In the World of Darkness setting where the Vampire: The Masquerade and other games like Werewolf: The Apocalypse take place, vampires, who refer to themselves somewhat pretentiously as "the Kindred," are created when a vampire drains the lifeblood of a human, then feed them some of their own vampiric blood. VTM Vampires - Basic Biology And Strengths At the same time, the character creation rules offered in both the tabletop and video game versions of Vampire: The Masquerade empower players to tell their own vampires story by creating creatures with unique combinations of cruel abilities and cursed afflictions. To certain degree, the developers of the original Vampire: The Masquerade tabletop RPG did the same thing, cherry-picking certain bit of vampire folklore to create a type of vampire that can blend in with humans in urban environments and look good in black trench coats while still being tormented by their immortality and inhuman appetites. Related: Vampire: The Masquerade – Shadows of New York Review: Better Suited As A Comicīecause vampires are such a flexible horror concept, storytellers and creatives love to create their own custom 'rules' for vampires, adding or subtracting powers, features, and weaknesses in order to tell the sort of vampire story they want. Vampires can also be metaphors for various social ills and dangers, ranging from plague and sexual predation to aristocratic tyranny and addiction. Outside of this general criteria, a vampire can take any form, from the Eastern European " Dracula" archetype to odder creatures like the Chinese Jiangshi (a moldy hopping corpse that drains life force) or the Filipino legend of the Aswang (a shapeshifting witch with a long proboscis). What is a vampire, exactly? In most monster stories and tales of folklore, vampire are undead, un-aging supernatural creature who drink the blood of the living. Nearly every book, movie, or game about vampires tries to put their own spin on the Vampire legend, and Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is no different, introducing a variety of different Vampire Clans with abilities and banes that embody different cultural archetypes of the Undead. To no one's surprise, the upcoming action-horror RPG Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is pretty vampire-centric, revolving around the antics of a newly-transformed vampire as he tries to navigate the cutthroat politics of Seattle's secret Vampire society and figure out who exactly turned them into a blood-drinking monster.
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