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As long as your sole damage output isn't some stripe of fire bomb, you should be fine in combat (I doubt it's a spoiler to note that HELL'S Rebels features significant amounts of Devils on the evil side). Taking shock, frost, or force bombs works fine in that regard.

That's actually part of what prompted this thread. I'd love to bomb those devils back to Hell, but I know they are pretty fireproof. What does an alchemist who does bombs do after they run out in a dungeon or something? Just rely on their ranged feats and crossbows and things? I'll probably ask this elsewhere on the forum as well.

We did our first session of Hell's Rebels last night, and got into the Livery. We've got a pretty solid lineup, with a Swashbuckler (who is intending to go Investigator..maybe), an Arcanist, a Monk, an Oracle of Battles and me, a tiefling Alchemist. That's where I need some support.

I've always loved the Alchemist class. I like mad science, I like bombs, I like playing precise, intelligent characters. But I don't have a lot of experience playing casters of any kind. I've been branching out in Pathfinder recently, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to be useful in both combat situations and the non-combat situations that I know will be part of Hell's Rebels. After playing a witch in Jade Regent and really suffering in combat, I want to get ahead of the problem of ending up as mainly not useful in the Adventure path.

My alchemist is currently specced as a grenadier and skill monkey, I've got 18 int and 16 dex, with nothing really notable as far as ability scores otherwise. I went with the mindchemist archetype, on suggestion and figuring that I wouldn't have much need of my Mutagen as I have very little wish to be in close combat. I'm not sure how to upload a character sheet, but mainly I want to know if I can remain viable in combat in Hell's Rebels throughout the AP, and if there is any good way to contribute to the very social-heavy game that the Player's Guide discusses. Because I love that stuff.