Buy me a coffeeAlchemical Items, Herbs, Oils, & Special Substances
This page includes various chemicals, herbs, salves, balms, oils, and other substances which require some preparation before use.
Alchemical Items
Occult Lore
Author Keith Baker, Adam Bank, Chris Jones, Scott Reeves, and Elton Robb
Series Lore
Publisher Atlas
Publish date 2002
Characters with the Craft (Alchemy) skill can create some of these items, and they are usually available in the same places where you can buy alchemical items. Items with a DC listed in the Craft DC column use the Craft (Alchemy) skill to create.
Characters with Heal scores of 5+ can use the Alchemy skill to create the superior medicinal items listed below. See the Craft skill rules (or the recap of them on page 18) and the full description of each item for instructions on how to create these items. Also see the Herbalism chapter, on page 76, for more tools that can be used to give Alchemy check bonuses, and substances that can be made using the Alchemy skill.
| Task or Item | Creation DC | Market Cost |
| Write/read a message in alchemical notation | 10 + pages in the message + symbol modifier | 2 gp per page x the symbol modifier |
| Alembic | 15 Approximately | 50 gp |
| Aqua vitae | 20 | 5 sp per draught |
| Athenor | 15 | 100 gp |
| Pangunculus | Varies | 100 + (pangunculus’ similarity bonus x 100) gp |
| Plague gear | 15 | 30 gp |
| Treatise | DC of disease | 60 gp |
Oils and Flammables
| Oils and Flammables | |||
| Item | Craft DC | Cost | Weight |
| Oil, Anointing | – | 25 gp | 1 lb. |
| Oil, Lamp, (1-pint flask) | – | 1 sp | 1 lbs. |
| Alchemist’s fire (1 flask) [Alchemical Power Component] | – | 20 gp | 1 lb. |
| Oil, Keros | 15 | 5 gp | – |
| Oil, Wing | – | 1 gp | – |
Tools, Devices and Kits
| Tools, Devices and Kits | |||
| Item | Craft DC | Cost | Weight |
| Alchemist’s Lab | – | ||
| Alchemist’s Lab, Portable | – | ||
| Artificer’s Lab, Portable | – | 300 gp | 40 lbs. |
| Bomb Launcher | – | 10 gp | 1/2 lb. |
| Pox Burster | – | 50 gp | 1 lb. |
| Thurible | – | 50 gp | 3 lbs. |
Misc. Substances (vial)
| Misc. Substances | |||
| Item | Craft (alchemy) | Cost | Weight |
| Acid (1 flask) [Alchemical Power Component] | – | 10 gp | 1 lb. |
| Air crystals | 50 gp | – | |
| Alchemical grease [Alchemical Power Component] | 15 | 5 gp | 1 lb. |
| Alchemical solvent | 20 | 20 gp | 1/2 lb. |
| Alchemical Preserves | – | 50 gp | – |
| Alchemical Coal (blinding cinders) | – | 100 gp | – |
| Alchemical Coal (choking smoke) | – | 50 gp | – |
| Alchemist’s kindness | – | 1 gp | -/20 |
| Alkali flask | 20 | 15 gp | 1 lb. |
| Alkali salt | 20 | 30 gp | – |
| Ambrosia (vial) | – | 100 gp | 1 lb. |
| Black Fester (vial) | – | 30 gp | – |
| Blackfingers paste (1 dose) | – | 50 gp | – |
| Bladeguard [Alchemical Power Component] | 15 | 40 gp | – |
| Blight Tonic | – | 150 gp | 1 lb. |
| Brewed Reek | 25 | 40 gp | 1 lb. |
| Dullmetal (one cake) | – | 45 gp | 1 lb. |
| Dust, Magnetic | – | 200 gp | 4 lb. |
| Elemental Breath | – | 80 gp | 1/2 lb. |
| Elemental Flux (flask) | – | 20 gp | 1 lb. |
| Fiendgore Unguent | – | 75 gp | 1 lb. |
| Fleshgem (decorative) | – | 1 gp | – |
| Fleshgem (spikes) | – | 50 gp | 5 lbs. |
| Freshpaste (ounce) | – | 4 gp | – |
| Hobgoblin War Draught | 20* | 10 gp | 1 lb. |
| Hound’s Blood (vial) | – | 110 gp | – |
| Ifrit’s Blood | – | 50 gp | 1 lb. |
| Incense (10 sticks) | – | 10 gp | 1 lb. |
| Incense, Scentbane | – | 80 gp | – |
| Liquid ice [Alchemical Power Component] | 25 | 40 gp | 2 lb. |
| Marker Dye | – | 15 gp | 1 lb./15 |
| Nushadir (vial) | 20 | 10 gp | 1 lb. |
| Ooze grease | 25 | 50 gp | 1 lb. |
