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### Alchemist (Variant)
Representatives of the oldest artificer tradition, alchemists combine reagents to produce mystical effects, giving life and leeching it away in equal measure. As an alchemist, you can prepare your mixtures in advance, trading some versatility for additional power

#### Tool Proficiency
When you adopt this specialization at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with alchemist's supplies. If you already have this proficiency, you gain proficiency with one other type of artisan's tools of your choice.

#### Alchemist Spells
Starting at 3rd level, you always have certain spells prepared after you reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the Alchemist Spells table. These spells count as artificer spells for you, but they don't count against the number of artificer spells you prepare.

| Level  | Spells |
|:---:|:-----------:|
|  3rd  | _healing word_, _ray of sickness_ |
|  5th  | _flaming sphere_, _melf's acid arrow_ |
|  9th  | _gaseous form_, _mass healing word_ |
|  13th  | _blight_, _death ward_ |
|  17th  | _cloudkill_, _raise dead_ |

#### Alchemical Magic: Extract Essence
Also at 3rd level, you learn to prepare a new way to utilize your spells. During a short or long rest, you can expend any number of spell slots, extracting their essence for later use.

For each expended slot, choose an artificer spell of up to that level (you do not need to have it prepared). If the chosen spell requires material components with a listed cost, you must provide them while extracting its essence. The essence inherits any properties of the tools used in its creation.

An alchemical essence is an unfinished but stable spell, requiring only a few finishing touches and the slightest infusion of magic to activate. You (and only you) can use the essence to cast its associated spell without expending a spell slot or other material components.

An essence lasts until you use it, you discard it, or it leaves your possession for more than 12 hours. You can create and maintain up to a number and level of essences equal to your alchemist spell slots. For example, a 7th-level artificer can have up to seven essences, no more than three of which are *essences of flaming sphere* or another 2nd-level spell.

#### Alchemical Magic: Craft Concoction
By 5th level, you discover a new way to prepare spells for later use. When creating an essence, if the spell targets one or more creature or object and has a casting time of one action or bonus action, you can choose to turn the essence into a concoction - an elixir, salve, oil or other form that somebody less brilliant might be trusted to use safely after some basic instructions.

Creatures of your choice can use a concoction to cast the associated spell on themselves or an item they are using (such as with an _oil of magic weapon_), using your spellcasting modifier. If the associated spell allows several options for its use, you must make the choice when creating the concoction. If the associated spell requires concentration, the creature which uses it must concentrate on the effect, and the concoction requires a spell slot of one level higher.

#### Alchemical Savant
Also at 5th level, you've developed masterful command of magical chemicals, enhancing the healing and damage you create through them. Whenever you cast an artificer spell, or another creature uses one of your concoctions, you gain a bonus to one roll of the spell. That roll must restore hit points or be a damage roll that deals acid, fire, necrotic, or poison damage, and the bonus equals your Intelligence modifier (minimum of +1).

#### Panacea
Starting at 9th level, when you finish a long rest, you also create a number of _essences of lesser restoration_ equal to your Inteligence modifier (minimum of one). These do not count against your maximum essences, and last until your next long rest.

#### Alchemical Magic: Craft Accelerant
Starting at 9th level, when creating a concoction of a spell with a casting time of one action, you can create an accelerant instead, a special mixture sensitive to a command word or similar trigger. When a creature uses an accelerant, instead of the spell taking effect instantly, for the next hour the creature can gain the spell's effect as a bonus action. Alternately, you can create an accelerant of a spell with a casting time of one reaction, and the creature can cast it for the duration. An accelerant requires a spell slot of one level higher than its associated spell.

#### Chemical Mastery
By 15th level, you have been exposed to so many chemicals that they pose little risk to you, and you can use them to quickly end certain ailments:

* You gain resistance to acid damage and poison damage, and you are now immune to the poisoned condition.
* Your Panacea feature also creates one *essence of greater restoration* and one *essence of heal*.

#### Alchemical Magic: Refine Reactant
By 15th level, you have learned to make your creations even faster-acting. When creating an accelerant, you can create a reactant instead. Choose one of the following triggers: The creature takes damage; the creature falls below half its hit points maximum; the creature is affected by one or more conditions of your choice; the creature must take a saving throw of your choice; the creature makes an attack. When the chosen trigger happens, the effect activates (no action required). A reactant requires a spell slot of two levels higher.

