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Alchemurgic Items

Alchemurgic items are highly volatile nonmagical fluids, and the mundane machines that use them. They are exciting to craft, because they can be crafted 10 times as fast (gp per week instead of sp), but they have a tendency to explode if you're not careful (see Alchemurgic Test below).

Alchemurgic Test, or, How I Learned to Love Spontaneous Detonation

Whenever a creature carrying explosive Alchemurgic materials makes a Tumble, Balance, Jump, or Ride check, or an attack roll (even with a non-Alchemurgic weapon), or a Reflex save, or a Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution check, they compare the raw d20 roll of that check, attack, or save to the Alchemurgic Test values (the highest alchemurgic test value of any fluid within, plus the modifier of the container) on their equipment to determine if their equipment explodes or not. If any of their equipment explodes, all of it does. The creature gets a bonus to its d20 roll equal to its BAB plus its Dexterity modifier, and a penalty to the roll equal to the number of dice of damage the Alchemurgic Detonation of all their Alchemurgic materials will do.

An alchemurgic test is also checked when finishing crafting Alchemurgic items (using the craft roll), and when creating Alchemurgic items via magic such as spells or items, including conjuration and polymorphing (using a d20 roll).

Tasks can be done more slowly and hesitantly in order to reduce the chances of exploding, getting a -5 penalty to the attack roll, check, or save, to get a +5 bonus to the roll for purposes of the Alchemurgic Test.

In addition to the above, an Alchemurgic item explodes when destroyed.

Detonation, a Chain Reaction Story

When Alchemurgic items detonate, they don't detonate alone, and they don't detonate quite instantly. Any time something would cause an Alchemurgic detonation, at the end of turn, it explodes, and the chain reaction begins: determine its burst blast radius based on the number of Alchemurgic Units of material exploding, then check what other Alchemurgic materials are within the radius, and add the Units of any unattended ones immediately, then all attended ones require their owners to make Reflex saves against the current DC, and if they fail their Alchemurgic Tests, their Alchemurgic items add their Units to the explosion, potentially increasing the radius and repeating this process until there's nothing more to add.

The full distance of the blast is measured from every piece of exploding Alchemurgic material.

Finally, all creatures in the area who have not already made Reflex saves against the explosion do so, and take damage according to the damage dice of the explosion (Reflex half).

Alchemurgic materials have damage types and other rider effects: only the two materials that contributed the greatest number of Units apply, and only if the lesser type contributes at least half as many Units as the greater, with both rider effects, and the damage being half of one type and half of the other.

Table: Alchemurgic Detonation

# of Alchemurgic Units	Damage	Radius	Save DC
1	1d6	5'	15
4	2d6	10'	16
9	3d6	10'	17
16	4d6	15'	17
25	5d6	15'	18
36	6d6	15'	19
49	7d6	20'	20
64	8d6	20'	20
81	9d6	20'	21
100	10d6	25'	22
121	11d6	25'	23
144	12d6	25'	23
169	13d6	30'	24
196	14d6	30'	25
225	15d6	30'	26
256	16d6	30'	26
289	17d6	35'	27
324	18d6	35'	28
361	19d6	35'	29
400	20d6	35'	29

Alchemurgic Fluids

Name	Cost	Craft DC	Alchemurgic Test	Units/lb	Damage Type	Summary
Blast Fluid	1 gp/lb	15	8	1	Sonic	The simplest and most basic of blasting materials. Explodes with a deafening bang.
Bone-Hurting Juice	40 gp/lb	30	15	5	Acid	This delicious-looking green liquid is actually a powerful acid that seeps directly through your skin and melts your bones.
Brilliant Flash Fluid	100 gp/lb	35	18	25	Light	This yellow fluid looks like it'd go great on a cake. But instead, it explodes with a blinding flash.
Clinging Flame Juice	15 gp/lb	30	14	5	Fire	Sticky and flammable, a painful combination. Continues to burn.
Confetti Juice	1 gp/lb	15	6	1	No damage	Sparkling liquid that's kind of syrupy. It explodes with a kazoo sound.
Fear Juice	40 gp/lb	30	15	5	No damage	This black semitranslucent fluid jiggles weirdly. It explodes into a scary black cloud.
Fragmentation Fluid	12 gp/lb	30	14	5	Slashing Cold Iron	Hypervolatile Blast Fluid filled with lots and lots of bits of sharp cold iron. Shreds constitution.
Hallucinogenic Fluid	200 gp/lb	40	20	25	No damage	This oily rainbow fluid shimmers and shines. It explodes into a confusing rainbow cloud.
Hypervolatile Blast Fluid	10 gp/lb	25	13	5	Sonic	With a bit of tinkering, Blast Fluid can be upgraded from basically safe to actually quite dangerous. Explodes with a deafening bang.
Melting Juice	2 gp/lb	20	9	1	Acid	This tricky green liquid has a tendency to vaporize and then dissolve everything.
Obliterating Flash Fluid	1000 gp/lb	45	23	125	Vile Light	This shimmering metallic fluid looks half as unsettlingly dangerous as it is. It explodes with a blinding flash.
Smoke Juice	5 gp/lb	20	11	5	No damage	Thick gray cloudy liquid. It explodes into a cloud of dark smoke.

Alchemurgic Weapons

Name	Proficiency	Cost	Alchemurgic Test Modifier	Capacity	Damage	Critical	Range	Weight	Damage Type
Alchemurgic Air Bomb	Martial	200 gp	-5	10 lbs	1d6	20/x2	10	5	Bludgeoning
Alchemurgic Dart Launcher	Martial	150 gp	—	—	1d6	19-20/x2	60	8	Piercing
Alchemurgic Longhammer	Martial	15 gp	-3	4 lbs	1d8	20/x3	—	4	Bludgeoning
Alchemurgic Orb	Martial	10 gp	-3	1 lb	1d4	20/x2	20	½	Bludgeoning, Slashing
Alchemurgic Shaped Charge	Exotic	20 gp	-4	1 lb	1d3	20/x2	10	1	Bludgeoning

Alchemurgic Ammunition

Name	Proficiency	Cost	Alchemurgic Test Modifier	Capacity	Damage	Critical	Range	Weight	Damage Type
Alchemurgic Dart	Martial	1 gp	-3	0.2 lbs	—	—	—	½	Piercing

Alchemurgic Gear

Name	Cost	Alchemurgic Test Modifier	Capacity	Summary
Alchemurgic Barrel	100 gp	-4	400 lbs	This is a sturdy metal barrel with a alchemurgically-treated inner lining, and multiple smaller compartments, to reduce the risk of accidents.
Alchemurgic Canister	10 gp	-5	10 lbs	This is a large metal canister with a alchemurgically-treated inner lining to reduce the risk of accidents.

See also: Alchemurgic feats.

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