Category
Gnosis: 6
Cold Ichor occasionally manifests itself in the dew off certain species of tree found near Wyld places. The fluid is an iridescent, almost glowing green that easily catches the eye, and it collects in just a few leaves at a time. Garou who recognize the liquid for what it is harvest it very carefully, or else give the tree producing it a wide berth. Cold Ichor can be stored very easily in glass or ceramic, and it is neither caustic nor acidic. Until used, it will sit quiescently in whatever container holds it, perhaps glowing faintly in the proper light.
Garou who harvest Cold Ichor, however, are very careful with it, and will wash themselves thoroughly after even coming near the stuff. It's simply too dangerous to treat with anything other than extreme caution.
System
What Cold Ichor does is dramatically accelerate cell growth in anything it touches, once activated. Both plant and animal matter are affected, succumbing to rampant, uncontrolled growth that can have absolutely dire consequences. External contact tends to produce huge (usually benign) tumors; internal use can produce something best described as an extremely accelerated cancer. The actual effects are variable (and their game effects are left to Storyteller discretion), but drinking something that's been laced with Cold Ichor is almost always a very bad idea.
Note that the substance also produces massive sudden growth in plant life as well, which is useful for rapidly camouflaging a cache with overgrowth and suchlike. For some reason, Cold Ichor is much less destructive to plant tissue than to animal, though caution in using it is still an excellent idea.
The effect of Cold Ichor is almost instantaneous, though it only lasts for a minute or so. However, in most cases a minute is more than enough.
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