Post by Tami on Mar 2, 2007 22:20:39 GMT -5
Sobriquet:
Sinners
The Ethics of Sin:
• You are already damned, so nothing is forbidden to you.
• Claim the Beast and make it yours. Do not let it claim you.
• The night is yours. Take what you want and do what you will.
• Act where others hesitate. The laws of neither man nor God bind you.
• In the dark depths of your heart lies pleasure, if you have the courage to free it.
Initiation:
Initiation onto the Road of Sin is often a matter of breaking the many chains that bind the neophyte into a moral straightjacket and loosing the desires within her. The Embrace begins the work, awakening primal and dark hunger within the neonate's breast. Tempters--teachers of the Road of Sin--encourage their students to follow that desire; not to shy away from it, but to revel and luxuriate in it. To feel the pleasure that comes from the power they now command. Others claim the priests of this road are nothing but corrupters, but they maintain otherwise. After all, do the truly righteous and devout have anything to fear from the pleasure that they offer? Or do they point accusing fingers because they know, deep in their hearts, that they want the freedom the Road of Sin offers?
Organization:
The Road of Sin is loosely organized at best, simply bcause the goals of those who follow it are so diverse. It tends to be broken into individuals who each follow their own desires, occasionally gathering cults of followers, both Cainite and mortal, around them. The more experienced Sinners become tempters and priests, bringing others onto the road and teaching them to unleash their desires and claim them. Even the infernalists exist in scattered cults, but they hold only the power they can enforce. Despite the rumors and beliefs of many Cainites, there is no single cult or leader of the Road of Sin, no devilish conspiracy seeking to drag all others into corruption.
Aura:
Seduction. The Sinners are temptation incarnate, and they have an uncanny knack for knowing the desires of others .
Road Virtues:
Conviction, Instinct
Paths:
Path of the Devil: You are damned, and you serve Hell on earth. Path of Cruelty: Inflict your pain and hate on others and soothe it in yourself. Path of the Pleasure: Indulge all your desires, for they lead you to your true self.
Roleplaying Tips:
You are already among the Damned, so what have you to lose by indulging your true desires? Denial only strengthens the Beast. You do not fear retribution in the hereafter, because you will never truly die. You are free of the shackles of morality that bind mere mortals and even so many of your unliving brethren. That makes you capable of fulfilling your every wish. What is there to stop you?
Hierarchy of Sins Against Infamy
Rating // Minimum Wrongdoing // Rationale
10 // Anknowledging any moral restraint // You are beyond such weakness
9 // Failing to indulge a new desire // No pleasure should be denied you
8 // Failing to ride the wave of a frenzy // Denial only strengthens the Beast
7 // Refusing to tempt the virtuous // Virtue is a lie you must expose
6 // Avoiding injury to others at the cost of your own pleasure // No pain is worth more than your pleasure
5 // Turning down a chance for material gain // Your own needs outweigh all others
4 // Acting against your own best interests // Only fools sacrifice themselves
3 // Refusing to kill when it is in your best interests // No life is more important than your own
2 // Refusing to feed when the opportunity arises // Do not refuse your greatest need and pleasure
1 // Encouraging virtue or aiding agents of virtue Virtue is a lie and a prison for the spirit
Sinners
The Ethics of Sin:
• You are already damned, so nothing is forbidden to you.
• Claim the Beast and make it yours. Do not let it claim you.
• The night is yours. Take what you want and do what you will.
• Act where others hesitate. The laws of neither man nor God bind you.
• In the dark depths of your heart lies pleasure, if you have the courage to free it.
Initiation:
Initiation onto the Road of Sin is often a matter of breaking the many chains that bind the neophyte into a moral straightjacket and loosing the desires within her. The Embrace begins the work, awakening primal and dark hunger within the neonate's breast. Tempters--teachers of the Road of Sin--encourage their students to follow that desire; not to shy away from it, but to revel and luxuriate in it. To feel the pleasure that comes from the power they now command. Others claim the priests of this road are nothing but corrupters, but they maintain otherwise. After all, do the truly righteous and devout have anything to fear from the pleasure that they offer? Or do they point accusing fingers because they know, deep in their hearts, that they want the freedom the Road of Sin offers?
Organization:
The Road of Sin is loosely organized at best, simply bcause the goals of those who follow it are so diverse. It tends to be broken into individuals who each follow their own desires, occasionally gathering cults of followers, both Cainite and mortal, around them. The more experienced Sinners become tempters and priests, bringing others onto the road and teaching them to unleash their desires and claim them. Even the infernalists exist in scattered cults, but they hold only the power they can enforce. Despite the rumors and beliefs of many Cainites, there is no single cult or leader of the Road of Sin, no devilish conspiracy seeking to drag all others into corruption.
Aura:
Seduction. The Sinners are temptation incarnate, and they have an uncanny knack for knowing the desires of others .
Road Virtues:
Conviction, Instinct
Paths:
Path of the Devil: You are damned, and you serve Hell on earth. Path of Cruelty: Inflict your pain and hate on others and soothe it in yourself. Path of the Pleasure: Indulge all your desires, for they lead you to your true self.
Roleplaying Tips:
You are already among the Damned, so what have you to lose by indulging your true desires? Denial only strengthens the Beast. You do not fear retribution in the hereafter, because you will never truly die. You are free of the shackles of morality that bind mere mortals and even so many of your unliving brethren. That makes you capable of fulfilling your every wish. What is there to stop you?
Hierarchy of Sins Against Infamy
Rating // Minimum Wrongdoing // Rationale
10 // Anknowledging any moral restraint // You are beyond such weakness
9 // Failing to indulge a new desire // No pleasure should be denied you
8 // Failing to ride the wave of a frenzy // Denial only strengthens the Beast
7 // Refusing to tempt the virtuous // Virtue is a lie you must expose
6 // Avoiding injury to others at the cost of your own pleasure // No pain is worth more than your pleasure
5 // Turning down a chance for material gain // Your own needs outweigh all others
4 // Acting against your own best interests // Only fools sacrifice themselves
3 // Refusing to kill when it is in your best interests // No life is more important than your own
2 // Refusing to feed when the opportunity arises // Do not refuse your greatest need and pleasure
1 // Encouraging virtue or aiding agents of virtue Virtue is a lie and a prison for the spirit