Editing Thin-Blood Alchemy (section)

==== • Chemically-Induced Flashback ==== 

: '''Ingredients:''' Ashe potion of Known Kindred, and at least 1 personal object of that Kindred. May take downtimes to find a personal item from the known kindred.

: '''Effect:'''

:: This recipe converts a single Ashe potion into a Chemically-Induced Flashback, and does not follow the standard requirements of brewing a potion. It is simply an enhancement upon an existing potion where an alchemist melts down a personal object of the known kindred the ashes were sourced from for the potion and combines them, destroying the personal object.

:: On consumption of this potion, a kindred experiences the effects of a standard Ashe potion, and the additional effects listed below.

:: When consumed, a kindred must make a static test of Mental + Thin-Blood Alchemy or Mental + Willpower against the known kindred’s Mental + Dots in Generation. On a failure, this potion acts as a standard Ashe potion to the drinker with the gaining of an additional Beast Trait. On a success, the drinker may ask a single question they are seeking the answer to from the known kindred’s past.

:: After asking the question, the drinker will enter into a trance-like state as they experience a flashback as narrated by the storyteller of a memory from the known kindred that best answers the asked question. If the question is not applicable to the known kindred, the memory narrated is up to the storyteller’s choice. The flashback is as accurate as possible to the Storyteller’s knowledge, but may be slightly augmented by the actions taken of the drinker as they navigate the flashback in the shoes of the known kindred. They may make tests and use the known kindred’s powers as if they were them during the flashback, including the expenditure of Willpower and Frenzy checks.

:: The flashback lasts for an hour at most, and may end early if the drinker becomes distracted or takes damage, making it impossible to utilize during combat. If attacked, the drinker is immediately snapped out of the flashback.

:: After experiencing a flashback, the drinker must make a static test of Mental + Willpower vs a Difficulty Rating as determined by the Storyteller based on how disturbing, violent, heretical, or otherwise contradictory to the drinker's morality path the flashback was. On a failure, the drinker gains a Derangement that is thematically relevant of the known kindred for the remainder of the night.

:: After exiting a flashback, the drinker must immediately make a degeneration test if applicable. If the drinker entered Frenzy during the flashback, they must immediately retest for Frenzy after exiting.

: '''Duration:''' 1 Hour.