Saboteur
The saboteur is an alchemist who specializes in destroying the plans, materials, and allies of their enemies. They have focused their alchemical research toward new ways to conceal their presence, sow confusion, and blow up large structures.
Class Skills: A saboteur adds Knowledge (engineering) to their list of class skills and removes Knowledge (nature) from their list of class skills.
This ability replaces mutagen.
A saboteur who drinks an alchemist’s mutagen is treated as a non-alchemist. All limitations to mutagens apply to chameleon mutagen as if it were the same ability. The infuse mutagen discovery and persistent mutagen class ability apply to the chameleon mutagen.
Bore Bomb*: When the saboteur creates a bomb, they may choose to make it a bore bomb. If a bore bomb strikes a wall, gate, siege engine, or similar large, solid, inanimate structure, it ignores half the target’s Hardness and deals 1 point of damage per saboteur level. If a bore bomb reduces an inanimate target to half its hit points or fewer, it blows a hole 5 feet wide and 5 feet deep in the target. Complex Bomb: When the saboteur creates a bomb, they can choose to have it modified by two different discoveries that modify a bomb’s damage (those discoveries marked with an asterisk). Each discovery modifies half the bomb’s damage dice, rounding down. For example, a concussive/frost bomb from a 9th-level saboteur deals 2d4 points of sonic damage + 2d6 points of frost damage. Creating a complex bomb counts as 2 daily uses of the bomb ability. Grand Chameleon Mutagen: The saboteur’s chameleon mutagen now grants them a Circumstance Bonus on Stealth checks equal to their alchemist level, as well as granting them a climb speed equal to their normal movement speed. The saboteur must possess the greater chameleon mutagen discovery and be at least 16th level to select this discovery. Greater Chameleon Mutagen: The saboteur’s chameleon mutagen now also grants them the hide in plain sight ability, as the ranger ability of the same name, but it functions in any terrain. The saboteur must be at least 12th level to select this discovery.
True Chameleon Mutagen: The saboteur’s chameleon mutagen now acts as if they were under the effects of the greater Invisibility and spider climb spells, using their alchemist level as the caster level, for the duration of the mutagen. The saboteur must possess the grand chameleon mutagen discovery to select this grand discovery.
Discoveries: The following discoveries complement the saboteur archetype: acid bomb, concussive bomb, delayed bomb, explosive bomb, fast bombs, inferno bomb, madness bomb, precise bombs, smoke bomb, stink bomb ; explosive missile, immolation bomb, siege bomb; blinding bomb, cognatogen, confusion bomb, tanglefoot bomb.
Class Skills: A saboteur adds Knowledge (engineering) to their list of class skills and removes Knowledge (nature) from their list of class skills.
Chameleon Mutagen (Su)
At 1st level, a saboteur discovers how to create a special elixir that they can imbibe in order to heighten their ability to move undetected and their mobility at the cost of their physical might. When consumed, the elixir causes the saboteur’s skin to change color to match the background and causes their hands and feet to secrete a sticky residue. This grants them a Circumstance Bonus on Stealth checks equal to half their alchemist level (minimum +1), as well as granting them a climb speed equal to half their base speed, for 10 minutes per saboteur level. In addition, while the chameleon extract is in effect, the saboteur takes a –2 penalty to their Strength.This ability replaces mutagen.
A saboteur who drinks an alchemist’s mutagen is treated as a non-alchemist. All limitations to mutagens apply to chameleon mutagen as if it were the same ability. The infuse mutagen discovery and persistent mutagen class ability apply to the chameleon mutagen.
Saboteur Discoveries
The following new options may be taken as discoveries by a saboteur.Bore Bomb*: When the saboteur creates a bomb, they may choose to make it a bore bomb. If a bore bomb strikes a wall, gate, siege engine, or similar large, solid, inanimate structure, it ignores half the target’s Hardness and deals 1 point of damage per saboteur level. If a bore bomb reduces an inanimate target to half its hit points or fewer, it blows a hole 5 feet wide and 5 feet deep in the target. Complex Bomb: When the saboteur creates a bomb, they can choose to have it modified by two different discoveries that modify a bomb’s damage (those discoveries marked with an asterisk). Each discovery modifies half the bomb’s damage dice, rounding down. For example, a concussive/frost bomb from a 9th-level saboteur deals 2d4 points of sonic damage + 2d6 points of frost damage. Creating a complex bomb counts as 2 daily uses of the bomb ability. Grand Chameleon Mutagen: The saboteur’s chameleon mutagen now grants them a Circumstance Bonus on Stealth checks equal to their alchemist level, as well as granting them a climb speed equal to their normal movement speed. The saboteur must possess the greater chameleon mutagen discovery and be at least 16th level to select this discovery. Greater Chameleon Mutagen: The saboteur’s chameleon mutagen now also grants them the hide in plain sight ability, as the ranger ability of the same name, but it functions in any terrain. The saboteur must be at least 12th level to select this discovery.
Grand Discoveries
A saboteur may select the following grand discovery.True Chameleon Mutagen: The saboteur’s chameleon mutagen now acts as if they were under the effects of the greater Invisibility and spider climb spells, using their alchemist level as the caster level, for the duration of the mutagen. The saboteur must possess the grand chameleon mutagen discovery to select this grand discovery.
Discoveries: The following discoveries complement the saboteur archetype: acid bomb, concussive bomb, delayed bomb, explosive bomb, fast bombs, inferno bomb, madness bomb, precise bombs, smoke bomb, stink bomb ; explosive missile, immolation bomb, siege bomb; blinding bomb, cognatogen, confusion bomb, tanglefoot bomb.
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