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Well easiest work around would be that the character would feed on the morally corrupt and those who deserve to die, hence the ambiguity
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That would also require that you're always able to find someone like that before you starve to death. Pessimistically, its viable, especially if you don't mind breaking into prisons. On the more realistic side though, your character's judgement on whether a person deserves to die isn't always going to be accurate. I don't recall any lore about vampires being able to discern a person's true heart and information you hear from other people and/or from your observations can be flawed, especially if time is an issue. Then we get into the moral ambiguity of vigilante justice outside of self-defense or direct defense of others.
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Eh, minor details that can be worked out. A human being alone can go 3 weeks without food. Ample time to find suitable candidates I would say given that at the time London had a population of several million people. In regards to vampires discerning people I seem to recall a few tidbits of lore of vampires being able to read minds. Even if they can't, they got at least 3 weeks to find an appropriate target to kill based on just investigation alone.
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And the body begins to consume its own muscles after less than 2 weeks and repeated starvation can lead to permanent organ damage. Not to mention that by around the 3rd week the body begins to consume other, less vital organs in a desperate attempt to keep the brain alive. Again, not my call, but I just can't see several people looking at someone like this and thinking "Yep, that guy's fit to serve on an elite taskforce."

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Oh I agree. The body shouldn't go that long but we also got to take into account that we aren't dealing with a human being with human limits. I wouldn't call it far fetched to say a vampire could go longer without feeding. Maybe make it an even 3 months rather then 3 weeks and the character has even longer to find an appropriate target to feed on
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My gut is telling me no on this one.
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@Clever Hans Did you see my earlier question about whether our characters need to have powers?
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Do characters have to have powers or can we Batman/Green Arrow/Zorro it?


I'm so sorry I missed this before!

I would not automatically rule those types of characters out. My preference leans towards powered characters, but the line between super-powered and "merely" skilled can be a blurry one...

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Update: Making excellent progress on designing the story frameworks. Next week I'll be working on the advert and CS. I may not get done by next week (Labor Day holiday in the U.S.), but significant steps are being made :)
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@Clever Hans Fair enough. Had to plead my case all the same. I'll stalk the RP for a bit and see if there's any gaps character/power wise I can fill in
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@Clever Hans Awesome! Are there rules as to the sources of their powers (ie, Magic, Science, etc)?
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@LordOfTheNight Maybe you could be a werewolf instead? There's no need to eat people or spaces you're not allowed to be on or go into there. And you could serve as a main tank/berserker for the group with a side of scout unless silver is involved.

I know I'm thinking of being a rogue-type, evasion tank, especially if I can have both short-range teleportation and some light manipulation powers (enough to craft one or two illusions, disguise self, dim or suddenly brighten a room).
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I was actually kicking around the idea of a character who can make perfect and independent duplicates of himself at will. One guy with lots of acrobatics and hand-to-hand experience who can make dozens of himself? Seems plenty useful to me
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That would be very useful.
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I'm quite interested. :3
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Colour me interested.
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If this is still going on then I'd be interested, if there's too many already etc then that's fine too.
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There are probably way too many people here, but for real. This sounds like fun. :3

When the GM comes back from their sabbatical. I'd like to know if they're still accepting.
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Aagh - delays and perturbations! Many apologies. Still at work. Stay tuned.
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@Clever Hans Awesome! Are there rules as to the sources of their powers (ie, Magic, Science, etc)?


Good question. At this point, I think it's best to answer that each character has a firm notion of whence their powers come. Could future developments undermine that notion? Maybe.
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