Should a vampire who got turned when she was very young act according to her physical age or mental age?
>>98058613Mental age. She lived and experienced new things, and should have learned from that. The children who don't experience puberty due to some condition or malnutrition still progress mentally into adulthood by accumulating experiences.
>>98058613Vampires, as they are portrayed in fantasy, do not exist. There is no correct way to make vampires. There is no duty or obligation to make vampires a certain way, except in a manner fitting the etymology of their name.
>>98058613IIRC she did the latter.
>>98058613Depends on how much is the mental development of humans due to physical changes in the brain induced via puberty vs just accumulation of experiences.
>>98058613You don't have to justify being a pedophile, normal people will still see you as the mentally ill freak you are no matter what
>>98058634>Vampires, as they are portrayed in fantasy, do not exist. There is no correct way to make vampires
>>98058625Nah.People with developmental problems become stunted adults; it can be compensated for, but lets not pretend having your feet kicked out from under you at the start of the race will put you on a fair footing.Your potential is bounded by a combination of genetics, access to resources, and environmental factors.
>>98058694Amusingly enough I did have a player ask me for a prepubescent sire in Vampire.Player was a woman.
>>98058634More or less yes.In muh vampire-focused setting entirely write-faggotry, but maybe I'll turn it into a game one day there is a general idea that the best age for a mortal man to be turned into a vampire is between 30 and 50, as they believe that this span offers the best mix out of experience and maturity, without the lethargy of old age and the juvenile mind of the young. However, it's far from a proven fact, plenty of young men get turned into vampires due to circumstances (often, vampires dying and they want to replenish their ranks) and old men as well, sometimes.Since this is a male dominated society, women often get turned at young ages into vampires, when they are "the ripest" and basically it depends on the vampire's taste.
>>98058749Women can be pedos and often are.
>>98058634>except in a manner fitting the etymology of their name.Etymological fallacy. Etymology does not determine meaning; usage does.>>98058613>according to her physical age or mental age?I'd find it most interesting if it was neither. Have a child's brain? Brain functions like a child's. With the experiences of however many years they've lived. That'd take some decent research to figure out what it'd mean, but I doubt they'd act strictly according to either one. I think it'd be fun to research and figure out exactly what someone's behavior would look like, in that scenario.
>>98058613Which is better for the story?
>>98058613They should be a bit of both. Their social development has been built around being a child, so there will still be strong elements of that in their personality, but they have lived long enough to have seen and experienced more so that will effect it as well. You can in-setting justify this via some combination of brain development size and socialization mixed in with however you're handling souls. Depending on how much crawling in your skin you are going for the layers of nostalgia and loss but also preservation could be interesting.
>>98058710having problems isn't the equivalent of staying a literal child forever, retard
>>98058613Very variable. Look at turner syndrome for girls who lack a complete X chromosome or it is missing entirely. They have difficulty producing sexual hormones, which impacts their development. Signs and symptoms vary among those affected but often include a short neck that is webbed or wide, arched palate, low-set ears, low hairline at the nape of the neck, short stature, and lymphedema of the hands and feet. Those affected do not normally develop menstrual periods or mammary glands without hormone treatment and are unable to reproduce without assistive reproductive technology.Individuals with Turner syndrome have normal intelligence. Verbal IQ is usually higher than performance IQ. People with Turner syndrome demonstrate relative strengths in verbal skills, but may exhibit weaker nonverbal skills – particularly in arithmetic, select visuospatial skills, and processing speed. They have difficulties with directional sense, visualization of three-dimensional shapes, properties of shapes, and symmetry and may have dyscalculia. Turner syndrome does not typically cause intellectual disability or impair cognition. However, learning difficulties are common among women with Turner syndrome, particularly a specific difficulty in perceiving spatial relationships, such as nonverbal learning disorder. This may also manifest itself as a difficulty with motor control or with mathematics.
>>98058710You speak from experience?
>>98058613https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7In-KGxduU
>>98058634Has anyone ever tried to do "historically accurate" Romanian folklore vampires
>>98059207Thieving gypsy bastards who need permission to enter your home?
>>98058613Physical age because the brain stops developing assumedly
>>98058613What setting?
>>98058613Depends on the setting.
>>98058613>Should a vampire who got turned when she was very young act according to her physical age or mental age?She would 'realistically' do whatever is most convenient for her survival at any given time, but in her own private time, or around those she's comfortable with, would act her age.I will also add (unsolicited) that if your vampires can turn into gas, swarms of things, a bat, a wolf, etc.. If they have any kind of supernatural power or regenerative abilities, it's fucking stupid for them to arbitrarily remain the "same physical age" they were when they were bitten unless it's a deliberate part of the vampire curse. If they can regenerate, if they can transform, and/or if they become more powerful with age; they would be capable of 'maturing' or otherwise looking however they wanted - simply because that's how their weird vampire cells would work.
>>98058613whichever one is your fetish
I can't stand very young characters and immediately view any with suspicion or an eye roll at such terrible tastes. They are not likable, they are not fun, they are not cool, they are not interesting, they are not good.
>>98059373the static age is always part of the curse, moron
>>98058613Traditional games?
>>98058710that doesn't mean they'll stay children. A vampire child will eventually accumulate experience and become an adult. a mentally ill one but all vampires are mentally ill.
>>98058809If she was one she hide it REALLY well. More than anything just a way to riff lightly on Anne Rice, I think. (FWIW at the time I didn't bat an eye, but the game fizzled so the grumpy shota sire appeared in like one scene)>>98059449Dracula himself appeared as rejuvenated in the novel. To be fair I always tought it meant that when he was full of blood he seemed more like when he became a vampire, but changing the apparent age is rock-solid bloocksucker tradition.>>98058983Excellent movie tastes, anon.
>>98059647no, starting to look dessicated and half dead when getting low on blood and then going back to looking like the day they were turned after getting blood is the rock solid bloodsucker tradition
Mental age
>>98059722IIRC Harker describes him as creepy but not "unnatural", just old looking, before that.>>98059748Kill yourself Puckee.
>>98058613uoh little vampires~
>>98058657It's a bit of both for Claudia.
>>98058710retard
>>98059748shoot yourself zak puckee gilmore
>>98058613Yes
>>98058710Even fucking people with Down syndrome develop forward, you fucking imbecile, it just takes them fucking forever.Guess what you have as a vampire.
>>98058613She is more intelligent but some things are still child-like. Her brain didn't get to go through puberty and she hasnt really matured in every way.
>>98058613Physical. We already know vampirism causes OCD (Stopping to count grains of rice/sand, untying knots, counting holes in a colander) and possibly retardation (Bury them upside down so they dig out of their grave the wrong way)
>>98058866Etymology determines historical usage and I love it in my games. If one wishes to roleplay in a historical setting, one may use periodical language, nomina & verba, in their proper meaning outdated or obsolete. You can just make a glossary and explain what the words actually mean and so produce your own language culture at the table. Players, if not dumb, will quickly adapt to using a new lingo.
>>98058613Pedo
>>98059647Dracula became more rejuvenated once he got some blood in him. Films have him feeding on Jonathon but the book doesnt have him do that. In all likelihood he was going out to feast on the locals as he needed Jonathan healthy enough to do the paper work.
>>98064829Well, yes. Point being, he's clearly non-static.
>>98064878So new question would overfeeding just turn a vampire into a child vampire? He gets too dusty when not fed so overeating could do the inverse.Yes i did smoke crack this morning what of it?
