Horror Worldbuilding for TTRPGs: Vampire Economics

[@JohnSmith-jv7mv]

"clannish" was the word you were looking for but the thought of "the vampire Lord's racist werewolves" a la "my neighbor's racist dogs," did give me a chuckle.

[@drivinganddragons1818]

@@JohnSmith-jv7mv clanish is a good word, tribal is perhaps better. This comment means we now need a sitcom that features Vlad living in a suburban subdivision when a jerk werewolf redneck moves in next door. Like King of the Hill but with a bad count chocula laugh.

[@benjaminstiles]

“ if you’re a 200 year old vampire and you’re still broke, just step into the sun at that point” This is a wonderful quote from somewhere on the web about this exact topic

[@drivinganddragons1818]

@@benjaminstiles that's definitely a good one and a fair sentiment for sure.

[@drivinganddragons1818]

@@benjaminstiles Campaign idea: the party meets the world's unluckiest vampire. He survives on animal blood due to a sentient being blood allergy, as a result his powers are diminished. His centuries of life include setting up businesses in nations on the eve of fascist/communist revolutions, ID theft, investing with Ponzi, Belfort, and Madoff, sleeping in his coffin the day Tullip Bulbs collapse, and buying an Atlanta homestead in 1864...

[@lucusmccluskey7664]

You make some good points here. The discussion about vampires was especially interesting. I can imagine a vampire would become very wealthy and influential and might even donate a portion of their wealth in an effort to become a pillar of the community. This could lead to an interesting situation where a community rallies together to protect the vampire, and the vampire hunter has to work as an outlaw. An interesting inversion of a normal hero's story. Good video!

[@drivinganddragons1818]

@@lucusmccluskey7664 thank you. Vampires are easier, in a way, in the pre-modern era simply because inhereted nobility and wealth are simply a matter of bloodline (though the idea of Strahd owing an insurmountable generational debt to the Pope is comical on its face). Most of us don't associate with anyone more than say one or two income levels higher than ourselves so it's very easy to over look how the megawealthy operate and what's important to maintaining that status. I think the idea of a people who owe their lives and we'll being to the Von Zurovich Benevolence Fund is hilarious and a fun twist.