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Yes, I do agree with your interpretation of the explosive runes spell, however, for explosive calligraphy it states

"pigments that detonate when agitated"

Therefore the idea that it won't detonate due to parts of the rune not being read is called into question, as an explosion is surely enough agitation to set off the remaining ink.

I suppose a p2 to this is, does the spell have the same trigger as the runes spell, ie needs to be read or is it another trigger ie, being agitated?

Hi All, first time posting,

I have an alchemist in my current game who wants to use the Explosive Calligraphy discovery,

They would like to fill a book with many uses of the pigments and then in their words use it as a "mini-nuke".

In their mind the damage stacks so the book could potentially be doing Many d6 points of damage.

I'm struggling to find any definitive answer to if this works within the rules, In the past I have ruled that alchemical items don't stack if they are all used in the same attack resolution ie, if you throw a bucket of 10 tanglefoot bags at someone they don't need to make 10 saves, take 10x the damage etc, the entire attack simply uses the value as if it was a single attack. this is mainly to prevent "cheese" tactics.

But in this case the player is quite adamant that the rules are in their favor but can't cite any particular mention that backs them up.

Anyway, any help in finding a definitive ruling would be helpful.