[quote=@Witch Cat]
So, this is turning into one huge mess. Ugh so many posts! Anyway, [@Wraithblade6]'s idea of vampirism is a more simple and traditional, keeping the whole theme of magic. [@jasonwolf] describes it as a disease, a cancer, more focus on the fact magic is science. And I see it as a mix of both. A little 9th grade biology, and a demon thrown in for good measure. All good ideas, so which do we pick?
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I think the disease version allows for the most flexibility with character backstories, and with equal opportunity for different traits. the more traditional method leaves less flexibility in the backstory