#toxicologist

[spookystirfry]

Got some flats down on the hobgoblin toxicologist, hope to have the time to render them sometime in the future, and maybe one day even find a game for them!

[cloaksandcapes]

Take your time. Master your craft. Tear down their body from the inside.

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"The Toxicologist trains and sharpens their skills as a rogue, but they also spend countless nights studying the poisons and venoms of the world to debilitate their quarry so that the fight is over long before it has even begun. A Toxicologist understands that it is better to work smarter, not harder."

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Level 9 Toxicologist Feature

Years of handling toxins has made you more efficient at preparing toxins on the fly.

You can take an action to prepare two doses from your Toxin Formulas List. Once you have used this feature, you cannot use it again until you finish a Long Rest.

In addition, when applying your toxins through an attack, if you have Advantage on the attack the target has Disadvantage on saving throws against the effects of your toxin.

[dailycharacteroption]

Class Feature Friday: Toxicologist Research Field (PF2 Alchemist Research Field)

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We’ve covered healing, bombs, mutagens… truly every field of study we’ve covered for the second edition alchemist has covered some aspect of the first edition version of the class… Well, all but one.

Introduced later in the 2E version of the Advanced Player’s Guide, our final research field (until if and when Paizo comes up with a new one) is that of toxicology, that is to say, the study of poisons!

The study of poisons is integrally intertwined with the study of medicine. Not just because it’s a good idea to know how toxins attack the body in order to counteract them and heal the damage, but also because technically, medicines and drugs are all technically poisons, albeit ones that are applied specifically so that their effects counteract and interfere with ailments that a patient is suffering from. Poisons that cause numbness developed into painkillers, a medicine of lowering blood pressure was originally evolved to cause sluggishness, and so on.

Of course, whereas the development of medicine is akin to using these toxins like a fine scalpel to treat ailments, such substances are most well-known for when they are used as a sledgehammer, debilitating the target to cause weakness, erratic behavior, or outright death.

A toxicologist alchemist might be a doctor seeking to better understand poisons in order to treat them more effectively, using them as a weapon only to defend themselves and others… or they might be professional poison-brewers which operate illegal businesses, or even use their poisons directly. Most are probably somewhere in between. After all, apothecaries did sell poison in addition to medicine, though officially such toxins were usually meant to be used on pest problems or animals. However, that was obviously not always the case.

Regardless of their motives or profession, these alchemists specialize in the brewing of toxic substances, and we’ll see how they put them to good use.

Naturally, these alchemists start knowing a few minor poisons. However, they also learn how to apply poison to their weapons quickly.

As they grow in mastery, they can prepare more poisons each day, and learn more and more potent types of alchemical poison formulae.

Perhaps their most insidious skill is learning how to apply two different types of poison to the same weapon without them interfering with each other.

Naturally, any alchemist feat that deals with poison is a naturally choice for this field.

One of the most vexing things about poison-focused characters in First Edition was that the DC to resist most poisons was fairly set in stone and only rare magic or abilities could alter it, but these alchemists actually set the DC of lesser poisons to match their class DC, reflecting their superior refinement and brewing of the toxins, making alchemist with this field a good choice for a lethal poisoner, especially if paired with the rogue multiclass archetype. Alternatively, you could go pure alchemist and focus on poisons, bombs, and healing all to your liking, including making antivenoms for your poisons as well.

While the average alchemist working for a thieves’ guild probably shed that moral quandary a while ago, consider the philosophical dilemma a character that studies poisons for beneficial reasons has when forced to use those poisons against foes. Some may be pretty torn up about it. Others maybe not so much.

Though born for the role of direct combat, Liao the titan nagaji has always been more interested in the various serpent traits of his people, particularly the venom produced by many nagaji. As such, he trained as an alchemist to test an observe the effects of various toxins, and occasionally use them in battle.

Normally the guardians and foot soldiers of the paths of the dead, vanth psychopomps are out of their element in dealing with mortals, but one finds themselves doing just that when a recent string of damaged souls have been making their way to the land of the dead. It seems an assassin group has taken to using poison laced with supernatural elements taken from daemons which corrode the soul as easily as the body, and these vanths need someone to find and eliminate the source.

To most, Ulec Whitestone is a friendly face, an apothecary who provides remedies for families in need, offering discounts and payment plans for those who normally couldn’t afford his prices. However, behind the dwarf’s friendly demeanor lies an amoral man, who also sells deadly poisons to ruffians and those with murder on their mind. More than once, families on his payment plans have ended up dead if they fail to keep up with the interest.

[numbers-96]

first day of October and I’m gonna be doing tf3tober, prompts made by @hazardtoons . This is #25 of shoulder angel/devil. Get ready to see a lot more toxicologist

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[loogepk]

The Toxicologist, Master of Stealth and Spewing Powerful Poison Mixtures! Mostly known for Its Incredible Combos and Poison Slaps! ☣️https://Twitch.tv/Looge

[shaytheranger]

A stabby beaute for those that are into that kind o thing.  Got hearts on the dagger too <3

[the-tonberrys-lantern]

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