<!-- ### Alchemist (Variant)
Representatives of the oldest artificer tradition, alchemists combine reagents to produce mystical effects, giving life and leeching it away in equal measure. As an alchemist, you can prepare your mixtures in advance, trading some versatility for additional power

#### Alchemical Craft
When you adopt this specialization at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with alchemist's supplies (or another artisan's tool if already proficient), as well as the ability to use them to prepare alchemical mixtures during a short or long rest.

To craft a mixture, choose an artificer spell of 1st level or higher (you do not need to have it prepared) and a type, which can be an essence or a type you learn at a later level. You then expend spell slots with a combined level equal to or higher than the chosen spell's, as well as any required material components with a listed cost. If crafting during a long rest, you have a pool of points equal to your proficiency modifier, which you can use instead of, or in addition to, spell slots.

You cannot craft mixtures of a higher level than your highest spell slot, and the combined level of all mixtures you have created at one time cannot exceed your artificer level.

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Each alchemical mixture has a type (essence, or one you learn at a later level) and contains an artificer spell of 1st level or higher - for example, an *essence of healing word*. The complexity of a mixture is the sum of the level of the spell and any increases from the type. You cannot craft mixtures with a complexity higher than your highest spell slot level, and the combined level of all mixtures you have created at any one time cannot exceed your artificer level.

If the spell requires a costly material component, it must be provided when the mixture is crafted.

A mixture inherits any properties of the tools used in its creation.

Crafting alchemical mixtures takes place over a long or short rest. For each mixture, choose an artificer spell (you do not need to have it prepared) and a type and expend spell slots with a combined level equal or higher than the complexity of the mixture. If crafting during a long rest

You can craft alchemical mixtures over the duration of a long or short rest by expending spell slots of the same or higher level as the desired mixture. Additionally, during a long rest, you can craft additional mixtures with a combined level equal up to your proficiency bonus. T

#### Alchemical Craft: Extract Essence
At 3rd level, you learn how to craft an alchemical essence - an unfinished but stable spell, requiring only a few finishing touches to be activated. You (and only you) can use the essence to cast the spell it contains without expending a spell slot or providing any components other than the essence itself.

Beginning at 3rd level, you learn to use your alchemist's supplies to create alchemical essences - unfinished but stable spells, stored for later use. During a long rest, choose spells from the artificer spell list with a combined level no higher than your proficiency bonus. The spells must have a casting time of 1 action or less, and be of a level for which you have spell slots. You must provide components for the chosen spells, as if casting them. For each chosen spell, you create an essence, which you can later use to cast the associated spell, without expending a spell slot or any components other than the essence itself. The essence inherits any properties of the tools used in its creation.

In addition, also during a long rest, you can create additional essences by spending spell slots to cast spells you have prepared (before preparing new spells), creating an essence for each. At any one time, you can only create and maintain essences with a combined level no higher than your artificer level. You can recover material components used to make essences which have to be recycled due to this limit.

#### Alchemical Savant
At 5th level, you've developed masterful command of magical chemicals, enhancing the healing and damage you create through them. Whenever you cast a spell using your alchemist's supplies as the spellcasting focus (including any spell you create an essence of), you gain a bonus to one roll of the spell. That roll must restore hit points or be a damage roll that deals acid, fire, necrotic, or poison damage, and the bonus equals your Intelligence modifier (minimum of +1).

#### Alchemical Craft: Condense Concoction
By 5th level, you discover a new way to prepare spells for later use. When creating an essence, if the spell targets one creature or object and has a casting time of one action or bonus action, you can choose to turn the essence into a concoction - an elixir, salve, oil or other form that somebody might be trusted to use safely after some basic instructions. Creatures of your choice can use a concoction to cast the associated spell on themselves or an item they are using (such as with an _oil of magic weapon_), using your spellcasting modifier. If the associated spell allows several options for its use, you must make the choice when creating the concoction. If the associated spell requires concentration, the creature which uses it must concentrate on the effect, and the spell counts as one level higher.

#### Panacea
Starting at 9th level, when you create essences, you also create a number of _essences of lesser restoration_ equal to your Inteligence modifier (minimum of one). These do not count against your maximum mixtures, but have to be recreated every time you finish a long rest.