| Plaster (casting) | – | 5 sp | 5 lbs. |
| Poison Smear (per jar) | – | 75 gp | 1 lb. |
| Poison Tattoo | – | 50 gp | – |
| Powder | – | 1 cp | 1/2 lb. |
| Powder, Blinding (per packet) | – | 25 gp | – |
| Powder, flash [Alchemical Power Component] | 20 | 50 gp | – |
| Powder, itching [Alchemical Power Component] | 25 | 60 gp | 2 lbs. |
| Powder, sneezing (packet) | 25 | 60 gp | 2 lbs. |
| Repellent, vermin | 20 | 5 gp | – |
| Salve, Stonechipper | – | 150 gp | 1 lb. |
| Shaving Cream (per ounce) | – | 15 gp | – |
| Shadowcloy (flask) | – | 25 gp | 1 lb. |
| Silversheen | see text | +750 gp | – |
| Skinseal (one jar) | – | 40 gp | 1 lb. |
| Skin Toner (per jar) | – | 50 gp | 1 lb. |
| Spellscorch | ? | ?? gp | ?? lb. |
| Spider Sac | ? | ?? gp | ?? lb. |
| Sulphur Sack | – | 30 gp | 3 lb. |
| Sulphur Refill | – | 20 gp | 2 lb. |
| Supreme Sword Sharpener (5 Nuggets) | – | 250 gp | 1 lb. |
| Terrap sap (distilled) | 15 | 30 gp | 1/2 lb. |
| Truth Serum | 25 | 45 gp | – |
| Unstable Accelerant | 25 | 50 gp | 1/2 lb. |
| Waterclear | – | 40 gp | 1 lb. |
| Weapon blanch, adamantine | 25 | 100 gp | 1 lb. |
| Weapon blanch, cold iron | 20 | 50 gp | 1 lb. |
| Weapon blanch, ghost salt | – | 200 gp | 1/2 lb. |
| Weapon blanch, silver | 20 | 5 gp | 1 lb. |
| Week Glue (one jar) | – | 90 gp | 3 lb. |
Medicines and Tonics
| Medicines and Tonics | |||
| Item | Craft DC | Cost | Weight |
| Antiplague [Alchemical Power Component] | 25 | 50 gp | – |
| Antitoxin (vial) [Alchemical Power Component] | – | 50 gp | – |
| Bloodblock | 25 | 25 gp | – |
| Bodybalm | 25 | 25 gp | – |
| Clear ear | – | 15 gp | – |
| Healy myrrh | see text | 50 gp | – |
| Hirsute Balm (1 oz. phial) | – | 10 gp | – |
| Mellowroot (vial) | – | 25 gp | – |
| Purging Draught | – | 50 gp | 1 lb. |
| Smelling salts | 20 | 25 gp | – |
| Soothe syrup | 15 | 25 gp | 1/2 lb. |
| Stillgut (vial) | – | 50 gp | – |
| Troll styptic | 25 | 100 gp | – |
| Unguent of revivification (1 dose) | – | 50 gp | – |
| Woundweal | – | 100 gp | – |
| Whitepaste (package) | – | 450 gp | 0 lb. |
Huntin Aids
| Hunting Aids | |||
| Item | Craft DC | Cost | Weight |
| Beast lure | 20 | 30 gp | 1/2 lb. |
| Beast scent | 25 | 75 gp | 1/2 lbs. |
| Musk, Harpy | – | 2 gp | – |
| Musk, Kaava | 20 | 40 gp | 1/2 lb. |
Herbs and Plants
| Herbs and Plants | |||
| Item | Craft DC | Cost | Weight |
| Allnight | – | 75 gp | – |
| Bachelor snuff | – | 1 gp | – |
| Belladonna | – | 2 gp | – |
| Camouflage Lichen | – | 100 gp | – |
| Flayleaf | – | 20 gp | 2 lbs. |
| Garlic | – | 1 sp | 1 lb. |
| Golden Maple Leaves | – | 50 gp | 1/2 lb. |
| Holly | – | – | – |
| Mistletoe | – | – | – |
| Night tea | – | 1 sp | – |
| Pesh | – | 20 gp | – |
| Shoanti barbarian chew | – | 1 gp | – |
| Tobacco | – | 1 gp | 2 lbs. |
| Wolfsbane | – | 5 sp | – |
Special Equipment
| Special Equipment | |||
| Item | Craft DC | Cost | Weight |
| Air Sponge | – | 50 gp | 1 lb. |
| Bottled Lightning | – | 30 gp | ½ lb. |
| Breathmask (5 Masks) | – | 40 gp | 1 lb. per jar |
| Burnstrip | – | 50 gp | 1 lb. |
| Smoke pellet | 20 | 25 gp | – |
| Smokestick [Alchemical Power Component] | – | 20 gp | 1/2 lb. |
| Tanglefoot bag [Alchemical Power Component] | – | 50 gp | 4 lbs. |
| Tar bomb | – | 15 gp | 2 lbs. |
| Thunderstone [Alchemical Power Component] | – | 30 gp | 1 lb. |
| Tindertwig | – | 1 gp | – |
Censer, Celestial
Source Advanced Race Guide
This blessed thurible holds up to 10 pieces of incense, and burns at a rate of 1 stick per hour. If a smokestick is added to the incense in the censer while it burns, creatures with the evil subtype are dazzled for as long as they remain within the area of the resulting smoke.