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http://www.d20pfsrd.com/traits/magic-traits/unstable-mutagen
I'm currently building a Mutagenic Mauler and I'm considering taking the trait Unstable Mutagen. I was wondering if this trait allowed me to have two mutagens going (one regular and one unstable).
I know I wouldn't be allowed to have the benefits of two different ones but having two would be incredibly useful. Anyway, I wasn't sure on the rules on this one hence the question. Hero Lab makes it look like it allows two mutagens but I wanted to make sure before I finished building the character.

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Once per day, you can create an unstable mutagen. It is like a normal mutagen in most ways, but also gains a single benefit or hindrance due to its instability.
It takes 1 hour to brew a dose of mutagen, and once brewed, it remains potent until used. An alchemist can only maintain one dose of mutagen at a time—if he brews a second dose, any existing mutagen becomes inert.
It's not a separate mutagen, just a modification to a normal mutagen. The only way to have two mutagens is through the infuse mutagen discovery.
It probably looks as it does on Hero Lab because of the difference in how many you make per day. You can only ever make one unstable mutagen per day, but can make as many normal mutagens per day as time allows.

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Unstable Mutagen wrote:Once per day, you can create an unstable mutagen. It is like a normal mutagen in most ways, but also gains a single benefit or hindrance due to its instability.Mutagen Class Feature wrote:It takes 1 hour to brew a dose of mutagen, and once brewed, it remains potent until used. An alchemist can only maintain one dose of mutagen at a time—if he brews a second dose, any existing mutagen becomes inert.It's not a separate mutagen, just a modification to a normal mutagen. The only way to have two mutagens is through the infuse mutagen discovery.
It probably looks as it does on Hero Lab because of the difference in how many you make per day. You can only ever make one unstable mutagen per day, but can make as many normal mutagens per day as time allows.
Thanks. I know it sounded too good to be true. Really, I love the idea of mutagen but one per day is not enough to sacrifice all the spell options I'd be sacrificing to get it. And infuse costs way too much. Two per day would have been good.