#### Craft Accelerant
Starting at 9th level, when creating a concoction of a spell affecting one creature with a casting time of one action, you can create an accelerant instead. When a creature uses an accelerant, instead of the spell taking effect instantly, for the next hour the creature can gain the spell's effect as a bonus action. An accelerant counts as one level higher than a concoction.

#### Chemical Mastery
By 15th level, you have been exposed to so many chemicals that they pose little risk to you, and you can use them to quickly end certain ailments:

#### Craft Reactant
By 15th level, you have learned to make your creations even faster-acting. When creating an accelerant, you can create a reactant instead. Choose one of the following triggers: The creature takes damage; the creature falls below its half hit points maximum; the creature is affected by one or more conditions of your choice; the creature must take a saving throw of your choice; the creature makes an attack. When the chosen trigger happens, the effect activates (no action required). A reactant counts as one level higher than an accelerant (two higher than a concoction). -->

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#### Alchemical Craft
When you adopt this specialization at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with alchemist's supplies (or another type of artisan's tools if already proficient), as well as the ability to use them to prepare alchemical spells in advance.

#### Alchemical Craft: Extract Essence
At 3rd level, you learn how to create a *spell essence* - an unfinished but stable spell, requiring only a few finishing touches to be activated. You can create an essence out of any artificer spell with a casting time of 1 action or bonus action, and you can use it to cast the appropriate spell without expending a spell slot or providing any components other than the essence itself.

#### Panacea
Starting at 9th level, when you create essences, you also create a number of _essences of lesser restoration_ equal to your Inteligence modifier (minimum of one), which last until your next long rest and do not count against your maximum essences.

#### Chemical Mastery
By 15th level, you have been exposed to so many chemicals that they pose little risk to you, and you can use them to quickly end certain ailments:

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### Alchemist (Variant)

#### Alchemical Products
_3rd-level Alchemist feature (replaces Experimental Elixir)_
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Your chosen craft gives you the ability to prepare your tools in advance. In the course of a long rest, you can use your alchemist's supplies and expend unused spell slots, the combined level of which does not exceed your artificer level, to create elixirs, salves, intermediate products and other alchemical wonders. Unused products lose their properties at the end of your next long rest, unless you maintain them over the course of it, in which case they continue to count against your maximum but do not consume additional spell slots; otherwise you recover any costly components used in their creation.

For each product, you must choose an artificer spell you have prepared or prepare as part of the same long rest, and must expend components as if you had cast it. Additionally, you must choose a form from the following:

**Preparation.** A prepared and preserved half-finished spell, requiring only the finishing touches to take effect. You can cast the stored spell as normal, without expending a spell slot and requiring only the preparation as a material component.

**Concoction.** Traditionally a potion or elixir, less often an ointment or salve or some other form that another might be trusted to apply to themselves safely after some basic instructions. A concoction can be created out of any spell which affects only one creature and has a casting time of one action or bonus action, and creatures of your choice can cast it on themselves as an action, requiring no components. Treat the spell as if you had cast it using your alchemist's supplies. If the spell requires concentration, the creature using the concoction must concentrate on it, and the concoction counts as one more against your maximum number of products.

**Oil.** Functions similarly to a potion, but for spells which target one touched object.

**Accelerant.** *(Requires 5th-level alchemist)* Functions similarly to a concoction, but instead of taking effect immediately when used, for a number of hours equal to your proficiency bonus, the creature can activate the spell as a bonus action. An accelerant counts as one more against your maximum number of products.

**Reactant.** *(Requires 9th-level alchemist)* Functions similarly to an accelerant, but instead of a bonus action, you choose a trigger upon which the spell will activate from the following: The creature takes damage; the creature falls below half its hit point maximum; the creature rolls initiative; the creature is affected by one or more conditions of your choice. A reactant counts as two more against your maximum number of products.

_Example: a 5th level alchemist can, at one time, have created a concoction of alter self (appearance changing), a concoction of cure wounds, and a preparation of healing word cast as a 2nd level spell._

At 5th level, whenever you long rest, you can create an additional product as if you had spent a 1st-level spell slot. This increases to 2nd-level at 9th level, and 3rd-level at 15th level.
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