FORUMITES

By The Unembodied Voice of Reason (cheeze_weasel@yahoo.com)

Description

With the increasing use of the Internet, a particular odious bloodline from the Toreador and the Brujah have spawned the Forumites, with the anger and rage of a Brujah, and the arrogance and vanity of a Toreador. Though only on the Internet, particularly forums; otherwise, one might be mistaken for a rather meek and timid caitiff.

Society

Forumites generally meet online in their own forums and chatrooms. Cliques are almost immediately formed in each local community. Leadership of a particular clique is claimed by being the loudest, bitchiest, most belligerent, and wittiest with flames against others.

The Embrace

Each Forumite is picked out by a particular clique to be claimed for the Embrace. To test the subject, the candidate is flamed relentlessly over a seemingly trivial topic, like Muffy the Zombie slayer and its relation to Black Dog Games Factory's Zombie: The Putrefication. If the subject actually breaks and begins to become apologetic or leaves in any way, he is abandoned as a candidate. Only the most belligerent and thick-headed of candidates will be chosen and taken into the clique.

Clan Weakness

Once a particular set of opinions or ideals have been chosen by a Forumite, any sign of difference of opinion will send the Forumite into a flame frenzy, in which the powers of Bitchitus become maddening, if not lethal.

Clan Disciplines

Fortitude (for withstanding Flames), Presence (in aid of controlling cliques or anyone whom disagrees with the forumite, in a way that isn't completely obvious), Bitchitus (the unique clan discipline of the Forumites)