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

chapter one: society non-combatants
of the damned 351
Socialize (test pool 5) — Those Kindred who bring their servants to Kindred functions fi nd
that their ghouls are eager to learn about the ways of Kindred society, and often pick up the
nuances of its relationships rather quickly.
RACK VISITOR
Quote: “Buy me a drink?”
Background: Rack visitors are those nightlifers who prowl the hip, trendy bars, or who
while away their lives in the less glitzy but no less popular drinking joints.
Description: Rack visitors fi t a wide range of descriptions depending on the local culture
and the kind of establishments they frequent. They can range in age and appearance from
teenagers with fake IDs to salty old drunks, from glamorous club-wear to blue-collar shirts
and denims.
Quick Costume: Stylish clothes, nice jewelry, drinking glass in hand.
Storytelling Hints: Rack visitors aren’t in it for deep conversation or epiphanies of enlightenment.
Most of them go out primarily to socialize or to booze themselves numb. Still, much
“networking” goes on in bars throughout the Rack, and gossip is the nightlife scene’s stock
in trade, whether among countercultures or in mainstream whiskey bars. Secrets and leads
might issue from Rack visitors’ mouths as little more than idle chatter, and enough of them
are looking to hook up that the scene is practically a buffet for Kindred looking to feed.
Abilities:
Carousing (test pool 5) — Rack regulars know how to party, and most are well versed in
the art of drinking the night away. These characters are adept at dragging others along on
their club-hopping escapades, often to the detriment of hangers-on.
STREET PREACHER
Quote: “I look, and here before me stands a pale horse! Its rider is named Death, and Hell
follows close behind in his wake!”
Background: Among the ranks of the homeless, some fi nd salvation from their desperate
lot by turning to religion. Granted, their notions of religion don’t necessarily correspond to
those of any organized denomination, but as long as it gives them a bulwark for their humanity,
few of these street-corner prophets care about the regularity of their “congregations.” Heavy
on doom, brimstone, fi re and damnation, many preachers rant about the imminent end of
the world. Others preach a neo-Gnosticism, ranting against the evils of material things and
the soulless fools who pursue them.
Description: Wild-eyed and fi lthy, the street preacher has a windburned face. He might
wear a sandwich board proclaiming that the apocalypse is nigh, or he might clutch a tattered
Bible close to his chest.
Quick Costume: Once nice but now ragged clothes, Bible, wild hair.
Storytelling Hints: Because they’re homeless and often insane, street preachers frequently fi nd
themselves ignored. Therefore, they might be witness to certain events to which those witnessed
don’t even consider a prophet a credible witness. When a street preacher speaks about “darkened
angels who have fallen to walk among the living,” there might just be something to it.
Abilities:
Survival (test pool 4) — Many homeless people have learned to be acutely aware of their
environment, quick to take advantage of whatever opportunities fate tosses their way.
Occult (test pool 3) — The homeless witness some strange stuff amid the streets, and the
preacher is attuned to weirdness and events of Biblical signifi cance. His skewed insight might
be just what’s needed to gain a fresh perspective on a problem for which the jaded Kindred
think they already have all the answers.