31 Buffy The Vampire Slayer characters
6: The Vampire With A Soul
Okay, so, a good vampire is an ironic addition and a perfect romantic foil in a show about a vampire hunter, but you have to work to avoid moral questions about possible rehabilitation of the monsters our heroes keep on killing.
The series does this by making the magic to curse Angel rare and highly dangerous (the first Angel series comic written by Joss Whedon establishes that the group responsible tried again, failed, and were killed by their target) and latterly giving Spike a soul due to his personal oddness. But wanting to play a vampire in a setting where it’s possible but not the default (as in most RPGs with Vampire in the title) can be appealing, so options like souls, chips, curses, being haunted by your own ghost and so on have been raised.
In The Watch House I had a recurring Big Bad vampire cursed with a soul for somewhat convoluted reasons, after a PC became a vampire and the player kept playing him. So I’m open to the idea, but I need a good reason.
So anyway, to include one here...
Blake
Type: Hero
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| Aubrey Joseph |
Description: Looks great in a big coat suitable for swooping
Example quote: “You should be careful who you invite into your life.”
All Blake knew for the last twenty years was pain. It felt like the sun was burning him from the inside. He remembers someone placing their hand on his chest and feeling the fire ignite inside. It was while he was trying to kill a band of hunters. After that... nothing but pain for almost a year.
Other vampires - those he had known for decades, in some cases centuries - shun and fear and attack him. He still burns in the sun, at the touch of the cross. Whatever this is, it’s not redemption. It’s a torment on an undeserving soul.
All he can be sure of is that someone did this to him, forced his soul back into this cursed body. And that it’s slowly coming apart. It can’t last.
He has a purpose, a duty he has to perform, and then perhaps his soul will be released and maybe he can finally rest. If he fails, he knows it spells doom for him and maybe for the world.
And then fate added a further twist, bringing him in contact with a slayer...
Strength 6
Dexterity 6
Constitution 5
Intelligence 3
Perception 3
Willpower 4
Skills (20 + 10 from Drawbacks)
Acrobatics 2
Art 1
Computers 0
Crime 3
Doctor 1
Driving 1
Getting Medieval 3
Gun Fu 1
Influence 3
Knowledge 2
Kung Fu 4
Languages 2
Mr. Fix-It 1
Notice 3
Occultism 2
Science 1
Sports 0
Wild Card 0
Qualities (20)
Acute Senses (Smell) (2)
Attractiveness 3 (3)
Hard To Kill 2 (from Vampire)
Nerves Of Steel (3)
Vampire (with soul) 15
Drawbacks (10)
Adversary (the forces of evil and also possibly some of the forces of good) (3)
Love (2)
Obligation (Total) (3)
Secret (Vampire) (2)
Life Points 60
Drama Points 10
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