Men of science who take their research very seriously, and sometimes way too far.
Prerequisites: Level 6+, Smarts 6+, Artisan (Potions) or Artisan (Poisons)
Class Abilities
Poison Savvy
Poisons you create or use gain a bonus to their attack equal to your Mad Scientist level (maximum of +10).
Effect Injections
You can create a number of injections equal to your Mad Scientist level plus Smarts. These can each be used once per day. Some injections take up more slots and will note when they do. These Injections last for a number of rounds equal to your Smarts.
Each injection contains one of the following effects:
Thrown Potion
You can throw potions and poisons, dealing their effects onto a person it is thrown at. Using potions as a thrown weapon counts them as dealing 2k1 slashing damage, however this doesn’t harm your allies when used on them. Thrown range of 4 squares.
Chemical Breakdown
You can add one of the effects of your Effect Injections onto a single potion which you take. This adds +2 to the slots that the Effect Injection uses.
Aura of Fear
Enemies within 6 squares who possess a Smarts score lower than your own are shaken.
Substance Abuse
You are immune to the negative effects of poisons, alcohol, and drugs.
Master of Science
For a number of rounds equal to your total level, you can enter into a science-fueled frenzy increasing your effectiveness. You add Smarts as a bonus to all skill checks while doing this, cannot take Stress or Sanity damage over this duration, and are immune to all forms of fear and tiring. This can be used once per day.
Alternatively this can be used once per week to fuel the Mad Scientist’s body while they choose to willingly neglect its needs. This effectively allows the Mad Scientist to forgo sleeping, eating, drinking, and even small things like going to the bathroom for the entire week that this is in effect. After which the Mad Scientist must perform all of these tasks on the day after. This ability doesn’t come back to the Mad Scientist until the week after the ability was used.