Bloodsucker

Bloodsuckers

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Returning from the Dead

Bloodsuckers are undead predators out to enslave the station to their will. Though they can recognize eachother, they usually act independent of one another.

Traits

• Passively resistant to brute, with passive supernatural healing scaling with level.
• Night and Thermal vision for Bloodsucking needs in the dark.
• Undead, therefore has cold blood, a non-beating heart, complete immunity to toxin and oxygen damage, and can't fall asleep or enter critical condition (outside of Torpor).
• Weak to burn damage, including fire, hot temperatures and lasers.
• Constant blood loss.
• Lack of DNA, making it easy to find out with a Genetic Analyzer.
• Weak to bright light, requiring 2 layers of protection for flashing/welders.

Life

Sol

Bloodsuckers are active during the night and may roam freely, while their hud tells them how much time there is until the inevitable daytime. By default, Sol starts every 10 minutes, with a warning when there's 1.5 minutes left, and a second when there's 25 seconds left.

Vassals also know when Sol is nearby, being given a minor warning when it's about to hit.

During the daytime, Bloodsuckers must be in a Coffin or Locker to avoid burning to death. Coffins will fully protect you from the UV lights, and your Claimed coffin can be locked so people don't open it mid-sol. Lockers offer some protection, but it is still dangerous, especially at higher levels.

The damage from Sol increases with your Rank. Rank 0 Bloodsuckers will not be set on fire.

During Sol, Bloodsuckers will gain more ancient, giving them a Rank that they could spend to grow stronger. Entering a Coffin while they have unspent Ranks will allow them to spend them, but only if they are in a clan (which they do using the Antag info panel's second tab).

The Masquerade

The Masquerade is a code that all Bloodsuckers must follow to ensure their continued undead lives by preventing people from finding out of their existence.

Aggressively feeding off of someone too close to a non Bloodsucker/Vassal/Curator will land you a Masquerade infraction, getting 3 will officially break the Masquerade. Additionally, if the Curator discovers you with their Archives of the Kindred, that will instantly break the Masquerade.

Once the Masquerade is broken, your HUD will turn blue, become valid to all other Bloodsuckers, and Malkavian Bloodsuckers will gain the objective to ensure your death. Additionally, Curators will be able to tell you are a Bloodsucker from simply examining you, just like a Vassal would.

Your Vassals will additionally no longer be fully committed to you, allowing other Bloodsuckers to steal and Vassalize them for themselves.

Humanity

Humanity decides how fast you enter a Frenzy, and how much burn damage you get while inside one. Feeding off of a rat (Unless Nosferatu or Malkavian) will cause you to lose some humanity, while feeding on someone until they die will cause you to lose a lot.

Bloodsuckers will be notified if they happen to have lost some of their Humanity.

Frenzy

Once Bloodsuckers lose enough blood (determined by Humanity), they will enter a Frenzy. While in a Frenzy, your screen turns a blood-red as you gain the ability to instantly aggressively grab people. Your Feed ability will get a major buff while in Frenzy, drinking at a massively increased speed and drink rate.

• If you are part of the Ventrue Clan, you can bypass the need to drink from only conscious people.
• You lose access to all Abilities except Feed, as well as become Mute, Deaf, and immune to ALL stuns. You will lose the ability to use nearly all machinery. While in a Frenzy, you will begin to take Burn damage, and your task is to drink 300 Blood as soon as possible to exit a Frenzy.
• If you are in Sol, you will not wake up. Unless some external source helps you, this typically is your largest threat.

Powers

As a bloodsucker, you have an array of different and unique powers. After every day passes, you ‘level up’, and have to claim it by sleeping in a coffin and choosing a power. This only works if you are part of a Clan.

Leveling up will upgrade all current powers, increase your strength, resistance, health, feed rate, regen rate, and maximum blood, but increase the damage you take from burn and solar flares.

There are 2 types of powers: Single use, and constant cost

• Single Use: Can be used once before going on cooldown, instantly taking full blood cost.
• Constant Cost: Passive power that drains blood overtime, cooldown begins once the power has been deactivated.

You can find more (and generally more up-to-date) information on Powers using your Antag Panel in-game.

Starting Powers

Feed

Constant cost power that sucks the blood of a nearby human or rat. Blood is sucked faster if the target is passively grabbed. Additionally, the target will be put to sleep if aggressively grabbed. Feeding on a rat as non Nosferatu/Malkavian, or feeding on a human until they die, will cause you to lose Humanity. Aggressively feeding on a human while near another non Bloodsucker/Vassal will cause a Masquerade violation.

Feed will not work unless you are at least Level 1.

You gain one rank for free when entering a Clan through your Antag Panel UI, enter a Coffin to claim it once complete

Masquerade

Constant cost power which temporarily forges a near human-like identity, forging Health and Genetic analyzer results, as well as hiding pale skin and Brain traumas. Additionally, you will forge results for the Archives of the Kindred, appearing as a non Bloodsucker to Curators

• All passive Bloodsucker regeneration is halted while this is active.
• This is also known as your 'Internal' hiding ability.

