ThinBloodAlchemy V5

Thin-Blood Alchemy

Known to Clans

Duskborn/Thin Bloods

Nicknames

Cooking, Home Brew, The Craft, Mashup

Type

Varies

Blood Resonance

Different requirements for different formulae

XP Cost

3x Level of Power

Thin-Blood Alchemy

Masquerade Threat

Varies as widely as the powers it counterfeits and the method used.

About Thin-Blood Alchemy

The thin Blood of the latest gen¬erations holds barely any power of its own. But certain thin-bloods have learned to use it as a catalyst, awakening the latent power in everything from human trauma to gasoline. Born of the street drug scene and cocktail culture as much as it w as uncov¬ered by instinct or in moldering medieval texts, thin-blood Alchemy may be the defining art of the next-millennium lick. By blending strongly resonant hu¬man blood, and sometimes other substances, with their own vitae, Alchemists can counterfeit a wide range of powers from other Disciplines – and some unique powers of their own. Rumors already abound of specific elixirs that grant the ability to walk in sunlight, commune with Antedi¬luvians, or achieve Golconda. But for now, the street-level cookers have all they can do to stay out of the Court’s sight – plenty of elders consider Alchemy nothing but watered-down diablerie.
Alchemy can counterfeit some Blood Sorcery powers (those that affect the caster’s Blood), but not Rituals. The Storyteller can rule any other power off-limits to Alchemy if they worry about game balance or the plausibility of the fiction – and reverse themselves later if they wish, or hint at unique recipes developed in Switzerland or hidden in a Cairo library. The Discipline is young, and thin-bloods have hardly explored every possible working or tasted every possible cocktail.

Characteristics

All formulae require vitae from the Alchemist and human blood of the correct Resonance. The Res¬onant human blood can be stored in a blood bag, or in a Starbucks to-go cup for that matter. The specific amount needed depends on the degree of the donor’s Resonance and on the Storyteller’s whim. In these rules, “power level” always refers to the level of Alchemy involved, not the level of the power counterfeited with the formula. All formulae have a cost to distill, and then the cost to activate. The distillation cost reflects the fact that all formulae include the Alchemist’s own vitae: A single Rouse Check. Activation cost for a formula is the same as using the power normally: free, or some number of additional Rouse Checks. Once activated, the Alchemist makes a distillation roll to determine how effective the particular mixture was. Each version of Alchemy builds a different dice pool for the distillation roll. The more successes, the more effective the mixture:

Distillation Types

• Athanor Corporis: The Alchemist uses their own body as the athanor, or alchemical furnace.
• Calcinatio: The Alchemist uses the body of a human as the athanor
• Fixatio: Lacking the physical or social predilections of the other methods, the Alchemist uses a conventional athanor

Powers

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  • Far Reach: Lesser telekinesis
  • Haze: Creates a field of mist

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  • Counterfeit Uno: User can develop formulae to counterfeit level 1 Disciplines
  • Envelop: Blinds a target through mist

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  • Counterfeit Dos: User can develop formulae to counterfeit level 2 Disciplines
  • Defractionate: Makes fresh blood out of bagged medical blood

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  • Counterfeit Tres: User can develop formulae to counterfeit level 3 Disciplines
  • Airborne Momentum: User can fly

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  • Counterfeit Cuatro: User can develop formulae to counterfeit level 4 Disciplines
  • Awaken the Sleeper: User can awake other vampires from Torpor