From:	Manolis Skoulikas great_worm@*****.com
Subject:	Oriental Vampires (was A Van that is also a Boat that is also a Submarine...)
Date:	Tue, 06 Jun 2000 22:23:14 +0300

Fyre - AKA Colin wrote:
Hmm. Anyone ever played 'Kindred of the East'? It's an add-on to
> Vampire: The Masquerade which details the Kuei-Jin (sp anyone?),
> oriental vampires.
>

Sure have! Great work on the philosophy part of the game!

> They're created when their Po (demon) awakens in life (cruelty & evil
> acts etc. bring this on) and become vampires after a trip to the Yomi
> world (hell, in various different flavours, there are quite a few of
> them. Think of them as metaplanes).

1000 as the orientals agree! See "1000 hells" for Wraith the Oblivion.

They then return to their body on
> earth and rage around for a bit while they're under the control of their
> Po before they get themselves under control.
>
> LOL. Anyone tried a Vampire / Shadowrun crossover? :)

Where do you think the vampire plots in my shadowruns come from? :)
And I certainly have used Werewolf in interpreting the "nature" aspect
of SR shapeshifters.

the wiz