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MD said:It's been over a week since Sylvie posted, and five days since my last entry. If there's no reply by Tuesday, I'm going to move his character semi-gently to one side so I can post. Consent of the Mastah?
WoF said:
I'm pm'g him today, give him till Wednesday then go ahead and post. The #1 post in here says you guys are only expected to post once or twice a month so I don't want to leave Syl behind. Still, I can understand you want interaction so I'm going to ask him to go ahead and post. He probably has real life stuff going on since he's in high school and it's May.
[QUOTEWoF]Syl? You may want to rethink the whole vampire thing, I dunno. I wonder if there's anything close. Half-vampire? One quarter? We should discuss this because I do want to stick to what the Christia Committee agreed upon while at the same time giving players freedom in character creation. Time to put the thinking caps on. There has to be a way for you to have something equally creepy/captivating. [/QUOTE]Shadow said:Also, a small note about the vampiric virus as I intended it: it is something that will either a) corrupt the infected so as to make them evil, or b) if the corruption is resisted, it will eventually cause delusions and ultimately death. A person may be able to resist the virus for decades, but it will either make them evil or kill them. Whether WoF wants to hold to that is up to her, but I intended the viral vampire to be like the classical vampire, and all classical vampires are demonic. Just something to consider,
Shadow said:The virus can take decades before the corruption completes itself, but during that time, he would still act like a vampire, needing blood and all that. So, Daniel might only be a few years into it, or, well, more or less a few years. So maybe he's just not as infected yet, or he has a strong resistance. Otherwise, he would have to be a racial vampire.
WoF said:Based on this excerpt from the linked section above, I would say Daniel might possibly be a hybrid of human/elven/bloodline vampire? I put that in form of a question because it's just a suggestion, Syl.
Shadow? The second paragraph quote above seems in contradict your previous post that the vampire would be evil. Let's clear all this up so Syl can get to posting.
WoF said:Hey, you guys have any IMs? I have Yahoo and Gtalk. If interested my handles/logins/whatever are Woman0fFaith and WoFHb11.1 respectively.
Shadow said:Racial vampires are not evil, but viral vampires are. Like I said, I intended the viral vampires to be classical vampires, which were always evil or\and demonic in nature. The undead vampire, if you will.
However, to "retcon" Sly's character, we can make the virus resistible to some extent. If the virus is accepted, then they become the undead, evil vampire. If the virus is rejected, then it will slowly destroy the host, making them eventually delusional, and ultimately dead.
I think that Sly can stay the way he is; he's already played into the delusional part a little with his thoughts to slaughter Summer and co.. That's the sort of thing the virus would do.
I learned the phrase "retcon."
Make sense?
What do you mean by "if the virus is accepted"? Could he accept who he is and not turn completely evil?MD said:This way, choice and free will are accounted for, and since the option of choice is still open, I can see several ways for the vampire to remain good.. Drink animal blood, for instance. Or beg for donations.
Shadow said:Look, the point is this: Vampires, historically, have always been evil. In fact, in the original accounts, they are demonic; this is the reason that vampires hate\fear crosses.
Recently, however, a fad of "good vampires" has been prevalent, and I wanted a way to accommodate or explain that possibility. At the same time, I wanted to stay true to the classic vampire model without using strict demonism; i.e. a bite on the neck makes you a demon. So I devised the virus idea. Classical vampires would be attributed to the virus, while good vampires could be blood line.
But, both MD and Sly have made good points. I think that the virus should be something that can be resisted, but will ultimately either warp or kill the host. So, basically, Daniel has a death sentence on him.
WoF said:About the vampirism, I think Shad has done a good job of giving people options here. The viral vamp is evil, while the genetic vamp is a free agent. What is the disconnect? Besides, we haven't even heard from Syl on this yet. I want his input, it IS his character. I've pm'd him.
MD said:ahem... Am I clear to move Syl's char semi-gently aside, since it's Wednesday now/
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