On Alchemy and Alchemists

This text pushes back against the idea that faith and alchemy conflict, observing that many famed alchemists

were clergy — citing Albertus Magnus the Dominican and Roger Bacon the Franciscan,

reputed builder of a brass head that could speak. It warns, however, that charlatans also cloak themselves in the art,

making true scholars hard to tell from frauds. As illustration it recounts the misfortunes of Arnaldus de Villanova,

physician to the Aragon kings: imprisoned for heresy, freed by a pope he had cured, then imprisoned again

by another pope with his works ordered burned — leaving the reader to judge what to make of him.

The percentages above are estimates mined from the game data for an untouched roll. Mercy mechanics and duplicate safeguards move the real figures around as you keep playing.

• Mevasser Witchcraft Vendor 9.3%
• Henrik Merchant 9.3%

• Generic Junk 1.3%