World of Darkness shifters

[BPMasher]

How about combining World of Darkness monster lore with the adventuring lifestyles of Pathfinders into a cohesive whole?

As characters, the different clans and disciplines multiply the options for a Vampire / Werewolf (Gifts etc.) characters and bring a nice breadth of background story (possibly a metaplot involving the Wyrm and Gaia) into the campaign world.

Of course some changes are needed to the abilities, curses/limitations and considerations when playing a shifter character, but it could be managed.

Combine all the personal horror stuff with the alignment system to create truly epic characters. What if Amiri was a werebear who has to keep her bloodline a secret so she won't be hunted down? What if Hayato was also (in addition to being a famous samurai) a Kindred of the East, who has to keep his bloodsucking ways under control?

Lawful Good vampires anyone? I'm envisioning a charismatic Paladin leader, who unfortunately gets drained of blood and Embraced (turned into a vampire) and has to reconcile his bloodsucking ways with his Deity in some grand sacrificial quest. This could become a campaign staple, or even the plot for an entire game.

Just some thoughts off the top of my head.

[yukongil]

wasn't this kind of the theme of the Dark Ages stuff in WoD? I don't see why it wouldn't work the other way, though does Pathfinder have a good system for monster races as PCs? I know 3.5 did, but I can't recall if such a port made it to Pathfinder.

otherwise, yeah, sounds like it could be a blast.

[Bjørn Røyrvik]

You can easily make a D%D game with this premise, but it would have to be a new setting - the lore doesn't mix well for most established settings. Heck, it was a bit of a mess in WoD as well.

[Quixote]

Agreed. Hence the much revised, much more cohesive Chronicles of Darkness.

But yeah, it's just a matter of story. Make that homwbrew, I say. And godspeed for trying to *create* something with a ttrpg.