Template: Alchemy Mage (알케미 마사)

Unverified — community/era build, adapted

A classic Korean-community mage variant adapted to this shard. The 700/225 caps are source-verified against ServUO; the build shape, potion-throwing tactics, and PvP timings are era wisdom and field verification is pending. Mark exact combo timings unverified and file discrepancies per wiki conventions.

In the Korean UO community a mage was called 마사 (masa, from 마법사 mabeopsa, “magus/mage”), and there are a handful of classic 마사 variants. The Alchemy Mage (알케미 마사) is the one that pairs spells with thrown explosion potions — the “purples” — for a burst the enemy can’t interrupt by hitting you.

This is one of three 마사 templates here, alongside the Weapon/Halberd Mage and the Stun Mage. For the high-level PvP picture of all three, see PvP builds; for the from-scratch caster storyline, see the Mage template.

The idea: potion + spell alpha

A pure mage’s burst is all spells — and a spell can be interrupted when you take a hit. The alchemy mage carries explosion potions and throws them. A thrown potion isn’t a spell: it can’t fizzle and it lands while your next spell is casting. The classic alpha is throw purple → cast → the potion and the spell land almost together, stacking damage faster than the target can heal.

Alchemy is what makes the potions worth throwing. On this shard the explosion-potion damage scales with the thrower’s Alchemy at the moment it lands (Scripts/Items/Consumables/BaseExplosionPotion.cs: damage adds Alchemy.Value / 5, plus an EnhancePotions scalar from Alchemy in BasePotion.cs), so a GM alchemist’s explosion potions hit for meaningfully more than a non-alchemist throwing the same bottle. Because you also brew your own ammunition, your Alchemy pays off twice. See the Alchemist profession for the crafting side.

The 7 skills (≈700 total)

Seven Grandmaster (100.0) skills sum to 700.0 — this shard’s total skill cap (Config/PlayerCaps.cfg):

• Magery — your spells and your mobility.
• Evaluating Intelligence — raises spell damage.
• Alchemy — stronger explosion potions (your second damage source).
• Resisting Spells — survive enemy magic.
• Wrestling — unarmed defense so a meleed mage still casts.
• Meditation — refills mana between combos.
• Flex: Inscription (spell-damage bonus + scribing) or another utility skill.

120s come from power scrolls

The seven-GM (100.0) ceiling is the base cap. Individual skills go to 120 via Power Scrolls, which on this shard drop from champion spawns and treasure — see treasure hunting.

Suggested stats (225 cap): ~25 STR / ~10 DEX / ~100 INT (the 225 stat total is the shard cap, Config/PlayerCaps.cfg). INT is your mana pool; this is a glass cannon, so range and burst are your defense, not hit points.

How it plays

• Stock purples. Brew explosion potions at GM Alchemy and carry a stack; they are your interrupt-proof burst.
• The combo: open by throwing a potion, then chain Eval-boosted spells so they land on top of it. Exact PvP timings (potion arming/throw delay vs. spell cast time) are unverified on this shard — test and report.
• Keep Wrestling up so a melee attacker can’t lock you out of casting, and Meditate between exchanges to keep mana for the next alpha.
• Watch your own blast radius — explosion potions hit an area; don’t stand on the target.

Money

Plays the Mage template money game — Recall in, burst things down, Recall out — with potions accelerating kills. Your Alchemy doubles as income: greater heal, cure, and explosion potions all sell, so a self-sufficient alchemist mage funds its own reagents and bottles.

See also

• Mage template — the underlying caster storyline.
• PvP builds — where the 마사 variants fit in player combat.
• Alchemy, Alchemist profession, potions catalog.
• Sibling builds: Weapon/Halberd Mage, Stun Mage.