My question is very similar. Let's say, like Mickli, my character has the alchemist, 4 objects and no mule. He obtains 2 new objects, bringing the total number of objects to 6, so now he must leave 2 of his 6 objects face-up on his space. Could he instead allow his alchemist to convert two of the objects to gold? My friend says he can. I'm not so sure, because in this case I'm not choosing to get rid of the objects; I'm being forced to. Does this make a difference? Follow-up question: When the alchemist converts an object, it gets discarded, not ditched on the character's space, right? Thanks in advance for your input.