Season 8 guide and Crafting


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Reading through the Season 8 guide I have a question about crafting mundane items (page 25).

Quote:

Ranks assigned to Craft skills are used only to perform

Day Job checks, not to craft mundane items, with the
following exceptions.
• Alchemists can use Craft (alchemy).
• Gunslingers can use Craft (gunsmithing).
• Investigators can use Craft (gunsmithing).

My question relates to the Investigators portion of this as Craft (Gunsmithing) is not innately related to their class (like Craft (Alchemy) is). Also, previous FAQs have mentioned Investigators being able to craft "as if they were alchemists" (Year of the Sky Key Q&A). Alchemist crafting reference

So which of the 3 options I can see is the correct one?
1. Investigators can craft as Alchemists (using Craft (Alchemy)) and Craft (Gunsmithing)
2. Investigators may now ONLY craft using Craft (Gunsmithing) and no longer make alchemical items and poisons
3. There was a copy/paste error and the guide is supposed to say Investigators can craft using Craft (Alchemy)

Based on my search of the forums (and I may be missing something), I'm inclined to say that it's option 3. However, I'd love to have some kind of official ruling.

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I believe it is #3.

There were a few discussions of it here, so it would probably be corrected in the guide's next revision.

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So a bit on this as I was reading earlier, It says to use the rules out of core rule book for crafting alchemical items, says to use table 4-4 for the DC of the check. This is limited to things found in the Core book -- we have much larger selection of items at this point. Is there an expansion to this or are we limited to the following?

Acid, Alchemist’s fire, smokestick, or tindertwig,
Antitoxin, sunrod, tanglefoot bag, or thunderstone

Just asking since things like Antiplague are not in Core but similar, make, same with an Alkali Flask or basic fireworks and such out of Ultimate Equipment.

Shadow Lodge

The FAQ doesn't say you have to use the table from the CRB for Craft DCs; it only says you have to use the rules from the CRB, as in the rules on how to use the Craft skill itself; there is no special restriction on crafting alchemical items from other sources. If it lists the Craft (alchemy) DC and is something you're allowed to buy, you can craft it as an alchemist (or investigator).

Sczarni 5/5 5/55/5 ***

The DCs for most alchemical items outside of the CRB are included in their descriptions.

For those that aren't, the Campaign Clarifications document covers most of the rest.

I think at this point only a couple remain forgotten.

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Danke -- was reading it literally from CRB - this helps a lot.

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