Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[BFS]]: An option via Console Commands. The player character can wield the Buster Sword-esque Sheriff's sword.

* [[Blessed With Suck]] and [[Cursed With Awesome]]: The player character is now a vampire with the need for blood, perpetual nocturnal existence, countless enemies and near-invincibility that comes with it. To what extent one is blessed/cursed with suck/awesome depends on your clan.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]] and [[The Wonka]]: What happens if you play a Malkavian.

* [[Celibate Hero]] - [[Really Gets Around]]: Inverted. The PC is a vampire and can't have sex like a normal person but can seduce anyone they like with enough points in Seduction (for blood rather than sex, with the seducee left with the impression that something sexy took place). Likewise, they can be 'celibate' and just live off rats or blood bags.

* [[Unwanted Harem]]: You have the option to treat your Heather ghoul like shit. She will just keep fawning over you anyway because she's addicted to your blood.

* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Those creepy e-mails you keep getting who refer to a "pawn"? They're talking about you. The amount of people who manipulate or "move" you in this game is staggering. You can count on one hand the major characters who ''don't'', though by the end you get the option to bite back at quite a few of those manipulators.

* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]: You have a few options for it like blackmailing Lily, driving the Thin Blood vampire hunter to his death, or just randomly burning people's minds out with Dementation every chance you get.

* [[Villain Protagonist]]

* [[Obfuscating Insanity]]: Possibly.

* [[Reliable Traitor]]: Gary is the Camarilla Primogen of the LA Nosferatu. He also sells his info freely to the Camarilla's enemies, has no bones about flaunting this fact in LaCroix's face, and has no respect for LaCroix, his fellow primogen, or any members of the Camarilla whatsoever. Justified insofar that the local Nosferatu were residents of LA while it was a Free State (even the Anarchs knew better than trying to root them out), and Gary has probably gotten used to flying solo; much like Grout, he probably got saddled with the title of Primogen as a matter of seniority when the Camarilla rolled back into town.

* [[Stealth Expert]]

* [[The Spymaster]]

* [[Properly Paranoid]]: Well, he's Malkavian, he's powerful, and this is the World of Darkness. ''Someone's'' gonna be out to get him.

* [[Psycho Psychologist]]

* [[Sanity Slippage]]: As with all Malkavians, he's insane; however, Grout has a very slow-acting version of the Malkavian madness, going from a cold-hearted psychopath to a reclusive paranoid schizophrenic over the course of several decades.

* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: Notes that vampires do it, theorizes as to why, then realizes he's [[Got Me Doing It|doing it too]] over the course of one diary recording.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: With emphasis on the deadpan.

* [[Graceful Loser]]: If you manage to figure out that he's manipulating you, he reacts with grudging admiration, unless you're a Tremere, in which case, he'll respond with utter disgust. And if you play as a fellow Nosferatu, [[So Proud of You|he just about gives you a round of applause.]]

* [[Knowledge Broker]]

* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife|Ugly Guy Hot Gal:]] Apparently he had an affair with Jeanette.

* [[Cursed With Awesome]]: Mitnick fully acknowledges that his Embrace was the best thing that could have possibly happened to him.

* [[He Knows Too Much|He Knew Too Much]]: Mitnick was Embraced after managing (after burning out three laptops) to break the encryptions on a very minor Nosferatu database.

* [[Playful Hacker]]: What else can you call a man who once emailed all of America's nuclear missile activation codes... to the President?

* [[Sinister Surveillance]]: If you accept his quest offer, you're given the job of expanding said [[Sinister Surveillance]] for him.

* [[Troll]]: Implied by his dialogue when you first meet him. He still manages to be rather nice face-to-face, on the other hand.

* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Very much so.

* [[Granola Girl]]: Skelter describes her as this, comparing her to an anti-Vietnam flower child. In person? Not so much.

* [[Tsundere]]: At least if the player character is a Male Anarch.

{{quote| '''Malkavian''': You are a candy heart with a "Fuck You" printed on it. }}

{{quote| '''Jack''': Everytime I yank a jawbone and ram it into an eyesocket, I know I'm building a better future!}}

* [[Cool Old Guy]]: He was a pirate, you know.

* [[Genius Bruiser]]

* [[Moral Dissonance]]: Claims to think about mortals the way humans think about cows. You don't go out of your way to kill 'em, but who cares if one dies? Kinda justified in that he is about 400 years old and knows to prioritize Kindred over humans when it comes to survival, or taking into account that pirates 400 years ago didn't think much about killing. He ''is'' trying to adjust to modern times, packing heat and bathing. You know, occasionally. Given 400 more years, he might give the morality thing more consideration. Or he might not, who can say?

* [[Noodle Incident]]: Jack seems to have a specific problem with shotguns, and getting shot in the head with them, borne of experience. He'll never say what the experience was.

