Vampires?

[ArenaSnow]

Sure, something to spice things up.

[ViolentViolet]

Well players can make hunters we well. No big.

[ArenaSnow]

What's around so far regarding the plot of this thing?

[ViolentViolet]

Honestly. Not much. We've got a setting and character types.

[ArenaSnow]

Think we could just let it roll with roleplayers pretty much making stuff up on the fly?

[ViolentViolet]

Probably. A lot of role plays go really far like that. I fully intend to make up events and shit though.

[ArenaSnow]

Nothing wrong with spicing it up :)

[Arista]

@ArenaSnow I agree with thus statement :3

We don't have a plot yet, any ideas are welcome

[Celaira]

-casually wanders in- I probably won't join, but I thought I'd throw my input in.

In terms of Hunters vs. Vampires and Vampires vs. themselves (at the same time) is really overused. That is not to say you can't do that, or shouldn't. It is however, to say, that you need to add something to it that makes it completely different. You could probably do this by creating your own Vampire lore, and Hunter lore. You could create a lot of different things, be they weaknesses or strengths. The club thing was a good idea, and it'd be interesting if, say, Hunters were actually... Oh, I don't know, halfbreeds between a witch and Human?

There's also the fact of whether or not the general populace knows about Vampires and how they react to them. Do they romanticize them? How do Vampires use this? How is their society governed? You mentioned that there should be a coven, but usually there would be more than one. Would you allow people to create their own? Would their be Vampiric elders, or would there simply be a royal house by which all Vampires are supposed to obey?

That's all I've got for now~

[Arista]

@Celaira-glomps and hides grin- I should know this or be able to ya know...explain this? But anyway...Sissy.You. Are. The. Best.

[Celaira]

@Arista

-is glomped, laughs- Hey sis. You're welcome. :P

If you can explain, then you should so that the answers to these questions are documented somewhere other people who have them can find.

[ViolentViolet]

So the vampires I know i want to use are those that cannot walk in daylight. Those that burn when touched with direct sunlight though the sun irritates them vastly. A few have items enchanted by witches allow them to walk the sunlight though their bodies have an issue with being awake during the day. They have no issue with churches and holy items, holy water easily drank. Weak to fire for the most part, a stake through the heart incapacitates them, but if missed it can lead to their anger. Beheading them in this state is the only sure way to kill them, as long as the body is burned and the ashes scattered. Some manifest their own unique powers and those created of strong vampires tend to only be stronger than the average bloodline. A human is turned by ingesting their blood and killed shortly afterward, traditionally, though they can be turned while still alive if they are fed both vampire blood and human blood while they live. Wooden bullets also cause a fair amount f pain.

Hunters are born, live and healthy, and no normal human can stand up to a real vampire. Those how can have a special ability, they can follow and track the movements of the average vampire. Their senses are slightly above average and they know and learn faster than they should be. These humans are part witch, part demon or the descendant of one who had tried to become a vampire through drinking large quantities of vampire blood. It's strange, I know, but these humans are few in number as almost no one lives through the process when they do not become a vampire.

How do these things work?

[Ellri]

It would be interesting with something rather casual on a vampire theme... We peeked at it the other day, but got distracted by something shiny...

The scenario above isn't really all that unique... As vampire stories go, witches and werewolves are among the most common groups to be with them. Not to mention... Vampires tend to have all sorts of physical advantages... granting them a reprieve from the daylight makes it very easy to end up with them being very much overpowered.

The most common form of vampire hunter that we've seen is the kind where they secretly hunt vampires, trying just as much to hide the truth as the vampires are... It varies whether they're more powerful than baseline humans or not, but both of those are pretty common...
A scenario that isn't often seen is that of hunters trying to reveal vampires for what they are and the vampires doing their best to disprove their own existence.

Quick thought:
Are the vampires born as vampires, turned into vampires (by other vampires) or will either of those work?
(the last alternative can create multiple "classes" within vampire society, with the born ones considering themselves superior to the turned ones)

As for the weaknesses for vampires: those seem to make sense.

[ViolentViolet]

Ha! Thank you for talking! You gave me another idea :)

Normally vampires cannot procreate, the change through death makes them sterile but the 'royals', the aristocrats of the vampire society and a certain coven - a series of families - in New York City, were born vampires. They are the strongest and most heavily gifted, though there's only one family that is really pure of their blood and heritage. These are the descendants of vampires who became from binging on the blood of mortals and immortals alike. There are few families like this, that remain so pure and thus are able to control those beneath them. the aristocrats are of the same blood and may birth their young as well, though these are ones who had a touch of human in them, enough to make them less. Below these are those who have been turned - every vampire not of these families - was turned, less strong, not as fast and easier to kill.

[Ellri]

No problem.

having a few aristocratic families would certainly be a way to both stabilize and destabilize such a society.

For simplicity's sake, we'd also recommend primarily sticking to a single universe of vampires. That will save a hell of a lot on the lorebuilding. The art of worldbuilding is not something that is quickly done. Its easier when you base it on the "real" world, but still quite a lot of work.

[ViolentViolet]

I know what you mean. I have tried world building before and I'm only about halfway done what needs to be done >_<

A single universe of vampires though? I don't quite understand.

[Ellri]

universe as in: "Twilight" or "Underworld" or "World of Darkness" or the two hundred and eighty thousand or so others that exist.

[ViolentViolet]

Ah. Well I think these ones are fine. They`re a bit different and such. As well as we`re using a slightly less modern setting. Or a totally modern one.

Hmmm. . . It`s NY so probably a modern setting.

[ArenaSnow]

Just checking in for activity...

[ViolentViolet]

I'm going to collect all the information we have so far and figure out how it all fits together and then I think I'm going to add it to the first post.