Arcane Strike and Alchemists Question

[Volkspanzer]

Are Alchemist extracts a legal prerequisite to the Arcane Strike feat. By that extension, does an Alchemist's class levels count as caster levels for the purpose of determining the amount of extra damage Arcane Strike confers to attacks?

Merely an opinion (for however little its worth), I don't see how a class that can infuse their own reserves of magic into bombs as part of a standard action would be unable to infuse their weapons in a similar manner by activating Arcane Strike.

[Hawktitan]

I just checked Hero Lab and for what it's worth Arcane Strike does not seem to be valid for Alchemists.

There were a few interesting threads about Sorcerers/Wizards and Arcane Strike affecting rays not that long ago which you might be interested in looking up though.

[Sangalor]

Volkspanzer wrote:

Are Alchemist extracts a legal prerequisite to the Arcane Strike feat. By that extension, does an Alchemist's class levels count as caster levels for the purpose of determining the amount of extra damage Arcane Strike confers to attacks?

Merely an opinion (for however little its worth), I don't see how a class that can infuse their own reserves of magic into bombs as part of a standard action would be unable to infuse their weapons in a similar manner by activating Arcane Strike.

No, arcane strike cannot be used by alchemist. Arcane strike requires you to be able to cast arcane spells which extracts are not.

[Name Violation]

infusions arent arcane, so they cant. Nor can druids or clerics

only arcane casters qualify

[Volkspanzer]

Name Violation wrote:

infusions arent arcane, so they cant. Nor can druids or clerics

only arcane casters qualify

While I have to agree with you, it's funny how an alchemist can explicitly copy spells from a wizard's spellbook to use as an extract (provided that an alchemist can have access to that spell as an extract). Yeah, rules-wise, it's not arcane. But lore/flavor-wise, ya gotta be kiddin' me. That's definitely not divine magic flowing into an alchemist's extracts/bombs.

[Sangalor]

Volkspanzer wrote:

Name Violation wrote:

infusions arent arcane, so they cant. Nor can druids or clerics

only arcane casters qualify

While I have to agree with you, it's funny how an alchemist can explicitly copy spells from a wizard's spellbook to use as an extract (provided that an alchemist can have access to that spell as an extract). Yeah, rules-wise, it's not arcane. But lore/flavor-wise, ya gotta be kiddin' me. That's definitely not divine magic flowing into an alchemist's extracts/bombs.

And it's definitely not arcane magic there. It's extracts, (al)chemicals. There are non-wizard spells on the list, it's just that clerics have no spellbooks to copy them from.