Sabbat Survivor

Classification: Union // Open Ref vampire/trait/merit/sabbat-survivor

Merit · Vampire

Vampire

An unsettling number of Arcanists have this merit, including Chancellor D’Souza.

Path of Alchemy Levels (HH2 p. 143)

Ultimately, the aim of Alchemy is to purify the soul to the point where one becomes immortal — not through any one formula, but from a lifetime of trials. Every time an alchemist perfects a formula, he takes a step closer down that road.

Alchemists that master the Path of Alchemy can create elixirs or powers that grant effects, and imbue metals with various strange properties.

As Alchemy is an arcane science, it takes material and time to execute a formula. A laboratory is necessary, though as an alchemist becomes more skilled, he needs fewer things to create minor transmutations. Each level of effect takes one to three days to craft, which includes gathering and preparing reagents, heating and cooling compounds, and tending to the experiment while it slowly works. A large, well-stocked laboratory (such as the one in the Foundation House) may cut this time down to no less than one day per level of effect.

Concoctions (elixirs and powders) are good for a single use and a single purpose. A character may only be under the effects of a single concoction within a twenty-four hour period, unless she also has the Occult Ability. In that case, she knows enough about her body’s interactions with pure and altered substances, and can be under the effects of a number of concoctions equal to her dots in Occult in a given twenty-four hour period. Similar effects (such as multiple healing potions) do not stack upon one another.

Metals can also be imbued with powers, as purification leaves room in the material for other effects to be placed within. Metals last longer than concoctions, but are generally less powerful.

The potency (or “shelf-life” as younger alchemists call it) is determined by the number of successes on the activation roll.

Modifiers: +1 if using a well-stocked laboratory, +1 if the stars are right

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