Hello everyone. So, reading the final version (I have played US when it was still in developpement), and I love it so far.
But there is still a playbook I can’t wrap my mind around : The Vamp. To be more specific, I don’t really get what the Web is about, what it may refer to in the fiction.
Could you please help me understand it by showing me how this move would work in Dracula, True Blood etc. ?
The Web represents the master vampire as consummate manipulator. It represents their influence and control over other characters, whether through charisma, blood, or sheer force or will.
Dracula is actually a great example, as virtually all of the human characters end up in his Web throughout the story one way or the other, Renfield and Jonathan by being lured to his Haven, Lucy and Mina through seduction, and Van Helsing and the others as they come to threaten his interests. Dracula uses the Web to overtly control Lucy, Renfield, and Mina, but also to take the measure of his hunters and play mind games with them.
I don’t watch True Blood, but I gather Russel Edgington is the best example for use of the Web in that story. Ultimately, the Urban Shadows Vamp serves best to create the vampire lord-type character which fits better into Urban Shadows’ political structure than the typical lone night stalker or heroic vampire crusader.
The Web represents the master vampire as consummate manipulator. It represents their influence and control over other characters, whether through charisma, blood, or sheer force or will.
Dracula is actually a great example, as virtually all of the human characters end up in his Web throughout the story one way or the other, Renfield and Jonathan by being lured to his Haven, Lucy and Mina through seduction, and Van Helsing and the others as they come to threaten his interests. Dracula uses the Web to overtly control Lucy, Renfield, and Mina, but also to take the measure of his hunters and play mind games with them.
I don’t watch True Blood, but I gather Russel Edgington is the best example for use of the Web in that story. Ultimately, the Urban Shadows Vamp serves best to create the vampire lord-type character which fits better into Urban Shadows’ political structure than the typical lone night stalker or heroic vampire crusader.