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Darkman124 posted...

5e DM here

ask your DM what books he's using

the PHB has no such class, but it DOES have a tool proficiency in alchemy, which may allow you to create potions of interest to the group over time. that is usually not something combat-ready, though.

are you thinking something comparable to the witcher?

i could see a cleric being reflavored in this way, although you'd still have to abide by the spellcasting concentration rules.

I'll be joining a game in process at level 8, and the DM is already allowing them to craft a certain amount of gold worth of items a day, so creating the potions the way a wizard has to prepare spells is already going to be allowed.

In terms of intent, I was thinking less of something like a witcher and more something like an alchemy wizard. So instead of casting an illusion, I sling/fire/etc a potion with a hallucinatory effect into the area, or an explosive potion, or I set a trap with an armor corroding chemical outside of a door with hostiles inside. That sort of thing.

I used to love playing a spellcaster that used underpowered spells to do creative things, but I didn't want to retread on old ground, so I thought alchemy would be a new way to try that sort of play style.
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