Veil of many Faces

Constant cost power which hides your identity, becoming a new person until the ability is deactivated.

• Security HUDs will still display you as your old job, including your security records. Keep this in mind when attempting to fool Security, or are set to arrest.
• This is also known as your 'External' hiding ability.

Obtainable Powers

Vanishing Act

Single use power, only given when Sol is near and you have a Coffin claimed.

Teleports the user to their coffin in exchange for a considerable blood cost, while leaving behind a bat or mouse in their place.

If someone watches you teleport (Vassals are excluded), you drop all your current belongings on the floor where you teleported from.

Brawn

Single use power that deals ferocious damage to individuals, being able to even knock them unconscious at higher levels, along with being able to snap out of any restraints, lockers and grabs, punishing the grabbing individual.

At level 3, you get the ability to break closets open, additionally can both break restraints AND knock a grabber down in the same use.

At level 4, you get the ability to bash airlocks open, as long as they aren't bolted.

Fortitude

Constant cost power which turns the user into a concrete wall, giving brute resistance scaling with level, dismember and pierce immunity. It additionally gives stun resistance scaling with level. This comes at the cost of being unable to run while it is active.

At level 4, you gain complete stun immunity.

Predatory Lunge

Single use power. Spin around and, after a short delay, dash at someone, causing instant aggressive grabs, towards anyone regardless of distance. This will be lowered to a passive grab if the target is wearing a riot suit.

• If you dash at someone from behind or invisible (ex: Cloak of Darkness), then you will temporarily knock the victim down.
• Higher levels increase the knockdown time.

• Lunging at dead beings will tear their heart out, useful for your Heart thief objective.

At level 4, you no longer spin around and will instead immediately perform the lunge, however you are limited to a 6 tile range.

Immortal Haste

Single use power, dash somewhere with supernatural speed. Those nearby may be knocked away, stunned, or left empty-handed.

Cloak of Darkness

Constant cost power that turns the user nearly invisible you cannot run while it is active.

Mesmerize

Single use power, immobilizes mortals who stare into the user's eyes, this only works if the user doesn't have eye protection, and after a short timer delay.

At level 2, your target will additionally be Muted.

At level 3, you will be able to use the power through items covering your face.

At level 5, you will be able to mesmerize regardless of your target's direction.

Trespass

Single user power, a simple two tiles movement, which can let the user skip past doors, barricades, and windows, while also removing restraints.

Tremere Powers

Tremere Powers work separate to default Bloodsucker Powers, as they are simultaneously Single Use AND Constant Cost Powers.

There are 2 parts of a Tremere Power:

On Activation: The effect you gain immediately from triggering the Power.

On Use: The effect that happens when using it.

The Power has 2 stages:

• Regular - Level 1 to 3, the Power is weak and will gain little between levels.
• Advanced - Level 4/5, the Power gains considerably stronger, with some drawbacks.

The more advanced a Tremere Power is, the shorter the cooldown, and higher the blood cost.

Auspex

On Activation: Hide yourself within a Cloak of Darkness.

On Use: Teleport to your chosen location.

Level 1: Teleport has max 2 tiles

Level 2: Teleport has max 3 tiles

Level 3: Teleport has no limit

Level 4: Teleport will cause nearby people at the destination to bleed

Level 5: Teleport will cause nearby people at the destination to bleed and temporarily fall asleep

Dominate

On Activation: None

On Use: Mesmerizes your chosen target.

Level 1: Will immobilize your target

Level 2: Will immobilize and mute your target

Level 3: Will immobilize, mute and blind your target

Level 4: Will immobilize, mute and blind your target. If your target is dead, it will instead revive them as a Mute/Deaf Vassal for the next 5 minutes before being deconverted and dropping dead.

Level 5: Will immobilize, mute and blind your target. If your target is dead, it will instead revive them as a Vassal for the next 8 minutes before being deconverted and dropping dead.

Thaumaturgy

On Activation: Gives a Blood shield (If at least level 2)

On Use: Fires a blood bolt.

Level 1: Gives a Blood bolt that deals 20 burn damage to living targets.

Level 2: Gives a Blood bolt that deals 20 burn damage to living targets and a Blood shield, a shield with a 75% block chance, but costs 15 blood per hit to maintain.

Level 3: Gives a Blood bolt that deals 20 burn damage to living targets and additionally breaks open lockers/doors. Gives a Blood shield, a shield with a 75% block chance, but costs 15 blood per hit to maintain.

Level 4: Gives a Blood bolt that deals 40 burn damage to living targets and additionally breaks open lockers/doors. Gives a Blood shield, a shield with a 75% block chance, but costs 15 blood per hit to maintain.

