Context: I'm playing modern nights and I've always loved the concept of the Salubri, although I do think they're underpowered. The chronicle is combat heavy with the Second Inquisition essentially having full government support. My character doesn't want to kill anyone and actually believes the inquisition makes sense given the millenia that vampires have hunted and manipulated humans. As she watches friends die however, I'm planning to have her slowly degenerate and struggle with the concept of humanity.
In V20 core, it says that "All Salubri must take five dots of Generation (to represent their diablerie of their sires)", but my ST thinks 5 dots of generation is too powerful as my coterie will be young 13th generation vampires. He's thinking of banning Salubri outright because of this although I've pretty much already wrote out a 3 page biography for my centuries-old Salubri where her clan is core to who she is all the way back to the dark ages.
I argued that Salubri are actually underpowered as my disciplines (Obeah, Auspex, Fortitude) don't do any damage anyway. He says he'll accept a 13th generation Salubri but lore-wise, unless I'm antitribu (I do not want to be an antitribu!), I don't believe this makes sense. That would mean a 13th-generation Salubri, embraced my character, who became a thin-blood who then diablerised her sire? Salubri are already so rare in the modern nights, and persecuted, there is no way a 13th-generation Salubri is even still alive. Can thin-bloods even diablerise? They're also extremely exclusive lore-wise. From a systems perspective as well, without being able to pump my stats in combat fast, I'll just be a literal tank/healer that does no damage. I have no social disciplines either. That doesn't sound very fun.
How do I convince my ST or get around this issue? Should I just choose another clan?
In V20 core, it says that "All Salubri must take five dots of Generation (to represent their diablerie of their sires)", but my ST thinks 5 dots of generation is too powerful as my coterie will be young 13th generation vampires. He's thinking of banning Salubri outright because of this although I've pretty much already wrote out a 3 page biography for my centuries-old Salubri where her clan is core to who she is all the way back to the dark ages.
I argued that Salubri are actually underpowered as my disciplines (Obeah, Auspex, Fortitude) don't do any damage anyway. He says he'll accept a 13th generation Salubri but lore-wise, unless I'm antitribu (I do not want to be an antitribu!), I don't believe this makes sense. That would mean a 13th-generation Salubri, embraced my character, who became a thin-blood who then diablerised her sire? Salubri are already so rare in the modern nights, and persecuted, there is no way a 13th-generation Salubri is even still alive. Can thin-bloods even diablerise? They're also extremely exclusive lore-wise. From a systems perspective as well, without being able to pump my stats in combat fast, I'll just be a literal tank/healer that does no damage. I have no social disciplines either. That doesn't sound very fun.
How do I convince my ST or get around this issue? Should I just choose another clan?
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