Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2018 7:14 pm
Problem with that is, that this is Vampire: the Masquerade. Demons don't have to be stealthy because they don't have to live amongst humans and keep themselves hidden. They can just appear openly and not give a crapArmorClassZero wrote:You can tell the Tau from the Elves from the Orks from the Imperium by how they dress, yes, but also because there are massive physical differences in each group. Or maybe and even better example, the Warp Demons. You can tell which demons are allied to Nurgle, and Tzeneetch, and Slanessh, and Khorne by their appearance alone, partially thanks to color, and partially because they all have different physical attributes. They're all demons, but there is no confusion about who belongs to what club.
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As it stands, in VTM, just about anyone can join anyone else's club without the folks in that club even realizing they're not "one of us". To paraphrase Frank, that guy you want to pick a fight with could be a 12th gen Brujah punk, or they could be a 5th gen Toreador, who the fuck knows. That's cool in some sense, but that also makes showing any sort of fan affiliation limited to symbols and clothing. I really shouldn't have to explain this.
In order for the vampires to do any work where people can see them they should be hard to distinguish from normal people.
So they need some power to hide their true forms (with or without access to their full powers), which means you still can't tell if it's a 3rd gen, a 8th gen, or a punk that was turned yesterday.