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Shar Tahl wrote:

What would be the best for a sundering specialist? The two-handed fighter archtype looks pretty good. There is also the Breaker barbarian archtype plus the rage powers that allow bypass of hardness(only once per rage though). Got an adventure coming up for a level 14 character and I am trying to think of a build.

Actually I wouldn't worry too much about Archetypes personally. Just a vanilla two handed fighter will do well at the job. I would recommend the Improved Sunder and Greater Sunder feats. Then you will want an adamantine weapon with as many plusses as you can afford (have to make sure your weapon has as many or more plusses than the opposition so you can sunder it). The Lucerne Hammer does look good if you want to sunder armor. Also throw in gloves of dueling of course, as that will help as well.

Gloves of dueling provide a bonus against Sunder, not for performing a Sunder CMB.

Distant Scholar wrote:

It's part of how people interpret the feat, and the item creation rules. The Brew Potion feat, as you pointed out, allows one to create potions of spells that one knows. Alchemists don't know any spells. The clause about alchemists brewing potions of any formulae they know I see as an exception, or addition, to the feat. [Edit: This is re-stating what Ravingdork said above, although I consider the alchemist class ability as adding to, rather than modifying, the feat.]

Can one brew a potion of a spell one doesn't know? In my reading of the rules, yes, with the extra +5 DC. Can one brew a potion of a spell when one doesn't know any spells? That's where the alchemist falls, and I'll likely allow it, assuming I don't hear any sufficient balance arguments to the contrary.

I was only replying to the previous poster's emphasis that only the Alchemist is limited to only creating potions of spells/formula that he knows. Not just on his list, but actually in his book. The Brew Potion feat has the same language applying to all other casters. They must know it.

I think it is obvious that the words "spell" and "formula" are to be interchangeable, in this case at least.

I agree on the point of allowing one to brew a potion without actually knowing the spell/formula for a +5 to the DC, though I would insist that said person need have the spell on their list or they get another caster to cast it for them.

Ok, so another aspect of this not addressed. The writing for the ability reads:

At 1st level, alchemists receive Brew Potion as a bonus feat. An alchemist can brew potions of any formulae he knows (up to 3rd level), using his alchemist level as his caster level. The spell must be one that can be made into a potion. The alchemist does not need to meet the prerequisites for this feat.

The question is, IF I am level 1, and only get level 1 formulae, but I have level 2 spell in my formulae book (ie. Spiderclimb), can I brew a potion of Spiderclimb?