Darn Alchemists. How do they work in society play?

[Junar]

An alchemist in the party today kept (accidentally) bombing the party. The way it was explained to me is that any time his bomb would miss it's target, I'd roll a d8 and the bomb would land in one of the 8 surrounding squares and deal splash damage from there.

So in Society play, PVP isn't allowed. How do I deal with accidental bombings (PVP)? Does the class really work like this?

Thanks.

[Torbyne]

yeah, though first off, they target touch AC so there shouldnt be too many misses. And most Alchemists who dont want to deal with their own partying killing them off at night will pick up the discovery that lets them choose squares that arent affected by their bombs.

[Zahmahkibo]

Yep, that's how it works. The discovery that allows the alchemist to exclude squares from their blasts, Precise Bombs, doesn't apply on misses.

The solution: talk to the player. If the player is simply inexperienced, ask them to moderate their behavior and take better account of their allies' positioning. If the player fails to improve, and the GM feels that they are not acting in good faith, they should remove the alchemist from the table.

[Junar]

Zahmahkibo wrote:

Yep, that's how it works.

The solution: talk to the player. If the player is simply inexperienced, ask them to moderate their behavior and take better account of their allies' positioning. If the player fails to improve, and the GM feels that they are not acting in good faith, they should remove the alchemist from the table.

Okay, I appreciate the confirmation. I read the basic "bomb" description and didn't see mention of the random squares. For the record, our alchemist was outstanding and I think the most anyone took was 2 damage but... it got me thinking about the future.

Thanks again!

[Zahmahkibo]

Happy to help. The Throw Splash Weapon rules should explain in detail what happens with missed bombs.

[Torbyne]

more of a matter of tactics but if i was playing an alchemist and i missed touch AC on a roll of 10 or greater, i'd not bother targeting the enemy at all anymore and switch to targeting a square instead (AC 5, splash to targeted square and all adjacent ones) using precise bombs to ignore allies.