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"Humanity
Kindred are not human. They were, once, but now they’re something entirely different. However, to blend in with mortals, to walk among the flock, Kindred must maintain perspective on and understanding of their former existences. Humanity reflects this perspective. Vampires that maintain high Humanity scores live side-by-side with mortals, and can relate to the living. Vampires with low Humanity scores grow distant and alien, and lose sight of what they once were, and more importantly, what they prey upon.
For some Kindred, Humanity is a downward spiral. It’s a great tragedy that ends in monstrosity and destruction. For some, it’s a constant struggle to maintain ties and never lose sight. Most Kindred find a range of Humanity that suits them, a certain distance or closeness to the breathing world.
This system replaces the Integrity system in The God-Machine Chronicle. Mortal characters that become Embraced replace Integrity with Humanity, and start with seven dots (regardless of their Integrity score). These ratings are compatible. For example, if a Discipline affects a character based on their Humanity rating, Integrity will work similarly on a mortal character.
The Humanity Scale
Humanity exists as a continuum from zero to ten dots. Vampire the Requiem characters begin play with seven dots. Higher Humanity scores are possible, but difficult to maintain.
Humanity level reflects in a character’s behavior. As he sinks into depravity, he becomes less and less like the mortals around her. These descriptions are only guidelines; it’s up to you to determine how your character exhibits the path she walks. Also, there are minor Social modifiers listed. These modifiers apply to rolls relating to humans. Manipulating humans for food with Subterfuge or frightening them with Intimidation are not affected, but trying to understand their situations with the Empathy Skill would.
Ascetic (Humanity 9-10): A rare vampire with this degree of Humanity goes out of her way to immerse herself in mortal affairs, and to feed sensibly. She’s poised and confident in her dealings, she’s an expert in the way humans behave, feel, and think. She manages to think and act the way they do, in the way an expert method actor would. Gain +2 to any rolls to relate to humans.
Humane (Humanity 7-8): Most vampires in this range of Humanity are either very good at maintaining their attachments, or they’re very new to the Danse. She has little difficulty blending in with humans. She remembers with perfectly clarity what mortal life was like. She remembers the way food tasted. She remembers the way sweat felt across her skin. She feels pain for those hurt by her actions and those of her kind.
Balanced (Humanity 5-6): At this point, she’s been around the block. Most neonates and some ancilla fall into this range. She’s seen pain and anguish as result of her condition, and is beginning to accept it as part of existence. She still has no issue relating to mortals; she just recognizes that she’s never going to be one again. She’s selfish, and lies like second nature. Take -1 in any roll to relate to humans.
Weathered (Humanity 4): A weathered Kindred has seen more death and devastation than most mortals will in a lifetime. Most ancilla fall into this range of Humanity. While not spree killers, most Kindred at this level have taken lives, and understand that they probably will again in order to guarantee continued survival. They see humans as fragile and temporary. Take -2 in any roll to relate to humans.
Callous (Humanity 3): At this level, a callous Kindred maintains a cynical and jaded world perspective. He’ll step over anyone and anything in the name of survival, and humans are little more than tools. Most elders fall into this range. By this point, Humanity takes its toll, and the vampire appears deathly and pallid. This appearance isn’t unnatural, per se, but it makes humans uncomfortable. Take -3 in any roll to relate to humans.
Monstrous (Humanity 2): A monstrous Kindred is barely recognizable as human, unless he’s specifically acting the part and using the blush of life. He’s short-tempered, selfish to a fault, and will kill to suit minor interests and petty desires. Not only does he have difficulty dealing with people, he doesn’t want to. Most of the mortals in his life are servants and feeding stock, viewed as resources at best. Take -5 in any roll to relate to humans.
Animalistic (Humanity 1): A Kindred this close to the Beast barely registers as sentient most of the time. She can speak and interact just like anyone else, but she chooses not to. Every action is a step toward the next meal; nothing but blood is worth her time. While she could fake humanity with a bit of blood, she can’t be bothered, and instead looks like a corpse, a statue, a morbid doll. She’s a menace, and crowds part when she walks through. Your character cannot relate to humankind. Any such rolls use only a chance die.
