Post by Romulus on Nov 24, 2010 4:51:14 GMT -5
So here's just a list of rules for what vampires can and can't do on FFU. I've been trying to leave them pretty ambiguous for years, but since people keep coming to me about it I figure I'll just leave a list here for future reference and for anyone who wants to play a vampire.
- First off - the only way a vampire can die is by having their head severed from their body or their heart destroyed. Any other part of their body (cut hair, severed limbs, removed eyeballs, severed testicles, etc.) is restored upon the following sundown. All vampires return to the state they were in when they died when they awaken at sundown. The body parts removed from the vampire's body turn to dust during the day and are gone by sundown. This rule also applies to the Nosferatu.
- This means that a stake through the heart does in fact kill a vampire, as can a sword through the heart, a spear through the heart, a bullet through the heart, or any other kind of penetrating weapon. A stake -slightly to the left of the heart- does not kill a vampire, however, neither can any of the listed weapons above. The heart must be destroyed. This rule also applies to the Nosferatu.
- A vampire's power comes less from any supernatural source and more from the fact that they are dead. They have zero inhibitions about using their body to its fullest potential, and do not feel pain from anything except sunlight and fire. Vampires do not breathe, and do not get tired. The small supernatural force that allows vampires to do things that really cannot be done by any science fiction standpoint is increased even further for the dark Nosferatu. They have strength and speed far surpassing a standard vampire.
- Vampires burn in the sun. Any part of their body (clothed or not) exposed to the sun instantly turns to dust. If the head or heart is incinerated, the vampire is destroyed. This also applies to the Nosferatu.
- Silver, also, is dangerous to vampires. Contact with silver burns their flesh, and a vampire is often stunned by its touch.
- Vampires are extremely flammable. As if in reflex to the sun, an immolated vampire or one otherwise exposed to flame becomes consumed with a primal fear or rage depending on whether the fire has a source or not. Vampires rarely continue fighting if on fire, and are often wary around large amounts of flame, but do not flee from it unless it poses a threat. If the head or heart is incinerated, the vampire is destroyed. This applies doubly for the dark-dwelling Nosferatu, who would most likely shriek and flee before a flame.
- Vampires have suppressed emotions. Their emotions consist of the memories of emotions they had while alive. Their feeling emotions is purely from reflex ("you killed my mortal granddaughter who I've been watching out for? You've ruined my goal! I hate you!") or from an academic viewpoint ("I should feel sad now, so I do.") This, surprisingly, applies less for the Nosferatu, but life as a disgusting corpse often leaves them with feelings of rejection only.
- Vampires drink blood because it is liquid life ("The blood is the life") and carries within it the memories and emotions of the mortal they are draining. It is the blood which sustains them after death and keeps them active. A vampire who has freshly fed can be very emotional, is often beautiful (angelic, even) and their reflection shows up perfectly in a mirror. They can not only pass as alive and mortal, but appear as the very best of mortals. As a vampire starves his or herself, their more monstrous features become fiercely exaggerated, until finally they become little more than a walking corpse. This rule applies to the Nosferatu in every way except appearance, but in exchange a Nosferatu who has rarely fed grows weaker and weaker until they are withered.
- Vampires' reflections vanish as they starve themselves. A freshly fed vampire has a perfect reflection, which slowly becomes more and more blurred until they can no longer see themselves. The same goes for photographs.
- Blood:
Human Blood is the best and standard kind of blood a vampire can drink. It is rich in memory and life, though it comes in as many flavors as there are people in the world. Everyone's blood is different, but often comes in different types of archetypes and categories. Blood types rarely change the actual taste, though there are some vampires in Asia who believe this is the case.
Animal Blood is weak, full of primal thirst and hunger and lacking in memory. The strong focus on life is enough to preserve a starving vampire, but the lack of memory prevents animal blood from abating their descent into monstrosity.
Lycan Blood is the worst kind of blood a vampire can drink. A mixture of human blood and animal blood and possessing a bizarre aftertaste, Lycan blood can not only make a vampire feel sick after drinking it, but it is surprisingly the least nourishing blood. For this reason, a vampire would almost never drink Lycan blood.
