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Humanity... its Whats For Dinner
Humanity... the core of our being
Humanity. Why on earth are those dots on our sheets? God, why, when I submitted my character - did I have to -explain- the stupid thing? Isn't it just because I put 4 dots into Conscience and another for into courage and came up with 8?
No. Humanity is the very core of this game, and it is something that needs to have attention drawn to it.
This game is about a life. A life that was taken turned upside down and inside out and is now, a living dead thing, with a very angry beast inside of it.
And the Humanity is just how much that beast has control over you. Lets take a look at the ratings and relate them to our game.
Humanity 10: Selfish thoughts. That's jealousy, that's buying a drink for yourself and not someone else. That's thinking you look better tonight then someone else. Almost perfect-human. A humanity 10 most normal humans don't even have, save mother Teresa. If your kindred is here, they act think and look 100 percent human. Marriage? Love? All necessary for survival.
Humanity 9: Minor Selfish Acts. Not telling someone something. Or saying something timed just right that would cause someone to doubt themselves. Even here, there are few mortals in this area, let alone kindred. If your Kindred is here, marriage is an okay idea, but it will probably end in divorce. But forget about that war coterie, killing? Ew. Not even if it deserves it.
Humanity 8: Injury to another (accidental or otherwise) that's no murder, no fighting them. You'd be heartbroken if they tripped over your bag. that drug trafficking plot you had going? I don't think so, think of all the people who could be hurt, or worse! This is the average for normal good-hearted humans. If your kindred is here, you're still avoiding that war party. You still look rather human, and would like to stay that way
Humanity 7: Theft. Any sort, ideas, copying MP3s, "Forgetting" to give a note to this or that person. This is where most humans are at, and where most vampires start. If your kindred is here, life is starting to get boring.
Humanity 6: Accidental Violation (drinking a vessel dry out of starvation) You're still trying to hold onto the last shreds of what it was like to be human, but at this point, its a losing battle. The war party is starting to look good. Here there is no real point to drinking beer when its not to cover the masquerade. Marriage? a waste of time. It will end in pain - and that might not be bad.
Humanity 5: Intentional Property Damage. Run that stolen car into the tree, its amusing! If the sabbat need to be killed, you'll get over it eventually. Kindred here start to dance with the beast.
Humanity 4: Impassioned violation (manslaughter, killing a vessel in frenzy). Your politics are the bloody kind. You won't let anything stand in the way of your existence. You and the beast are close friends.
Humanity 3: Planned Violation (outright murder, savored torture) You want to run the "Cleansing" group, pretty please? You think up torture of animals and small children on a regular basis
Humanity 2: Causal violation (thoughtless killing, feeding past satiation) Did that neonate just insult you? Who cares! DIE! Kill, blood makes the grass grow green! the beast is your buddy, your numero uno.
Humanity 1: Unplayable.
Take a long look at this list and ask yourself if you are playing your humanity properly.
As a side note, for those who do NOT know how to roll for degradation of humanity, it is a conscious roll difficultly 8. If you get even 1 suxx, then you will justify your acts.. somehow. If you fail, you lose a point of humanity and if you botch, you lose a point of both conscious and humanity.
Oh, and yes. There will be a test...
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