PHB ALCHEMIST FIRE 5E HOW TO

Nothing is too groundbreaking when it comes how to craft an alchemical item if you have followed along with my other tools, it requires: Time, Gold (to buy materials) and proficiency with Alchemist’s Supplies. We have our normal equipment and not much has changed with that, but now we have different qualities that our would-be Alchemists can try and achieve, and then we have our alchemy recipes. Oh gee! I can make soap! Or perfume! My wildest dreams have been achieved! I also don’t like the wording: “The DM can allow…” which feels like a ‘mother-may-I’ and doesn’t empower the player at all… I get that it’s to get advantage on something, but still… feels a bit too wishy-washy when it comes to players understanding the rules of the game.īut let’s talk about my Alchemist’s Supplies. Subtract half the value of the created item from the total gp worth of raw materials you are carrying.Īs always, I’m not really impressed with the tools in XGtE. As part of a long rest, you can use alchemist's supplies to make one dose of acid, alchemist's fire, antitoxin, oil, perfume, or soap. The DM can allow a character to make a check using the indicated skill with advantage. A character can spend money to collect raw materials, which weigh 1 pound for every 50 gp spent. You can use this tool proficiency to create alchemical items.

When you inspect an area for clues, proficiency with alchemist's supplies grants additional insight into any chemicals or other substances that might have been used in the area.Īlchemical Crafting. Proficiency with alchemist's supplies allows you to unlock more information on Arcana checks involving potions and similar materials. Alchemist's supplies include two glass beakers, a metal frame to hold a beaker in place over an open flame, a glass stirring rod, a small mortar and pestle, and a pouch of common alchemical ingredients, including salt, powdered iron, and purified water.Īrcana. Actually getting into Alchemist’s SuppliesĪs always, I am going to list out what Xanathar’s Guide to Everything says about Alchemist’s Supplies, and then we are going to start talking about the system for it.Īlchemist's supplies enable a character to produce useful concoctions, such as acid or alchemist's fire.Ĭomponents. Alchemist’s Supplies take time to produce their items and they should require vials, pouches and bottles to store. Alchemist’s Supplies should be limited to what you can do with several hours, chemicals and expensive equipment. The Herbalism Kit should be limited to what you can do when someone runs out into the forest for an hour and brings back a few berries. That should be under Alchemist’s Supplies as you are creating a potions, poisons and even smokepowder to blow away your foes. The thing is, I think the books are wrong when it comes to Potions of Healing being created by a Herbalism Kit. Now, I’m going to take a moment here and stop citing what multiple books say as I’m pretty sure I just lost several readers. Herbalism Kit - Antitoxin, Potion of HealingĪ character who has proficiency with the herbalism kit can create these potions.

Your knowledge of the nature and uses of herbs can add insight to your magical studies that deal with plants and your attempts to identify potions.Īnd further more on page 70 of XGtE it also states:Ī friendly alchemist gifted you with a potion of healing or a flask of acid, as you choose. Proficiency with alchemist's supplies allows you to unlock more information on Arcana checks involving potions and similar materials Though, Xanathar’s Guide to Everything on page 79 and 82 states: Well, last time I checked a potion of healing is a particular potion. … a character might need alchemist's supplies to brew a particular potion. See, in the Dungeon Master’s Guide it states on page 129 that: Which is something I have a problem with. The Herbalism Kit gets a paragraph and informs the reader it is required to craft Potions of Healing. In the Player’s Handbook, the Alchemist’s Supplies gets one line in a chart that states it is an Artisan Tool, costs 50 gp and weighs 8 lbs. Before we actually begin… I’m not sure that D&D really understands the difference between Alchemist’s Supplies and the Herbalism Kit.

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