 HMHVV Question, Effect of the virus on rare species? |
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 Jan 12 2006, 10:24 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 689 Joined: 16-September 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 5,623  |
basically for reasons of creating a nasty opponent I am asking if a breeding drake could be infected with HMHVV. In my game am leaning towards saying its possible but am curious what others think the resulting critter would be like. For my personal take I am saying the drake in question was unmannifested when he was attacked by a vampire and the resulting trauma triggered his previously dormant Drake genes. Thoughts, besides it can't be done?
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Jan 12 2006, 10:44 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,026 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Seattle (Really!) Member No.: 7,996 |
Yes: Yuck what a monster! At least if your going to give it all the traits of a Drake and Vampire. I don't remember ever seeing anything that specifically outlawed this hybrid, though some might argue that the HMH portion of HMHVV may preclude Drakes on the basis aren't quite Metahumans. |
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Jan 12 2006, 10:45 PM
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You could just use Drop Bears :P
If you realy want a nasty fragger, just stack the powers of the bred drake with the powers of the HMHVV-Metatype. Would not be much more powerfull as a true drake (see Dragons of the 6th World). |
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Jan 12 2006, 11:05 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,026 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Seattle (Really!) Member No.: 7,996 |
Yes, there is always room for Drop Bears |
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Jan 12 2006, 11:29 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 751 Joined: 7-June 02 From: Hamilton.LTG.on.ca Member No.: 2,853 |
Hey I made a Drake fox shape shifter once, lacked on skills and Nuyen but damn it was hard to kill.
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Jan 12 2006, 11:36 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 355 Joined: 3-October 05 From: Ann Arbor, MI Member No.: 7,803 |
I don't think it'd work. I don't know much about Drakes, but...Well, they're not Human.
Nor are they Metahuman. They're Drakes. Kinda like how Shapeshifters aren't their base metarace. I could be wrong though. If it did work, I'd say the resulting creature would be some sort of perverted Necrodragon. |
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Jan 12 2006, 11:40 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 751 Joined: 7-June 02 From: Hamilton.LTG.on.ca Member No.: 2,853 |
it was a human as it's base race, but as far as i know, it can be done.
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Jan 12 2006, 11:46 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,026 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Seattle (Really!) Member No.: 7,996 |
That I would pay to see |
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Jan 13 2006, 12:39 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 751 Joined: 7-June 02 From: Hamilton.LTG.on.ca Member No.: 2,853 |
man that is a cool idear there Mr.
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Jan 13 2006, 12:40 AM
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Hoppelhäschen 5000 Group: Members Posts: 5,807 Joined: 3-January 04 Member No.: 5,951 |
Is it called ÿtzgÿl? |
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Jan 13 2006, 12:46 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 751 Joined: 7-June 02 From: Hamilton.LTG.on.ca Member No.: 2,853 |
no I named him Chonin the Golden Haired.
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Jan 13 2006, 01:09 AM
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Hoppelhäschen 5000 Group: Members Posts: 5,807 Joined: 3-January 04 Member No.: 5,951 |
That's cruel.
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Jan 13 2006, 04:27 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
I'm going to say this once: if a drake can catch HMHVV, then Ryan Mercury will become a nosferatu on top of everything else. Is that what you want? Hmm? A goth emo Ryan Mercury?
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Jan 13 2006, 04:39 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,026 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Seattle (Really!) Member No.: 7,996 |
Hmmm......That might be a slight improvement |
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Jan 13 2006, 04:54 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Banned Posts: 3,732 Joined: 1-September 05 From: Prague, Czech Republic Member No.: 7,665 |
Just curious... since a Drake can mimic any metatype, any namegiver, wouldn't that mean that a Drake Vampire would have every kind of vampiric modification?
So they get white poofy hair and long fangs and expanded dermal deposits and acidic secretions and they lose their sapience, and I don't have to care what they do anymore... -Frank |
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Jan 13 2006, 05:41 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
Talking Bred Drakes here Frank, True Drakes are a whole different kettle of fish.
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Jan 13 2006, 05:50 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,283 Joined: 17-May 05 Member No.: 7,398 |
What I want to know is what happens when a Technomancer gets infected with HMHVV. He can't become a Vampire, because they have a Magic rating and Magic and Resonance are mutually exclusive attributes.
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Jan 13 2006, 07:18 AM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
He'll lose his Resonance completly?
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Jan 13 2006, 07:23 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
I don't recall on 4th ed, but in other editions, many vamps were magically active, but not all. But I would say that it would be one or the other, leaning towards magical ability over resonance. No half and half, like half orks or dwelfs (dwarf/elf, also known as the average human, which of course does not exist as a PC)
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Jan 13 2006, 08:22 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,283 Joined: 17-May 05 Member No.: 7,398 |
In 4th, all paracritters have a Magic rating, which their critter powers are based off of. Not all vamps have the Magician or Adept qualities, though.
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Jan 13 2006, 09:19 AM
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Hoppelhäschen 5000 Group: Members Posts: 5,807 Joined: 3-January 04 Member No.: 5,951 |
To become infected, he must have lost his Essence completly - loosing all his resonance. |
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Jan 13 2006, 10:58 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,283 Joined: 17-May 05 Member No.: 7,398 |
I don't think so- if you've submerged and picked up a Resonance of 7+ you'll still have a point left over once the vampire finishes draining you.
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Jan 13 2006, 05:31 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Banned Posts: 3,732 Joined: 1-September 05 From: Prague, Czech Republic Member No.: 7,665 |
But you still die, which presumably terminates your Resonance.
-Frank |
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Jan 14 2006, 03:00 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 689 Joined: 16-September 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 5,623 |
Some interesting ideas. Necrodrake sounds rather entertaining to say the least, lol. I was going towards the idea that the drake / vampire would have all the abilities of both. The powers pretty much speak for themselves and should make for a seriously tough bad guy.
As for motivation of said bad guy. The idea that was floating around in my head was that the infected drake would come to believe that this is the true path to freedom for his kind and start searching out undiscovered drakes. Then of course once he find them he infects them. All in the name of "freeing" them from their servitude to the dragon race. Team could be hired by necrodrake to track down other undicovered drakes or they could be hired by others to stop said necrodrake from destroying the Drake race. In any case should be fun to play with. |
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Jan 14 2006, 03:57 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 208 Joined: 9-October 05 Member No.: 7,827 |
yes it is me again; as for this question I actually don't think it is possible but I Could be wrong--It's cool to find an Experimental loophole I didn't think of though
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