| AlwaysAMage |
The second paragraph of the Wandering Chef Dedication says:
You gain the Quick Alchemy benefits, but can use it only to make consumables, and the consumables must be alchemical food (such as those presented on pages 104-105 or on pages 46-51 of the Pathfinder Treasure Vault). Any items you choose with Alchemical Crafting must be an alchemical food, but they can be 1st or 2nd level instead of only 1st level.
I have two issues with how this is worded:
1) The first sentence says you can only make alchemical food but "Food" is not a trait so, other than going to Nethys, there is no way to be sure if something is food or not and even that isn't perfect because Nethys categorizes the Alchemical Tapas from page 46 of Lost Omens: Grand Bazaar as Alchemical Tools.
2) The second sentence alters the limitations of what kind of formulas you get from Alchemical Crafting and what level those formulas can be but does not change how many formulas you get (4) or what rarity they have to be (common). The problem here is that, as of this moment, there is only 1 common 1st level item and only 2 common 2nd level items listed as Alchemical Food on Nethys. So since there are only 3 common items that meet the restrictions listed in the Dedication feat does that mean that the Chef doesn't get a 4th item? Also, like with the first sentence, there's still the vagueness of what counts as alchemical food because "Food" isn't a trait.
Is there any chance someone at Paizo can give us an official ruling on this and/or an errata?