Job Idea: Aethochemist (Healer)

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Aethochemist (ACH)
Pure Burst Healer with Delayed Heals and Resource Mixing
Weapons: Hand Cannons
Limit Break: Lapis Philosophorum
Inspiration: Cannoneer from V and Tactics A2, Chemist from V and Tactics, Alchemist from X-2, Flintlocks from Tactics A2, IRL Alchemy terms



TL;DR version
• Chemists/Alchemists battle medics that launch potions at your face with hand cannons
• Place healing bombs on partymembers that go off when they reach 50% HP or lower, their timers run out, or you manually set them off
• Use a special stance to change your basic GCD heals into ones that place healing bombs
• Collect two different types of “Item Shells” from your GCDs. You can then mix two of these shells for varying effects

Skills and Mechanics

Button Count: 22

Gauge(s)
• Item Shell Slots: Two boxes show which Item Shells the user currently has stored. The Left box shows the most recent, the right showing the older.
• Mixed Slot: A third box to the right of the Item Shell Slots that shows what effect the two Item Shells the user has will produce with the Mix Ability.
• Triage Monitor: A light that turns on when the user has Field Triage Activated

Item Shells and Mixing
When the player uses certain skills, they gain an Item Shell that corresponds to the type of skill they just used:
• Potion Mortar, Potion Salvo, Emergency Hi-Potion, and Emergency Potion Salvo grant Potion Shells
• Blast Mortar, Sunburst, Vitriol Shell, and Scatterburst grant Grenade Shells
These shells can then be used for various skills.
Item Shells can only be gained during battle.

Item Shell Skills
• Mix: Ability, 2 charges. Can only be used when the user has 2 Item Shells stored. Uses up the 2 Item Shells the user has stored and combines them. The effect varies depending on the combination of shells. Instant cast time, 60 second cooldown.

Mix Effects
○ Potion Shell x2: Aqua Vitae: Heal a selected target (700).
○ Potion Shell + Grenade Shell: Alkahest: Heals all partymembers within 20-yalms of the user (250) and heals them over 15 seconds (150).
○ Grenade Shell x2: Pineapple: Damage a target and all enemies within 8-yalms of them (600 for the first target, 40% less for the remaining).

• Dispensary: Ability. Can only be used while the user is holding an Item Shell. Use up the user’s oldest Item Shell. The effect varies depending on the type of shell. Instant cast time, 30 second cooldown.

○ Potion Shell: Grants a healing over time effect on a targeted player for 18 seconds (400).
○ Grenade Shell: Increases the damage the user next 2 weaponskills deal by 3% (duration: 15 seconds).

• Shell Transmutation: Ability. Has 2 charges. Changes the user’s oldest Item Shell to the other. Instant cast time, 60 second
• Emergency Ether: Ability. Use up the user’s oldest Item Shell. Restore 2000 MP to a selected target. Instant cast time, 60 second cooldown.

DPS Toolkit
Weaponskills
• Single Target Burst: Blast Mortar (240) > Sunburst (340)
• Single Target DoT: Vitriol Shell (85 initial burst + 75 over 30 seconds)
• AoE: Scattershot (150, all enemies within 8-yalms of the user)
All Weaponskills have an instant cast time, 2.5 second recast, have no MP cost, and grants the user a Grenade Shell upon successfully landing (Sunburst granting a shell upon performing a combo). Weaponskills use the caster’s MND stat.

Healing Toolkit
Basic Healing Kit
• Potion Mortar: Spell. Heal a select target (750). 1.5 second cast time, 2.5 second recast time. 700 MP cost. Grants the user a Potion Shell.
• Potion Salvo: Spell. Heals all partymembers within 20-yalms of the user (450). 1.5 second cast time, 2.5 second recast time. 900 MP cost. Grants the user a Potion Shell.
• Rebis: Spell. Heal all partymembers within a selected 20-yalm area (350). Then damage all enemies within the affected area, equal to the highest amount healed (minimum of 400, maximum of 900). Instant cast time, 120 second cooldown. 700 MP cost.
• Emergency Hi-Potion: Ability. Has 2 charges. Heal a selected target (600). Additionally, grants the user a Potion Shell. Instant cast time, 40 second cooldown. Shares a cooldown and charges with Emergency Potion Salvo.
• Emergency Potion Salvo: Ability. Has 2 charges. Heal all partymembers within 20-yalms of a selected partymember (300). Additionally, grants the user a Potion Shell. Instant cast time, 40 second cooldown. Shares a cooldown and charges with Emergency Hi-Potion.
• Smelling Salt: Ability. Resurrect a fallen target into a Weakened condition. Instant cast time, 30 second cooldown. 2400 MP cost.
• Fixatio Aether: Ability. Place a 30-yalm circle in a selected area for 15 seconds that reduces the damage partymembers within receives by 10%. Additionally, heals all partymembers within the circle over time (100). Instant cast time, 60 second cooldown.
• Prime: Ability. For 15 seconds, increase the user’s Healing Potency by 20% and the Healing Potency of Vital Burst affects the user has placed by an additional 10%. Instant cast time, 120 second cooldown.

