Vampire the Masquerade
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Feeding
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Drinking blood reduces a vampire’s Hunger level by a fixed amount. Draining a human of blood, thereby killing them, is the only way to reduce Hunger to 0. It takes time and care to drink blood properly. The bite of a vampire is euphoric to the victim, due to vampire fangs having a supernatural intoxicating effect as they pierce the blood vessel. If the vampire takes the time to hit a vein or artery correctly and licks the wound closed afterward, the victim may only remember the encounter as a hazy drug trip, an interlude of weird sex, or a delirious fog of drunken intimacy.
As a general rule, attempting while feeding to preserve the victim’s life, health, and ignorance (all of which of course also preserve the Masquerade) takes longer than simply ripping open an artery and slurping down the red stuff. On the other hand, a victim who fights back slows things down and endangers the Masquerade. A vampire can drain and kill a helpless or otherwise unresisting human in roughly five turns.
For the purposes of this quickstart, taking a non-lethal sip from a human reduces Hunger by one or two, completely draining a human reduces it by five, including the last Hunger dice. Draining several animals may also reduce Hunger by one.
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