FRIDAY, JUNE 11 Being Traditional – The Prince or potentate of a domain creates his own law in the nighttime world of the Kindred, but three Traditions have been handed down from the nights of Rome. These basic laws – often bent and broken, but never safely ignored – are more than just social taboos, they are codifications of parts of the damned nature of the undead. The Prince and his Sheriff may enforce the law, but the very nature of the Kindred enforces the Traditions. Here is but the first such Tradition: The First Tradition: Masquerade – "Do not reveal your true nature to those not of the Blood. Doing so forfeits you your claim to the Blood." A Kindred's reflection (and any photographs or video) appears slightly blurred or grainy. This is not enough to stand out at first glance (viewers often assume there’s a flaw in a lens or dirt on a mirror) but it is enough to make identifying individuals and their features very difficult. Kindred can suppress this effect for a scene if the player spends a point of Willpower. Art of the Damned – Art director Pauline Benney passed along some additional artwork from Vampire: The Requiem to post. First is another excellent piece by Alex Maleev, featuring a vampire known only as The Unholy. (This piece appears on the T-shirt we mentioned yesterday.) Second is a piece by Jean-Sebastien Rossbach. Enjoy! Next Week: I See Undead People! – Next week we take a look as some of the Kindred who inhabit the World of Darkness. |
