Mud Buddy (Alchemist Extract)

Level: Alchemist 3

School: Conjuration

Casting

Casting Time: Standard Action, or the first attack of a Full Attack Action

Components: V, S, M (a handful of mud)

Effect

Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./two lvls)

Target or Area: One shapeless, mindless servant of mud

Duration: Until the end of your next full night's rest

Saving Throw: No saving throw granted
 Save DC: -

Spell Resistance: No

Description

You pour this extract over your hands, then begin mixing and kneading a handful of dirt, causing it to ooze and writhe as if alive, while growing alarmingly in size. You toss forth the resulting handful of mud, which lands with a wet 'splat', and then forms into a Small minion which obeys your commands.

As a move action, you can direct your buddy to move up to 30 feet in any direction, using its Walk speed of 30. It must be able to Walk to reach where you tell it to go, or it suffers all normal consequences for its movement (falling in pits, provoking attacks of opportunity, etc). It must remain within the range of the extract's power. Unless you order your Buddy to do something special (see below) it acts as an Unseen Servant, although it is unfortunately very visible, and very dirty. This effect lasts until you begin a full rest, or it may be expended early to perform various actions described below (whichever of these occurs first).

• Grabbing Buddy: Upon using this extract, you may instantaneously attempt a Disarm or Steal combat maneuver against a single target within range, without having to spend a move action to place your buddy in the target's space (you throw the handful of mud on them as part of mixing the extract). Make a Caster Check roll against the target's Maneuver Defense This combat maneuver attempt does not provoke an attack of opportunity from its target (but mixing this extract might). If you are successful, your buddy tosses the target object to you, and if you have enough hands free, you can catch it. Otherwise, the object lands in your square as if you dropped it. Once the maneuver is complete (whether it succeeds or fails), your buddy slumps into a pile of wet mud.

• Careful Buddy: Upon using this extract, you may instantaneously attempt to pick a lock (using Disable Device), or pick a pocket (using Sleight of Hand), against a lock or creature within range, without having to spend a move action to move your buddy in the target's space (you throw the handful of mud into the lock or on your target as part of mixing the mud). This extract effect lasts as long as you need to accomplish the task, requiring your full concentration for that duration. Once you resolve the skill check, the extract effect ends and your buddy collapses into a pile of inert mud. If you are successful on your Sleight of Hand pickpocket check, your buddy tosses the target object to you as it collapses. The target gains a +5 bonus on its Perception check to figure out that the pickpocket attempt originated from you (oops). Once the skill check is complete, your buddy slumps into a pile of oozing mud, which is very obvious, but may not be traceable to you, the nearby alchemist with dirty hands. Maybe.

• Attack Mud: If you tell your Mud Buddy to pick up a suitable object (a rock, a sturdy stick, a dagger, etc) while using a move action, you may make a ranged touch attack as a standard action against a creature. If you successfully hit, you inflict (Circle 2 damage): 1d6 points of damage per character level (max 6d6 at character level 6) with a damage type appropriate to the object your Buddy is attacking with (rocks do bludgeoning (physical), a knife or sharp rock will do slashing (physical), a vial of acid will do acid (element energy) damage, an alchemical fire flask does fire (element energy) damage, etc.) Once you make such an attack successfully, your Buddy is disrupted and slumps into a pile of sticky mud.

When the magic of the extract ends, the mud buddy reverts to a patch of wet earth.

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Mana Burn Circle Damage

Spell Circle	Burn Cost	Req'd Char Level	Base Dice	Max Dice
0	N/A	N/A	1d4 per 2 character levels	max of 4d4 at character level 8
1	N/A	1st	1d6 per character level	max of 4d6 at character level 4
2	+1	3rd	1d6 per character level	max of 6d6 at character level 6
3	+1	5th	1d6 per character level	max of 10d6 at character level 10
4	+1	7th	1d6+1 per character level	max of 12d6+12 at character level 12
5	+1	9th	1d6+1 per character level	max of 15d6+15 at character level 15
6	+1	11th	1d6+2 per character level	max of 16d6+32 at character level 16
7	+1	13th	1d6+2 per character level	max of 20d6+40 at character level 20
8	+1	15th	1d6+3 per character level	max of 21d6+63 at character level 21
9	+1	17th	1d6+3 per character level	max of 25d6+75 at character level 25
10	+1	19th	1d6+4 per character level	max of 25d6+100 at character level 25
11	+1	21st	1d6+5 per character level	max of 25d6+125 at character level 25
12	+1	23rd	1d6+6 per character level	max of 27d6+162 at character level 27
13	+1	25th	1d6+7 per character level	max of 27d6+189 at character level 27
14	+1	27th	1d6+8 per character level	max of 29d6+232 at character level 29
15	+1	29th	1d6+9 per character level	max of 29d6+261 at character level 29
16	+1	31st	1d6+10 per character level	max of 30d6+300 at character level 30
17	+1	33rd	1d6+11 per character level	max of 30d6+330 at character level 30
18	+1	35th	1d6+12 per character level	max of 30d6+360 at character level 30