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Alchemy Skills

† Has Prerequisite

Skill				Cost	Note
Distillery †				300	Alcohol & Chemicals
	Mixtures			400	Herbs and Brews
		Distillery Science		500	Reverse-Engineering
	Alchemy			600	Potions
		Alchemy II		700	Powerful Potions
			Alchemy III	800	Golems
		Vaccinations		800	Disease Resistance
Toxin Coping				300	Prudence
Wound Care †				200	Binding Wounds
	Wound Care II			400	Improved Care
		Soothe		400	Calming
		Stimulate		400	Calming
		Stitch and Wrap		400	Minor Healing
		Medicine		500	Improved Care
			Forensics	600	Medical Exam
			Toxin Treatment	400	Offset Toxins
			Vaccinations	800	Disease Resistance

Alchemy	Distillery	Logic 13+
This skill allows for the creation of materia medica from herbs, plants and distilled creations. It also acts like toxin coping should that skill not have been acquired by this point. The alchemist can now handle and use poisons without the risks of self-infliction. Alchemy II is the only skill which can increase the number of d20s used for success rolls. The better of the head craftsman's Muse or Logic bonus can be added to these rolls.   Batch-Size Ingredients TM Interval Success Max Time Shelf Life Healing Salve 6 doses 6 Tbsp Moly 2 gal Olive Oil 1 Lizard Tail 14 Daily 30 6 days 6 months Lekhan Oil 6 doses 6 Tbsp Belladonna 12 oz Quicksilver 3 Tbsp Iocane Powder Rind of a Sea Sponge 14 Daily 34 7 days 1 month Subsistence Cube 6 doses 6 Tbsp Pattran 1 oz Red Mercury 2 lbs Sugar 14 Daily 34 7 days 1 month
Unskilled: No benefit
Karma Attainment:1 Week in a lab or brewery

Alchemy II	Alchemy	Logic 15+
This skill allows for the crafting of potions, oils and powders of a supernatural nature. After preparing the ingredients in the appropriate quantities, a d20 against the TM is rolled for each interval. The alchemist can gain a modifier to the roll from the better of either Muse or Logic. If score is successful for the interval, then the highest raw die value is tallied against a running total. When the value reaches the success value, then the batch is complete. However, if the success value is not reached prior to the maximum time, then this lot is ruined.   Batch-Size Ingredients TM Interval Success Max Time Shelf Life Elixir of Bravery 4 doses 12 Tbsp Frankincense 8 Tbsp Maiden’s Heart 6 Tbsp Moly 12 oz Red Mercury 14 Daily 90 14 days 3 months Extinguishing Foam 4 doses 8 Tbsp Maruera 1 gal Ylang-ylang Oil 2 pints Iodine solution 13 Daily 75 10 days 2 months Many other formulas are available in a separate document for the GM. Other than the listed two here, recipes are not naturally known from this skill, but must be acquired by apprenticeship, trade, purchase or other means. Recipes cannot be committed to memory and must be stored in writing.
Unskilled: No benefit
Karma Attainment:2 Weeks in a laboratory

Alchemy III	Alchemy II and Mago-mathematics	Logic 16+
This skill allows the creation of life via constructs. The details of how to build various forms is available from the GM. At the end of the month of karma accustomization to this skill, the the alchemist will have constructed a homonculus.
Unskilled: No benefit
Karma Attainment:1 Month in a lab or morgue

