Poison Use (ex): The Alchemist isn’t a big Poison becomes common at high levels where your bonus is substantial. For help selecting Alchemist Discoveries, see my Powerful and unique ways to customize your alchemist, and a class dip intoĪlchemist is a common choice for many builds (especially those that need anĮxtra arm to reload weapons). Get added to the Alchemist’s Bomb damage because Bomb already adds theĪlchemist’s intelligence bonus to damage.ĭiscovery (Su): Alchemist Discoveries are Weapons, but the bonus damage with splash weapons dramatically improves theĭamage of alchemical weapons like Acid. Ranged weapons, and Reflex saves, but will handicap your already low Willįeat won’t really help much unless you like throwing garbage or non-ranged Dexterity will improve AC, attack rolls with Increase: improving Strength will improve damage with thrown weapons, but will Be careful of which ability you choose to The bonuses to your abilities are fantastic, and In terms of item crafting, but it never hurts to hand out cheap healing “Bomb Admixture” spells which supplement the effects of your bombs.īrew Potion (Ex): Potions aren’t fantastic Use bombs, be sure to invest some Discoveries to improve Bomb. Level, the Bomb’s damage drops off quickly compared to spells. The Infusion Discovery so that you can share your Extracts with the party.

Should have plenty of bonus skill ranks to pick up the few good skillsĪvailable to the Alchemist, and you might consider picking up additional classĪlchemy (Su): The Alchemist works a bit likeĪ 2/3 prepared caster, but they drink all of their spells. The Alchemist is Intelligence-based, so they Will saves will be a problem, especially if you use your Mutagen to boost your Saves: Good Fortitude and Reflex saves, but Primarily magical character, but not great if you spend a lot of time in close Blue: Fantastic options, often essential.Red: Bad, useless options, or options whichĪre extremely situational.Also note that many colored items are also links to the Paizo SRD. RPGBOT uses the color coding scheme which has become common among Pathfinder build handbooks. If you would like help with Pathfinder options not covered here, please email me and I may be able to provide additional assistance. We support a limited subset of Pathfinder’s rules content. Multiclassing and Prestige Classes Disclaimer.

Pathfinder alchemy guide