Experimental Alchemy (Alchemist rule thread)

[Kurgan]

So I was thinking about the new Potion German dice and it brought me back to this thread. I would use the blue set (4 Potion/1 Skull/1 Blank) when the Alchemist mixed a recipe. If he rolls a Potion his mix is successful. A Blank then his mix fails, he loses his used potions. A Skull and his mix explodes causing 1 BP damage. If there is an Alchemist Bench then he doesn’t roll the dice, it’s always successful.

I was thinking along similar lines. I already have my Alchemist character (which is simply a full-redressed "demagicified" version of the Wizard), but having a use for those Potion dice would be really neat. Mixing potions is great, but the question is... why can't any other character do it? I guess because there IS some element of danger and mystery involved that only he (or she) is capable of doing.

I'm getting to the point where I'm wondering how many cards are "too many" to manage. But if there's a deck just for this character, that's not so bad. He may not play in every quest and doesn't have to split them with others, after all. There's already precedent for characters that have their own cards both in my own system and that of others (even the Remake does this). I'm definitely on the "simplicity" side for this. In the classic Game System, the Wizard is the most complex and strategic character to play effectively, after all.

[Lemmeron]

This thread has been a good read with some great ideas and types of cards. My thoughts on alchemist are a bit more simple for keeping with hero quest complexity.
Mine is a scholarly dwarf


He (or she) draws a few cards from this alchemy set at the start of each quest


more details can be found in my thread here for those interested.

[j_dean80]

So I got my Alchemist from Reaper but couldn’t find a good female so created it at Hero Forge. Now I just need to hash out my Alchemist abilities.

[Kurgan]

Homebrew is good. So not a fan of Sascha Dubois or that Herbalist? It's true most of Reaper's female casters seem to be clerics, druids, wizards, or witches.

[j_dean80]

Homebrew is good. So not a fan of Sascha Dubois or that Herbalist? It's true most of Reaper's female casters seem to be clerics, druids, wizards, or witches.

None say “Alchemist” to me. I was looking for a flask in hand.

[monnock777]

For my alchemist he has this ability.

Alchemist Kit
In each room you may search for alchemical components. Using the 3 blue combat dice. Rolling 1 per room, when you have collected a skull, shield and evil shield. You draw 2 random potion cards keeping one of them. Alchemist workbench will give any 2 dice facings once.

Blue dice have facing of 3 skull, 1 shield, 2 black shield.

After mulling over this, it doesn't seem to work well. What systems have you used that seem to work well.

[Kurgan]

In the new Rise of the Dread Moon we have basic confirmation that the Wizard is already an Alchemist (doesn't need a re-agent kit to craft potions at the Alchemist Bench from the 20 card deck). But, that's Avalon Hill's system. Still lots of room for creativity in this area and different approaches!

[monnock777]

In the new Rise of the Dread Moon we have basic confirmation that the Wizard is already an Alchemist (doesn't need a re-agent kit to craft potions at the Alchemist Bench from the 20 card deck). But, that's Avalon Hill's system. Still lots of room for creativity in this area and different approaches!

I understand that new official rules are coming out all the time now.

Update my alchemist kit rule.
Alchemist Kit
In each room you may search for alchemical components. Using 2 yellow combat dice. For each shield you roll you can claim at potion chit. At anytime when unseen by an enemy you can craft a potion. Each potion has a different component cost. Each potion chit is worth 1 potion cost range from 3-6 components. Alchemist workbench will have 1 red die of component chits.