Inspiring Cognatogen

Inspiring Cognatogen (Su)

Benefit

An Alchemist with this discovery learns how to make an inspiring cognatogen, a mutagen-like mixture that grants them inspiration (as the Investigator’s class feature) at the expense of Strength and Constitution.

Upon drinking the inspiring cognatogen, the Alchemist gains a pool of inspiration equal to 1/2 their Alchemist level + their Intelligence modifier (minimum 1). They also gain a +2 Dodge Bonus to AC and take a –2 penalty to both Strength and Constitution. As a Free Action, the Alchemist can add 1d6 to the result of an ability or skill check (including any they take 10 or 20 on) by expending one use of inspiration. This ability works exactly like the Investigator’s inspiration ability, except that the Alchemist gains the pool of inspiration upon drinking the inspiring cognatogen, and any unspent inspiration is lost at the end of the Cognatogen’s duration. If the Alchemist already has access to inspiration, the inspiration added by the inspiring cognatogen is added to their inspiration pool, but each time they expend at least one use of inspiration while this ability is active, they must succeed at a DC 20 Will saving throw or become Dazed for 1 round. They cannot use inspiration to augment this saving throw.

All limitations of mutagens apply to an inspiring cognatogen as if they were the same substance—an Alchemist can only maintain one mutagen or Cognatogen (either the standard Cognatogen or the inspired cognatogen) at a time, a Cognatogen not in an Alchemist’s possession becomes inert, drinking a Cognatogen makes non-alchemists sick, and so on. When the effect of an inspiring cognatogen ends, the Alchemist takes 2 points of Ability Damage to Strength and Dexterity. The Infuse Mutagen discovery and the persistent mutagen class ability apply to an inspiring cognatogen.

Discoveries

Acid Bomb
Air Lung
Alchemical Simulacrum
Alchemical Zombie (Su)
Anarchic Bombs* (Su)
Anguish Bomb*
Aromatic Extract
Axiomatic Bombs*
Bitter Pill
Blackstar Bomb (Su)
Blinding Bomb (Su)
Boneshard Bomb* (Su)
Bottled Ooze
Breath Weapon Bomb (Su)
Celestial Poisons
Change Alignment (Su)
Change Alignment, Greater (Su)
Cognatogen (Su)
Collective Memory (Su)
Combine Extracts (Su)
Concentrate Poison
Concussive Bomb
Confusion Bomb
Constructive Dyes (Su)
Cursed Bomb*
Cytillesh Bomb
Defoliant Bomb
Delayed Bomb
Demolition Charge
Designer Poison
Dilution (Ex)
Directed Bomb
Dispelling Bomb
Divine Inks
Doppelganger Simulacrum
Dread Bomb (Su)
Ectoplasmic Bomb*
Elemental Mutagen
Elixir of Life
Enduring Toxin
Enhance Potion (Ex)
Eternal Potion
Explosive Bomb
Explosive Calligraphy
Explosive Missile
Extend Potion
Fast Bombs
Feral Mutagen
Fey Mutagen
Flesh-Eating Bomb* (Su)
Force Bomb
Frost Bomb
Gills
Glimmering Infusion
Grand Cognatogen (Sp)
Grand Fey Mutagen (Su)
Grand Inspiring Cognatogen (Su)
Grand Mutagen (Su)
Grand Rasugen
Grease Bomb
Greater Alchemical Simulacrum
Greater Cognatogen (Su)
Greater Constructive Dyes (Su)
Greater Divine Inks
Greater Fey Mutagen
Greater Inspiring Cognatogen (Su)
Greater Mutagen (Su)
Greater Rasugen
Grounding Goo
Healing Bomb (Su)
Healing Touch
Hellfire Bomb (Ex)
Holy Bombs
Immolation Bomb
Improved Divine Inks
Incendiary Charge
Inferno Bomb
Infuse Mutagen
Infusion
Inspired Bomb
Inspiring Cognatogen (Su)
Intuitive Understanding (Su)
Lasting Tinctures (Sp)
Lingering Spirit (Ex)
Living Pigment (Ex)
Madness Bomb
Malignant Poison
Material Mastery
Melancholy Bomb (Ex)
Method to the Madness
Monstrous Graft (Ex)
Mummification (Ex)
Mutagen (Ex)
Nauseating Flesh (Su)
Neutralizing Bomb
Nostrum
Ooze Blight*
Parasitic Twin
Penetrating Charge (Ex)
Phantom Limb
Pheromones
Pickled Quasit (Su)
Plague Bomb
Plague Vector (Su)
Poison Bomb
Poison Conversion
Precise Bombs
Precise Poison
Preserve Organs (Ex)
Profane Bomb* (Ex)
Promethean Disciple
Psychoactive Bomb
Psychokinetic Tincture
Purging Mutagen
Ranged Baptism
Remedy Extract (Su)
Remote Detonation Bomb
Sandstone Solution
Shock Bomb (Su)
Siege Bomb
Sleeper Agent
Smoke Bomb (Su)
Solid Ground
Spell Knowledge (Su)
Splitting Mutagen
Spontaneous Healing
Sticky Bomb (Ex)
Sticky Poison
Stink Bomb
Strafe Bomb
Substantiating Bomb* (Su)
Subsumed Spirit
Sunlight Acclimation (Ex)
Sunlight Bomb (Ex)
Syringe Stirge (Su)
Tainted Infusion (Su)
Tanglefoot Bomb
Tentacle (Su)
Thorny Bomb (Ex)
Tumor Familiar (Su)
Vestigial Arm (Ex)
Void Bomb (Ex)
Volumizer (Su)
Webbed Extremities (Su)
Wet Coat
Wings

Grand Discoveries

Awakened Intellect (Ex)
Eternal Youth
Fast Healing
Philosopher’s Stone
Poison Touch
True Mutagen