Prehensile Organs (Discovery)

• Go back to the Epic Path page.
• Go back to the Alchemist page.
• Go back to the Alchemist Discoveries page.

Elemental Mutagen

Prerequisites: -

Benefit: Upon gaining this discovery, the alchemist chooses an element (air, earth, fire, or water). Whenever the alchemist imbibes a mutagen, he gains resistance 5 to the associated energy type and a +2 competence bonus on an associated skill check. This resistance increases by 5 and the competence bonus by 2 for each of the following discoveries the alchemist possesses: Grand Mutagen, Greater Mutagen and True Mutagen. This resistance increases by 10 and the competence bonus by 4 for each of the following discoveries the alchemist possesses: Alchemical Abomination, Unborn Horror and WHAT HATH SCIENCE WROUGHT?.

The elements and their associated energies and skills are:

• air (electricity, Fly)
• earth (acid, Climb)
• fire (fire, Acrobatics)
• water (cold, Swim)

An alchemist can select this discovery up to four times, but must choose a different element each time. An alchemist can gain the benefits of only one elemental mutagen at a time, selected when he imbibes the mutagen.