Yeah. The only advantage is the whole, heal almost instantly thing. I still prefer sticking with the shifter attributes rather than stacking.

Indeed... Though the Regeneration is not as good as it used to be in previous editions. Agreed.

Agreed. I was picturing an average, mundane sicko that a syndicate boss keeps around like an attack dog; nobody can prove anything, but his reputation is... unsettling.

and as for RL cannibals... they do exist... (link is SFW, but mildly disturbing)

I blame Sweeney Todd!

I do not doubt that there are some sick bastards out there, but the link Bibliophile made helps make my point - they are arrested fast, when rumor goes out.

The reason I think the Awakened are more likely to be cannibals than not are for three main reasons: ghouls, wendigos (their Magic rating makes them Awakened), and the Cannibalize blood metamagic.

Ghouls and Wendigos are non-issues, they are Infected.
Cannibalize is likely a rarity, in my opinion.

As for Rumor and quick arrests. I can agre that once the cops have been tipped off, there will likely be an investigation (Whether arrest follows depends upon how careful the cannibal was/is). However, if the Cannibal is careful, it may be Years, if not Decades, before he is outed. And I would prefer to have a Non-Magically Awakened Cannibal as an antagonist, personally, simply BECAUSE he is not an Infected or invested with the Cannibalize metamagic. Makes him/her MUCH more creepy in my mind. After all, an Infected has no real choice in the matter.

Agreed; the Infected has no choice, which is where we get the angsty vampire cliche from. But a mundane guy, who finds he likes the taste? He had a choice, and he choose that lifestyle, making him a much more creepy and therefore much more memorable antagonist than Ghoul Shaman #137.

Was that the one with the purple warts all over his arms? And the tiny, clawed hands?

I am pretty sure he had stripes, and the left hand was misshapen because of a thermite burn.

Oh, I thought that was #128...or did he have the red, frilly mohawk and smoked a cuban cigar?

I thought it was Curly, not frilly, and I am pretty sure the cigar was Venezuelan... *shakes head*

No, you're thinking of #103. Eratosthenes is correct about #128

Ahhh... I think you got it there...