Jade Court Vampires.

[jadecourtflunky]

The jade court is embroiled in mystery, and I think that many of us rpers would love to use them. I think it would be a good idea to compile ideas about them.

[devonapple]

Here is the thread we started awhile back on this very subject:
http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,22609.0.html

[jadecourtflunky]

I already have 1 template started. They have inhuman/supernatural recovery and inhuman/supernatural speed. Their catch would be damage through unarmed combat. They would also have a natural aversion to weapons. They then have their own special, secret martial art that focuses on their inhuman speed. They also mastered many other martial arts. They are made through a test of ritual unarmed combat. If they pass the test, they are given a jade armband that a spirit is inhabiting, and they gain the powers. They feed through combat. They are cured by losing in true ritual unarmed combat against a non-jade court vamp. What do you think?

[devonapple]

It sounds imaginative! My fear is that their method of feeding is too overt, though, which would be a disadvantage for them. Also that the cure might be too easy, which would mean there could be a lot of former Jades running around, which seems to run counter to their whole mysterious vibe.

[israphel]

I've got a JCV in my upcoming game. I went along the line of "since they're even more mysterious and secretive than the WCV, they're probably weaker"
I stole from the WW VampOfEast idea of reanimated Hungry Dead. Same back story: died, went to a chinese hell, came back, reanimated the body.
These vamps feed on Chi as breath (suck the life breath out of somebody). Their powers run mainly on the sneaky-creep line.

The template for the JCV is below
cost   abillity
- 1      vampirism  -  soul vampire  -  feeds on breath/chi
+0      Human form
- 2      breath weapon  -  sleep
+1      feeding dependency
             (powers deriving from it below)
- 1      cloak of shadows
- 2      inhuman recovery
+2      The Catch  (vulnerable to "holy stuff" and Asian Folklore)
- 1      spider walk
- 3      spirit form

total is -7 refresh to be a JCV.

They're not stronger, faster, or tougher than a normal human, but do recover better and can become ghostlike.

I told my player that cities with a JCV presence generally have a higher SIDS and hospice death rate, since newborns and infirm elderly are easier targets (hospitals and nursing homes have little in the way of Thresholds).

[OZ]

If you start researching it, there are a lot of different types of Asian vampires. My personal favorites (I forget the name right now and am too lazy to Google it.) detach their heads from their bodies and the heads fly around looking for prey. They are blood suckers and are very hard to kill. The only sure fire way to kill them is to find the bodies when the heads are gone and soak them in salt. This causes the body to shrink so that the heads cannot reattach and thus die.

[BumblingBear]

I plan to wait until Jade court comes up in the literature to even think about statting one.

I'd hate to change an entire class of people/monsters mid game because a new book came out with the exact opposite kind of characters that I envisioned.

[jybil178]

I plan to wait until Jade court comes up in the literature to even think about statting one.

I'd hate to change an entire class of people/monsters mid game because a new book came out with the exact opposite kind of characters that I envisioned.

I kinda feel the same way, but thats when you could take the easy way out, and say oh, were not JADE Court Vampires... Those are our Asian cousins... We are... IVORY Court Vampires... * shifty eyes*

[sinker]

That's the way I feel about it. Just don't have any of them call themselves "jade court" and then you're just playing with people's assumptions.

[jadecourtflunky]

Guys, if you want to post about this, my thread was probably not the one to revive. There was a much better one in existance when I made this... I'll try to fnd it.

[bobjob]

Sweet! My magic eating JCV thread on rpg.net made it over here to the official forums!