Post by :: Pandie :: on Jul 11, 2009 20:06:47 GMT -5
1.) The play of a beast as some sort of ghost/ethereal creation as in "my beast paces around and lays on the floor" is dumb. While I can understand "brushing you with my beast" as a stroke of metaphysical power, the prior thing is just ridiculous. Luckily I haven't really seen this fiasco in our room, but it was popular in others.
2.) A lycanthrope can always recognize another of its kind if they are close up (note: physically close!!! not across the room or if they are hidden or 200 yards away, ect.), even if they are shielding - a wolf will always recognize a wolf, a leopard always a leopard. This sense of another lycan has NOTHING to do with scent, and everything to do with recognizing the heat-like power of being a lycan. An interesting note, real animals such as dogs will be able to recognize a lycanthrope (especially dogs recognizing wolves, cats recognizing leopards, ect.).
3.) One lycanthrope can recognize another as long as they are not an alpha focusing on shielding themselves - a wolf will see a leopard and realize "that's a lycanthrope", but they will not know that they are a cat, merely that they are not a wolf. This sense of another lycan has NOTHING to do with scent, and everything to do with recognizing the heat-like power of being a lycan.
4.) An alpha lycanthrope that focuses his shields can appear to be human to others including magicked humans - remember that Anita could not tell Richard was a lycan, and she could spot other lycans no problem. Gaunt for example could pass as a human among a necromancer convention, as long as he was wearing sunglasses and kept his teeth to himself given his particular facial traits.
5.) Lycans do more than just heal quickly - they are made of hardier stuff than humans. I recall one instance where Anita punched Richard using the power of the marks and knocked him down, and he said had she hit a human she would have broken their jaw, though he only had a small bruise.
6.) It is impossible to for a human or lycan to lie to another lycanthrope and not have it detected. Certain strong Master Vampires have the rare power to lie without it being detected, but everyone else would be caught in their untruth.
7.) All lycans are affected by spilled blood and sex - even extremely powerful ones like Gaunt for example would have their inner-beast crying out for blood and sex at the sight of a wounded person. However, alphas and to a lesser extent moderates have the ability to curb this instinct.
However, the desire for blood is no less and it DOES NOT MATTER what the person's personality is. A pious nun turned lycan would be turned on if she saw blood - the most innocent girl turned lycan would get aroused at the sight of someone being ripped to shreds. This is evident in the books as Richard, a man who hated what he was, was turned on by Raina's snuff film where a woman was raped by an animal then ripped apart even though he hated himself for it.
8.) Lycans are like animals. In nature, hyenas and lions don't hang out (sorry Lion King), wolves and bears don't party. While it is not impossible for a lycan to associate with other groups (a wolf with rats for example, as Richard's best friend was a rat), it is rare. IMPORTANT: FOR THE MOST PART, LYCANS OF ONE GROUP WILL NOT ACTIVELY PURSUE SOCIALIZING WITH ANOTHER GROUP FOR NO REASON.
I realize this is RP and there must be interaction - believe me, I know. However, all the preternaturals of this city are NOT one big happy family. We are a series of several small dysfunctional families. So while a member of one group will doubtlessly socialize with a member of another group, it should be handled with at least some wariness and trepidation... imo anyway.
That wariness would be between those that didn't know each other prior. We did see several intra-species relationships in the books, be they friendships or even mating, though they were rare - but initial chance meetings between say two moderate level lycans of two different groups might go a bit different than one buying another a drink then them screwing within 15 minutes *grins*. Unless you're into that sort of thing.
9.) LYCANS IN THEIR HUMAN FORM DO NOT SMELL LIKE THE ANIMAL THEY ARE! You cannot sniff someone and determine they are. Likewise, you cannot have the scent of being "rogue" or belonging to any one group. Please do not say "you smell rogue" to someone else, be they rogue or otherwise. You can state that they smell unfamiliar and probably aren't pard/pack/rodere because of that.
10.) The last point I am going to say... preternaturals are extremely common in the world. Based upon ratios set up in the LKH series and Calgary's population, there are probably well over ONE THOUSAND wolves alone in the city. Likely there are comparable numbers of vampires, hundreds of rats, ect. ect. BUT while in a place like Dante's Inferno you will probably see a dense packing of lycans, in other locations (say a random coffee shop) you will probably not see more than 1 preternatural at a time. We are relatively numerous, but Calgary is a city of one million people. Keep in mind how spread out the preternatural community must be.
