Alchemist Extract Uselessness

[Lanthsor]

I am playing a gnome pyromaniac alchemist in a campaign and find the entire extract system takes up most of combat in addition to being pointless when I'm done cause I am out of them after one fight. I know the easy fix is use less but i don't like using my character to a minimum of its potential. Got the Secrets of the Alchemist book but it still leaves me angry most of my stuff lasts 5 rounds-5 min completely useless for combat heavy days.

I currently use a combination of Dex Mutagen, Reduce Self, and Shield. Occasionally i put fox's cunning in the mix. Don't get why no mage armor to me physical armor is useless.

[w0nkothesane]

First off, what level are you playing at? If you're running out super quickly at a low level...that's how it really should be.

Do you have the same issue with all spell casting classes? Because this isn't isolated to the Alchemist. It isn't even a problem, it's a feature.

If you choose to use all of your resources as quickly as you can, you can expect to be out of resources very quickly. That's true of any casting class.

[seekerofshadowlight]

Agreed, it seems like a resource management issue not one with the class itself.

[Lanthsor]

Ur probably right about that level thing but i guess my peeve is more toward buffs getting debuffed in PF.