Sorcery used to grant you the ability to become a full Werewolf or a Changeling by performing the necessary ritual at a high enough level. However, it seems like this was overhauled and patched out in recent updates so that now, the Brewing only succeeds in turning you into either a Kinfolk or a Kinain.

Which, although these do get access to SOME of the splat's abilities, they are extremely limited compared to what a full member of the splat gets.

I want to believe that using the potions a second time will allow you to become full fledged. But the cooldown on Unstable Soul is so long, I have not yet had the patience to test it out.

As it stands now, it seems like the only way to become a Werewolf or a Changeling is to make a custom character and actually choose the splat at the start. Because from what I've been told, you will NEVER go through the First Change, or the Chrysalis if you become a Kinfolk or a Kinain. Nor will any of your children, unless you marry a full member of that splat. Which, given the fact you're playing a mortal, probably means you're a Hunter, and thus you and your spouse are trying to kill each other.

So I've got to ask, if you've decided to remove the option to become a full splat, then why even bother keeping these Brewing recipes in the game at all? It's nothing but a watered down and vastly inferior version of the real thing. Better to just get rid of it entirely and tell the players to roll one up at character creation.


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Strangely, the Vampire potion seems to have gone the opposite route and gotten an upgrade. Originally, it made you a 12th generation Catiff, no matter who your sacrificial subjects were. Now it makes you a Caitiff 1 generation higher than your subject. So if you've managed to capture a sweet 4th generation, you can sacrifice them to become a 5th gen Caitiff.

Unfortunately, you will be clanless. Meaning you don't get a seat at the table when it comes time to form the Camarilla!