Promethean: The Created: Difference between revisions

== The various [[Splat|Splats]] of Promethean are as follows: ==

 

 

* '''Frankensteins:''' Created by lightning (representing the divine Fire) and overflowing with the Choleric humour, this Lineage can trace its line back to Frankenstein’s original monster itself. The Wretched are freakishly strong, and some can reassemble their bodies with pieces of other corpses. Their Torment manifests as unreasoning vengeful rage, their Wasteland results in constant thunderstorms and endless fires, and their Disquiet results in pity and fear, developing into full-fledged hatred and mania.

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* [[A God Am I]]: Not very common for reasons that will be explained below, but when an unhinged Zeka with low Humanity embraces the Centamani path they can fall into this trope too easily...

* [[Angel Unaware]]: Qashmallim.

* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: When you've never heard a name before, and don't really know what names ''are'', you can get a little creative. Hell, one of the sample characters is named "The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter."

* [[Blank Slate]]: Prometheans start with nothing. Hopefully.

* [[Blessed With Suck]]: Quite possibly the worst in the [[New World of Darkness (Tabletop Game)|nWoD]].

** But Great Grandfather Crow has it even worse than everyone else. He was a crow who died and was then resurrected by some halfwit of a Promethean. Now he's a dead crow with the mind of a proto-human who just wants to become a regular crow again. The rulebook suggests that the New Dawn is actually impossible for him, because the Divine Fire can only turn one human, but he doesn't want that. That said, one test game run by the designers ended with the crow finding Redemption as a bird.

** Constructs, non-Unfleshed Prometheans made from substances besides human bodies (such as iron, wood, or stone), are even further removed from humanity than a normal Promethean, don't even ''look'' human without a Transmutation, cause Disquiet more easily, and, while they may have minor advantages, they also suffer from the same weaknesses as the materials they're made from.

* [[First Episode Resurrection]]: Subverted. Even if you're playing a Promethean from the moment it comes to "life", it's not actually resurrection. Prometheans are new individuals created from dead bodies, not revived humans.

* [[Foil]]: While the Promethean condition is in itself a foil to mortality, among the Created are the Ulgan and the Frankenstein. Frankenstein's Monster was created out of a desire to transcend humanity through science, where the first Ulgan was created with the same intent, but through spiritual means. Frankenstein work to exist and thrive within the world of humans, while the Ulgan tend to embrace lonely, hermetic lives of spiritual reflection, not unlike a monk. The Wretched know they are monsters and try desperately emulate humans; The Riven look for the evil in humanity while trying to ignore the intrusive spirits within their body. The Wretched become emotional vengeance-driven brutes when they're frustrated, whereas the Riven begin to sulk and lose their human nature, adapting a more animal-like mindset.

** Temperament Ensembles make ideal throngs, since being in a branded throng with Prometheans of different Lineages weakens a Promethean's Disquiet, slows down the Wasteland effect he causes, and makes it easier to resist Torment. Being in a throng with those of the same Lineage, though, makes things worse.

*** Worth noting is that, while a full Temperament Ensemble dulls Disquiet and slows the spread of Wastelands, both still spread, and their effects are cumulative. If the group stays in one place for too long, the humans around them will suffer Disquiet and the land will become all six types of Wasteland. A throng with all different types is ideal for play, but if the group overstays their welcome, the result is disastrous, significantly more so than if the Prometheans had been alone.

* [[Functional Magic]]: Alchemy/Innate Powers.

* [[Genetic Memory]]: Prometheans with the Residual Memories Merit possess traces of the skills their former bodies had. Unfortunately, these skills come with a chance to express a Derangement their former body had as well.

** To be fair, this isn't so much a case of [[Humans Are Bastards]] as it is a case of [[Everything Trying to Kill You]]. After all, the humans don't react any differently than the [[Animals Hate Him|animals]], or even the [[Walking Wasteland|vegetation]], who all share as much vitriol for the poor Promethean.

* [[Humans Are Special]]: The reason the Prometheans want to [[Become a Real Boy]].

* [[I Love Nuclear Power]]: The Zeka, the so-called Nuclear Prometheans, introduced in ''Saturnine Night''. Where other Lineages have an affinity for electricity, the Zeka have an affinity for radiation. Their Wastelands manifest as fallout zones.

* [[Implacable Man]]: Tammuz become this when they get pissed off.

* [[Light Is Not Good]]: Elpidos qashmallim are not by any means ''nicer'' than lilithim; they just tend to have slightly more positive missions. Ruby and Mr. Gold, for example, are out to stop monsters. If said monster is, say, a body-jumping demon, they have no qualms at all about locking the doors and slaughtering everyone in the room to drive it away due to lack of hosts.

* [[Lovecraftian Superpower]]: Pandoran Transmutations.

* [[Mad Scientist]]: Technically, demiurges are Mad Alchemists.

* [[Mana]]: Pyros.

* [[Not Himself]]: A Promethean's Humour normally only informs his actions, occasionally coming to the fore when he's under stress or exhausted. When in Torment, however, his Humour totally dominates his personality and he acts in ways he cannot control.

* [[Not Using the Z Word]]: The term "Promethean" is not often used by the Created, because many don't know it ''is'' a term.

* [[Order Versus Chaos]]: Elpis is the force for order and development, Flux for chaos and entropy. Both have their own versions of qashmallim. There isn't a "conflict" per se, as both are aspects of the Divine Fire, but since Flux is destructive and body-warping, most Prometheans want nothing to do with it or actively attempt to stymie it.

* [[Our Angels Are Different]]: The ''Qashmallim'' are thoroughly incomprehensible. And on fire.

* [[Our Homunculi Are Different]]: The PC characters are actually homunculi, but the term is used to refer to small constructs.

* [[Ridiculously Human Robot]]: Unfleshed from ''Saturnine Night'' are machines brought to life by Azoth, and due to the nature of the Divine Fire, they are invariably humanoids - even if what they originally were was, say, a laptop. There's even an example in the book - Tachanka, who was originally a military UMV but is now a mecha-teenager with an [[Arm Cannon]].

** And then there's the [[Hive Mind]] of nanotech that walks like a man. It even calls itself [[I Am Legion|Legion]].

* [[Secret Project Refugee Family]]: Your typical "throng" of Prometheans. A "branded" throng allows its members to share powers and perform other nifty tricks, but there are drawbacks as well.

* [[Shock and Awe]]: The Electrification Transmutations.

** As a [[Continuity Nod]] and [[Beethoven Was an Alien Spy]] one town, implied to be Centralia, Pennsylvania, became a wasteland due to Frankenstein's monster staying there on orders from the qashmallim.

* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: In order to refill their pool of [[Mana|Pyros]] Prometheans have to follow strict ''rituals'' when they rest, from sleeping immersed in earth, to falling asleep next to a lit fire, or hearing people's voices (human or Promethean, TVs, radios or recordings don't count) talk as they fall asleep. For some this isn't a problem, but being woken-up requires them to fulfill the requirements again in order to get themselves recharged. The Zeka naturally have more demanding needs, but some of the unique NPCs in the books have crippling versions such as the [[Our Vampires Are Different|vampire Promethean]] that can only sleep in a specific patch of dirt that is barely large enough for him to fit within.

* [[Yandere]]: A Galateid suffering Torment.

* [[Zombie Apocalypse]]: Some Zeka have the inherent ability to create radioactive zombies from corpses. Get an exceptional success, and the zombies are infectious...