White court feedings

[deathwombat]

For the Whampires that feed on despair,some nursing homes and other similar  institutions would be well stocked buffets.
Thoughts?

[Mal_Luck]

I think you are thinking too small. 

Yes retirement homes are probably goods, hospitals of any sort, prisons.

Probably the most despicable one I can think of is schools. Despair Eaters posing as students or faculty and pushing people to suicide.

[Drashna]

The books mention jails at one point. But dood, that school janitor is totally going to get you. Lead by the Principal, naturally.
But malls would be a good place too. And Starbucks.

[deathwombat]

Starbucks I can see but malls?

[deathwombat]

Nursing homes are filled with people waiting to die basically
Schools?? Like  high school drama despair would be anything but empty calories.
Prisons maybe. Death row for sure.

[Doc Chaos]

Starbucks I can see but malls?

Despair in the face of all the shiny things you will never be able to afford, maybe?

[Mal_Luck]

Schools?? Like  high school drama despair would be anything but empty calories.

Think of it this way, most people don't tend to find despair until they are older. Young people feeling despair might be like veal to them. Plus it explains the often pointless teenage/early 20s suicides.

[bibliophile20]

Schools, yes, but as the insanely hard math teachers who like to see the students fail.  Or, in this day and age of high stakes testing, how's this for an occasional buffet instead of a constant meal: the standardized test proctors.  200-300 students, all crammed into a large space, all sweating on how they don't know this. 

[Praeceps]

Think of it this way, most people don't tend to find despair until they are older. Young people feeling despair might be like veal to them. Plus it explains the often pointless teenage/early 20s suicides.

That is blatantly false, many young people feel despair and the young are more susceptible to depression.

[danthehut]

In my game, set in philadelphia, we are using the downtown sports complex as a despair whampire feeding area.

People's despair from their losing teams... Philles, Eagles, Sixers, Flyers, etc.

I know I was feeling depair last year when the Phils lost the NLCS at home. Could almost see the white court vampires in their luxury box soaking it all in.

[Drashna]

The reason schools are a good place, is because they are a place to start.  Yes, they wouldn't necessarily be an all you can eat buffet, but they'd be close.  Teenagers are much more emotionally fragile, think that every minor thing is the "End Of Their World" and react accordingly. A handful of whampires would find great feeding there, and more importantly, be able to set patterns of behavior in many kids before they fully cement their behavior.  They'd be creating new generations of prey more susceptible to influence.

Malls are typically filled with those same kids, and generally filled with their share of mall-rats (who would be good meals).  And it depends on the mall.  The one close to me, is highly teen-centric.  And you should see the looks of disgust that a lot of the adults have.  A good feeding place for lust too. 

Sports complex would definitely be a good place, which reminds me: Bars.  Why do a lot of people go to them?  Because they're desperate/lonely/insert negative emotion here.

Not to mention, any big office building would probably be a cesspool of despair and hopelessness. It's not called the "Daily Grind" for nothing.

[Mal_Luck]

That is blatantly false, many young people feel despair and the young are more susceptible to depression.

I am of course talking in game terms and plot ides, not in real life. I know kids can feel depression in real life.

Though I could have worded it better. My example was treating kids like veal, because they feel the emotions more so than an older person.

[easl]

Sports complex would definitely be a good place, which reminds me: Bars.  Why do a lot of people go to them?  Because they're desperate/lonely/insert negative emotion here.

Not to mention, any big office building would probably be a cesspool of despair and hopelessness. It's not called the "Daily Grind" for nothing.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned casinos, horse tracks, sports betting areas, etc...  If your game is set in Philadelphia, I might be tempted to locate the center of local despair whampire power in Atlantic City, its pretty close.

[Wolfwood2]

I see all this talk about finding good places to feed, but actually why should White Court vampires bother?

You want to feed off despair?  Find a random human, slap a hand on his shoulder, and he'll feel all the despair you could ever want.  Or lust, or greed, or whatever your Incite Emotion is.  With Incite Emotion, all a White Court needs is a steady supply of humans.  If he wants to be discrete, ideally he wants circumstances where there's some excuse for them feeling the emotion (so nobody thinks it's too weird).  But an excuse will suffice.

You needn't go out of your way to find a nursing home where humans already despair.  Instead a WC can go to any old nursing home at all, and soon enough there will be plenty of despair.

[Richard_Chilton]

I'm thinking that honest emotions 'tastes' better than invoked ones.  No real game effects but something that the characters react to.

It's like drinking a fine single malt verses drinking Colt 45.  Have enough of either and you'll be drunk (same effect) but the getting there is completely different journey.

I'm basing this off Thomas and his salon.  Mechanically he was feeding his hunger but from a RP perspective he was going on bread and water while surrounded by a great feast that was his for the taking.

Richard