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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kae'Yoss" data-source="post: 3180022" data-attributes="member: 4134">The part that gets +4 cha  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> They're predators, that's for sure. But they prey on humans, and they do so while walking in their midst. And those humans aren't exactly sheep. Not all of them.So those vampires cannot just go on a rampage each night and tear a couple of humans apart and suck them dry. They might be 100 times stronger than humans, but humans outnumber them 10.000 to one. And they have napalm, and nukes, and UV light. Vampires wouldn't stand a chance. So they hide their viciousness behind a veneer of grace. Yes, they're inhuman and vicious, but they hide it until they have their victim where they want it, away from prying eyes. Then they no longer hide. But they have to get their victims where they want it, without anyone noticing anything out of the ordinary. So in addition to their other weapons - viciousness, strength, undying resilience - they have thair grace, their style. They wind mortals round their little finger with ease. They incite passion, much like a succubus, and to much the same ends. That doesn't conform to all the myths about vampires. But it does conform to those stories that have spawned what is probably the second most popular RPG out there, and it does make sense. It's how I'd think contemporary vampires would be like, how they would be able to survive today, in our midst. The rampaging horror in the night would have no chance against surveillance cameras and special forces who have night vision equipment, elite combat training, and are in constant radio contact with each other.The Count Dracula thing would have worked a hundred years ago, but not necessarily today. So your car breaks down on some road and you have to take shelter in a weird castle with weird inhabitants, and your friends start disappearing? You just whip out your cell phone and get the cops. Or the automobile club - excellent service wherever you are, around the globe.Todays vampires would need to be social predators. Wolves in sheep's clothing - and who says that those vampires couldn't get some of said woolen utensils?</blockquote>

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