It seems that the Alchemy skill puts the game designers in a tricky situation. If the remedies produced by Alchemy are too effective, then empaths will be out of a job. On the other hand, if remedies produced by Alchemy are ineffective or too hard to use, then it's not worth investing training or putting techniques into.

Currently, I feel there's not a lot of demand by players for alchemy products because it's too much drama to haul around a billion different potions.

What if there was a class of alchemy mixtures that generally cured all wounds (like the heal spell on empaths). This panacea would be created by combining various types of alchemy potions. The trade-off would be that these panaceas would be dangerous to create. There would be a high chance of mixtures exploding, causing burns, cuts, poisons, or giving off bad fumes. This way, there is a bit less of a net loss to the wound economy from the creation of these panaceas.

Naturally, everyone could craft these with skill. But obviously, an empath would have a great advantage because of their ability to self-heal. In addition, non-empaths would have a lot more wounds for empaths during their creation.

But the most important end result is that we finally might end up seeing a product from alchemy sold in trader shops.. much in the way armor, weapons, tools, bags, and other lore profession products are already being sold.

What do you guys think?

I wish you could take multiple completed remedies for different wounds and alchemically combine them with another catalyst to get a single multi-symptom remedy. Alchemy skill/techniques would determine the decrease in the qualities of the remedy.

First aid skill of the remedy end user could determine if the dosage applied was too low, just right or too high. The first aid check would determine the baseline toxicity of the remedy for an accurate dosage or higher than baseline toxicity for applying too heavy a dose. Low dosage application would give you less toxicity but little or no effect from the remedy. Award first aid experience for application of remedies no matter the outcome.

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For the user, carrying a full load of remedies, remembering which remedy heals what, and needing multiple remedies for a single wound site isn't very practical.

For the alchemist, the collection and preparation time for mats is too time consuming and the market demand too low to make it very profitable for workorders or private sale.

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Empaths did kind of get pushed out of a job by second accounts years ago.

That said I do like the idea but think it would be better to have panaceas heal areas they are applied to rather than work generally. This would be a better dose economy, interact better with the (expected) toxicity system, and preserve a little more immersion.

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>Forgive my snark, but welcome to the life of a warrior mage.

I am pretty sure, the general scar draught and ointment are working. I used some a few days ago, and they seemed to do something.

As for the original suggestion; yes please. It is annoying having to carry a mountain of remedies around, and being unable to diagnose minor internal injuries makes the whole thing even more frustrating.