Re: [BNW] Vampire question

["Patrick Legg" <plegg@lineone.net>]

> Okay, here's SPOILER SPACE...
>
> Separated At Birth" Comparison between
> *****************************
> "President James Norcross
> (a.k.a. "Super President" from the
> 1960's cartoon series)
> and George "Dubya" Bush
> (a.k.a. "Super Resident")
>
> Norcross: Has no name for his secret identity.
> Bush: Can't remember his name.
>
> Norcross: Has a bumbling assistant, Jerry Sale,
> to make excuses for his public absences, and
> who is threatened by villains in each show.
> Bush: Has stumbling Vice President Cheyney to make
> excuses for Bush's public lapses, and who
> is threatened by heart attacks each month.
>
> Norcross: Wears clothes that are clear proof that
> he does not come from the United States.
> Bush: Wears clothes from Texas.
>
> Norcross: Was never really elected President.
> Bush: Well?
>
> END OF SPOILER SPACE
> ***************************

Tjhats a high quality spoiler space you got there. Willing to trade?  ;)


>
> The bite of a vampire in BNW does not automatically make a person a
> vampire. It is possible that the vampire bite will kill someone,
> which might cause that person to become a delta, but there are very
> few chances (and no anecdotal evidence) that a delta awakened in this
> fashion must or even might become a vampire.

Well, that makes it a lot easier for a psycho vamp to go on the rampage
then.

>
> Of course, the vampires aren't going to dissuade people from that
> delusion, and it might be amusing for players of "Vampire: The
> Masquerade" in the BNW world to willingly submit to them...only to
> find out that they're dying, and not becoming "romantic vampires."
> (And good riddance to the bastards for that.)

Could make a cool scenario. A cult of vampire worshippers lead by a lazy
good-fer-nothing vampire conman -hey, just because you're a creature of the
night doesn't mean you have to work for a (un)living, right.  Especially if
they WANT their blood sucked. He's just providing a service. Supply and
demand. Its the american way, yeah.
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