Alchemy

Alchemy is a Common skill, and is modified by either your Intelligence.

Alchemy represents a character’s expertise in combining ingredients to create potions, elixirs, and other chemical concoctions with powerful effects. Alchemy is a versatile and creative skill that blends science and magic, allowing adventurers to craft everything from healing tonics and explosive vials to transformative draughts and antidotes. By collecting rare and exotic materials during their travels—such as dragon scales, magical herbs, or elemental essences—characters with Alchemy can prepare for a wide variety of challenges and enhance their party’s capabilities.

Alchemy thrives both in and out of combat, offering characters the ability to adapt to different situations with their crafted creations. A well-thrown alchemical fire can turn the tide of a battle, while a carefully brewed invisibility potion can help bypass dangerous encounters entirely. Alchemy also offers unique opportunities for roleplay, as characters experiment with ingredients, refine recipes, and seek out legendary formulas hidden in ancient texts. The skill’s reliance on discovery and experimentation ensures that it remains engaging, encouraging players to explore their environment and think creatively. In The Land, where danger and opportunity are always around the corner, mastery of Alchemy allows adventurers to turn the mundane into the extraordinary.

As your skill in Alchemy grows, you will gain additional benefits from it.

Increased Affinity: When you first attain a new title in Alchemy (Initiate or Apprentice), you gain a 25%  Affinity increase in either the Alchemy, Explosives, or Poison Making Skills. You can gain this affinity even if you did not have a previous Affinity Bonus or Ranks in the chosen skill.

Initiate (Ranks 10-19):
Alchemical Residue: You may identify all Common Consumbale substances by sight without a check. When you use an Consumbale item that has an effect that lasts at least one minute, increase its effect duration by 10%. If you acquire this ability from another crafting skill, the bonus is cumulative.

Apprentice (Ranks 20-34):
Alchemical Resistance: You resistance to Acid and Poison damage increases by 10%.

All of these bonuses are cumulative.