Monstrumis Bloodline

[Wetohe Direay]

Ahh Phineas, its good to see your lovely input in our thread. I congratulate you on your annoyingness! I love you!

Now go away

Lots of smiles and all that. Bye!

[Karyuu]

Phinehas actually tries to provide constructive input - he may not do it with smiles and roses, but cutting away the mild joking and poking, he means serious business.

[Phinehas]

Cruelty loves company. For all my annoyingness, I know that if I decided to truly flame, I'd need at least another couple of flamers around with me, just to back me up.

Karyuu has hit the nail on the head, but you didn't hear that from me.

[Ellasandra Lenria]

Phinehas actually tries to provide constructive input - he may not do it with smiles and roses, but cutting away the mild joking and poking, he means serious business.

I agree with you, Karyuu and I really do appreciate Phinehas' feedback, despite how arrogant he may seem at times. Phinehas, I don't mean anything by it really. 

EDIT: I might as well make this post constructive.

I greatly appreciate all suggestions made by everyone who has given them. I really do. However, I hope that everyone realizes that if I took every single piece of advice and tried to fit it into the guild; the whole idea would be a little warped from the original idea. I will try my best to please the majority. Well, I think the only way to really do that is to shove my foot in my mouth and ask for a thread deletion.

Also, the vampire history is very loose and open. I'm really not claiming that we are the ONLY vampiric creatures in Yliakum. If you notice, I wrote it so that only Yerut died. The other four Dark Mages and the Master Mage were still living. Also, there is more of the Atrox Solis and so more vampires could indeed have been created. I leave this open in case others would want to add stories of other vampires being created. (No, I'm not trying to make the game into some vampire-crazed thing.)

Cruentus is only able to summon those in his bloodline. Vampire masters that have begun their own bloodlines have no sway over other bloodlines. In fact, the different bloodlines avoid each other.

[Please don't ask me to create more vampire masters and say where they are and what they are doing. I am trying to keep this small and focused in Hydlaa. If anyone wants to create some more ideas for vampire Masters, please do so and post your stories.]

For those that like the idea, and I know there are at least a few, I thank you for being supportive and helping with me with this experiment. To the people that wish for me to simply crawl under a rock and just nuke this thread, well, you will need to wait a little longer. And to those that offer constructive critiscism and suggestions, I thank you as well for at least giving me a chance to try and make this work.

NOTE: I have worked out the "vampirism cure" with Farren and have edited my first post accordingly. Please talk to Farren or myself if you have any suggestions or questions. And asking "can you tell me the cure?" is a question that will not be answered. Try to at least keep something as a surprise. :-)

[dragonfire999]

Meh.
People thinking they are creative with vampirism in PS 

Find me in game xD

[DeathsAngel]

Vampires or blood suckers races exist since long time ingame, but it's good to see people putting some effort of making them more real. I just hope there won't be problems with overpower "vampires".

[Verrliit]

A year gone by, the Seer smiles...

A thing foretold, has come to pass.

A prediction from the Oracle:

There shall be Leech Spells.  And only those who follow a Dark Path will be able to use them.


Do not be so small-minded as to limit your concept of Vampire to that amateur Bram Stoker, or the Hollywood spinoffs.

Imagine instead, the sheer joy that will leap within the hordes of would-be heroes, when they are given their deepest heart's desire at last:

A great and powerful Evil to oppose.

Those who wish to play as Vampires will fill in what is missing, just as they do with everything else.  Players could use Duel Points as a symbol of the transfer of life, and RP it now, if they wanted to.

In the end, this is the reason we keep coming back to PS:   to find our own stories, and then tell them to each other.

A spell is not just a spell.

PS is not just a chat room with graphics.

Not if you have an imagination.


There will be Vampires.  Get used to it.

(I expect Leech spells, "soon"...)




May the future bring joy.


~Verrliit~

[Karyuu]

The only thing that has "come to pass" is another group of players attempting to roleplay vampires. Do not mistake this for another "great prophecy" ;) Vampires have come and gone in PlaneShift before and after your time, and so they will continue to do.

Absorbtion spells are bound to be found in the future, but many people will just shake their heads and walk away when confronted with someone roleplaying a "vampire". So it's always wise to be careful - it's up to the "vampires" to prove that they're not going to fall into their own cliche.

