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Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition thin-blood formula

Defractionate

Defractionate is a thin-blood formula in Vampire V5: Separate blood into component parts for various effects.

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Key facts

Level
3

Overview

Defractionate is a Level 3 Thin-Blood Alchemy formula that takes blood apart and puts the useful fraction back together. Hospitals and blood banks split donations into plasma, cells, and platelets, and those separated components are worthless to a vampire's Hunger. This formula reverses that. Bagged stock that would slake nothing becomes a real meal, which changes how a thin-blood lives: no hunting, no witnesses, no body to explain. Kindred who depend on couriers and hospital contacts treat an alchemist who knows Defractionate as an asset worth protecting.

How it works

Level: 3 Effect: Restore separated or bank-processed blood so it nourishes a vampire again Ingredients: The processed blood itself, plus the reagents and time the recipe demands Duration: Instant on the batch treated; the restored blood then behaves like ordinary stored vitae

Tips and playstyle

Best Uses: Feeding without hunting, supplying a coterie that cannot risk the streets, running a quiet trade with Baggers Limitations: You still need a source for the bags, so it converts a hunting problem into a logistics problem

Frequently asked questions

Does restored blood carry resonance?

Whatever emotional resonance the donor had is faint at best after processing. Do not count on it for other formulas.

Can full Kindred benefit from this?

Yes, which is exactly why elders who would never speak to a duskborn suddenly want an introduction.