** [[Word of God]] confirms this. Also goes to [[Shown Their Work|show their work]]: one of the game designers specifically mentioned in an interview about having researched how {{spoiler|Dissociative Identity Disorder}} develops in real life and applying it here.

* [[Perky Goth]]: Jeanette.

* {{spoiler|[[Split Personality]]: Therese implies she was the "original" personality who created Jeanette to deal with her father's abuse and her sheltered lifestyle. Becoming Embraced by a Malkavian may explain why it's played so extremely.}}

** {{spoiler|[[Split Personality Takeover]]: You can ultimately convice one of the two personalities to kill the other.}}

* [[I Hate You, Vampire Dad]]: He despises Isaac for Embracing him.

* [[In-Series Nickname]]: "Dead Phoenix."

* [[Vampires Own Nightclubs]]: The [[Stealth Pun|Asp Hole]], a gift of his sire.

* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]

* [[Get Back Here Boss]]: When you confront him on 609 King's Way, the entire fight consists of you running around the room trying to hit him as he teleports and summons his monsters to kill you.

* [[Mad Scientist]]: A Tzimisce fleshcrafter. It goes with the territory.

* [[One-Winged Angel]]: He uses his War Form for the second battle.

* [[Vampire Vords]]: And the only one who speaks like this in the entire game.

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Suffers an impressive one when you meet him for the second time.

* [[Gentleman and A Scholar|Gentleman And A Seeker of Reluctant Information]]

* [[Mr. Exposition]]: His role in the game.

* [[Sarcasm Failure]]: Both types. If a Malkavian main character shares his 'theories' on Kindred origins with him, his only response is a slightly off-key "Can't say I've heard ''that'' one before..." His last conversation with you, after Beckett has had a chance to study the Sarcophagus, is a serious version.

* [[Totally Not a Werewolf]]: He's not, but you can ask if he is one (provided you're not a Gangrel).

* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: You can actually see him standing around in the Surfside Diner early in the game; while you can speak with him and (if you have auspex) see that he's a vampire, there's no guessing who he ''really'' is.

* [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]]: Despite being referred to as a neonate he can use his Gangrel War Form. That's a level 5 skill normally available only later in the game (unless you cheat) and after paying a lot of experience points.

** Actually, just before heading to the pier for the 1st time, a couple of police would discuss the worst thing they ever saw. One described a very vicious killing ''years'' ago. It's likely this neonate has been gaining experience all this time. What's really surprising is you can [[Curb Stomp Battle]] him anyway.

* [[Perky Goth]]: One of her options.

* [[Pet the Dog]]: Arguably, your treatment of her can be this for you.

* [[Stalker With a Crush]]: If you save her and don't speak to her upon returning from the Dane (basically only possible for a Nosferatu, as they arrive Downtown and enter the Venture tower via the sewers), she'll disappear and only show up {{spoiler|in time for the Sabbat to kill her. The implication is she's been stalking you all this time.}}

* [[Video Game Caring Potential]]: You can care for her, help her, and reassure her.

* [[Cool Old Guy]]: He may not look like it, but he's nearly sixty. He's also one of the only few people you can put your complete trust in.

* [[In-Series Nickname]]: The Malkavian PC calls him "Fleet-Footed God" because [[Classical Mythology|guess why]]. He seems okay with it.

{{quote| ''(On LaCroix)'' Just so you understand, my loyalties are all but written in blood, so my opinion of the guy is moot.}}

* [[The Scrounger]]: You could say he has a talent for it. Need a weapon? Mercurio can get it for you, given some time.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[Hold the Line]]: Well, the gates of his cemetery. Defending them for him of the cemetery is probably the hardest mission of the whole game bar none. Characters without Celerity, a powerful gun or Protean need not apply.

* [[Friendly Sniper]]

* [[The Gunslinger]]

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: If you fail the mission and the zombie hordes manage to break out, he gets pissed:

{{quote| Where are my manners? Thanks for letting the rotting animated corpses out to chew on the flesh of the living, so I could spend all of ''my'' pre-dawn hours cleaning up decaying flesh and half-eaten dog carcasses. Really made my night.}}

* [[The Renfield]]

* [[Verbal Tic]]: "Oh ''man''!"

== Vandal Cleaver ==

* [[The Man Behind the Curtain]]: Up close, he's not much of a threat.

* [[No Name Given]]

* [[Silver Fox]]: From what little you can see of him, he clearly has white hair, and he's at least middle aged.

* [[Sinister Shades]]

* [[Honest John's Dealership]]: Subverted - Larry may seem like this at first, but his wares are perfectly serviceable. Plus, he gets very irritated when you suggest it.

* [[Jive Turkey]]

* [[Soul Brotha]]