By Wicked Darkman (Wickeddarkman) on Monday, November 02, 2009 - 03:21 am:

For a long time I have avoided a scenario with vampires in call of chtulhu! (actually years)

So I have spent a couple of days researching vampires and the lore surrounding them!

I have made a list of all their weaknesses and have decided to let them have a number of rolls on the list where the weakness is removed!

So my vampires are of a very traditional build, but each vampire has immunities to the traditional weaknesses, thus making them unique!

A separate list of vampire powers is needed where vampires get a roll on that too!
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The scenario which I am making involves a vampire that has the ability to infect other species than his own (This is usually a "weakness" normally vampires cannot infect other species).

My vamp has choosen chimpanzee's as his target meals (This vamp is also able to survive on animal blood)

And as such I need some ideas on how a vampire coven of chimps would act like

Generally a vampire must have a restingplace. If that restingplace is somehow burried, overflooded or open to sunlight for about 33 days the vampire loses it and cannot respawn if destroyed!

A vampire can sleep at other restingplaces, but will die forever if it's original restingplace is not available when it dies!

So this chimp-coven shares a lair:

I'm not sure wethewr it's going to be a monkeycave in a zoo, or the underground sewers (Vampires loses power when crossing over water)

So any input you can give on vampirechimps and their type of hideout, and behavior is good!

This vampire does not have the ability to control it's offspring, so the chimps may even revolt!

Not all vampires will be infectious, but I plan to have one chimp become an infecter and a controler as well, thus it depends on this chimp wether or not the chimps throw down their source-vampire!

I intend the vampire and the chimpleader to be initially friendly to each others and depending on what happens in the story they will remain friendly, and the human will be the brains, and the chimps the muscles!

By Wicked Darkman (Wickeddarkman) on Monday, November 02, 2009 - 05:05 am:

Partial weakness list!

must be invited
loses power if crossing water
coma during day
hurt by sunlight
must rest near native soil
no reflection
cannot enter holy ground unless desecrated/vandalised
cannot cross wild roses, salt or altar-bread
Repulsed and harmed by garlic/holy symbols. (Symbols must be held by true believer)
loses some powers if poisoned by silver/garlic
Staking/beheading results in a coma. (Beheading is temporary)
Bloodlust if seing blood
can only feed on fresh blood from its own species.
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One initial problem will be for the chimps to get blood, since most of them can only feed on chimps! If they do not get the blood they will go into a frenzy trying to obtain it!

Some vampires will be able to drink from each other but this will still result in some few wild vampire-chimps that cannot be feed. They will cause problems within the coven!

A few chimps will also go solitary, finding their own lair! Most of these will be able to feed of other species and chose to be solitary by instinct!

Covens are always discovered in the end because of growing numbers!

In a normal vampire-coven choices could be made to kill the contagious vampires within the group to avoid detection, or killing new-comming vampires instead! But in a chimp-coven things should really go ape!!!

By Wicked Darkman (Wickeddarkman) on Thursday, November 05, 2009 - 05:06 am:

I can reveal that the plot so far is:

Recently the players have participated at a famous celebrity's funeral (Lets call him jichael mackson)

During the burial they notice that jichael's hand is moving (coffin is made of glass) So a few days later when fan hystery is over they visit the catacombs with the burried star!

Just in time to witness him turning into a vampire!
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Since jichael has been used in previous scenarios (One in which has had a monstrous offspring with a chimp that kidnapped and ate children)
the players have had encounters with monsterchimps before, which will only add to their panic later on!

They have in part of libraryworld (A sinking german submarine) found a magical cross that has the ability to act as a magnet when nearby undead creatures! The cross will function like a really powerfull magnet that will take strenght to remove from an undead (It's likelly to tear some flesh of them when removed from them) this cross will likelly bring some humor into the story, with vampire monkeys trying to fling the thing far away only to see it return and burn their flesh (Or some other vamps flesh if it's flung close to someone else)