Craft (chemical) (Int)

Trained Only
This skill allows a character to mix chemicals to create acids, bases, explosives, and poisonous substances.
Acids and Bases: Acids are corrosives substances. Bases neutralize acids but do not deal damage. A base of a certain type counteracts an acid of the same type or a less potent type.
Craft DCs
Type of Acid
Purchase DC
Acid
Base
Time
Mild (1d6/1d10) 1
8
15
10
1 min.
Potent (2d6/2d10)
12
20
15
30 min.
Concentrated (3d6/3d10)
16
30
20
1 hr.
1 The dice rolls in parentheses are typical contact damage/immersion damage caused per round of immersion.
Explosives: Building an explosive from scratch is dangerous. If the Craft (chemical) check fails, the raw materials are wasted. If the check fails by 5 or more, the explosive compound detonates as it is being made, dealing half of its intended damage to the builder and anyone else in the burst radius.
If the check succeeds, the final product is a solid material, about the size of a brick. An explosive compound does not include a fuse or detonator. Connecting a fuse or detonator requires a Demolitions check.
Type of Scratch-Built Explosive
Purchase DC
Craft DC
Reflex DC (save for half damage)
Time
Improvised (1d6/5 feet) 1
6
10
10
1 round
Simple (2d6/5 feet)
12
15
12
10 min.
Moderate (4d6/10 feet)
16
20
12
1 hr.
Complex (6d6/15 feet)
20
25
15
3 hr.
Powerful (8d6/20 feet)
25
30
15
12 hr.
Devastating (10d6/25 feet)
30
35
18
24 hr.
1 The figures in parentheses are typical damage/burst radius for each type of explosive.
Scratch built explosives deal concussion damage.
Poisonous Substances: Solid poisons are usually ingested. Liquid poisons are most effective when injected directly into the bloodstream. Gaseous poisons must be inhaled to be effective. The table below summarizes the characteristics of various poisons.
Save DC: The Difficulty Class of the Fortitude save to negate the effects of the poison.
Initial Damage: The damage a character takes immediately upon failing his or her Fortitude save.
Secondary Damage: The damage a character takes after 1 minute of exposure to the poison if the character fails a second saving throw. Ability score damage is temporary, unless marked with an asterisk, in which case the damage is permanent ability drain. Unconsciousness lasts for 1d3 hours, and paralysis lasts 2d6 minutes.
Purchase DC: The DC for the Wealth check necessary to obtain the raw materials to craft the poison, or to purchase one bottle of solid or liquid poison or one high-pressure cylinder of gaseous poison. A bottle holds four doses, while a cylinder holds enough gas to fill a 10-foot-radius area.
Restriction: The restriction rating for the poison, if any, and the appropriate black market purchase DC modifier. Remember to apply this modifier to the purchase DC when making a Wealth check to acquire the poison on the black market.
Craft DC: The DC of the Craft check to create a quantity of the poison.
Time: The amount of time required for the Craft check.
If the Craft check succeeds, the final product is a synthesized solid or liquid poison stored in a bottle (containing 4 doses) or a gas stored in a pressurized cylinder. When released, the gas is sufficient to fill a 10-foot-radius area and takes 1 round to fill the area.
Table: Poisons
Poison
Type
Save DC
Initial Damage Secondary Damage
Purchase DC
Restriction
Craft DC
Time
Arsenic
Ingested
15
1d4 Str 2d4 Con
9
Res (+2)
24
4 hr.
Atropine
Injury
13
1d6 Dex 1d6 Str
3
Res (+2)
14
1 hr.
Belladonna (plant)
Injury
18
1d6 Str 2d6 Str
14
Lic (+1)
n/a
n/a
Blue vitriol
Injury
12
1d2 Con 1d2 Con
3
Res (+2)
9
1 hr.
Blue-ringed octopus venom
Injury
15
1d4 Con 1d4 Con
14
Lic (+1)
n/a
n/a
Chloral hydrate
Ingested
18
1d6 Dex Unconsciousness 1d3 hours
12
Res (+2)
28
8 hr.
Chloroform1
Inhaled
17
Unconsciousness 1d3 hours -
9
Res (+2)
24
4 hr.
Curare (plant)
Injury
18
2d4 Dex 2d4 Wis
15
Res (+2)
n/a
n/a
Cyanide
Injury
16
1d6 Con 2d6 Con
15
Mil (+3)
31
15 hr.
Cyanogen
Inhaled
19
1d4 Dex 2d4 Con
12
Mil (+3)
28
8 hr.
DDT
Inhaled
17
1d2 Str 1d4 Str
9
Lic (+1)
20
4 hr.
Knockout gas
Inhaled
18
1d3 Dex Unconsciousness 1d3 hours
12
Res (+2)
26
8 hr.
Lead arsenate (gas)
Inhaled
12
1d2 Str 1d4 Con
6
Res (+2)
17
2 hr.
Lead arsenate (solid)
Ingested
12
1d2 Con 1d4 Con
6
Res (+2)
18
2 hr.
Mustard gas
Inhaled
17
1d4 Con 2d4 Con
12
Mil (+3)
26
8 hr.
Paris green (gas)
Inhaled
14
1d2 Con 1d4 Con
9
Res (+2)
20
4 hr.
Paris green (solid)
Ingested
14
1d4 Con 1d4 Con
9
Res (+2)
24
4 hr.
Puffer poison (fish)
Injury
13
1d6 Str Paralysis 2d6 minutes
13
Lic (+1)
n/a
n/a
Rattlesnake venom
Injury
12
1d6 Con 1d6 Con
12
Lic (+1)
n/a
n/a
Sarin nerve gas
Inhaled
18
1d4 Con 2d4 Con
15
Illegal (+4)
30
15 hr.
Scorpion/tarantula venom
Injury
11
1d2 Str 1d2 Str
12
Lic (+1)
n/a
n/a
Strychnine
Injury
19
1d3 Dex 2d4 Con
9
Res (+2)
23
4 hr.
Tear gas
Inhaled
15
Nauseated 1d6 rounds -
9
Res (+2)
21
4 hr.
VX nerve gas
Inhaled
22
1d6 Con 2d6 Con
21
Illegal (+4)
42
48 hr.
1 Chloroform gives off vapor that causes unconsciousness. Applying chloroform to an unwilling subject requires a successful grapple check and pin.
n/a: Certain poisons can't be made with the Craft skill. Instead, such a poison must be obtained by extracting it from the creature in question.
Special: A character without a chemical kit takes a -4 penalty on Craft (chemical) checks.
A character with the Builder feat gets a +2 bonus on all Craft (chemical) checks.
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