Toxicologist

While an alchemist studies the building blocks of the world, you learn how to break them down. From acids to venoms, you learn how to take these and turn them into powerful poisons. While there are many who do this for nefarious reasons, there are others who seek this path to learn how best to counteract these agents.

You are a master of the quiet death. You build the tools needed to kill more efficiently in and out of combat. Most often your creations are used to enhance your weapons in combat, most specifically to help bypass a targets defenses and damage them directly, but you are also able to create poisons that are most effective when used out of combat as well. You also know how to keep yourself from being poisoned and are able to craft anti-toxins to prevent poison.

A toxicologist generally requires a steady hand and have a can prioritize Dexterity, or will want a way to move without being seen to deliver their poisons and have a high Agility. Most often, a toxicologist will prioritize attributes that maximize their combat class. Toxicologists might have started their lives as Criminals, learning to make poisons on the street, or as a Charlatan, as they sell dubious concoctions to less savory people. Sometimes the study of poisons and toxins came from a purely academic source as a Sage.

You start with the following equipment, in addition to any other starting equipment:

• a poisoner’s kit

• (a) an explorer’s pack or (b) an herbalism kit

When crafting Lesser poisons, you half the effective crafting cost of  any poison you craft, and may add your skill rank in addition to your skill bonus when determining crafting time.

The difference between healing and poison is very thin. You are able to craft anti-toxins.

At 3rd level, you are used to exposing yourself to small doses of toxins frequently. You have advantage against poison effects and damage.

At 7th level, you can apply your Poisoner feature when creating Greater poisons.

At 10th level, you can apply your Poisoner feature when creating Major poisons.

At 13th level, you can apply your Poisoner feature when creating Deadly poisons. You can increase the Target Number of your poisons by making a Chemical (Poisoning) roll against the Target Number of the poison, increasing the Target Number by 1 for every 3 you roll above it.