pre abrahamic even

ive really enjoyed the interview with the vampire tv series and how its vampires engage with religion. louis is catholic, lestat is ex-catholic but still believes sometimes, etc. they hinted at armand being muslim, but it's also possible it was just a lie. i think it would be cool to have a vampire story that engages with islam on a similar level, where the characters struggle with the contradiction of their beliefs and actions.

are there any books, short stories, movies or tv shows out there that do this?

here's why :

1. both of them drink blood.

2. both of them "bite" to take in blood, one through tiny needles and one with fangs.

3. both are ancient.

4. vampires have great impulse and can detect us exceptionally well, and so does mosquitoes from even very far away.

5. both aren't usually out during sunlight, and seems to make their appearance more at night/midnight.

6. both are attracted to red/black colours or dark colours in general.

7. both spread diseases.

8. vampires date back to ancient mesopotamia historically, and at the time, area there was filled with winding rivers. guess where mosquitoes are found?

9. they both usually attack sleeping people. (ik this one is absurd but trust me)

10. both detect victims by scent

"for thy grave sins against humanity, you foul entities shall forever thirst for blood. but thou shall no longer posess powers, only the blessings of slap from someone whenever you even try to hunt for blood."

-zeus, probably.

(yes this is satire)

Hi, I've recently seen a post about Vampireology and because I've also just finished Dracula Unredacted (atypical sourcebook for a tabletop RPG) I was wondering if other similar "in-universe" books exist, maybe with the same tone (documents, reports, etc...).

(Is it not polite to ask to avoid VTM?)

(Reposting because I messed up the video!) I'm making an animated female Dracula short in the style of low-poly PS1 games. It's still a work in progress, and I'd love some honest feedback before I keep going.

A few things I'm especially curious about:

• Did it hold your attention all the way through?
• Was anything confusing or hard to follow?
• Did the pacing or on-screen text ever feel off?

But honestly, any reactions, positive or negative are really appreciated.

So someone invented a(nother) cross-over version of the World of Darkness?

One of my favorite books, certainly one I search for the longest to get. Part of the ology book series.

Hi all!

I've been hard at work on Blood City 2090 and I figured it was time to hit you all with another update. I was finally able to playtest the combat system a few days ago and it has given me massive insights into what needs changing/tweaking. I've already made some major changes to the movement system and tweaked the ranges for ranged weapons among a bunch of other things. I've got some more playtests scheduled but I'm looking for more.

For the next couple of months I think I'll be sticking with combat playtesting. For me personally (and I know I'm not alone) this was always a weak area of the VTM Storyteller system overall and I want Blood City 2090 to offer something a lot stronger in this area (no disrespect to a TTRPG that I happen to absolutely love intended whatsoever).

If you're interested in these combat playtests then this is the link to the Discord server here: https://discord.gg/6AfBCMAQg

I should make it clear that if you're interested in taking part but don't want to go through the fuss of character creation for these playtests then I'm happy to create premade character sheets so you don't have to bother. This isn't a bad thing for me either as it means I get to test out a range of potential builds I'm curious about.

That's all for this week, hope you're all doing great!

When I posted about Enhypen's vampire panel at San Diego Comic Con, which has a "dress as vampire" dress code, someone on here commented roughly "that's silly, what do vampires even wear".

Here a snippet of how their stylist interprets their theme. She also does official posts on this from time to time on one of their social media channels.

They also often wear clothing that feature bats, but I didn't include that here ... to avoid the "Batman" jokes.

Incase anyone is wondering im working on a comic about a vampire werewolf hybrid called Maya the vaewolf https://tapas.io/series/Maya-The-Vaewolf2/info

This tattoo is ON me, not by me. It is by Charles Russ at Dark Age Tattoo in Seattle.

I love the many variations of lore and the monstrousness versions of vampires and this is a perfect mashup of the romance and terror.

when I say this I mean I enjoy when non human animals become vampires. My favorite example is Hellcow from marvel she’s a cow that Dracula accidentally turned into a vampire.

Image you get turned into a vampire so you turn your dog that way you will have a companion with you for the rest of your undeath.

This makes me think if aliens could become vampires. Imagine predators as vampires.

what are your thoughts on non human vampires?

I'm Nerodivergent and love vampires a lot so obviously I have made a lot of vampire ocs, but out of curiosity, what tips do y'all have on making vampire ocs? Is there any tropes you believe to be repetitive, any you think are under used?

These are essentially, vampires that don't go feed on just anyone, but the worst of the worst: murderers, rapists, bullies (yeah, they count), racists, things like that.

What do you think of the idea? I think it sounds a bit hypcriticaly considering what vampires are. But I think it's a cool idea. In fact, one of my vampires characters, an Elder Vampire, is a Moralist, which is not very common for Elders.