Alchemist

An alchemist was a craft profession. At the most basic level, anyone who mixed substances together in a liquid form to create a wanted effect could be considered an alchemist. Alchemy required a fair amount of intelligence, as well as time and materials. It could also be a very expensive pursuit.

An alchemist could craft mundane substances, such as acid, alchemist fire, sunrods, tanglefoot bags and thunderstones, magical substances such as potions and oils, and other things such as the  special brews that were used in the process of creating a dracolich.

Not all alchemists were spellcasters, but many were, as spellcasting ability was needed to make magical potions.

Of all the races, gnomes were best known across the Realms as alchemists.