Canon Q&A With Storytellers

[Azraeth]

Good question! It would be nice to know 'cannon-wise' what is too far; and what is still possible.

In that respect, a bit more information on the curse of 'turning someone from a feeding' would be helpful too.

What is, per cannon, supposed to be believable vs ridiculous?

This could be played in a few different ways. What did you have in mind?

[Azraeth]

As a general reminder: This is a thread for questions. Please keep chatter to a minimum when possible. Please also only answer questions if they have previously been answered either in this thread or in the wiki, and then please provide links (or quotes) so players can read the information directly. Otherwise miscommunication is bound to happen. Thank you. <3!

[Maddra]

Good question! It would be nice to know 'cannon-wise' what is too far; and what is still possible.

In that respect, a bit more information on the curse of 'turning someone from a feeding' would be helpful too.

What is, per cannon, supposed to be believable vs ridiculous?

This could be played in a few different ways. What did you have in mind?

well, going by grid mechanics, if we say the average feeding is a equal to a pint of blood, can that sort of feeding turn someone? Or is it more like a feeding that takes several pints from the human?

Or can it be based on the emotions of the vampire during the feeding that causes the human to turn?

[Azraeth]

It would be any standard feeding, which is why the curse is such a big deal. It basically means that a character has to make the choice to:

• Not feed
• Drink blood bags/get healed
• Risk 1 in every 2 people they feed from getting turned.

Thus why many vampires with zemblanitous (in this case, basically meaning unpleasant surprise) parentage have to kill or/and dismember their victims. Draining a victim is not required, however it would make the chances of turning even more likely, as that's essentially one of the steps in siring.

[Adelita (DELETED 5973)]

Shadows blood, from what I understand, the second it leaves the body, turns into...shadows, correct?
So how do they manage to sire someone?
Does it require creativity? If so, that's fine...i just don't want to rp something way out of the spectrum, or go out of my way worrying about the blood transferring from sire, to sired if I con't have to either...

[Azraeth]

Shadow blood is still physical.

[Doc]

Shadow blood is still physical.

According to the wiki once it..touches something its.. gone

A Shadow does not have red blood, but black. It does not glisten or shine in any light, it is an impenetrable blackness, as if it is able to swallow all light it comes into contact with. Stranger still are the properties of a Shadow's blood, which doesn't drip or ooze, it splashes on the fabric of reality and hangs in the air. It is as if the blood hits an invisible object and simply floats there, spattered on nothingness, until it disperses a few moments later in the same fashion a shadow will disperse when killed.

[Roderic]

Yeah, could it be a little more clearer in the wiki on when it evaporates exactly and when it doesn't? That's why I asked. It didn't appear to me, while reading that, that it stayed physically there. Which was why I asked for a siring thread reply. If I need to adjust my reply, I can. Just lemme know ^-^

[Azraeth]

Shadow blood is still physical.

According to the wiki once it..touches something its.. gone

A Shadow does not have red blood, but black. It does not glisten or shine in any light, it is an impenetrable blackness, as if it is able to swallow all light it comes into contact with. Stranger still are the properties of a Shadow's blood, which doesn't drip or ooze, it splashes on the fabric of reality and hangs in the air. It is as if the blood hits an invisible object and simply floats there, spattered on nothingness, until it disperses a few moments later in the same fashion a shadow will disperse when killed.

The wiki (including the portion you quoted) doesn't say that Shadow blood disappears when it touches something, because Shadow blood is physical.

Just because Shadow blood is visually similar to a cast shadow, doesn't mean that it's any less blood, or real. However, if the blood were incorporeal, the wiki would list that as one of its attributes.

Additionally: I totally respect people speculating about uncertain IC things, but at some point, a person interpreting the wiki incorrectly turns into another person interpreting what they said incorrectly, which ends up turning into a big game of 'telephone', which is what causes canon confusion. The point of this thread is to ask for clarification or elaboration, so please keep the chatter/discussion as minimal as possible.

For example: At some point in the past, a player sad that if the city alert level hit 100%, the game would start over. This was never supported by David, and was never anything but a rumor, but several other players accepted it as fact, because it got spread around. There are threads for speculation, but this isn't one of them. If you have any concerns about something I've said is canon, that's what the PM button is for. <3!

[Azraeth]

Yeah, could it be a little more clearer in the wiki on when it evaporates exactly and when it doesn't? That's why I asked. It didn't appear to me, while reading that, that it stayed physically there. Which was why I asked for a siring thread reply. If I need to adjust my reply, I can. Just lemme know ^-^

Er. I'm a little hesitant to attach an exact time to it.

Really, I think when the blood fades out should be largely left up to the writers in question. Maybe it only sticks around for a few minutes. Maybe it sticks around for an hour. I'd rather not say "It sticks around for exactly 5 minutes and then fades out gradually over the course of 10 minute per half pint, with degrees of intangibility between the physical manifestation of the blood and total dispersion."

I could do that, but I'd rather have broad answers than extremely specific ones, as giving writers some freedom to make something their own is important to me.