this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2024
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Vampire: The masquerade

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[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 38 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So what you're saying is that we need a way to farm blood in a continuous and high-volume fashion?

So we're doing the vampires' jobs for them? Are we...the vampires?

[–] BloodSlut@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

no no no, we're the middlemen like with health insura-

yeah, yknow what? we're the vampires

[–] RealFknNito@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

I mean we'd pay people for their blood. It would give poor people a way to make mon-

Oh god dammit.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

Maybe it only takes a little bit of blood? Does it have to be human blood? If the premise is that the energy comes from 'God's wrath' then it could be assumed that the energy generated by a single piston thrust is at least significantly higher than the caloric energy contained in the blood spritz itself.

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Vampires regenerate limbs so we can sever them and compost them with hydrogen producing bacteria to create hydrogen fuel cells.

[–] isthingoneventhis@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

This feels very dwarf-logic. I'm here for it.

[–] Lord_ToRA@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Where does the energy to create the squirt come from?

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Stored energy after the previous rotation

[–] QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So… a blood-powered engine? This is like saying ICEs are powered by spark plugs lol

[–] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago

They sort of are in a way, but only as a source of quick and easy fire. In this diagram, the blood and holy water are both consumed at a decent rate, making the engine actually powered by them. You could say it's powered by the collapse and regeneration of the vampire, but that's a perpetual and unavoidable side-effect of putting the holy water and blood into the chamber, much like the explosion in ICEs are the side effect of putting gas into a chamber and then sparking it.