Gentlemen, how would you handle (both rules-wise and story-wise) such a situation? I mean, how would you work with the mental consequence and the vampires' approach?
Full story:
clickTL;DR version: The PC
Josef gets addicted to
Kateřina's venom and gets a mild (Crush on Her) and a moderate (In Love with Her) consequence in two consequentional contests on two separate occasions. He likes her and is compelled regularly to try to see her.
Now, does seeing her (and potentially sleeping with her, being fed off, etc.) prevent recovery from even starting? Should I call for more consequential contests? Or do the consequences "heal" eventually, while the temporary aspects remain if they keep seeing each other?
As for the motivation of the
dramatis personae. Kateřina is an RCV brat and doesn't give a damn about Josef but: 1) She likes the taste of his werewolf blood and doesn't want to lose access to it; 2)
Bianca* is extremely interested in the PCs, too, and in Josef in particular because she currently lacks reliable allies and a werewolf in your pocket can come really handy, if used at the right time. The PCs have already worked for the scheming Bianca and they captured Kateřina's
father and handed him over to Bianca. Having lost access to her dad's assets Kateřina is probably going to swear allegiance to Bianca who in turn will probably encourage her to see Josef further. This is the basic plan but, of course, things may change and a little brainstorming always helps :-)
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* I know, I know, not original, but I really liked the name and the general concept of the character so I merged some characteristics of book Bianca and TV Bianca as a basic concept and added a lot of detail and backstory suitable for Prague - it's quite a different character now. Besides, my players know neither the books nor the TV series, not even Jim Butcher's name :-)