Alchemy Profession Guide
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Alchemist’s Tools
Expanded Alchemist’s Tools (100 gp): This alchemist’s toolkit is just as good as bringing the whole lab with you. It has more than the typical alchemist’s kit and imparts a +1 bonus to Intelligence (Alchemist’s Tools) checks for those proficient with it.
- Glass beakers and petri dishes: For taking samples
- Metal frame: to hold vessels over fire
- Glass stirring rod
- Mortar and Pestle
- Alembic or Retort: Used for distilling substances.
- Aludel: Used for turning gas into liquid through condensation
- Drying pistol: A glass apparatus to dry a sample using heat
- Desiccator: A sealed wide jar used for drying
- Evaporating dishes: For evaporating excess solvents to produce a concentrated solution or precipitate.
- Crucible: For operating at high heats, such as with metals
- Graduated cylinders: For measuring liquid volume
- Scale and weights: For measuring weights
- Pipettes: For drawing a precise amount of liquid from a vessel
- Pouch of ingredients (cinnabar, salt, sulfur, iron, purified water)
