I may either make a new thread, or join one. Is anyone else out there interested in such a thing?

raises my hand "me"

Well let's talk about this, then.

What do you think makes a good vamp RP?

What do you want the vampires to be like?

What themes do you want?

Is there a "masquerade," or are the vampires out in the open?

Are they predators in this story, or prey?

Thanks Gisk.

I like an rp where there aren't restrictive limited bloodlines to chose from. I like open choice on character development with the maturity of the players being plenty enough to mitigate utter nonsense. I think age and power shouldn't be limited, however playing a simple human should be just as wondrous and fun due to character depth and the opportunity to write your way out of very dangerous situations. I like danger. I like description. I like when people are into their own ideas and get to drive the plot as much as anyone else. I like when characters start off with some kind of connections already established between each other, like an enmity, family, or attraction. I'm a little older myself, so I'm not into rainbow haircolor and dragons, but a semi-believable world would be perfect.

I really do love the modern world, and allowing some degree of science fiction technology helps level the playing field with humans. I like having vampires being known to exist, but letting players chose whether their character might be still masquerading. I also like incorporating remote ties to angels and demons. I'm not set on any lore for "where vampires came from," but that mystery could evolve in game. Specific weaknesses or styles of turning don't bother me, but explaining vampirism as a virus or with alien worms is gross. I'm also not a huge fan of 'original' or born vampires. IMO immortals just should never get pregnant.

I Love the Idea of a Good Vampire RP but seldom see one that isn't quickly destroyed by OPing or just plain old God complexing.

It's nice to think of Vampires out of the Coffin but think what widespread knowledge of the Immortal would mean. I know that with the great fear so many feel about death that I could operate as a well protected and wealthy corpse. Pay me only 20% ot your net worth or a minimum of 5 million and I'll make you my childe thereby granting you immortality for a price. (Oh did I mention the Blood Bond making you a subordinate of my clan?)

Then there's the Negative side such as Church hunters, government officials, mad scientists and bigot mobs that want the Vamp dead completely an permanently.

"Please Excuse me but due to Governmental guidelines set forth in the preservation of life and humanity statutes all Quasi and Undead individuals must register their presence in any and all districts." They'd monitor the Vamps every move and if a human disappears call them in and take samples of their stomach's contents to assure the vamp didn't dust them. They would sure as hell want them for military service.

The Science Fiction angle is always doable as a Human/ Vamp balancer.

As for the Born an knocked up Vamps, "What's next Are they going to Sparkle?"

I would expect vampires(or any immortals) to have the political power to stop registration acts and the like form going through.

So modern world, sort of a mild science fiction. Maybe sort of a half masque. There's been events that lead people to believe in vampires, and there's a lot of rumors going around, it's a popular conspiracy theory, but traditional media still denies it or treats it like a joke. But in the past ten years belief has been gaining traction thanks to social media and cell phones(everyone has a camera). It's still sort of a "conspiracy" but it's not seen as batshit like lizard people. It's believed with maybe a little more frequency than people believing the moon landing was faked.

So, as such, there's "witch hunts" in places where churches and the like have a lot of sway. Vampires don't like the deep south or rural areas for this reason. Probably they often get the wrong guy, and end up burning staking an insomniac that they see walking outside at night too often.

Probably a pretty prototypical vampire? Stay in during the day, go out at night. Strong, fast, generally superhuman in every way, hypnotic(maybe just charming in general). Subsist on the blood of the living, it's best to get it from the same species as them. The "condition" is passed by a mortal drinking the blood of a vampire, or else it getting into their bloodstream(if they feel a little squicked out by drinking they can use a needle, but it might not be the best idea in that case).

Do they have any supernatural(as in, more than just superhuman) powers? Is there a difference in abilities between bloodlines? Are bloodlines a real tangible thing, or are they just a social construct in vampire society?

I'm also thinking that most of their human physiology still functions. Allowing them to eat drink and do drugs. Maybe it slowly goes away over time, so younger ones are very driven by human desires, but older ones are sort of otherworldly.

I like bloodlines having "themes" in their powers. Gisk, you and I need to gm this. I like your setup. Rumiko, I also really like your ideas about "making it real," in having government regulations etc. However, government could get out of hand.

Let's make an rp with a half masquerade, so players can chose to escape laws as much as possible. I'll make it so that some humans know vampires exist and can become dedicated to destroying them. Otherwise they are urban legend. You can play good, evil, human, vamp, maybe even a rare werewolf here and there. I think I will give my character some kind of motivation to gather others and lead them to victory. People could chose to join me or oppose me; it would be fun.

I'll make the OC either tonight or tomorrow. Pass word or tell me if you want co-gm, have new ideas, etc.

Well I'm certainly joining.

I can help out with further ideas and moderation, too.