Nephilim Blood is coveted by the Angelkin, and it is rare indeed that a vampire has been able to subdue one long enough to taste their veins. Indeed, a vampire who drinks the blood of an Angelkin might regain true life for a period of time, or subvert the very fabric of these rules in some way. Like the Nephilim themselves, their blood was never meant to be, and exists outside the Order.
The Fae Blood of Nymphs and Spirits, though it is rarely consumed, produces horrible hallucinations and coma which could put a vampire to sleep for thousands of years.
Vampire Blood itself tastes and smells constantly of dirt and ash. It is specifically the elixir of death, and only when drank at the threshold of one's death does it have any other taste - a numb, warm liquid which is all at once comforting and sorrowful.
Vampire Reproduction
Vampires do not produce children sexually. Vampires are capable of complete sexual intercourse, and can even enjoy the physical sensation of it (though their grasp of the emotional part is lacking,) but they are incapable of producing children from such a union. For this reason, male and female vampires are completely equal as their gender roles are strictly limited to the memories of the roles they played while mortal and fake amongst the living. A male vampire can no sooner be a biological father as a female vampire can be a biological mother, unless they produced their children during their living days.
Both male and female vampires can produce progeny through the process known as 'siring' or 'embracing.' The embrace is the method through which a pre-existing vampire kills a mortal and raises them as a newborn vampire with his or her blood. The relationship between a sire and his progeny differs depending on their desires. It can either be the standard parent and child relationship, lovers, a continuation of a previous relationship while living, or any or all at the same time.
The process is as follows -
A vampire bites a mortal and drains them to the point of death.
(-Alternatively, the vampire finds a mortal already at the point of death.)
The vampire allows his or her own blood to flow forth - from his or her bitten tongue, from a cut on his or her arm, as long as the blood is available.
The vampire then offers his blood to the mortal and compels them to drink. The mortal continues to drink until the vampire pulls away or they finally perish.
The mortal perishes.
The next sundown, the mortal rises as a vampire and the other vampire's progeny.
- First off - the only way a vampire can die is by having their head severed from their body or their heart destroyed. Any other part of their body (cut hair, severed limbs, removed eyeballs, severed testicles, etc.) is restored upon the following sundown. All vampires return to the state they were in when they died when they awaken at sundown. The body parts removed from the vampire's body turn to dust during the day and are gone by sundown. This rule also applies to the Nosferatu.
- This means that a stake through the heart does in fact kill a vampire, as can a sword through the heart, a spear through the heart, a bullet through the heart, or any other kind of penetrating weapon. A stake -slightly to the left of the heart- does not kill a vampire, however, neither can any of the listed weapons above. The heart must be destroyed. This rule also applies to the Nosferatu.
- A vampire's power comes less from any supernatural source and more from the fact that they are dead. They have zero inhibitions about using their body to its fullest potential, and do not feel pain from anything except sunlight and fire. Vampires do not breathe, and do not get tired. The small supernatural force that allows vampires to do things that really cannot be done by any science fiction standpoint is increased even further for the dark Nosferatu. They have strength and speed far surpassing a standard vampire.
- Vampires burn in the sun. Any part of their body (clothed or not) exposed to the sun instantly turns to dust. If the head or heart is incinerated, the vampire is destroyed. This also applies to the Nosferatu.
- Silver, also, is dangerous to vampires. Contact with silver burns their flesh, and a vampire is often stunned by its touch.
- Vampires are extremely flammable. As if in reflex to the sun, an immolated vampire or one otherwise exposed to flame becomes consumed with a primal fear or rage depending on whether the fire has a source or not. Vampires rarely continue fighting if on fire, and are often wary around large amounts of flame, but do not flee from it unless it poses a threat. If the head or heart is incinerated, the vampire is destroyed. This applies doubly for the dark-dwelling Nosferatu, who would most likely shriek and flee before a flame.
