[Glorantha] Vampire's choise

~Kevin McD
:Having the character accept oblivion rather than become a vampire is a
:powerfully dramatic end that shouldn't be overlooked. Such a character
:would be a true hero.

This is indeed what I meant in my post, and the only choise left to the vampire-to-be as I see it. A humakti, being turned into a vampire doesn't have the choise of being killed with his fellow humakti and joining the Einherjare. He faces the choise of oblivion, or becoming a vampire.

Incidentally, aren't many vampires indeed supposed to ex-death cultists that started to fear the power they served (just like Vivamort started to fear what he had released).

Parhaps there can be a small glimmer of hope. By facing oblivion with peace like a true boddhisattva, and getting killed by a master Humakti you could escape compleate oblivion. There is the myth of the sword of life, where Humakt strikes at the chaos wound in the world and seals it shut. Not a guaranteed thing by any rate though, more of a heroquest moment.

:I agree that it is up to the player group how they
:prefer such stories to play out, though. Destroying the master vampire
:seems to be a popular way to free victims who have not completely
:transformed. From a Gloranthan point of view, destroying the master
:vampire might break the victim's connection to the Void (having
:ceremonially defeated the Devil).

I'd say that just makes you a not-subservient vampire. At least in my games.

        -Adept

Thinker, dreamer and adventurer Received on Tue 04 Apr 2006 - 00:35:12 EEST