No, alchemists aren't allowed to create gold, it's one of the main rules that they live by.
[Partly because it was just unethical to use alchemy to make themselves rich, and partly because of the massive impact that would have on the economy.]
Alchemy is the science of changing one thing into another, though. It uses the principle of Equivalent Exchange - so... if you have an object with the same chemical make-up and mass of something else, you can rearrange those chemicals to create the new thing.
[He sighs, a little frustrated.]
I'd be happy to show you, but my alchemy hasn't worked since I got here.
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[Partly because it was just unethical to use alchemy to make themselves rich, and partly because of the massive impact that would have on the economy.]
Alchemy is the science of changing one thing into another, though. It uses the principle of Equivalent Exchange - so... if you have an object with the same chemical make-up and mass of something else, you can rearrange those chemicals to create the new thing.
[He sighs, a little frustrated.]
I'd be happy to show you, but my alchemy hasn't worked since I got here.