Penetrating Charge
Place a bomb on a lock as a full-round action to grant a +5 circumstance bonus on subsequent Disable Device checks against it.
- 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.
A penetrating charge is a bomb specifically designed to disable locks and similar mechanisms, though not other means of sealing a door, a container, or other sorts of devices. As a full-round action, the alchemist can place a penetrating charge on a lock. Instead of dealing damage, the penetrating charge seeps into the mechanism and eats away at it, granting a +5 circumstance bonus on any subsequent Disable Device checks against the mechanism.
A creature can spend 10 minutes and attempt an appropriate Craft check (DC 15) to fix the lock and remove this bonus.