Pathfinder 1e Class Talent Discovery

Explosive Calligraphy

The alchemist expends a bomb use to write explosive runes dealing bomb damage, and can expend another bomb to apply a bomb discovery.

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Type
Discovery
Prerequisites
None
Spell Level
—
Availability
Class talent

This is a Discovery — a class feature gained through that class's own talent choices, not a feat you pick through normal feat selection.

The alchemist can create especially volatile pigments that detonate when agitated. This requires expending one daily use of his bombs, but otherwise functions as explosive runes except that it deals damage as one of the alchemist's bombs. The alchemist can expend an additional daily use of his bombs to apply one discovery that applies to his bombs, such as acid bomb or dispelling bomb, to the runes created with this discovery.

Prerequisites

Alchemist level 6th
Attribution

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Heroes of Golarion · OGL-1.0a

Added to the library by eco_the_exploiter on Nov. 2, 2026.

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