Vital Bursts
Vital Burst is an effect several of the Aethochemist’s skills can place on a target that last for 15 seconds, healing them when their HP reached 50% or less, when the effect timer ends, or when the user manually detonates all Vital Burst effects they’ve placed via the Burst Projection ability. Vital Bursts have their own potencies and Vital Burst with stronger potencies overwrite one with weaker potencies.

Vital Burst Skills
• Burst Projection: Ability. Causes all Vital Burst effects the user placed to detonate, healing their target. Instant cast time, 2.5 second cooldown.
• Safeguarding Burst: Ability. Grants a Vital Burst effect onto a target for 15 seconds, healing them when their HP reaches 50% or lower or when the effect time ends (500). Additionally, decrease damage the target receives by 5% for 15 seconds. Instant cast time, 30 second cooldown.
• Citrinitas Burst: Ability. Grants a Vital Burst effect onto all partymembers within 20-yalms of the user, healing them when their HP reaches 50% or lower or when the effect time ends (600). Additionally, decrease damage affected partymembers receives by 3% for 15 seconds. Instant cast time, 60 second cooldown.
• Virtue Manipulation: Ability. Changes all Vital Burst effects the player has placed into Vital Aegis barriers, which will absorb damage with a potency equal to their original healing potency (Duration: 15 seconds). Instant cast time, 60 second cooldown.

Field Triage
Using the ability Field Triage, the user can augment their two basic GCD healing spells, allowing them to place Vital Burst effects. These different versions replace the original skill on the hotbar and cannot be manually placed.

Potion Mortar becomes Potion Burster
Potion Salvo becomes Burster Salvo

Field Triage Skills
• Field Triage: Ability. Augment certain spells. Instant cast time, 1 second cooldown.
• Potion Burster: Spell. Grants a Vital Burst effect onto the target for 15 seconds, healing them when their HP reaches 50% or lower or when the effect time ends (600). Additionally, grants the user a Potion Shell. Instant cast time, 2.5 second recast. 900 MP cost.
• Burster Salvo: Spells. Grants a Vital Burst effect onto all partymembers within 20-yalms of the user, healing them when their HP reaches 50% or lower or when the effect time ends (500). Additionally, grants the user a Potion Shell. Instant cast time, 2.5 second recast. 1000 MP cost.

Magnum Opus
Magnum Opus is a one-button series of skills that uses the effect granted by the previous skill to grant a greater boon. Once you use one of the skills, the button will switch to the next part.

Magnum Opus: Nigredo > Magnum Opus: Albedo > Magnum Opus: Rubedo > Repeat

• Magnum Opus: Nigredo: Ability. Place a Nigredo barrier on all partymembers within 20-yalms of the user that will absorb damage equal to a heal with a 300 potency (duration: 15 seconds). Instant cast time, 40 second cooldown.
• Magnum Opus: Albedo: Ability. Place an Albedo effect on all partymembers within 20-yalms of the user for 15 seconds, healing them over time (150). Additionally, if any of the affected had a Nigredo barrier that was placed on them by the user, remove it and grant them an Ablutio effect for 15 seconds, increasing HP healed via any healing action by 10%. Instant cast time, 40 second cooldown.
• Magnum Opus: Rubedo: Abilityl. Damage a selected target and all enemies within 10 yalms of them (600 for the first target, 40% less for all remaining), then heal all partymember within 20-yalms of the user (400). Additionally, if any of the affected partymembers had an Albedo effect that was placed by the user on them, remove it and heal them for an additional 300 potency. Instant cast time, 40 second cooldown.