Draugr (Humanity 0): A character that reaches zero Humanity dots becomes draugr, lost to her Beast. She becomes ravenous and animalistic, no longer able to interact with society—Kindred or mortal. Draugr are forever lost to their monstrous natures; only the vaguest rumors suggest they can be redeemed. In most cities, Sheriffs kill draugr immediately and without mercy.
Breaking Points
Breaking points are moments and experiences in a Kindred’s Requiem that push her to risk detachment. Any time she experiences a breaking point, roll to resist Detachment. For an event to constitute a breaking point, it must be applicable to her Humanity level, or lower. For example, a Humanity 5 character risks a breaking point if she commits manslaughter (Humanity 3 breaking point), but not if she’s rejected by a human (Humanity 8 breaking point).
The listed breaking points are examples. Add breaking points at Storyteller discretion, or shift these up or down to fit the situation. Typically, the more personal the event is, the lower level a breaking point it should be. If something is significantly distanced from the character, or she had no way to prevent it, it should be a Humanity level higher.
Many breaking points reference human contact. This refers to interaction, usually verbal. While it does not have to be positive interaction, it should be human in nature, and meaningful. Jumping a derelict in an alley, feeding, and fleeing is not interaction. Nor is tying up an enemy’s ghoul and torturing them in a basement. However, the act of feeding the captive or finding the derelict to shelter for the night could be.
Note that breaking points do not occur while a character is in torpor. Upon awakening, discovering missed breaking points could constitute new breaking points at Storyteller discretion. If multiple versions of a breaking point apply, use the worse of the two.
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Humanity 10 (Five Dice)
One night without human contact.
Lying in defense of the Masquerade.
Spending more than one Vitae in a night.
Humanity 9 (Five Dice)
Watching humans eat a meal.
Committing a superhuman feat of physical prowess.
Feeding from the unwilling or unknowing.
Urging another’s behavior with a Discipline.
Spending an hour in the sun.
Humanity 8 (Four Dice)
Creating a ghoul.
Rejected by a human.
Riding the wave of frenzy.
Taking another’s consent with a Discipline.
Spending most of a day in the sun.
Humanity 7 (Four Dice)
One week without human contact.
Surviving something that would hospitalize a human.
Injuring someone over blood.
Humanity 6 (Three Dice)
Falling into torpor.
Feeding from a child.
Reading your own obituary.
Surviving something that would kill a human.
Humanity 5 (Three Dice)
Two weeks without human contact.
Reaching Blood Potency 3.
Death of a mortal parent or cousin.
Joining a covenant.
Humanity 4 (Two Dice)
Impassioned violence.
Spending a year or more in torpor.
Surviving a century.
Accidentally killing.
Taking a leadership role in a covenant.
Learning a dot of Crúac.
Humanity 3 (Two Dice)
One month without human contact.
Reaching Blood Potency 6.
Death of a mortal spouse or child.
Impassioned killing.
Humanity 2 (One Die)
One year without human contact.
Premeditated killing.
Seeing a culture that didn’t exist when you were alive.
Surviving 500 years.
Creating a revenant.
Humanity 1 (Zero Dice)
One decade without human contact.
Heinous, spree, or mass murder.
Killing a Touchstone.
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Detachment
When reaching a breaking point, the character faces potential Detachment: the loss of a Humanity dot. To resist Detachment, roll the number of dice associated with the breaking point’s level. If the character has Touchstones, she can draw on additional dice. Willpower may not be spent to improve this dice pool. Any time your character faces a breaking point, take a Beat.
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: Not only does the character lose sight of her Humanity, she sees the breaking point as nothing of consequence whatsoever. In addition to losing a dot of Humanity, gain the Jaded Condition (see p. XX).
Failure: Your character lets go of some of his mortal attachments, and moves toward monstrosity. In addition to losing a dot of Humanity, gain the Bestial, Competitive, or Wanton Condition as he revels in his selfishness.
Success: Your character holds onto a scrap of empathy, despite the urge to let go. She does not lose Humanity, but gains the Bestial, Competitive, or Wanton Condition as her nature pushes her to withdraw.
Exceptional Success: Not only does your character hold onto her concept of Humanity, she steps away from the conflict with renewed vigor. She takes the Inspired Condition (p. XX). The inspiration relates to her newfound affinity for mortality.
