Vampire: the Masquerade - Humanity & The Beast
536Few threats to a vampire are as insidious, as subtle as the passing of time and the degradation of their humanity. The Beast, the ever-present dark side of their mind, will urge them on, pick at their guard until that one, weak moment where they will succumb to it, often with disastrous results.
In Vampire: the Masquerade, the struggle is both against other vampires and their machinations, but just as much against the slow and inevitable loss of control and humanity. Why should you care if you accidentally kill a mortal if they already die by the thousands every night? And besides, give it a few years and they would have been dead anyway.
This mentality, this slow slide into a callous indifference, is what invites the Beast into the heart of a Kindred, and if they cannot find some way to hold on to their senses, eventually they will become wights, mindless creatures who only care for feeding and surviving.
In this video, we will explore the concept of Humanity, its origin, and look at some of the ways older vampires retain their senses.
Lore sources:
V20 Core Rulebook
Sins of the Blood
Chaining the Beast
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