Editing Vampire: The Requiem (section)

==Vampire Necrology==
*First of all being turned to a vampire doesn't change your personality; at least, not right away. You're still the same dude you were before you get embraced, but chances are you're not gonna remain the same for long. The kind of shit freshly turned vampires go through tends to leave emotional scarring, but if nothing else you can still remember what it was like to be a human.
*That said, you're not alone in your head either; vampires call it "The Beast", a sort of super-savage Id that is pure predatory instincts. It's not ''evil'' so much as animalistic; it wants to eat when it's hungry, get away from things that scare it, and fillet things that piss it off. Whether doing any of the above is appropriate in any given situation is irrelevant to it, which can cause problems if the Beast feels the need to kill something in a public area. The Beast mostly makes its presence felt in the form of Frenzies, which are triggered by being exposed to fire/sunlight/banes, getting angry enough to lose control, or letting yourself starve. When this happens, the Beast tries to take control of you in order to get what it wants (e.g. kill the thing pissing it off, flee from fire/sunlight, or feed until it's not hungry anymore). The risk of provoking an anger-induced frenzy is one of the reasons why vampiric society values politeness as strongly as it does- the Beast is highly sensitive to competition. 
**Hit Humanity 0, and you devolve into a Draugr- a barely sentient predator completely lost to the influence of the Beast. Anything resembling human thought or personality ceases, and all that's left is the basic urge to hunt and kill. As they are incapable of understanding the Masquerade, draugr have to be put down before they bring any unwanted attention to other vampires. 
*Your body is a corpse. It doesn't rot, but it's obviously dead if anyone pays close attention- pale coloration, skin that's cold and clammy to the touch, no heartbeat, that sort of thing. You can burn precious Vitae to create "the Blush of Life", which warms you up and makes you look like one of the living. This is a luxury, not a necessity, but it can help with blending in. (If you have to eat with it on, try to find somewhere out of the way where you can puke it all up when the Blush wears off- the end result feels as unpleasant as it looks.)
*Incidentally, you can have sex, but only whilst using the Blush of Life. That said, it doesn't really compare to the visceral pleasure you get from drinking blood. The Kiss, as it's called, feels like a super-orgasm for both the vampire and the person they're feeding on.
*Speaking of which, that's a thing you need to do. Animal blood can feed you... but only for a short amount of time. Blood from other supernaturals can also feed you, but may have negative side effects, at least before your own blood thickens up.
*Unlike in [[Vampire: The Masquerade| that other vampire RPG]], your power isn't set in stone based on how far removed you are from some mystical progenitor. Instead, it's tied into how old you are and how strong the Blood has become in you. You start out as with a Blood Potency of 1 (usually), and you grow stronger with experience, time (1 dot every 50 years) or [[diablerie]]. This Blood Potency grants you greater access to your supernatural powers and augments many traits about you... but, as your blood gets more potent, your diet becomes rarified. Very soon, animal blood just won't cut it for you. And at Blood Potency 6, even human blood isn't strong enough; only vampire Vitae will do, although you can take a Merit to let you get your fix from other supernaturals. Obviously, this means a lot of vampires learn to be cautious when dealing with their elders least they end up as a snack. 
*And needing vampire Vitae isn't a good thing even if you ignore the fact most vampires won't be willing to give theirs up; see, Vitae is addictive to anyone who drinks it. Worse, if you swig too many times from the same vamp you're subjected to the Vinculum, which is a sort of extreme artificial love that creates an all-consuming urge to serve that vampire. Think of it as an uber-crush crossed with an addiction and you won't be far off. Even if the thrall (the one bound by the Vinculum) hates his regnant's guts, he will find it nearly impossible to actually harm the regnant even through indirect means. Mercifully, this state only lasts for a year or so...but another feeding of Vitae from the regnant while it's in effect will renew it.  
*Luckily, you can lower your Blood Potency by deliberately going into Torpor, a death-like sleeping state that can last anywhere from a day to a century depending on Blood Potency. However, the bizarre dream-like state that occurs with it had been known to cause memory loss, a phenomenon known as the "Fog of Eternity". Torpor can also be triggered by a stake through the heart or taking a large amount of damage.