Suggested Modifiers for Detachment Rolls
Have an attached Touchstone+2
Have multiple attached Touchstones+3
Each detached Touchstone-1
Protecting your Masquerade-1
Protecting your Requiem+1
Banes
When Kindred hit certain points in their Detachment, they can turn their monstrosity inward, growing a spiritual scar over their emotional wounds. When losing Humanity, characters can take a bane and a Beat. If they do so, they become unable to lose Humanity from that particular breaking point again. However, each bane causes a -1 to further Detachment rolls, which speeds the Requiem’s downward spiral.
A character may only have three banes. You may choose from the sample banes below, or create your own. As a rule, most banes use Humanity as part of their mechanics, and can affect Vitae or cause bashing damage. Sometimes, they use the inverse of Humanity, expressed as 10 – Humanity. Many banes provoke frenzy. A vampire cannot use more dice to resist a bane-provoked frenzy than she has Humanity dots.
Bells or Hymns: Your character cannot stand the sound of bells or hyms, and it causes intense pain. This only happens in the presence of the actual sounds; recordings will not cause pain. Each minute she’s exposed to the sound, she takes 10 – Humanity dice worth of bashing damage, and is provoked to frenzy.
Blood of the Unwilling: Your character takes no sustenance from the blood of the unwilling or the unknowing. When feeding from an unwilling vessel, she gains no nourishment from the first few Vitae taken. This amount is equal to 10 – Humanity.
Counting: Your character must count things that are in disarray, including rice, sticks, and other similar collections. Unless she’s injured, she cannot stop for a number of minutes equal to 10 – Humanity.
Crossroads: Your character is confused when he knowingly passes through a crossroads. For the remainder of the scene, all his dice pools are capped by his Humanity dots.
Face of Hunger: When your character finds himself hungry, it shows on his face and on his skin. His eyes grow red, and his skin pulls tight over his visage. He looks every bit the corpse. When he has less than five Vitae, his Humanity dots act as a cap on all his Social actions. Humanity also caps all dice pools to resist frenzy inspired by hunger.
Grave Soil: Your character is tied to the soil of her place of death. If she does not sleep in at least a handful of dirt from her region of death, all her dice pools are capped by her Humanity for the next day.
Hated by Beasts: Animals despise your character. They’ll rile up defensively, growl, hiss, or boast. Any attempts to deal with animals through Animal Ken or Animalism suffer a 10 – Humanity penalty.
Holy Day: Your character holds one day of the week holy. She cannot resist the daysleep, and cannot awaken during that day unless her body suffers damage equal to 10 – Humanity.
Invitation: Your character cannot enter a private dwelling uninvited. If he does, he suffers bashing damage equal to 10 – Humanity. He cannot heal the damage as long as he remains inside.
Open Wounds: Your character’s wounds stay open until she sleeps. She can heal Health Levels with Vitae, but the wounds do not close until she’s undergone daysleep.
Plague of Purity: Your character finds the pure of heart to be utterly repulsive. Any touch by a human with Integrity 8 or higher causes 10 – Humanity bashing damage.
Rat King/Queen: Your character attracts vermin. She’s always surrounded by rats, flies, cockroaches, and other creatures of plague. This causes discomfort and disgust in most mortals, causing her to fail any Social roll not related to the Intimidation Skill. She can send the vermin away for a number of minutes equal to her Humanity score with a Willpower point.
Repulsion: Your character finds a certain substance abhorrent. Choose this when taking the bane, but it should be something that is likely to appear in many homes. For example, garlic, salt, roses, or silver are all valid repulsions. She cannot come closer than 10 – Humanity feet from the item without spending a point of Willpower. As well, if the object of repulsion enters a wound, it causes 10 – Humanity dice of bashing damage.
Symbols: Symbols of faith and devotion weaken your character. When touched by such a symbol, or when acting against someone brandishing such a symbol, his dice pools are limited by his Humanity dots.
Webs: A spider’s webs cause your character great problems. Even a web from a small spider stops her in her tracks. Once she touches a web, breaking free requires breaking the web, which is treated as an item with Durability equal to 10 – Humanity. "