Any teeth-flashing or "Raaugh, I'm a bloodsucker" is a personal turn-off.

[Ellasandra Lenria]

The only thing that has "come to pass" is another group of players attempting to roleplay vampires.

Hopefully, we will be semi-decent at doing so.

I know that this "vampire thing" will soon fade, but I hope that it'll be a fun thing for some people to get involved in while it lasts.

Verliit and Thormor, thanks a lot for being supportive. It means a lot to me and I'm sure the others agree with me.

Oh, and if anyone sees a person with the "Monstrumis Bloodline" tag over their head saying something like "I vant to suck your bloooood! Mwhaha!" Please let me know so I can smack 'em around a bit.

[Lolitra, Celorrim Purrty Twins]

Ha ha ha....    the spirits that swirl about the darkened curse that brought forth his very being, the Deamon of curses...  Hagarath laughs out from the shadows and watches with eagerness.   Perhaps he will 'use' these poor cursed souls to further his own chaos purpose.

[Verrliit]

The only thing that has "come to pass" is another group of players attempting to roleplay vampires. Do not mistake this for another "great prophecy" Vampires have come and gone in PlaneShift before and after your time, and so they will continue to do.

A year ago, you said:

A player can create a lot in Yliakum, but not everything. A player will never be allowed to recreate the Greek pantheon, or bring in Norse mythology, or get away with Vodou. There are limits as to how much of the outside can be brought in, and vampires/werewolves are outsideof this limit.

Valbrandr added:

And sorry Verrliit, there will atleast never be a Vampire guild that posts here and most likely their name would get changed in game.  If I am not mistaken, Moogie and .. hmm.. someone tried to make one not too long ago and there thread was flamed by everyone.  Not a pretty sight... Good luck though with an underground Vampire guild though .

You are correct, dear Karyuu.

My foretelling was of something small.

And though one day perhaps they might, my words by no means shake the world.

But it is a wonder for me, when I See what is to come, at all.

Do not begrudge me, when it brings me joy as well.

It is a sorrow, all too often.


~Verrliit~

[Phinehas]

*Phinehas glances over at Verrlit.*

You poor, deluded man.

As for the guild, it's well thought out. I still don't think that vampires have a place in PS, however, since I'm not backed up by an army of fire-breathing Draklars, Xalthars, Aurans, Savions, and various other oldbies, I'll submit to the general passiveness that seems to have overtaken this board. For now, that is...

[Anfa]

About the vampires:
- They are naturally inclined and skilled at the Dark Way.
- Light from the Azure Sun weakens them and spells of the Crystal Way are fatal.

are any of the bloodlines of the vampires immune to crystal way spells?

Cheers
anfa

[Ellasandra Lenria]

About the vampires:
- They are naturally inclined and skilled at the Dark Way.
- Light from the Azure Sun weakens them and spells of the Crystal Way are fatal.

are any of the bloodlines of the vampires immune to crystal way spells?

Cheers
anfa

The only vampire bloodline that I would know about is the Monstrumis bloodline. Anyone else willing to create another bloodline that is immune to Crystal Way spells is free to do so. I will not be creating other bloodlines simply because it would be too much for me to keep track of and would probably get confusing for others as well.

[zhai]

FYI:

(...) Now, people have asked, "Why are there no vampires in Planeshift?" Up till now, it's been, "It isn't explicitly stated in the settings." Well, here's a more definite answer: the settings team said there aren't any vampires. If you don't think that's fair, you have two options: play without vampires or find another game. This whole argument has gone on for far too long. Oh, and in case you wonder at my source:
[2:10pm] *Cha0s* what's the settings team's opinion on Vampires, vampirism, etc in Planeshift?
[2:12pm] *Xordan* vampires don't exist
[2:12pm] *Cha0s* never will
[2:12pm] *Cha0s* ?
[2:12pm] *Xordan* nope

Now you have an official answer from the settings team. No more argument!

As from today: you are out of PS settings. Sucks because I heard good comments on your RP and it seemed pretty consistent, yet, game consistency weighs more and the devs. have reached a veredict. Please go to this thread for more info.

Ellasandra: I'll be happy to stay in touch and put together more plots in the future. Don't feel discouraged. We all have learned a great deal and this subject has finally reached a conclusion and that is thanks to you and your work.