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Alchemy

Sphere: Global Alchemy is magic and chemistry combined, often quite dangerous to perform and usually requiring expensive and exotic ingredients. The practice of alchemy is not as prestigious as chant or rune magic, but because the products of alchemy can be used by anyone it is the most lucrative. There are three main branches of alchemy that are practiced.

Animate - transmuting the body - usually used to heal but can just as easily poison. Advanced practitioners can also brew concoctions to temporarily confer enhancements those who apply them correctly, but this is risky.
Inanimate - transmuting inanimate matter - turning lead into gold, strengthening metals, dissolving locks, or creating more exotic materials.
Spontaneous - transmuting inanimate to animate - the pinnacle of the alchemical arts, this creates homunculi, golems, and stranger creatures still. It is probably the origin of The Forged.

The Elements of Alchemy and their place in the Multiverse

There are five elements in alchemy - earth, air, fire, water, void - and eight mixtures - ooze, steam, light, lightning, smoke, gem and steam. These do not combine well with aetheric (or divine) energy, and a barrier must be used to seperate them from interferance.