The Otherworldly must behave as prescribed by their rank, until the power becomes part of them. Until the potion is digested, the bearer is vulnerable: the power is already there, but there is no authority over it yet.
The path roles are functional: the Archaeologist understands what was found, the Craftsman makes with their own hands, the Alchemist turns one thing into another and is responsible for the result.
The method remained the knowledge of the few for a long time: the church hierarchies were in no hurry to reveal it, and many Otherworldly rose blindly, paying for it with their sanity.
