Editing Thin-Blood Alchemy (section)

=== Herdic Brewing (2pts) ===

You must have the Thin-Blooded Flaw and Thin Blood Alchemy to take this merit.

The alchemist gains a method of using Herd as a brewery to make potions, regulating their physical state through emotional pressure or verbal incantation. They must feed a mortal represented by the herd background the potion’s ingredients and maintain their biophysical health as it brews. When complete, they must feed the mortal the required amount of vitae and then may tap their blood for the potions via bloodletting.  An entire herd may only hold 1 potion at a time, with each dot of herd giving a single potion. Your herd cannot be fed on during the downtime of the brewing of these potions or lose its effects.

Using your Herd for brewing is a high risk for your Herd’s health. Narrators should roll a D10 for each dot of Herd, and must roll a crit for the survival of that dot. This follows standard threat level practices using Thin-Blood Alchemy as a mental discipline. (eg: Thin-Blood 5 grants Threat +2)

This merit replaces the standard method of potion creation, requiring this to be used to create potions.