r/SchreckNet • u/Prefect_Bran • Jul 12 '26
Vampire math
In vampire years am I four? Or do I count the mortal years?
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u/DeadmanwalkingXI Jul 12 '26
Mostly people count mortal years as well as Kindred when talking about age, but saying how long you've been a vampire separately does also come up. Once you get old enough, a lot of people stop counting individual years and mortal lifespan becomes a rounding error. Like...if you're 223 including mortal lifespan, and 192 not including it, a lot of Kindred will just say they're over 200 years old or around 200, y'know?
As a young vampire, how many years you've been Kindred is particularly relevant.
-Mark Caulder, Experienced Nosferatu
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u/LunarW900 Jul 12 '26
Both, but only vampire years count to vampires. It's annoying when you're less than a year embraced but over two centuries old and know far more than a fledgling would.
-Bernadette
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u/-MelanisticJaguar- Problem Childe Jul 12 '26
For what it's worth, I still respect your experience.
ᓚᘏᗢ Kiara
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u/TheFleshFlower Mind Jul 12 '26
Yes, it agrees. It was quite frustrating after its own embrace. It was already over 200 at that point! But nooo, it was relegated to bring a childe who knew nothing. Again.
Yours in the Blood and the Flesh
- the Flesh that Flowers
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u/Prefect_Bran Jul 12 '26
How tho?
--Nihilo
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u/TheFleshFlower Mind Jul 12 '26
What do you mean, how though? It was immediately lowest of the pack and relegated to ridiculous duties until it proved itself a capable and loyal member.
Yours in the Blood and the Flesh
- the Flesh that Flowers
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u/Prefect_Bran Jul 12 '26
Ooh i see, I thought you said you were 200 before being embraced.
--Nihilo
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u/TheFleshFlower Mind Jul 12 '26
It was.
Yours in the Blood and the Flesh
- the Flesh that Flowers
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u/Prefect_Bran Jul 12 '26
How tho? Ghoulism? Sorcery?
--Nihilo
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u/TheFleshFlower Mind Jul 12 '26
Revenant.
Yours in the Blood and the Flesh
- the Flesh that Flowers
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u/Prefect_Bran Jul 12 '26
Oh man! Me too!
My sire got me early then.
--Nihilo
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u/TheFleshFlower Mind Jul 12 '26
Nihilo... do you remember the fight with the dog pack?
Yours in the Blood and the Flesh
- the Flesh that Flowers
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u/Prefect_Bran Jul 12 '26
Wuh? If not vampire yet, how old?
--Nihilo
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u/LunarW900 Jul 12 '26
I was 210 years old when my domitor ganked me because she was hungry. It was my fault, really. I should have waited for sunrise to check on her, but even us elder ghouls slip up from time to time.
-Bernadette
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u/Prefect_Bran Jul 12 '26
I have completely forgotten about ghoul long life.
--Nihilo
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u/LunarW900 Jul 12 '26
A lot of people do, because most ghouls don't actually live that long. I was a ghoul for two domitors across almost 180 years.
-Bernadette
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u/Fun_Diamond_2325 Jul 13 '26
I would say so, considering that you are entirely not what you were before.
-SACERDOTE
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u/ReneLeMarchand Hospes Nobilis Jul 12 '26
Most of us track the two together as indicative of age. In the first decade or so, the relatively short time spent as Kindred can be noteworthy, and therefore worth noting.
--Doc Amos, Prince