Nyskapande idéer i Vampire
Hittade en gammal post på rpg.net jag hade liggande på hårddisken där Vampire-utvecklaren Justin Achilli diskuterar nyskapande idéer i Vampire:
"A mechanic by which the character's morality is measured, and how it relates to the monstrous half of her personality. More than a simple pairing of descriptors (like Pendragon's Passions), Humanity and the Paths of Enlightenment are the moral barometers, customizable by the Storyteller, that make the characters accountable for their actions and determine the readiness with which they'll commit further breaches against the moral code.
Personality archetypes that serve both the "soft" purpose of defining character personalities (good for thumbnail descriptors) and the "crunchy" purpose of determining when they replenish their pool of personal initiative.
Social dynamic that breaks characters into further individual categories than a single council or faction. Characters have sects, clans and subfactions within. The setting also allows those characters to reject those distinctions (autarkis, anarchs) and gives the Storyteller room to create her own (the Inconnu, blood cults, Gehenna cults).
The ability to create servants (ghouls) by feeding them a bit of the vampire's blood.
A clan of Indian vampires, guided by a vampiric offshoot of Hinduism, created for the divine purpose of combatting a rival supernatural force.
A clan of Italian vampires, warped by their success during the Renaissance, that turned to necromancy to sate their jaded tastes.
A clan of vampires built on the philosopher-king mold of classical society, with emphasis on how much they've lost of that initial nobility in the modern nights.
A clan of vampires whose skill and personal desires at staying as close as they can to the mortal world from which they have been forever cast outside drives them to Masquerade "in plain sight."
A vampiric adaptation of the myth of Set and its following translation into other worldly cultures (The Egyptian Set, the Norse Jormangund/Midgard Serpent, the South American snake-gods)."
- Diomedes