Distillery	Brewing	Perception 9+
This skill allows the creation of liquors, spirits and minor chemicals. As with brewing, there are several components to determine a drinkable result: batch-size, ingredients, TM, interval, success, maximum time and shelf life. After crafting the ingredients in the appropriate quantities, a d20 against the TM is rolled for each interval. If having alchemy or alchemy II, then additional d20s for each can be added to the roll. If any die is successful for the interval, then the highest raw die value is tallied against a running total. When the value reaches the success value, then the brew is complete. However, if the success value is not reached prior to the maximum time, then this lot is ruined. When brewing several batches at once, the character may choose to roll against each batch, the whole set or in divisions of his or her choice. Lastly, due to routine ingredient handling, one's risk for handling poison is reduced to TM:3 to avoid self-infliction. Alchemy and alchemy II can each add d20s to the chance of success rolls; however, as brewing is a requirement, it will not aid with this skill. The better of the head craftsman's Muse or Logic bonus can be added to these rolls.   Batch-Size Ingredients TM Interval Success Max Time Shelf Life Absinthe 30-Flagon Firkin 5 lbs Herbs 5 lbs Sugar 12 Weekly 24 6 weeks 1 year Acid Splash 1-Flagon (8 uses) 10 lbs Salt 1 pound Copper 1 pint Ethyl Alcohol 13 Daily 25 2 days 3 months Bonfire Blend 1-Flagon (8 uses) 12 Tbsp Jaffray 1 lb Phosphorus 13 Daily 48 5 days 1 month Bourbon 60-Flagon Cask 50 lbs Corn 10 lbs Barley 12 Quarterly 60 4 years 20 years Coma Draught 1-Flagon (8 uses) 8 Tbsp Laishaberries 1 gal Ethyl Alcohol 13 Daily 42 6 days 3 months Ethyl Alcohol 30-Flagon Firkin 500 lbs Corn 10 Daily 40 10 days 3 years Rum 60-Flagon Cask 15 lbs Sugar 1 gal Molasses Various Spices 11 Quarterly 60 5 years 20 years Smelling Salts 1-Flagon (8 uses) 24 Tbsp Venus Flora 1 gal Ethyl Alcohol 10 Daily 35 10 days 1 year Sun Oil 1-Flagon (8 uses) 8 Tbsp Jaffray 12 eggs 1 gal Ethyl Alcohol 10 Daily 38 6 days 1 year Whiskey 60-Flagon Cask 40 lbs Rye 15 lbs Barley 5 lbs Corn 11 Quarterly 40 2 years 15 years
Unskilled: No benefit
Karma Attainment:1 Week in a brewery or medical lab

Distillery Science	Mixtures	Mind 12+
This skill takes mixtures to the next level, where beyond identification of a potion, the actual formula can be reverse-engineered. Using the same TM, interval rolls and expiration times for creating a batch, the formula can be discovered. Whether successful or not, the sample potion used in the process is destroyed.
Unskilled:
Karma Attainment:1 Week in a laboratory

Forensics	Homeopathy and Medical Zoology (Any)	Logic 14+
By use of forensics, an examiner can conclude with a high degree of accuracy the cause of death of a corpse. If looking at an animal mauling, most persons can deduce this, assuming the body is less than a week old. However, someone with forensics can gain the size category and from the bite marks or clawed incisions determine some details about the predator. If the cause of death cannot be determined by external examination, then if a laboratory is available, an autopsy can be performed to test for a toxicology and for magical evidence in the flesh. The chart below is used for a person with this skill via a Logic check to discover what occurred. Of course, things that did not happen to the corpse would not be rolled.   Discovery   TM Failure   Exterior   Mauling/Weapons   3 Additional injuries post-death, or wounds don't appear severe enough to be a fatality     Size of Attacker   8 Angles of the attack create confusion     Weapon or Savage “Appendage”   10 The wounds are inconsistent, possibly due to post-death issues     Specific Creature   17 This can only be determined if Size and Weapon are known     Burned by Fire   4 Burns obvious but source unknown or whether it is actual cause     Burned by Lightning   7 Burns obvious but source unknown or whether it is actual cause     Burned by Acid   8 Burns obvious but source unknown or whether it is actual cause     Life-Draining, Necrotic or Smite   14 No clear cause of death     Toxin Involved   16 No Suspicion     Dehydration   5 Nothing discerned     Starvation   6 Nothing discerned     Asphyxiation   8 Nothing discerned   Interior   Life-Draining, Necrotic or Smite   14 No clear cause of death     Old Age   18 No Suspicion     Heart Failure   14 No Suspicion     Toxin Involved   9 No Suspicion     Dehydration   3 Nothing discerned     Starvation   3 Nothing discerned     Asphyxiation   4 Nothing discerned   Time: For each full week of time after death has occurred while no form of preservation has happened, an additional penalty of -1 is included in the Logic roll.
Unskilled: No benefit
Karma Attainment:3 Days drawing sketches of death scenes

Medicine	Wound Care	Logic 13+
This skill trains a person in the anatomy and physiology of creatures in the following kingdoms: animal, atavistoid and humanish. When performing a medical treatment on a creature from these groups, a bonus of +3 is granted for any check or save against the feat’s TM.
Unskilled:
Karma Attainment:3 Days Studying Anatomy

Mixtures	Distillery	Judgment 10+
The mixtures skill is general knowledge of how herbs, brews and chemicals combine. What this provides is a field test of a potion or oil to identify on a Logic feat check (TM:16) for novel and unfamiliar blends without destroying the dose. Further, if in a lab and trying to identify a batch of potions, then with the destruction of one dose, the others of the same kind can be known without a roll. Lastly, this conveys the ability to handle poisons without a risk of self-infliction. From a construction value, this skill permits use of concrete without being a mason.
Unskilled:
Karma Attainment:Long Rest in a bar or lab

