Vampire perks

[Anaraxes]

Originally Posted by Bicorn

Blood Connoisseur Suggestions for toning it down?

Adds one point to the total points drained (regardless of total, but non-zero of course).

Connoisseurs don't typically gorge themselves, and this encourages many small feedings over one large one -- like the tasting room at a winery. That does, of course, generally take a lot more time to arrange. But connoisseurs often like to sample widely (cheese plates, charcuterie boards, drink flights...) And they don't generally fixate on one variety, best in all circumstances, but savor the distinctive subtle differences.

Each connoisseur can decide for themselves whether they want to optimize their feeding for minimal victims (and poorest ratio of bonus points) or highest efficiency (up to twice as effective, but requiring more victims).

If you want a trait to encourage specialization, then make that a Quirk, which penalizes feeding from the wrong types (2 for three, to invert the previous ratio, or a flat -1 to mirror this Perk). "Doesn't benefit as much from most sources" lands somewhere on the Disad scale, rather than being an Advantage. It's all in what you pick as a baseline and how you phrase the trait :)

Compare Increased/Reduced Consumption for scaling in full-bore traits.