An Idiot's Guide to Chemistry and/or the Infernal Arts: 2 new RBSDnD classes

 ALCHEMISTS brew impossibility into liquid being. Whether you are a chemist, apothecary, or forager, you can bottle miracles.

• While resting for the night, you can brew two random elixirs with a one-day shelf life.
• You can identify magic by taste.
• Start with 2 random pieces of equipment, your reagent-mixing equipment, and a weapon.

ALCHEMIST ELIXIRS. Interpret freely and liberally.

1 PHILOSOPHER’S STONE

2 MUTAGEN

3 NEPENTHE

4 VERITASERUM

5 ANACHITIS

6 ALKAHEST

7 PARALYTIC

8 POISON

9 PANACEA

10 HEALTH POTION

11 MANA POTION

12 FULMINATING GOLD

13 HYPNOTIC

14 ALCHEMIST’S FIRE

15 FLASHBANG

16 SMOKE BOMB

17 COOLANT

18 AMPHETAMINE

19 ADHESIVE

20 AQUA VITAE

DIABOLISTS dip into immoral secrets to seize malevolent magical power. Whether you are a cultist, demonologist, or harlequin, you abandoned the well-lit road long ago.

• You know 2 random DIABOLIST SPELLS. You have 3 SLOTS with which to cast them.
• You can pull out and reinsert your sensory organs.
• Start with 2 random pieces of equipment, an icon of your misdeeds, and a weapon.

DIABOLIST SPELLS. Interpret freely and liberally, though strenuous casting requires a CHA roll.

1 CATACLYSM

2 MALCONVOKE

3 (RE)ANIMATE

4 OUBLIETTE

5 SHAPESHIFT

6 HELLFIRE

7 LUST

8 DISEASE

9 ROT

10 CORRODE

11 CURSE

12 VAMPIRISM

13 LYCANTHROPY

14 HALLUCINATION

15 LEVITATE

16 PETRIFY

17 SLUMBER

18 BLINDNESS

19 SORROW

20 MAGGOTS

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Random class (roll 1d6 for even distribution, d20 for diegetic proportion):

1-5 FIGHTER (WARRIOR?)

6-9 ROGUE (PICARO?)

10-12 ALCHEMIST

13-15 WIZARD (MAGE? …PHILOSOPHER?)

16-18 CLERIC (ADHERENT?)

19-20 DIABOLIST

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Pondering using RBSDnD for my upcoming game. Wanted to put a little more meat on the bones in terms of character creation, and free myself from the one-page constraint by blasting that door off its hinges. Watch this space for developments there. Otherwise, thanks for reading, and happy gaming.