2.) A lycanthrope can always recognize another of its kind if they are close up (note: physically close!!! not across the room or if they are hidden or 200 yards away, ect.), even if they are shielding - a wolf will always recognize a wolf, a leopard always a leopard. This sense of another lycan has NOTHING to do with scent, and everything to do with recognizing the heat-like power of being a lycan. An interesting note, real animals such as dogs will be able to recognize a lycanthrope (especially dogs recognizing wolves, cats recognizing leopards, ect.).
3.) One lycanthrope can recognize another as long as they are not an alpha focusing on shielding themselves - a wolf will see a leopard and realize "that's a lycanthrope", but they will not know that they are a cat, merely that they are not a wolf. This sense of another lycan has NOTHING to do with scent, and everything to do with recognizing the heat-like power of being a lycan.
4.) An alpha lycanthrope that focuses his shields can appear to be human to others including magicked humans - remember that Anita could not tell Richard was a lycan, and she could spot other lycans no problem. Gaunt for example could pass as a human among a necromancer convention, as long as he was wearing sunglasses and kept his teeth to himself given his particular facial traits.
5.) Lycans do more than just heal quickly - they are made of hardier stuff than humans. I recall one instance where Anita punched Richard using the power of the marks and knocked him down, and he said had she hit a human she would have broken their jaw, though he only had a small bruise.
6.) It is impossible to for a human or lycan to lie to another lycanthrope and not have it detected. Certain strong Master Vampires have the rare power to lie without it being detected, but everyone else would be caught in their untruth.
7.) All lycans are affected by spilled blood and sex - even extremely powerful ones like Gaunt for example would have their inner-beast crying out for blood and sex at the sight of a wounded person. However, alphas and to a lesser extent moderates have the ability to curb this instinct.
However, the desire for blood is no less and it DOES NOT MATTER what the person's personality is. A pious nun turned lycan would be turned on if she saw blood - the most innocent girl turned lycan would get aroused at the sight of someone being ripped to shreds. This is evident in the books as Richard, a man who hated what he was, was turned on by Raina's snuff film where a woman was raped by an animal then ripped apart even though he hated himself for it.
8.) Lycans are like animals. In nature, hyenas and lions don't hang out (sorry Lion King), wolves and bears don't party. While it is not impossible for a lycan to associate with other groups (a wolf with rats for example, as Richard's best friend was a rat), it is rare. IMPORTANT: FOR THE MOST PART, LYCANS OF ONE GROUP WILL NOT ACTIVELY PURSUE SOCIALIZING WITH ANOTHER GROUP FOR NO REASON.
I realize this is RP and there must be interaction - believe me, I know. However, all the preternaturals of this city are NOT one big happy family. We are a series of several small dysfunctional families. So while a member of one group will doubtlessly socialize with a member of another group, it should be handled with at least some wariness and trepidation... imo anyway.
That wariness would be between those that didn't know each other prior. We did see several intra-species relationships in the books, be they friendships or even mating, though they were rare - but initial chance meetings between say two moderate level lycans of two different groups might go a bit different than one buying another a drink then them screwing within 15 minutes *grins*. Unless you're into that sort of thing.
9.) LYCANS IN THEIR HUMAN FORM DO NOT SMELL LIKE THE ANIMAL THEY ARE! You cannot sniff someone and determine they are. Likewise, you cannot have the scent of being "rogue" or belonging to any one group. Please do not say "you smell rogue" to someone else, be they rogue or otherwise. You can state that they smell unfamiliar and probably aren't pard/pack/rodere because of that.
10.) The last point I am going to say... preternaturals are extremely common in the world. Based upon ratios set up in the LKH series and Calgary's population, there are probably well over ONE THOUSAND wolves alone in the city. Likely there are comparable numbers of vampires, hundreds of rats, ect. ect. BUT while in a place like Dante's Inferno you will probably see a dense packing of lycans, in other locations (say a random coffee shop) you will probably not see more than 1 preternatural at a time. We are relatively numerous, but Calgary is a city of one million people. Keep in mind how spread out the preternatural community must be.