Soothe	Wound Care and Distillery	Judgment 13+
To perform the treatment of this skill, one must have a medical kit. This requires three actions (36 seconds) to administer the ointments and manipulate the spine of the recipient; however, upon completion, this will remove a shaken restriction or reduce a frightened restriction to a shaken condition. This will also reduce 1 point of Pain.
Unskilled:
Karma Attainment:1 Week of active work in a hospital or medical lab

Stimulate	Wound Care and Alchemy	Judgment 13+
To perform the treatment of this skill, one must have a medical kit. However, as an action, the medic can administer a pill and strike the proper glands to cause the reaction to become instantly activated. The medic must make a Judgment check (TM:9) for this to be successful. However, if it is, the recipient gains a heightened state of awareness for the following 10 minutes, gaining advantage on all Mind saves and checks for that duration, including Awareness checks.
Unskilled:
Karma Attainment:1 Week of active work in a hospital or medical lab

Stitch and Wrap	Wound Care and Distillery	Muse 12+
To perform the treatment of this skill, one must have a medical kit. It is a “after-battle” injury treatment like a wound care II would be. It is technically an enhancement of that skill. It requires a full minute for treatment; however, it can restore three points of damage. Moreover, if any suffering came from “crits” or a “bleed” effect, then this treatment can repair an additional d4 of damage. Like wound care a recipient of the treatment cannot receive another administration until after a long rest and new injuries occur.
Unskilled:
Karma Attainment:1 Week of active work in a hospital or medical lab
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Toxin Coping	No Requirement	Judgment 13+
This skill purely grants nothing more than the ability to handle and use poisons without the risks of self-infliction. This low cost skill offers no other benefits. To clarify, it will not allow the milking of poisons from animals, but plant leaves which are poisonous to the touch could be gathered.
Unskilled:
Karma Attainment:

Toxin Treatment	Wound Care and Alchemy	Muse 4+
To perform the treatment of this skill, one must have a medical kit. This requires two actions (24-seconds) to cut, cup and apply a tourniquet to prevent the influence of a poison. At the end of the second action, the medic rolls a Muse check against TM:13/span>. If successful, this the poison will be effectively neutralized within 2d4 rounds, half that time if the patient is a dwarf or resistant to poison. However, the procedure will inflict a single point of damage to the recipient. While this is not fast-acting, it can be performed mid-battle if the GM agrees conditions are proper.
Unskilled:
Karma Attainment:1 Week of active work in a hospital or medical lab
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Vaccinations	Alchemy and Medical Zoology
This allows for the creation of potions that will grant the imbiber a year of resistance against a specific disease, such as crow frenzy or rat fever. Should the “vaccinated” encounter the disease, he or she would make the appropriate save with advantage. As with most concoctions, there are ingredients needed, a formula to follow, and a batch-process over time that produces the potion. Each vaccination is unique, and the GM will provide the requirements for each when one with the skill attempts to create them. This may include the need to acquire less-common ingredients and possibly even purchasing the formula.
Unskilled:Not possible
Karma Attainment:Long Rest

Wound Care	No Skill Requirement	Judgment 10+
With this skill, on an action, this renders aid to a creature who has been wounded by Body damage. If the recipient has fallen in battle at zero or lower points, then this will immediately stabilize the being and remove the death saves. Care can be continued for two more actions at the discretion of the one rendering aid. During those actions, a skill check using Judgment modifiers can be rolled against TM:10 to restore one point of Body. With the possession of a wound or medical kit the restoration of the Body point is automatic. If not having one and the first check fails, then another action can be used to try again. However, no matter how many successes, only one point total of Body can be restored through this skill, which does help those even if in negatives. Additionally, wounds from necrotic or poison damage can be restored with this skill, which is helpful as salves do not heal those types of harm. Recipients of a successful wound care cannot receive another treatment until after a long rest and new injuries occur.
Unskilled:
Karma Attainment: 1 Day studying in library or hospital

Wound Care II	Wound Care	Judgment 12+
This is an advancement of wound care and for all practical purposes should be considered the same effect; however, when restoring Body points, no roll is required. Additionally, it is possible to restore a total of two points to a recipient. Of course, three actions are required to achieve this maximum effect, unless having a wound or medical kit; with one, both Body points can be restored on the second action. Recipients of this skill act the same as if having been treated by wound care and cannot gain the benefit of another without a long rest occurring between them. To clarify, only one method field medicine or wound care can be applied, but not both. Further, new injuries must have occurred before a new treatment can be administered.
Unskilled:
Karma Attainment: 1 Day of study at a hospital or library

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