BOOGEYMEN

By Jaa7526395@aol.com (19 September 1995)

Description

This Kith is said to have come from the darkest of nightmares. Though not evil, the boogeymen love to scare things. They are the most feared kith that ever walked the earth, but no one knows why. As a matter of fact no one has really ever seen one. They live with in the shadows and darkness of the night.

The Boogeymen are probably the most antisocial of all kith. They don't want any one to know what they're really like. This, they fear would reveal weakness about themselves and the other kith would hunt them down.

They love sneaking into house and scaring its occupants. They are the guardians of the night. For centuries they have kept everyone in fear of the coming of the darkness.

Appearance

They are the classic description of the nameless horrors of the night. They are sguat creatures that are rarely over five feet six inches. Their skin's natural color is a dark green. They have wide faces with large noses and eyes. Their teeth are jagged and pointed and their eyes are green.

Seemings

Childlings spend their time delighting in scaring others, especially children. The Boogey Childlings are much like Pookas; they're highly social and tend to play cruel practical jokes on their friends.

Wilders tend to be disgusting and maniacal. They start to distance themselves by being annoying and doing things like eating old roadkill and just being strange in general.

Grumps have almost completely distanced themselves from other Kith. They rarely speak and are seen even less. They are highly anti-socal and will scare people away who try and talk to them.

Lifestyle

They are the guardians of the night. They tend to be wanderers and rarely take a job. When they do take jobs they tend to be graveyard watchpeople, grave diggers and other "spooky" jobs.

Affinity

Actor

Birthrights

Night Terror: By going up to someone and saying something (usually Boo) they can cause the victim to flee in terror and then after they're a good distance away forget the whole encounter. This is almost like the dreams called night terrors where the person wakes up screaming and doesn't remember why. To get this effect the Boogeyman must make a manipulation+intimidation versus the target's willpower.

Cloak of the Chameleon: This power allows them to slip into houses to keep people afraid of the dark. This is also why children can never find the monster under the bed. By spending a point of glamour the Boogeyman can blend into their surroundings, no matter how colorful. In order to see them the person looking for them must make a Perception+Alertness roll versus a difficulty of 9.

Frailties

Killing Kiss of the Sun: As every child knows, sunlight drives away all the monsters. All Boogeymen take damage from sunlight like vampires -- only the damage is soakable and is nonaggravated.