Level 5: Gives a Blood bolt that deals 40 burn damage to living targets while stealing a ton of their blood and additionally breaks open lockers/doors. Gives a Blood shield, a shield with a 75% block chance, but costs 15 blood per hit to maintain.

Unobtainable Powers

Recuperate (Vassal power)

Constant cost power, slowly regenerates Brute, Burn and Toxin damage, in exchange for Blood and Stamina. Done by the mixing of your master's blood with your own. Does not cost your Master's blood.

Distress (Ventrue Favorite Vassal power)

Single user power, injure yourself, allowing you to make a desperate call in such a pitch that only your Master will hear, giving them your location.

Fold (Revenge Vassal power)

Single user power, bring a Vassal back into the Fold. RMB: Check Vassal status.

Using the Power while you have an Ex-Vassal (A Vassal with a dead Master) in your grab will instead slave them to you, however they will be on a timer that will deconvert them unless feed them with Blood, which you gain by using the ability while you have a blood bag in your hand. Right-clicking on the Power will give a status of all enslaved Vassals.

Vassals

As a vampire, you can create Vassals. Vassals are normal crewmembers who serve you due to torture persuasion and are addicted to your blood.

Vassals obtain complete loyalty to you, and are deconverted either by your death, or by Mindshielding. They get the Recuperate power and a pinpointer that always points to their Master's direction.

Vassals are useful, as they are Human to an Asimov AI, and are an extra helping hand whenever you're in trouble.

If a Vassal's Master dies, they become an Ex-Vassal, open to falling victim to a Revenge Vassal or another Bloodsucker.

Special Vassals

Bloodsuckers can assign special Vassals through the persuasion rack by attempting to vassalize an already-existing Vassal. These vassals gain special abilities depending on the Clan and Type. You can only have one of each type per round.

The Favorite

Benefits:

• Gains a unique HUD icon
• Resists Mindshielding
• Gains a random benefit depending on your Clan:

Caitiff - Gains the Brawn ability

Nosferatu - Gains the ability to Ventcrawl while naked and becomes disfigured

Tremere - Gains the ability to turn into a bat and back at will

Ventrue - Gains Distress and allows the Bloodsucker to slowly turn them into a Bloodsucker

Malkavian - Hallucinates and gains phobetor prophet (Bluespace tears in reality)

The Revenge

Benefits:

• Gains a unique HUD icon
• Upon their master's death, they will gain all their Bloodsucker powers, and gain a new ability to start a Clan with the other Vassals. This means they are not deconverted (except by Mindshield).

Gets the Fold ability when their Master dies, carrying on their legacy by keeping their Vassals' addictions running off of artificial Bloodsucker blood. They can examine people to tell if they are an ex-vassal.

Playable Clans

Through their Antagonist UI page, Bloodsuckers can (and should) join a Clan.

There are more Clans in the game, but are unplayable through regular means, and is usually meant for just flavortext (though there are some very limited mechanics to them).

Caitiff

Caitiff means 'No Clan', it is the default way of playing Bloodsuckers.

Nosferatu Clan

Clan Objective: Ensure Nosferatu steals and keeps control over the Archive of the Kindred.

You lose the Masquerade and Veil abilities, become permanently disfigured, permanently become Pale Death, and get a bad back, in exchange for the ability to Ventcrawl at will. Maintenance is your best friend here, as anyone can tell you're a Bloodsucker from a simple Examine!

Tremere Clan

Clan Objective: Upgrade a Blood Magic power to the maximum level, remember that Vassalizing gives more Ranks!

Tremere Bloodsuckers will ignite if they enter the Chapel.

They also lose all non default Powers, and instead gain 3 new Tremere Powers that they Rank up overtime;

• Auspex
• Dominate
• Thaumaturgy

They also gain a new Rank to spend at their Coffin when Vassalizing someone, allowing them to grow faster as they are not required to wait for Sol.

Ventrue Clan

Clan Objective: Use the Candelabrum to Rank your Favorite Vassal up enough to become a Bloodsucker.

You are limtied to purchasing 3 powers, afterwards you must spend it on your Favorite Vassal by buckling them onto a Candelabrum and clicking on it, like a Persuasion Rack. If you do not have any spare Ranks, you can instead spend 550 Blood. Your current powers will be Ranked up with your Favorite Vassal. You also lose the ability to drink blood out of non-sentient beings (Unless in a Frenzy).

Abilities you can purchase for your Favorite Vassal:

• Brawn
• Fortitude
• Immortal Haste
• Predatory Lunge
• Mesmerize
• Trespass
• Veil of Many Faces

Additionally, your Favorite Vassal will become more Vampiric as they level up.

Malkavian Clan

Clan Objective: Final Death any Bloodsucker who breaks the Masquerade.

You gain x-ray, and begin to constantly hallucinate, as well as become a Bluespace Prophet, gaining the ability to enter Bluespace tears in reality, even when people are looking. They will also, unless on Masquerade, spit out random 'Revelations