Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Ever since Bram Stoker created the eccentric ofDracula- an undead vampire who was also an old - world , predatory patrician - horror writer and fibber have used the original as a metaphor for tyrannous upper classes , with the professing of vampire hunter being an analogy for rising and resistance . The follow extrasensory tabletop RPGs take this metaphor and lean with it , have plot options and rules plan to track both the challenges of devil hunt and of direct legal action and social activism .
Vampires , peculiarly the European fabulous creatures popularized by Western fiction , are metaphors for many social reverence : fear of strangers , awe of disease , fear of the dark , and fear of predators both animal and man . former depictions of vampire in folklore portray them as antic corpses who crept from their graves at night to booze the blood of victims as they slept . The " vampire as tyrannical patrician " figure then look in nineteenth C pop lit , withvampire fictional character like Dracula , Lord Ruthven , Carmilla and Varney display a haughty disdain for the human populations they rig and feed upon .
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The lordliness of aristocratic , tyrannous vampires in fiction and their self-satisfied sense of superiority towards the " kine " they feed off wee-wee it all the more releasing when mere humans take stakes through their hearts , chop off their heads , or bite them to a Saratoga chip . The followingmonster - hunt tabletop RPGsfully hug this abreaction in gameplay , while also providing moments of societal commentary more nuanced than simply " kill the ample lamia . "
Vampire-Hunting Tabletop RPGs - iHunt
iHunt , an urban fantasyRPG built using theFATEsystem , takes position in a modernistic domain with concealed magic and supernatural creature and is focalise on crushed - class Millennials who take monster - hunt jobs using a earphone app called iHunt . These gig - economy protagonists may be hunting giant for money rather than princely ideals , butiHuntis full of societal comment about the impact of late - stage capitalism on marginalized communities . Gameplay , consequently , is half about researching , trailing and hunt monsters and half about struggling to pay split , trying not to get bankrupted with medical bill from hunt club gone incorrect , and other social battle that make behemoth hunting feel like a walk in the park by comparison .
Vampire-Hunting Tabletop RPGs - Brinkwood: The Blood Of Tyrants
Blending together elements of medieval repulsion , dark fairy tales , and Robin Hood myths , Brinkwood : The Blood Of Tyrantsis aForged In The DarkRPGabout a haunted kingdom prevail over by cruel , vampiric aristocrats , with player take on the role of hunters and rebels who fight back against their tyranny , powered by particular masks enchanted by faerie magic . In this " Castlepunk " RPG ’s setting , vampires are uniquely portray as alchemic god who protract their life using particular elixirs brewed from Hg and refreshful human blood . To become human again , a vampire merely ask to intercept ingest their elixir of immortality , pass water vampirism inBrinkwood : The Blood Of Tyrantsa continuous selection to commit violence against human beings for the sake of top executive and immortality .
Vampire-Hunting Tabletop RPGs - Clown Helsing
Most depictions of vampires in pop mass medium like to fiddle with the rules of vampirism , givingvampires unlike power , weaknesses , and characteristic . InClown Helsing(viaDicebreaker ) , a narrative zine RPG , vampires can only be slain after being humiliated in a hilarious affair , making clowns their natural foe . Players take on the function of lamia - hunting clowns maintain a centuries - erstwhile tariff to slay creatures of the night using the business leader of laugh . To do so , they must couple a John Rock newspaper scissors - base conflict solvent mechanic with particular abilities called Schticks , anti - vampire fighting technique concentrate around slapstick and traditional clown humor . Clown Helsingdoesn’t explicitly focus on the theme of vampires as social oppressor ; humor , however , has always been a tool used by down in the mouth - course of instruction communities to " perforate up " at their oppressors , and the majority of merry andrew original are qualify as working class transients , rustic , and anti - despotic " fools . "
Vampire-Hunting Tabletop RPGs - The Hammer And The Stake
TheHammer And The Staketakes place in analternate story where Draculais a fascist dictator ruling over a lamia - controlled police State Department in cardinal Europe , and musician are members of various vampire - hunting resistance movements essay to destroy their undead oppressors . This RPG ’s tense gameplay is supplemented by bold artwork style after socialist propaganda posters from the twentieth C . An interesting narrative constituent ofTheHammer And The Stakeis how it explores the challenges of corporate activeness - that is , how peevish radical motion must transcend their ideologic divides in decree to achieve the ideals they do hold in in common .
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