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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Babylon Logos" data-source="post: 4176963" data-attributes="member: 37431">I don't feel that it is always an intent of 'acting' good.  Granted the Vampire is a being inheirently evil, no matter what lore you look into.  After all, they are likened to and in some instance refered to as, the children of Cain, born of the purpose of sin.  Yet, they are always considered intelligent beings, not nessecarally overly intelligent, but rather having gathered the wisdom of their years.  As intelligent, and wise beings vampires are allowed morals, which thus allows them the moral dilemna."What I am doing is wrong," is a phrase that should have passed the mind of any vampire at some point in life, especially of those unwillingly embraced, who may not fully accept the lifestyle they have been thrown into.  It is therefore plausible to foresee the exsistance of a vampire living off rats and maybe the occassional Poodle instead of a being of higher intelligence.  While this does not nessecarally make the vampire of a good alignment, it does at least adhere them to a moral code that is for it's intents 'stay alive and don't eat the people' still good.A valid point, also something I find myself in agreement of, as would seem many of the vampire players I have seen in ISRP through there years, no matter how much of a jackass they may be, they all choose to play the race as an intelligent being of self-control.Why is it that according to WOTC, a being of at least hero based stats, naturally above the average person, usually with an excessive amount of self-control and willpower to begin with, when taken by the embrace, and retaining if not bettering many of their stats will have less control of themselves than a lowly rat sensing a female in heat?  My solution is that they shouldn't.  As intelligent beings, regardless of being Undead, or Chaotic Evil, the vampire should be alloted at least as much self-control as in life, and through the years, much much more.  After all, randomly killing townsfolk because of a minor case of the munchies that coudl easily be settled by munching on a rat kept in a snackbox draw the attention of the aforementioned 'experianced adventurers'  aching for some teeth to sell for beer money, and maybe some loving at the local brothel.Besides, when you feed of populations, and assist in population control self-control = longer life.  A small town is less likely to call for a hunter over a vampire that practices the self-control they should be alotted, killing maybe one person a month, usually taking the elderly, people who will be dying soon anyway, than a vampire that wipes out a family in a single dining session.  Granted, having company over might encourage the family meal, but still . . .Anyhow, I'm out of time on my rant juice, time for me to head to class and the 45 minute hell of Pittsburgh rush hour to get downtown . . .</blockquote>

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