Vampirism and Lycanthropy Options

[Rizen]

I think it might be an interesting concept to allow characters to become infected with vampirism and lycanthropy. This means that a character has the possibility of becoming a vampire or werewolf. This would come about after someone is bitten by those respective creatures.

The main issues I could think of were for those who didnt want to be infected, and characters infecting other players. I think for players who dont want to be infected, there could be a short waiting period after being infected for the character to take a certain potion or get healed by a priest or something. Perhaps there could be a way to prevent characters from infecting one another when attacking, assuming some sort of PvP is integrated. Since that idea does rely on there being PvP, I wont focus as much on that.

Also, I suppose there should be a way to limit the number of people who become infected. First, it might not be very likely for someone to be infected. Vamps and wolves could either be powerful enough that n00bs couldnt just bump into them, get infected, and run away without being slaughtered. Or, they could just be in a place so far out that n00bs would never really be able to find them. It could also be possible to make it that the blow that infects the character is a critical one, so that weaker characters wouldnt be able to survive it.

[MikhailU]

I believe there are different versions of werewolves, one being humans that can change form at will without the aid of the full moon.

[Windragon]

I believe there are different versions of werewolves, one being humans that can change form at will without the aid of the full moon.

And the other ones? Common werewolves are human with the power to become wolf during the full moon nights

But sometimes:

- Can't control themselves
- Become only common wolfs
- Become half wolf half human
- Simply gain some not human power
- Become werewolf with full control of their power

Exists then other kind of werewolf?
I know that is possible met on fantasy literature more kind of were<something> fish too but I don't know if you mean that or not.

Windragon




This post has been edited by Windragon: Dec 18 2008, 07:51 AM