I have an Alchemist (Grenadier) 3/Bard (Detective 3) PFS Character
He is going to take one more level of Alchemist then go into the Sleepless Detective Prestige Class
He use a crossbow and bombs in combat.
Currently he has Explosive Bombs (larger blast radius and causes enemy to burn until they put themselves out)
I want to give him more bomb options with his next Discovery. What do we think
Shock (also dazzles for d4 rds)
Cold (Also Staggers for 1 Round)
Acid (does d6 next round)
Also thought about Conotogen, Infusion (But only have a couple of extracts per day so not much bang for the buck)
Thoughts.
And yes I am aware that it is not an optimal character etc,
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I personally enjoy the Explosive Bomb with Explosive Missile discovery combo very effective and fun especially when combined with the vital strike feats. Note vital strike wont effect ur bomb da,age but it would effect ur projectile. So normally u would get 3 attacks max with a range weapon with no mod on damage. This will be 1 attack that does the damage of 3 shots and add bomb damage and the extra burn over time. Best part in my opinion as well is that u use highest bab and dont have to make 3 separate attacks with the range weapon so by default ur chance to get the most bang for ur buck increases greatly. Also if u dont want to go this rought another discovery that would be good is Fast Bombs.
cant get fastbombs it requre alchemist 8
Also I looked at the other but decided against it.
I am really looking for thoughts on the other bomb modifications. Thanks though
i know. It is for when I run into those things that are immune to fire, or resistant
Smoke Bomb might be good, depending on what you wanna do with this character.
It's really too bad you aren't taking more Alchemist levels though because there are some really good Discoveries. Stink Bomb effectively screws twice your Bomb's radius with a Stinking Cloud effect, but it requires Smoke Bomb to get.
Ryn, I thought about that, there is the possibility of taking Extra discovery down the road. So that is a decent idea, though the DC might be a bit low. A good thought