation
Of The Wolf	Apprentice	+1 dex, +1 con	matricaria recutita, by multiplication and oxidation
Of The Panther	Apprentice	+1 dex, +1 int	allium sativum, by multiplication and putrefaction
Of The Badger	Apprentice	+1 dex, +1 wis	clycyrrhiza glabra, by multiplication and congelation
Of The Cheetah	Apprentice	+1 dex, +1 cha	silybum marianum, by multiplication and fixation
Of The Spider	Apprentice	+1 dex, +1 luc	hamamelis virginiana, by multiplication and ceration
Of The Owl	Apprentice	+1 con, +1 wis	ginkgo biloba, by putrefaction and oxidation
Of The Moon	Apprentice	+1 con, +1 int	hydrastis canadensis, by oxidation and ceration
Of The Leopard	Apprentice	+1 con, +1 cha	clycyrrhiza glabra, by filtration and solution
Of The Daring	Apprentice	+1 con, +1 luc	silybum marianum, by filtration and multiplication
Of The Sun	Apprentice	+1 wis, +1 int	sunflow, by filtration and projection
Of The Falcon	Apprentice	+1 wis, +1 cha	aloe ferox, by projection and oxidation
Of The Sage	Apprentice	+1 wis, +1 luc	astragalus membranaceus, by projection and digestion
Of The Politician	Apprentice	+1 int, +1 cha	capsicum oil, by projection and putrefaction
Of The Careful	Apprentice	+1 int, +1 luc	matricaria recutita, by projection and congelation
Of Strength	Apprentice	+2 str	eleutherococcus senticosus, by projection and fixation
Of Dexterity	Apprentice	+2 dex	panax ginseng, by oxidation and distillation
Of Intelligence	Apprentice	+2 int	ginkgo biloba, by distillation and sublimation
Of Wisdom	Apprentice	+2 wis	eleutherococcus senticosus, by digestion and distillation
Of Constitution	Apprentice	+2 con	echinacea purpura, by digestion and sublimation
Of Charisma	Apprentice	+2 cha	silybum marianum, by congelation and sublimation
Of Luck	Apprentice	+2 luc	valeriana officinalis, by putrefaction and filtration
Of The Soulstrung	Journeyman	+1 hp regen	zingiber officinale, by filtration and projection
Of Thought	Journeyman	+1 wp regen	ginkgo biloba, by oxidation and ceration
Of The Swift	Journeyman	+1 sp regen	panax ginseng, by ceration and fixation
Of The Faithful	Artisan	+2 hp regen	taraxacum officinale, by ceration and sublimation
Of Anger	Artisan	+2 wp regen	seccubi blood, by ceration and filtration
Of Solitude	Artisan	+2 sp regen	hydrastis canadensis, by ceration and solution
Of Power	Artisan	+1 damroll	seccubi blood, rhamnus purshiana, by ceration and putrefaction
Of Precision	Artisan	+1 hitroll	seccubi blood, passiflora incarnata, by ceration and congelation
Of Misguiding	Journeyman	-1 to enemy hitroll	passiflora incarnata, by sublimation and digestion
Of Purgery	Journeyman	-5 to enemy ac	vaccinium myrtillus, by sublimation and multiplication
Of Judgement	Journeyman	-1 to enemy damroll	rhamnus purshiana, by putrefaction and congelation
Of Thoughtlessness	Apprentice	-1int, +1str, dex & con	taraxacum officinale, by filtration and fixation
Of Annihilation	Artisan	+3 melee damage	rekk, by fixation and distillation
Of Desolation	Master	+2 melee damage	seccubi blood, by oxidation and ceration
Of The Tempest	Artisan	-5 enemy wp on hit (weapon)	archaeleaf, by solution and distillation
Of The Bleak	Master	-5 enemy sp on hit (weapon)	archaeleaf, by oxidation and projection
Of New Saellem	Master	Dc19 to blind (weapon)	aloe ferox, by oxidation and multiplication
Of Crecia	Master	Dc19 to mute (weapon)	astragalus membranaceus, by oxidation and putrefaction
Of Tharsis	Master	Dc19 to trip (weapon)	tanacetum parthenium, by oxidation and fixation
Of Narsis	Master	Dc19 to disarm (weapon)	tanacetum parthenium, by congelation and ceration
Of Jewall	Master	Dc20 to stun (weapon)	riverroot, by solution and multiplication
Of Grief	Journeyman	-1 to all enemy elemental resistance (weapon)	bloodmoss, by solution and putrefaction
Of Affliction	Master	-2 to all enemy elemental resistance (weapon)	venomsbane, by solution and fixation
Of Ghost Touch	Master	Able to strike ethereal enemies (weapon)	seccubi blood, by distillation and digestion
Of Shadowstriking	Master	Dc20 to doublestrike (weapon)	rekk, by congelation and digestion
Of Dread	Master	Dc20 to fear (weapon)	tickfern, by sublimation and filtration
Of Decay	Master	Dc20 to add disease1 (weapon)	bloodmoss, by distillation and congelation
Of Infection	Master	Dc20 to add poison 1 (weapon)	riverroot, by fixation and putrefaction
Of The Ghost	Hobbyist	1 wp stolen on hit (weapon)	vaccinium maerocarpan, by solution and multiplication
Of The Specter	Apprentice	2 wp stolen on hit (weapon)	taraxacum officinale, by multiplication and projection
Of The Phantom	Journeyman	3 wp stolen on hit (weapon)	taraxacum officinale, by projection and digestion
Of The Wraith	Master	4 wp stolen on hit (weapon)	taraxacum officinale, by filtration and oxidation
Of The Archon	Artisan	5 wp stolen on hit (weapon)	taraxacum officinale, by putrefaction and congelation
Of Reversal	Apprentice	Reflect 1 damage when hit (shield)	eleutherococcus senticosus, by putrefaction and fixation
Of Repulsion	Journeyman	Reflect 2 damage when hit (shield)	eleutherococcus senticosus, by putrefaction and congelation
Of Vengeance	Master	Reflect 3 damage when hit (shield)	eleutherococcus senticosus, by putrefaction and ceration
Of Retribution	Artisan	Reflect 4 damage when hit (shield)	valeriana officinalis, by putrefaction and distillation
Of Protection	Master	+1 to all shield AC above 0 (shield)	valeriana officinalis, by putrefaction and sublimation
Of Reinforcement	Artisan	+4 to lowest AC (shield)	valeriana officinalis, by sublimation and oxidation
Of Focus	Hobbyist	+1 range damage (ranged weapon)	passiflora incarnata, by putrefaction and solution
Of Reach	Apprentice	+2 range damage (ranged weapon)	hydrastis canadensis, by putrefaction and solution
Of Projection	Master	+4 range damage (ranged weapon)	hamamelis virginiana, by putrefaction and projection
Of Flight	Artisan	+5 range damage (ranged weapon)	orenotherabiennis, by congelation and fixation

