Im struggling to not consider everyone a toreador and got thinking on this again now that the 2nd season of AMCs adaption is premiering…
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Underrated Clan.
Only played them in The Final Nights mod for VTMB, but I agree.
I just loved playing a wholly defensive, seemingly-villainous character.
I always managed to survive the most ludicrous situations with him, but after the vast majority of my victories were entirely social maneuvering.
What was your compulsion?
I played it off as a vague sort of lavish decadence, but it was actually good old fashioned lust -- for power, control, affection -- which I played up often enough that it would have been easy to exploit if I hadn't worn it on my sleeve. There was always a sort of "bon vivant" tendency of the character to act like they were just along for the ride. Really it was all about putting up a front for power consolidation.
The setting is really good at making those kinds of power plays interesting.
Now that sounds more like Queen of the Damned lol.
I wasn’t a fan of how the mod reduced them to blood fiends, like ya sure that’s one possible addiction for the Ishtaari, but not the only one.