>>6019538>>6019545>>6019558>>6019577So I mentioned I am still working on my alternative vampire setting. As you can tell because I have been watching a lot of Euphoria, The Idol, Buffy, 90210 as well as John Carpenter lol etc it might be a sort of pseudo LA urban gothic type setting hehe. An aesthetic juxtaposition I really like is the idea of a vampire beach (a Beach House?), because you usually associate sandy beaches with bikinis and sunshine which is the opposite of goths and vampires tee hee hee
An idea with the emotions I have thought about is instead of the usual dnd attributes like STRENGTH DEX CON lol how about attributes as EMOTIONS.
I mentioned before the physical simulation type attributes like Strength are near useless in modern drama settings especially with guns (unless you are doing a sort of Cyberpunk or pseudo-superhero type activated ability modern rpg setting) what is far more interesting is the EMOTION underpinning the scene.
So if I did a sort of horror urban gothic / techno-noir type setting, I might have in lieu of dnd attributes something like this, split between positive and negative valence (corresponding to rolling over/under some threshold, ie controlled emotion or outburst / breakdown)
FEAR
+Controlled: alertness, situational awareness, knowledge and anticipation of threat. Maybe an advanced version lets you manipulate the fears and anxieties of others?
-Breakdown: it can be the classic near paralysis of fright, or maybe even the reverse / overcompensation, prone to daredevil stunts and bravado
INNOCENCE
+Intimacy and trust stat, NPCs willingly confide secrets in you, seek you out for advice etc. It might also be naivety and being easily influenced / exploited by others
-This might be overwhelming cynicism and paranoia, but also ability to deceive and lie to others
CRUELTY
+Machiavellian instrumentalism, making others your playthings ohhh bdsm stuff ohhh I didn't hear the safe word. You need some cruelty to perpetrate any violence or even use weapons
-Allows you to feel guilt / have a conscience. Maybe also too high Cruelty leads to misdirected violence including self-harm
OUTRAGE
+It is the shame / disgust anger rage hate stat, you can use it to incite online hate mobs. Maybe it also helps you do brash things / not easily embarrassed or humiliated, with risk of ostracisation
-Low values of this stat, a chilled out calm, detached individual. Might appear introverted or passive / and leqd to being ignored by others etc
The idea with the pure emotional stats is to have a natural counterbalance in both directions conveying both advantages and disadvantages (unlike dnd, why would you ever want a low stat in STR DEX CON or anything etc)
Anyway, pic related is a top down picture of a beach house. I am trying to source more overhead / drone view type photo imagery for battlemaps, hehe. Basically imagine this with bikinis and tactical operators with assault rifles and VAMPIRES, or something argh
