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Hi there! First off, I want to say I like vampires. I really like vampires. I usually RP one if there's any plausibility. I have no shame in admitting this. That being said, I'm not RPing one in XIV, and the reason is that it's really not plausible. So far, we've seen no vampires in game nor even any reference to them afaik. The closest you might be able to role-play is a being from/tainted by the Void that must feed on aether (not blood), though sunlight doesn't seem to bother creatures from the Void.
Though you haven't mentioned anything about drinking blood and specified that the sunlight weakness would be a myth for your "vampires," so I have to ask, why exactly call them vampires at all? What are the downsides to all the benefits this template will give them? This isn't a canon thing, it's a thing you're making up and likely no one else will play one of these "vampires," so saying they're perpetuating rumors about their "weaknesses" seems silly. Why would they not just hide their existence altogether? Vampires aren't a thing in XIV, so as long as people are abiding by the lore, you're not going to run into characters who know what your character is and what the real world mythology for vampires is.
I also want to mention: Conjurers don't take from environment, they borrow the powers of the elementals.
I'm afraid I'd have to caution against trying to role-play a conventional, blood-sucking vampire, and the alternative you've laid out also seems best left alone unless you just want to take the route of playing a standard Void creature, which will still rub some people the wrong way. But that's my two cents; you do you!
People are not role-playing their characters as demons and gods. I think that's the key point here. Heck, even in game, they are not just "running around" and the majority of the NPC's we see are fairly normal people.
Though you haven't mentioned anything about drinking blood and specified that the sunlight weakness would be a myth for your "vampires," so I have to ask, why exactly call them vampires at all? What are the downsides to all the benefits this template will give them? This isn't a canon thing, it's a thing you're making up and likely no one else will play one of these "vampires," so saying they're perpetuating rumors about their "weaknesses" seems silly. Why would they not just hide their existence altogether? Vampires aren't a thing in XIV, so as long as people are abiding by the lore, you're not going to run into characters who know what your character is and what the real world mythology for vampires is.
I also want to mention: Conjurers don't take from environment, they borrow the powers of the elementals.
I'm afraid I'd have to caution against trying to role-play a conventional, blood-sucking vampire, and the alternative you've laid out also seems best left alone unless you just want to take the route of playing a standard Void creature, which will still rub some people the wrong way. But that's my two cents; you do you!
(09-21-2015, 11:56 PM)celestial_mage Wrote: not really much of a stretch when there's demons and gods running around. and hey why not maybe you were sent to hydaelyn as a baby lol
People are not role-playing their characters as demons and gods. I think that's the key point here. Heck, even in game, they are not just "running around" and the majority of the NPC's we see are fairly normal people.
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