Alchemy

[Diamondcite]

A question.. why does it HAVE to be a golden item? What if I wanted to make a marble statue of Talad and all I had was iron and platinum?

[Frarda]

Alchemy is the science of transmuting base metals into gold. Thats all alchemy is. Anything else should have a different name. Go look up alchemy in your favorite dictionary.

[Exaero_Fiero]

Quite an improvement here... We started off with \"alchemy\", then switched to \"better alchemy2\" and finally got to \"magical crafting\"...

[WizardsRule]

wut that supposed to mean

[Xordan]

It means you\'ve completely changed your idea

[WizardsRule]

nothings changed except the wording for different individuals to be able to grasp the concept

[Altharion]

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Alchemy is more science then magic, and it shouldnt consist of making golden houses out of nothing.

[WizardsRule]

its more or less the concept

p.s. If you payed attention higher lvl spelss had to have done certain quests and needed a large sum of materials to use.

[Harkin]

I would hate alchemy of this kind, I\'d rather stay to the more fantasy version of potion making... a good system like Morrowind would be nice to see... thats the alchemy I would want to see, it would add some decent role-playing, with the collecting of plants, which depending on the plant type, grows back in about a week to maybe a month for the rarer, good plants...

[WizardsRule]

that seems more like a herboligy of some sort rather than alchemy(if thats even a word)

[Frarda]

Herbology, or Herb Lore.

[Aravi]

From a gameplay perspective:

Alchemy -> Making gold just doesn\'t make sense, it becomes a \'get rich quick\' method. Even if you work hard to restrain it, it\'ll provide the means to fund it\'s own progression.

Alchemy as potion making is probably what was originally intended, and is the common definition used in a fantasy setting. It\'s a useful (but not overpowered) skill.

For the record, no alchemist ever succeeded in making gold, but what they learned trying was a valuable contribution to human knowledge (Metallurgy, Chemistry).

1. Can create them cheaper yourself, and may be able to create otherwise unavailable potions.
2. How so? All you make is gold.
3. Huh?
4. See above.
5. See above.

[Harkin]

i dont care what you call it, its still a better alchemy for a fantasy setting then the making of items from gold and stuff... i dont see throwing 3 gold away to make a chair, which would really need wood and iron for nails if you were doing it yourway

potion making alchemy is also a form of alchemy, the creation of something new from other items... it wouldnt really be herb lore, or herbology, since those two only incorporate the knowledge of herbs, not the use and mixture of them...

.. I would really hate to see the alchemy you have in your eyes, because in so many ways it is flawed...

[Jabren]

Yes, Alchemists did attempt transmutation of metals into gold, but they also worked on life prolonging, the search for ways to heal diseases(espesially they hoped to make a universal cure), and to improve the mind. Pure alchemy tends to involve the use of compounds that is of a non-biological type(though they may be of organic origin, like alcohols and coal).

So, Alchemy does not need to involve the search a way to transmute metals, any kind of study of the ways different compounds and chemicals react and how they may be used would go under alchemy.

[Altharion]

change one material into another...