Mind's Eye Theatre - Vampire The Requiem.pdf - RoseRed

chapter one: summary: society of the descent
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little, hit someone who tried to hit them fi rst, or take opportunities for a little fun that don’t
really hurt anyone else. Such a character has a Vice that she probably indulges in small ways
with only minimal regrets. These Kindred can still easily pass for mortal, and they probably
have mortal acquaintances.
HUMANITY 5
It’s a tough world, and Kindred with this Humanity score accept that they need some
toughness as well. Such characters can recognize and reject deliberate atrocities… but shit
happens. If some happens to them, they throw it right back. Why should they act better
than anyone else?
At this Humanity, a Kindred starts to show the eerie unpleasantness that puts mortals on
their guard. A skilled dissembler can still persuade mortals to ignore their instincts, though.
HUMANITY 4
Most Kindred eventually stabilize at or around this Humanity. Characters with Humanity
4 become genuinely callous and selfi sh. Murder no longer shocks them. Violence, theft,
treachery, lies — these are all just tools to help a Kindred get what he wants, to gain power
and to protect his all-important self. Expedience becomes suffi cient justifi cation for nearly
anything. A character suffers from his Vice and indulges it with little restraint. He can still
recognize the practical, legal consequences if the mortal world discovers his crimes, however,
so he takes care to hide his offenses.
Such a low-Humanity Kindred has a distinctly corpselike appearance, though makeup can
compensate. Beauty carries a predatory taint or shows the bland, sterile attractiveness of a
manikin. Only the inability to conceive of such a thing keeps mortals from recognizing the
character as a walking, talking cadaver.
HUMANITY 3-2
A vampire does whatever he can get away with. Only the most remarkable sadism or
perversion can bother Kindred with such a low Humanity… or at least seem too dangerous
to justify the pleasure they would bring. All other creatures are tools, toys or food. Anyone
who says otherwise has proved he is too stupid to deserve consideration. A character this
inhumane feels the pull of such a potent Vice, on top of the Beast and his own ruthlessness,
that he barely qualifi es as sane.
No amount of dissembling can help such a character pass for human for long. Mortals
know within minutes that they are in the presence of a monster, even if they don’t realize
what kind.
HUMANITY 1
Forget sanity — at this Humanity, a Kindred can barely function as a sentient being. Little
except a deranged obsession or direct threat to existence can focus the vampire’s mind against
the hungers of the Beast and the drive of an overwhelming Vice. The character even has trouble
mustering the cunning needed to hide her crimes and debauches from mortal authorities
or other Kindred. Rotting corpses strewn about a gore-spattered haven is a perfectly typical
setting for such degenerate vampire. Mortals instantly recognize the Kindred as a monster
whom they should fl ee, or at least a psychopath in the last stages of mental disintegration.
HUMANITY 0
Hunt. Kill. Feed. Sleep. Repeat.
At Humanity 0, a character possesses no shred of free will and cannot be played any longer.
From this fi nal degeneration, there is no return. The character must be turned over to the
Storytelling staff, perhaps to be used as a recurring villain.