Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula – Alchemists
Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula – Alchemists Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Character Abilities
Each Character card is numbered 01 to 10. Its benefit is listed on the Character Abilities card.
- 01. Benefit: When drafting a die, you may spend 2 Ethereal Die tokens instead of just 1.
- 02. Benefit: You may spend 2 Ethereal Die tokens in place of a Chameleon token.
- 03. Start of Game: You start the game with 1 Chameleon token. End of Game: At the end of the game, this card grants one element symbol of your choice.
- 04. Benefit: As a single action, you may spend 1 Potency to transmute a material two steps. The first Transmutation arrow must match the color of your die and you must spend 1 essence as normal. Then performing a double transmutation, you may not activate any Artifacts.
- 05. Benefit: The cost for you to unlock Formulas with Gold is decreased by 1 for the third and fourth Formulas (1/2/2/3 instead of 1/2/3/4).
- 06. Benefit: As a single reaction, you may gain both a material and essence.
- 07. Benefit: When acquiring a new Experiment, you may also gain 1 corresponding material or essence.
- 08. Benefit: When performing an Experiment, the Mastery track requirement is always 1 less for you.
- 09. Benefit: When acquiring an Artifact, you may always acquire any Artifact, regardless of the color of your die.
- 10. Benefit: When drafting a [die symbol] die, also gain 1 Chameleon token.
Note on card 10: the die symbol in the printed text is an icon that is not legible enough in the card photograph to be reproduced as a word, so it is shown as [die symbol]. Check the physical card before relying on this transcription.
Setup
The Setup card gives three changes to the base game setup and the timing of the Character card benefits.
- (Step 25) When giving each player their Starting Experiments, Masterpiece Experiments, Publications, and Starting Artifacts, also give each player 2 Character cards.
- (Step 26) When each player secretly chooses their Starting Experiment, Masterpiece Experiment, Publication, and Starting Artifact, they should also select their Character card.
- Each player should place their chosen Character card face up onto their player board, covering the portrait already there.
- If their chosen Character card provides a start-of-game benefit, they receive this now.
- If the chosen Character card provides an ongoing benefit, it remains in effect throughout the game.