I'll second this, and add that whoever on my next run-through is the alchemist will indeed be the alchemist - for the herbs to grow in inventoryany6 wrote:Do not make your Battle Mage the alchemist -.-
Between concentration and 2 fields, you really don't have points to spare on 5 levels alchemy, but once you commit, you have to go down that road. My battle mage has been reduced to utility.