A new take on vampirism/guild

[Zhar]

Personally, I'd like to see vamps being re-made to resemble the Nosferatu clan from the Masquerade. Hideous, disfigured creeps who have to hide from everyone and are most interested in gathering and trading information. There's secrecy for you



Ain't she pretty?

[Kas]

Ooh...Hey pretty, want to see my throne?

[Snowrose]

It would be cool to see vampires as made as a proper guild kinda a neutral/evil and a proper counterpoint to Spirit circle and Calians who are kinda made to be anti undead and as people point out are both kinda neutral/good. heck that kinda addition would make calia kinda feel like the medieval WOD section of genesis. with calians as the lycanthropes and elementalists/Scop as the defender of nature/Hunter/caster types.

Now another option for people who just want to rp as vampires without needing full on class mechanics you could make it a club. clubs have been known to add emotes and slight description changes.

[Recoba]

I am for opening a vampire racial guild.

But how? Well, it depends on what concept of Vampire we'd want to have in the game.

- If they are to be the superpower kind of vampires then it'd have to be occupational with big strengths and drawbacks (as I understand it has been in the past).
- Or if we just want vampire flavor without a lot of powers, then it could be racial. Though a BIG drawback here, in my opinion, is that we deny those players a "real" background racial. Because Vampirism is a disease, not a race, right?
- But if we want a Vampire identity, cool abilities, AND the possiblity to roleplay a secret (or not) vampire within other occupational/racial contexts, then it should be a layman guild. I think that'd be by far the best solution. Actually, I think that would be totally awesome.

[Zhar]

I think it should be a club that would give you some additional mechanics or something and the only way to join it would be to get "invited" by one of the current members. A certain roleplay platform.

[Amberlee]

I think it should be a club that would give you some additional mechanics or something and the only way to join it would be to get "invited" by one of the current members. A certain roleplay platform.

Or perhaps a craftsman guild.

[Kas]

Doubt vampirism will ever come in form as a craft or laymanguild.

[Zar]

I am for opening a vampire racial guild.

But how? Well, it depends on what concept of Vampire we'd want to have in the game.

- If they are to be the superpower kind of vampires then it'd have to be occupational with big strengths and drawbacks (as I understand it has been in the past).
- Or if we just want vampire flavor without a lot of powers, then it could be racial. Though a BIG drawback here, in my opinion, is that we deny those players a "real" background racial. Because Vampirism is a disease, not a race, right?
- But if we want a Vampire identity, cool abilities, AND the possiblity to roleplay a secret (or not) vampire within other occupational/racial contexts, then it should be a layman guild. I think that'd be by far the best solution. Actually, I think that would be totally awesome.

Vampire as racial guild is SO COOL.

[Kas]

Because Vampirism is a disease, not a race, right?

Vampirism is often portrayed as an undead state in fantasy aswell, like skeletons, wights, wraiths, ghasts, liches etc.

So it's not necessarily linked to a disease (the modern versions in popular culture is usually explained by some contagination,
like viruses etc), and since we're sort of in an medieval setting with magic and everything, my personal opinion would go
for the undead being "unholy", true undeads rather than some virus. A classic approach perhaps.

So, if vampirism is a state, practically everyone living could turn into one regardless of guild memberships (but
their membership most likely be rewoked once it's obvious/deity takes action etc).

Now, I don't think they ever will allow a guild with undead properties on something in a layman, racial or craftman positions, nor do I think they should (the vampire 'state' is often portrayed as a very consuming one, with unique characteristics and serious drawbacks).

Part of the idea with vampirism was a new faction, a new vector if you will, in the genesis (almost nonexisting) political and interguild arenas, something I have a hard time to see how a calian/knight/da/aa/neidar with a racial slot plastic-teeth vampirism could ever inspire.

[Creed]

And you believe that any of the current players, who currently doesn't engage in any political maneuverings, suddenly will begin doing so, just because they join a new guild?
I personally believe that it doesn't have anything to do with the guilds, but only the players..

The guilds doesn't make wars.. if it was so, there ought to be plenty of fighting out there.
When the players doesn't want to fight eachother out of fear of dying, or simply because they are too busy piling even more fantastics on to their already lame myth sizes.. well, then nothing happens.