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RE: Plausibility of Vampire RP - Warren Castille - 09-22-2015

(09-22-2015, 12:47 PM)Casden Reeves Wrote:
(09-22-2015, 12:46 PM)Caspar Wrote:
(09-22-2015, 12:27 PM)Sylentmana Wrote: Did you guys know that in Japanese mythology, vampires survive more by eating fecal matter and insects than blood. They do drink blood, but most often prefer a nice tasty shit sandwich.
I thought that was a non blood drinking youkai, akaname, who licked filth from bathrooms and people.
Where do you people even find this stuff??
lmao

Culture is weird, man. "Keep your space and yourself clean, otherwise shitdemons will [redacted] your [redacted] until you're completely out of [redacted]. You won't [expletive] right for a week afterwards."

RE: Plausibility of Vampire RP - Sounsyy - 09-22-2015

(09-22-2015, 12:34 PM)Oli! Wrote: What if the vampire legends come from the bats and not actual vampires?

So, why would a bat need to turn into another bat?

Vampiric Tapestry Wrote:Despite the fear-inducing moniker, this flying cephalopod neither sups on blood nor transforms into a bat. Rumors that it does not cast a shadow are unfounded, and all manner of stakes, from oak, to iron, to granite, to cermet, have been found effective in impaling this rather peaceful creature of the clouds.


RE: Plausibility of Vampire RP - Ignacius - 09-22-2015

(09-22-2015, 12:47 PM)Casden Reeves Wrote:
(09-22-2015, 12:46 PM)Caspar Wrote:
(09-22-2015, 12:27 PM)Sylentmana Wrote: Did you guys know that in Japanese mythology, vampires survive more by eating fecal matter and insects than blood. They do drink blood, but most often prefer a nice tasty shit sandwich.
I thought that was a non blood drinking youkai, akaname, who licked filth from bathrooms and people.
Where do you people even find this stuff??
lmao

Have you seen those images of perfectly clear flood water in Japan?

Shit's just cleaner there...

RE: Plausibility of Vampire RP - SicketySix - 09-22-2015

2 girls 1 cup, obviously vampires!

RE: Plausibility of Vampire RP - Aya - 09-22-2015

(09-22-2015, 12:49 PM)Sounsyy Wrote:
(09-22-2015, 12:34 PM)Oli! Wrote: What if the vampire legends come from the bats and not actual vampires?

So, why would a bat need to turn into another bat?

Vampiric Tapestry Wrote:Despite the fear-inducing moniker, this flying cephalopod neither sups on blood nor transforms into a bat. Rumors that it does not cast a shadow are unfounded, and all manner of stakes, from oak, to iron, to granite, to cermet, have been found effective in impaling this rather peaceful creature of the clouds.
Wait?  Is the idea now to play a Flying Cephlapod?

(Go Go Miskatonic U!  Go Go Fighting Cephlapods!)

RE: Plausibility of Vampire RP - Sylentmana - 09-22-2015

(09-22-2015, 12:46 PM)Caspar Wrote:
(09-22-2015, 12:27 PM)Sylentmana Wrote: Did you guys know that in Japanese mythology, vampires survive more by eating fecal matter and insects than blood. They do drink blood, but most often prefer a nice tasty shit sandwich.
I thought that was a non blood drinking youkai, akaname, who licked filth from bathrooms and people.

That's a different youkai. The vampire prefers to run about at night and shovel whatever nasty things it finds into its mouth. This often includes bugs and fecal matter, but will attack and drink the blood of unwary travelers. Also, they are almost always women.

RE: Plausibility of Vampire RP - Sounsyy - 09-22-2015

(09-22-2015, 12:53 PM)Aya Wrote: Wait?  Is the idea now to play a Flying Cephlapod?

The idea has always been to play a flying cephalopod.

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RE: Plausibility of Vampire RP - Vyce - 09-22-2015

Vampire bats are pretty damn cool. Their saliva is like topical Novocain and a blood thinner. They just poke a little hole and lick lick lick lick and then fly away into the clouds.

RE: Plausibility of Vampire RP - McBeefâ„¢ - 09-22-2015

Basically where we're at is that vampire legends clearly exist in the folklore, and they seem to be somewhat similar to european anime vampires. 
Whether or not they actually exist is an open question, but the /legend/ of them does to some respect.

If you play some manner of character that sucks blood or drinks blood or needs blood to survive, calling yourself a 'vampire' isn't much of a stretch. Other characters would probably also call you a vampire, even if you'e not technically one.

RE: Plausibility of Vampire RP - McBeefâ„¢ - 09-22-2015

Hell, they'll call a plant a vampire.

RE: Plausibility of Vampire RP - Warren Castille - 09-22-2015

(09-22-2015, 12:59 PM)McBeefâ„¢ Wrote: Hell, they'll call a plant a vampire.

It's pretty telling that they compared the blood-drinking tree monster to a myth and not the other way around.

RE: Plausibility of Vampire RP - Val - 09-22-2015

I don't really think we should take comical flavor text clearly meant to be a joke as a serious entry to lore, though. SE has a big history with throwing things in their games just to justify an action/event/whatever that doesn't need to be. The cephalopod seems to be more a joke name than anything else, an allusion to the real world myth rather than anything in game.

That's my take from it, at least Smile

RE: Plausibility of Vampire RP - Ignacius - 09-22-2015

(09-22-2015, 12:51 PM)Casden Reeves Wrote: 2 girls 1 cup, obviously vampires!

And that's what Larry Craig was doing; looking for vampires.  And he can't even tell us, because it's a government secret.

RE: Plausibility of Vampire RP - DoomsdayClock - 09-22-2015

Wouldn't it be entirely possible to use some form of void taint or touch to cause a similar condition and still work it into the lore?

RE: Plausibility of Vampire RP - McBeefâ„¢ - 09-22-2015

(09-22-2015, 12:59 PM)Warren Castille Wrote:
(09-22-2015, 12:59 PM)McBeefâ„¢ Wrote: Hell, they'll call a plant a vampire.

It's pretty telling that they compared the blood-drinking tree monster to a myth and not the other way around.
In ffxiv land 'vampire' just seems to mean creepy thing that drinks blood. 

We don't know any more than that. 

So as long as your char is 

A: Creepy

B: Drinks Blood

you're a vampire _____ . congrats, regardless if you got that way from a voidsent, traditional vampire, or radioactive bat.


Edit: ^^^ yep doomsday that's what I'm saying.