- Vampires have suppressed emotions. Their emotions consist of the memories of emotions they had while alive. Their feeling emotions is purely from reflex ("you killed my mortal granddaughter who I've been watching out for? You've ruined my goal! I hate you!") or from an academic viewpoint ("I should feel sad now, so I do.") This, surprisingly, applies less for the Nosferatu, but life as a disgusting corpse often leaves them with feelings of rejection only.
- Vampires drink blood because it is liquid life ("The blood is the life") and carries within it the memories and emotions of the mortal they are draining. It is the blood which sustains them after death and keeps them active. A vampire who has freshly fed can be very emotional, is often beautiful (angelic, even) and their reflection shows up perfectly in a mirror. They can not only pass as alive and mortal, but appear as the very best of mortals. As a vampire starves his or herself, their more monstrous features become fiercely exaggerated, until finally they become little more than a walking corpse. This rule applies to the Nosferatu in every way except appearance, but in exchange a Nosferatu who has rarely fed grows weaker and weaker until they are withered.
- Vampires' reflections vanish as they starve themselves. A freshly fed vampire has a perfect reflection, which slowly becomes more and more blurred until they can no longer see themselves. The same goes for photographs.
- Blood:
Human Blood is the best and standard kind of blood a vampire can drink. It is rich in memory and life, though it comes in as many flavors as there are people in the world. Everyone's blood is different, but often comes in different types of archetypes and categories. Blood types rarely change the actual taste, though there are some vampires in Asia who believe this is the case.
Animal Blood is weak, full of primal thirst and hunger and lacking in memory. The strong focus on life is enough to preserve a starving vampire, but the lack of memory prevents animal blood from abating their descent into monstrosity.
Lycan Blood is the worst kind of blood a vampire can drink. A mixture of human blood and animal blood and possessing a bizarre aftertaste, Lycan blood can not only make a vampire feel sick after drinking it, but it is surprisingly the least nourishing blood. For this reason, a vampire would almost never drink Lycan blood.
Nephilim Blood is coveted by the Angelkin, and it is rare indeed that a vampire has been able to subdue one long enough to taste their veins. Indeed, a vampire who drinks the blood of an Angelkin might regain true life for a period of time, or subvert the very fabric of these rules in some way. Like the Nephilim themselves, their blood was never meant to be, and exists outside the Order.
The Fae Blood of Nymphs and Spirits, though it is rarely consumed, produces horrible hallucinations and coma which could put a vampire to sleep for thousands of years.
Vampire Blood itself tastes and smells constantly of dirt and ash. It is specifically the elixir of death, and only when drank at the threshold of one's death does it have any other taste - a numb, warm liquid which is all at once comforting and sorrowful.
Vampire Reproduction
Vampires do not produce children sexually. Vampires are capable of complete sexual intercourse, and can even enjoy the physical sensation of it (though their grasp of the emotional part is lacking,) but they are incapable of producing children from such a union. For this reason, male and female vampires are completely equal as their gender roles are strictly limited to the memories of the roles they played while mortal and fake amongst the living. A male vampire can no sooner be a biological father as a female vampire can be a biological mother, unless they produced their children during their living days.
Both male and female vampires can produce progeny through the process known as 'siring' or 'embracing.' The embrace is the method through which a pre-existing vampire kills a mortal and raises them as a newborn vampire with his or her blood. The relationship between a sire and his progeny differs depending on their desires. It can either be the standard parent and child relationship, lovers, a continuation of a previous relationship while living, or any or all at the same time.
The process is as follows -
A vampire bites a mortal and drains them to the point of death.
(-Alternatively, the vampire finds a mortal already at the point of death.)
The vampire allows his or her own blood to flow forth - from his or her bitten tongue, from a cut on his or her arm, as long as the blood is available.
The vampire then offers his blood to the mortal and compels them to drink. The mortal continues to drink until the vampire pulls away or they finally perish.
The mortal perishes.
The next sundown, the mortal rises as a vampire and the other vampire's progeny.