Another stupid idea - World of Darkness: Transformers
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2016 7:19 pm
Right.
It recently occurred to me that there is a Glass Walker faction that wants to turn Gaia into Cybertron. And that thought led to strange places.
Transformer: The TSCHE-CHU-CHU-CHU-TSCHE
History
The Transformers are simultaneously the youngest supernatural race on Earth and the oldest. The transformers currently on Earth have only been active since 1984, when a volcanic eruption awoke them from stasis lock. This means that they lack the infrastructure and connections of older groups, which have been active for centuries. But they also lack the grudges that define those groups. However, most individual Cybertronians are millions of years old, and their race was ancient when they were young.
Cybertronians on Earth
Millions of years ago, the Autobot leader, Optimus Prime, set off for a world that was known to be rich in natural resources, which would give the Autobots a decisive advantage on the resource-depleted Cybertron. He was followed by Megatron, who somehow discovered his plan and wanted this planet's resources for himself. Two great ships fought above the mysterious planet. The Decepticon ship was damaged and crashed into the waters of the planet. The surviving Decepticons boarded the autobot ship and fought their enemies hand to hand, until the Autoboy ship crashed into a volcano.
The Transformers awoke in 1984, to find the planet overrun by tool using primates and other, stranger things. To hide their existance, they took on the forms of common machines. To this day, they live among us in secret, continuing to wage their war.
Special Rules
Blood - The liquid energon that flows through a transformer's body is extremely potent and somewhat unstable. It is unlikely that a vampire would be able to bite though a transformer's metal skin and even less likely that he'd be able to successfully find a vein in the middle of combat. In any case, a single drop of goner will completely fill any vampire's blood pool at the cost of causing two boxes of aggravated damage to the vampire that imbibes it. This damage cannot be resisted, even with Fortitude.
Powers - Transformers are living machines. As such, they are immune to both technopathic powers that affect unintelligent machines and to biology manipulation powers that effect living beings. However, they are still vulnerable to mind control and soul manipulation effects as if they were a mortal human.
Delerium - Transformers are completely immune to Delerium.
Possession - Tansformers can be possessed, just like mortal humans. A dying Transformer can become host to a Demon.
Numbers
Transformers are the least populous race on Earth. There are less than 500 of them worldwide, split between two factions. Subfactions rarely have more than 5 members.
Becoming a Transformer
Most Transformers are created in factories on Cybertron and brought to life by the supercomputer Vector Sigma. However, to suppliment their numbers of Earth, the Autobots developed the -Master processes. A human being may be converted into a transformer of the Headmaster, Targetmaster, Powermaster, or Micromaster class by replacing most of his body with cybernetics. Headmasters and Powermasters are usually paired with a full-sized Transformer, but may be given mindless Transector bodies to control, instead.
Life as a Transformer
A Transformer's life on Earth is one of constant warfare. There are no civilian Transformers, just soldiers. The small number of transformers means that the chain of command tends to be fluid. Each leader can directly command his troops, and both do so. The average fights a major battle every weekday.
It recently occurred to me that there is a Glass Walker faction that wants to turn Gaia into Cybertron. And that thought led to strange places.
Transformer: The TSCHE-CHU-CHU-CHU-TSCHE
History
The Transformers are simultaneously the youngest supernatural race on Earth and the oldest. The transformers currently on Earth have only been active since 1984, when a volcanic eruption awoke them from stasis lock. This means that they lack the infrastructure and connections of older groups, which have been active for centuries. But they also lack the grudges that define those groups. However, most individual Cybertronians are millions of years old, and their race was ancient when they were young.
Cybertronians on Earth
Millions of years ago, the Autobot leader, Optimus Prime, set off for a world that was known to be rich in natural resources, which would give the Autobots a decisive advantage on the resource-depleted Cybertron. He was followed by Megatron, who somehow discovered his plan and wanted this planet's resources for himself. Two great ships fought above the mysterious planet. The Decepticon ship was damaged and crashed into the waters of the planet. The surviving Decepticons boarded the autobot ship and fought their enemies hand to hand, until the Autoboy ship crashed into a volcano.
The Transformers awoke in 1984, to find the planet overrun by tool using primates and other, stranger things. To hide their existance, they took on the forms of common machines. To this day, they live among us in secret, continuing to wage their war.
Special Rules
Blood - The liquid energon that flows through a transformer's body is extremely potent and somewhat unstable. It is unlikely that a vampire would be able to bite though a transformer's metal skin and even less likely that he'd be able to successfully find a vein in the middle of combat. In any case, a single drop of goner will completely fill any vampire's blood pool at the cost of causing two boxes of aggravated damage to the vampire that imbibes it. This damage cannot be resisted, even with Fortitude.
Powers - Transformers are living machines. As such, they are immune to both technopathic powers that affect unintelligent machines and to biology manipulation powers that effect living beings. However, they are still vulnerable to mind control and soul manipulation effects as if they were a mortal human.
Delerium - Transformers are completely immune to Delerium.
Possession - Tansformers can be possessed, just like mortal humans. A dying Transformer can become host to a Demon.
Numbers
Transformers are the least populous race on Earth. There are less than 500 of them worldwide, split between two factions. Subfactions rarely have more than 5 members.
Becoming a Transformer
Most Transformers are created in factories on Cybertron and brought to life by the supercomputer Vector Sigma. However, to suppliment their numbers of Earth, the Autobots developed the -Master processes. A human being may be converted into a transformer of the Headmaster, Targetmaster, Powermaster, or Micromaster class by replacing most of his body with cybernetics. Headmasters and Powermasters are usually paired with a full-sized Transformer, but may be given mindless Transector bodies to control, instead.
Life as a Transformer
A Transformer's life on Earth is one of constant warfare. There are no civilian Transformers, just soldiers. The small number of transformers means that the chain of command tends to be fluid. Each leader can directly command his troops, and both do so. The average fights a major battle every weekday.