The Alchemists · The Disciplines
The Payload
Alchemist · The Boomsmith
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STR
12
+1
DEX
14
+2
CON
15
+2
INT
15
+2
WIS
10
+0
CHA
11
+0
Affinity Hearthfire
Ward Binding
Bane the Undertow
Proficiencies Alchemist's tools · Athletics
Alchemist · The Boomsmith
Demolitions. Bombs, charges, shrapnel — and the one mouse whose whole life changed the day he got permission.
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The Ladder
What they learn
LV 1
Shaped Force Precise, minimal, engineered — never a fireball, always a solution.
LV 3
The Cushion Turn a nearby mass into a safe landing exactly where it's needed.
LV 6
Structure-Breaker Bring down a wall, a bridge, or an obstacle on a controlled count.
LV 10
Authorized 1/story, one sanctioned demolition solves an unsolvable obstacle — the first act of martial law.
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For the Guide
How to run The Payload
VoiceSoot-eared, spring-stepped, joyous.
WantsPermission. To apply exactly the right force. To finally be authorized.
Do this nowThe Payload applies shaped force, precisely — blows a haywagon into a landing-cushion, engineers a solution out of ordnance.
“On it. (having waited his whole life to be authorized)”
Even the shoes are bombs. The one mouse for whom the crisis brought good news: permission. In the granary rescue his shaped charge turns a stacked haywagon into a landing bed exactly where the doctor's finger points — the Kingdom's first act of martial law.
Fights best beside — The Fumewright — the blast inside the calm.
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