Tell Me About Your Characters

[propergoffick]

Forget about the pages of rules and the handfuls of dice. Close the book, turn out the lights, and tell me a story about dark desires and relentless hunger. Tell me about a vampire: about her talents and her weaknesses, and you tell me what kind of challenges she faces, what rewards or perils come her way.
-- Vampire: the Masquerade (Revised)

 

Since we're all new here: let's do what used to be not the done thing at all, when I was a lad. Tell me about your characters! Open your hatch and disgorge that nourishing vampire tea.

Comments

[propergoffick]

He's SENSIBLE. That's the correct response to Sorcha.

(She's not as hardcore as I make her sound. TBH I'm thinking about retooling her to make her a little less... edgy.)

[mckelly]

There's nothing wrong with an edgy character or two, especially in a case as well-rounded as yours.

[propergoffick]

Thank you! I always hope that tying these things into an actual context (like, well, being groomed for the Embrace since birth, raised by some of the strangest people in Europe and then in a lonely Scottish boarding school, and finally finding out that your dad is a full time vampire spindoctor) grounds them a little bit - but I still think it's important to emphasise that these characters are people who, by and large, function in society. Sorcha's a weirdo but she's not psychotic. Riccardo is perfectly charming unless you happen to be related to him. Alistair... well, OK, Alistair's a piece of shit, but that's what the job does to you. He needs to be like that.