Looking through the APG, I've noticed that levels in Alchemist stack with Master Chymist to determine what Advanced Mutagens the Chymist is eligible for, but the levels in Chymist don't seem to stack for the purposes of the Alchemist's Discoveries.
Since by level 20 this would leave you with an effective level of 20 for Advanced Mutagens, but only 10 for the equivalent Discoveries. This means you can only take Greater/Grand Mutagen as Advanced Mutagens and not as Discoveries. Does this mean one should wait until level 10 to start taking levels in Master Chymist in order to maximize the benefit of learning Advanced Mutagens?
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You probably don't want to take Master Chymst until 9th level so you can take the Fast Bomb discovery before checking out of Alchemist. So you would take Greater Mutagen at 12th level character for your second advanced mutagen then again at 16th level as your 4th.
I guess the problem is once you decide to go Master Chymst you pretty much have to stick with it through Grand Mutagen or you are screwed.
Hmm one other problem with Chymst is it delays giant form and form of dragon by 2 full levels. Hmm