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Sometimes, the "immunity" is due to the idea that the character can't be changed from one type of their common category to another, such as zombies and vampires, which are different types of their common category of [[The Undead|undead.]] And sometimes the offspring only inherits one of their parents types, or a few, but not all, of either's traits.
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*** Prometheans who complete the Pilgrimage can theoretically become vampires or mages. The books advise that you only do this for a ''very good'' reason -- and the [[Rule of Cool]] doesn't qualify. Also, they lose nearly all Promethean abilities upon attaining humanity.
**** This is quite a good way to add on a bittersweet ending, a Promethean becomes a human again? Oh, but wait...he's cursed to live among the undead for the rest of his days. Its the sort of thing that should only really be used for the most grimdark of chronicles.
*** Also theoretically averted in a sense by any supernaturals who could turn into [[Hunter: The Vigil (Tabletop Game)|Hunters]] and become members of a Conspiracy, where they could then gain Endowments. Of course, if the ''other'' Hunters found out who they were, in many groups they'd be on fire in seconds. This only works if A: the DM [[Loophole Abuse|accepts the letter of the rules]] and not [[Screw the Rules I Have Plot|the spirit invoked by the flavor-and-backstory text]], or B: [[Million
** The ''[[Old World of Darkness (Tabletop Game)|Old World of Darkness]]'' has similar rules to the above to prevent gratuitous crossover:
*** Only humans have avatars, so only humans can Awaken to become Mages. Becoming undead of any kind gets rid of the avatar, nixing that option. Shapeshifters were born as shapeshifters, even if they resemble humans or animals at birth, so they lack avatars. When they die they can't go to the same afterlife as human dead, so they can't become wraiths, zombies, or [[Kindred of the East]].
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