Blightseeker Alchemist's Spore Bomb: What damage type?

[LumpySpaceDog]

The Blightseeker alchemist archetype alters the bomb ability to turn it into a "payload of alchemically engineered fungal spores". The damage is reduced from 1d6 per odd level to 1d4 per odd level and adds an extra affect. I wouldn't think alchemical fungal spores would deal fire damage. It also is clearly not bludgeoning/piercing/slashing. I would think that it might be acid, but it doesn't say so. I kind of see it as something that may choke or irritate senses like a tear gas, or something that parasitically drains life, and/or causes sickness. Is this doing untyped magic damage?

"""Spore Bomb (Su): At 1st level, a blightseeker creates a special kind of alchemist bomb that delivers a payload of alchemically engineered fungal spores. These bombs infest their target with a virulent blight (see below). The blightseeker’s bombs deal 1d4 points of damage (instead of 1d6), plus 1d4 points of damage for every 2 alchemist levels beyond 1st.

A creature that takes a direct hit from a spore bomb must succeed at a Fortitude save (DC = 10 + half the blightseeker’s level + his Intelligence modifier) or suffer the associated blight effects. Creatures that take splash damage from the bomb are not affected by the blight."""

[Zwordsman]

Well doesn't change the damage type so it does still do fire.

of note. i'm fairly certain I've seen either an Alchemical Weapon or a Poison (fairly certain the latter) mushroom/spore based that did do fire damage.

So I think it is generally fine.

[Cavall]

Yeah it doesn't say it changes it doesn't change. Acid bombs are already an option to change bombs.

You could home brew it. But it would be homebrew.

[Robert Brookes]

When I originally wrote the archetype I intended for it to change the bomb base damage from fire to acid. However, I ultimately decided not to. Instead, it still deals standard bomb damage (fire). Imagine that the spores are pyrokinetic, and by exposing them to oxygen they ignite and propagate. Basically a kind of alchemically enhanced spore that only flowers when in extreme heat.

[Robert Brookes]

You can come up with other fun fantastically engineered spores for the other damage types. Something engineered from brown mold for cold damage, etc.

[LumpySpaceDog]

Robert Brookes wrote:

When I originally wrote the archetype I intended for it to change the bomb base damage from fire to acid. However, I ultimately decided not to. Instead, it still deals standard bomb damage (fire). Imagine that the spores are pyrokinetic, and by exposing them to oxygen they ignite and propagate. Basically a kind of alchemically enhanced spore that only flowers when in extreme heat.

Oooh! Official! Thank you for letting me know!

[Cavall]

What we were saying was pretty official too. Just saying.