What an alchemist makes#

Tools (4)

Piece	DC	Material
Pill	1	1 bone dust
Mortar And Pestle	5	2 stone
Black Powder Bomb	8	3 sulfur
Firepot	12	5 phosphorus

Everything else (2)

Piece	DC	Material
Purified Water	3	1 stone
Venom Antidote	6	2 salt

The guildmaster#

Verity Oake kept her apothecary half underground in New Saellem, where the cold preserved what she brewed and the Exuvae couldn’t see who came and went. She saved more lives there than any priest, and ended a few she still won’t discuss. She walked out of Amone with the survivors and set up in a grove of the Silent Jungle, because it grows what she needs: bark, fungus and bitter roots that work whether the gods are listening or not.

Find Verity Oake at the medicine grove in the Silent Jungle, in Menusia. It’s the guild’s only hall: you join there, and you come back to it for every rank’s quest, inquirer to artisan.

Verity Oake teaches at the medicine grove in the Silent Jungle.

Trades it works with#

What alchemy gives the other trades.

Blacksmithing Applicants that put a magical prefix or suffix on a finished blade or piece of armor. Fire and metal

What it takes from them.

Mining The lead, tin, iron, copper, gold and silver fragments alchemy calls its planetary metals. Fire and metal

Jewelcrafting Powdered kunzite, pyrite, galena and the other stones alchemy purifies its brews with. Fire and metal

Sigildry Vials, tubes, ampoules and flasks. The better a brew, the finer the glass it comes out in. Fire and metal

A good pair
Sigildry: The better a brew, the finer the glass it needs, and sigildry blows it.

Who takes it up#

The classes whose work alchemy fits best. Any class can join any guild.

Gravedigger Gravediggers study death, and alchemy is the trade that knows exactly how much of what causes it. A natural fit

Hermit Hermits live where the herbs grow, and alchemy turns a walk in the woods into a satchel of remedies. A natural fit

Mageling Magelings study prefixes and suffixes anyway, and alchemy is how they get them into a blade. Works well

Priest A priest who brews remedies heals people prayer doesn't reach. Works well

The guild finder ranks every guild for a class.

How it shows#

None of this changes a roll. It’s how the people around you can tell what you do for a living.

Your fingertips are stained yellow and green, and you smell every cup before you drink.
You carry more little bottles than anyone needs, and know what’s in each by its weight.

What others say#

Oake's draught kept my leg on. I don't know what was in it, and I've decided not to ask.

A trapper of Winebridge

Never buy a potion from a Narsian alchemist, and never sell one to a Tharsian.

A smuggler of Blithe

The cure that spread
Verity Oake brewed a cure for a fever going through the Port of Doonan, and the fever stopped. Now the people who drank it hear the hum in the ground, and they’ve started walking north toward the Scar in their sleep. Verity swears the cure was clean. She wants someone to follow the sleepers before the Rift Watch decides to stop them.