[quote=@chukklehed]
I was considering only being able to imbue common chemical properties, and anything more unique both takes much longer and has to be learned either from prolonged exposure to a similar ability (such as getting buddy buddy with a speedster to learn how to make a potion that increases speed by 50%) or by investing blood from someone with a similar ability (but I understand if that part is a bit too morbid).
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Feel free to use magic if you want to and fully embrace the alchemist angle. You don't need to necessarily try to make it a superpower.