Gameplay
In the world of Haven all types of power come with a cost to your
humanity, this is generally referred to as monstrosity. More powerful
entities are generally physically and mentally less human, and have had to
sacrifice their morality or aspects of their humanity in order to obtain
that power. No character can obtain power beyond tier two without hurting
innocent people to obtain it. RP Prompts for effective Tier 3s and higher
will often ask about who they have hurt, betrayed or sacrificed for their
power.
Supernatural society is inherently parasitic, with more powerful entities
preying on and feeding off lower power ones. One of the clearest examples
of this is psychic feeding. All supernaturals naturally feed from the
psychic energy of sentient beings weaker than they are, the stronger the
being the more powerful the effect. This can lead to humans who spend a lot
of time around supernaturals ending up particularly weak or frail. Psychic
feeding is a coded part of the game world.
At Tier Two, a supernatural character can use the feed command to enhance
their ability to feed from the psychic energies of others in their
surroundings. They will then slowly siphon off the lifeforce of anyone
nearby and less power than they are who is feeling afraid.
At Tier Three, supernatural characters will feed on fear whether they are
trying to or not, it is now just part of their nature. Additionally when
they use the feed command to enhance this ability they will also be able to
feed on anger and lust. This means they will feed on the life force of
those engaged in combat or sex among other things. Although sparring combat
does generate a fair bit less anger. Sleeping with a supernatural feeding
on lust can cause a significant transfer of life force.
At Tier Four, supernatural characters will feed on fear, anger and lust no
matter if they are trying to or not. It is for instance impossible for
anyone to have sex with such a character without giving up some of their
life force to do so. They can also use the feed command to enhance their
ability and feed of every character weaker than they are who is in proximity
to them.
At Tier Five all types of feeding has become automatic. It is now
impossible to have any personal dealings with an entity this powerful
without slowly being drained of your life force unless you are equally
powerful.
Supernatural characters at or above T3 who never deliberately feed or do so
sparringly will eventually become ill. Deliberately feeding on your friends
and allies is a much better way to prevent this than feeding on enemies.
Sex feeding can take 20+ LF, and may even cause death. If a character is taken below 75% life force they may pass out for a time, or if taken below 60% may even die.
Monstrosity
In the world of Haven all types of power come with a cost to your
humanity, this is generally referred to as monstrosity. More powerful
entities are generally physically and mentally less human, and have had to
sacrifice their morality or aspects of their humanity in order to obtain
that power. No character can obtain power beyond tier two without hurting
innocent people to obtain it. RP Prompts for effective Tier 3s and higher
will often ask about who they have hurt, betrayed or sacrificed for their
power.
Supernatural society is inherently parasitic, with more powerful entities
preying on and feeding off lower power ones. One of the clearest examples
of this is psychic feeding. All supernaturals naturally feed from the
psychic energy of sentient beings weaker than they are, the stronger the
being the more powerful the effect. This can lead to humans who spend a lot
of time around supernaturals ending up particularly weak or frail. Psychic
feeding is a coded part of the game world.
At Tier Two, a supernatural character can use the feed command to enhance
their ability to feed from the psychic energies of others in their
surroundings. They will then slowly siphon off the lifeforce of anyone
nearby and less power than they are who is feeling afraid.
At Tier Three, supernatural characters will feed on fear whether they are
trying to or not, it is now just part of their nature. Additionally when
they use the feed command to enhance this ability they will also be able to
feed on anger and lust. This means they will feed on the life force of
those engaged in combat or sex among other things. Although sparring combat
does generate a fair bit less anger. Sleeping with a supernatural feeding
on lust can cause a significant transfer of life force.
At Tier Four, supernatural characters will feed on fear, anger and lust no
matter if they are trying to or not. It is for instance impossible for
anyone to have sex with such a character without giving up some of their
life force to do so. They can also use the feed command to enhance their
ability and feed of every character weaker than they are who is in proximity
to them.
At Tier Five all types of feeding has become automatic. It is now
impossible to have any personal dealings with an entity this powerful
without slowly being drained of your life force unless you are equally
powerful.
Supernatural characters at or above T3 who never deliberately feed or do so
sparringly will eventually become ill. Deliberately feeding on your friends
and allies is a much better way to prevent this than feeding on enemies.
Sex feeding can take 20+ LF, and may even cause death. If a character is taken below 75% life force they may pass out for a time, or if taken below 60% may even die.