Are alchemical items, or at least the ones you have to Activate and spend resonance to use, magic items?
If yes, this means detect magic, dispel etc should work on them, yes?
If not, why do they cost resonance, which is explicitly a resource for magic energy?
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Are alchemical items, or at least the ones you have to Activate and spend resonance to use, magic items?
They are not.
Alchemical items are not inherently magical but instead use the properties of volatile chemicals, exotic minerals, potent plants, and other substances, collectively referred to as alchemical reagents. As such, alchemical items don’t radiate magical auras, and they can’t be dispelled or dismissed. Their effects last for a set amount of time or until they are countered in some way, typically physically.
Sometimes the reactions of alchemical reagents create effects that seem magical, and at other times they straddle the line between purely reactive and the inexplicable. Some alchemical items require spending Resonance Points as part of their activation, and alchemists can use their Resonance Points to quickly craft and empower their own alchemical items. Even in these cases, alchemical items don’t radiate magic auras, and they use a creature’s Resonance Points as simply one additional catalyst to produce their alchemical effects.
If not, why do they cost resonance, which is explicitly a resource for magic energy?
Yadda yadda simply one additional catalyst blah blah blah look a monkey!
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Yadda yadda simply one additional catalyst blah blah blah look a monkey!ASome alchemical items require spending Resonance Points as part of their activation, and alchemists can use their Resonance Points to quickly craft and empower their own alchemical items. Even in these cases, alchemical items don’t radiate magic auras, and they use a creature’s Resonance Points as simply one additional catalyst to produce their alchemical effects.
I don't think the person that wrote that understands what a catalyst is...