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Originally Posted by Refplace
This part. He has Alchemy because he studied it, but having a skill does not mean it actually works or even has a practical use.
I do agree it would allow some basic Chemistry uses, likely at a penalty. However I would not give him Chemistry as his methodology and foundational knowledge is different.
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Yes. I think that identifying chemical substances (for example, using a touchstone), simple extractive chemistry, and distillation would not have a penalty. More sophisticated analytical chemistry and synthetic chemistry only work properly if you have actual chemical theory, at least on Lavoisier's level; I'd give them a -3 penalty to Alchemy.