But, remember, I was a wealthy, prominant socialite. Killing me would probably have required a lot of covering up
What coverrup? Your dead body, riddled with shotgun holes, has been produced. There are hundreds of witnesses to your murderous actions. With a little creativity, they could pin a half-dozen previous unsolved "vampire murders"[1] on you, and enshrine you in London history beside Hawley Crippen, Reg Christie, and Jack The Ripper. The prominent socialite was secretly a serial killer! He looked just liek one of you! The horror!
And then cremate you before you come out of torpor.
This type of solution is one that always drives a certain kind of player/ST nuts - the kind who think that *secrecy* is important, as if signs of a coverrup didn't attract huge, persistent attention. It's not secrecy that matters, it's plausibility. If you go forward with certain "incontrovertible" proof of vampiric existence, my response is not to kill you or make you retract your claim. It's to make Art Bell support you and feature you prominently on his radio program. Get you the front page of the Weekly World News[2]. Make sure that all the people with NO credibility support you, clearly and openly and without reservation.
That alone is enough to ensure that the rest of the world will ignore you, and I can help that along a bit, too.
[1]: Oh, come on, you're telling me that in a Vampire game where PCs exist there are no other unsolved disappearances? Hmm?
[2]: My favourite character ever: Ventrue who owned the WWN. Need soemthing covered up and completely lacking credibility? For the right price, it goes on the front page, beside Bat Boy.
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Date: 2006-06-01 01:23 pm (UTC)What coverrup? Your dead body, riddled with shotgun holes, has been produced. There are hundreds of witnesses to your murderous actions. With a little creativity, they could pin a half-dozen previous unsolved "vampire murders"[1] on you, and enshrine you in London history beside Hawley Crippen, Reg Christie, and Jack The Ripper. The prominent socialite was secretly a serial killer! He looked just liek one of you! The horror!
And then cremate you before you come out of torpor.
This type of solution is one that always drives a certain kind of player/ST nuts - the kind who think that *secrecy* is important, as if signs of a coverrup didn't attract huge, persistent attention. It's not secrecy that matters, it's plausibility. If you go forward with certain "incontrovertible" proof of vampiric existence, my response is not to kill you or make you retract your claim. It's to make Art Bell support you and feature you prominently on his radio program. Get you the front page of the Weekly World News[2]. Make sure that all the people with NO credibility support you, clearly and openly and without reservation.
That alone is enough to ensure that the rest of the world will ignore you, and I can help that along a bit, too.
[1]: Oh, come on, you're telling me that in a Vampire game where PCs exist there are no other unsolved disappearances? Hmm?
[2]: My favourite character ever: Ventrue who owned the WWN. Need soemthing covered up and completely lacking credibility? For the right price, it goes on the front page, beside Bat Boy.