#mark vtm oc

[blood-bound]

Custom dice by bandit bones dice on insta!

They are for my Tremere Mark. :) I put a lot of thought into what I requested - for example, the hunger dice are supposed to mimic his sires eyes!

They came out even better than I had hoped for. SO SO SO happy and thankful.

Bonus:

Mark's glasses, dice, and character sheet! (My printer sucks don't judge)

[yerichon]

According to Mark, character development means going from "please just leave me alone please" to "get in my way and I'll rip out your windpipe"

[spell-fox]

Delilah down in the beating heart basement

to the backdrop of disembodied hearts beating against cellar walls, the fae dog Mr Licorice leads Elemancer and Natanel to the flesh cocoon containing (one copy of) his mum Delilah, frozen in torpor with a femur pressed through the heart

With Natanel and Licorice on distraction, Eli is able to sneak out with her under an art sheet to be un-staked when ensonced back in his home in an abandoned train station

Or "that time a fae pomeranian charmed Eli and we broke into an elder Tzimiche's dead wife room and stole a (possibly planted?) undead wife."

[eric-the-bmo]

He ♡☆

[krakenandcracker]

my vtm character

face claim/markiplier

so ı made this sketches, mark as a vampire

[styxnbones]

More Thoughts on Hidden Diablerie

so the other day i got an ask about Cass from a beloved mutual that prompted me to think a bit more in depth about the implications of Cass's Merits and Flaws- in my original conception of this character I picked Hidden Diablerie, Grip of the Damned, and Cast No Reflection mostly bc I was 12 and they all seemed cool. I also decided Hidden Diablerie was hereditary since Astrid was going to be a diablerist so I could justify giving Cass a low generation. But, the thing is right, that both of the flaws I picked are basically just the Hecata/Lasombra clan banes, and like I was always aware of this since part of Cass's characterization since the start had included pretending not to be a Malk by taking advantage of that- but it only just occurred to me that maybe it's not just Cass and Astrid that have the munchies for kindred souls, maybe their whole bloodline is a bunch of serial diablerists. And so, when you have sires of sires who are subsuming kindred of other clans into their blood and then going off and turning childer of their own, you get some funky cross contamination and end up with Malkavians who have agonizing bites but have never even met a Giovanni, who have strangely weak connections to the madness network, who have much more subtle expressions of their own clan bane... and that got me thinking hey what if Cass's sire's sire's sire or whatever *was* actually involved in the Great Prank, but didn't catch the Dementation discipline bc they ate a Lasombra last week and didn't register as enough of a Malkavian at the time

[coffin-comforts]

I love the trope of “character A is being defensive about something they did that character B called them out for and accidentally says something that shocks character A into realizing how far they’ve gone”.

Anyway shout out to Kazuya of one of my VTM games for saying to his longtime friend, who expressed concern over the fact that he is dating a thrall: “what’s so wrong with wanting to be treated like a god?”

[syntheticmortal]

I got tagged by the lovely @crownedinmarigolds! Thank you so much mate!! I'm absolutely charmed 🥰

Now my rat bastard spouse stole most of my tagging options on their post so to not double-tag I will add:

@skaerdir, @klaciate, @tzimizce and @vamp-orwave!!

If anyone who sees this wants to be an honourary tagee, then go for it XD

For those who don't know - Hi I am Alex! (He/They) and I'm a writer and an English immigrant to the USA!

3 ships: oh mate all of these are OCxOC with @c-n-i-d-a-r-i-a-n

Victor and Gloria – A Nos and his unbound Ghoulfriend. Making your touchstone one of your mission Ghouls is dangerous af but live fast love hard, lads.

Jeff and Lamb – Another of Vic's unbound Ghouls and the Thin Blood Nos that joined the Warren. Disgustingly fucking cute injected into the den of the rejected and disgruntled.

Ventan/Taakur Rig and Rozanin Rig – My and Daz's SWTOR PCs respectively. A Chiss Cipher Agent that ends up having to go hide with his Mandalorian hireling with her Clan and Roz's unrequited love becomes hella requited and suddenly Ventan/Cipher Five-now-Taakur has step kids??

I love it so much.

first ship: Oh god this takes me back to being little. Probably a Sonic one??

Shadow and Rouge if I had to take a guess??

last song: Temptation by Sean Paul! A proper bop

But honestly massive shout out to the second Nostalgia Synthwave mix by Odysseus on youtube

This thing keeps me sane, and has all the songs marked! – that opening one, Realign by Cerulean, can usually just melt my brain into peace whenever I hear it

last film: Snatch – Like VTMB it's a problematic fave that oozes style and characterisation throughout. Watched it as prep for a Setite I'm going to play in a V5 game >:D

currently reading: Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan as part of genre research. Finished The Vampyre recently too! Really I should pick AC up today, I've been working hard on my editing and outlining of my own pieces and neglecting the reading part of the craft for a few weeks >.>;

currently craving: So I'm drinking far less booze to save money whilst I'm out of work trying to get some Proper Writing done. So when I hit a good worthy milestone I'm getting a bottle of whiskey and I am ready.

fav color: Green! Sometimes purple!

relationship status: Maaarriiied to @c-n-i-d-a-r-i-a-n

last google search: I had to double check the spelling of Taakur for the ship section, so it was 'mandoa' :')

and before that I'm pretty use I searched Scryfall last night to go look at MTG cards even though I have no one to play with right now :'D (at least it's saving me money >.>)

current obsessions: Was tempted to add my own work here but I'll tag that on the very end XD

There's a lot of fandoms I don't leave – World of Darkness and Warhammer 40k predominantly as settings I always have another angle I want to see explored in!

I do however have the Magic the Gathering bug, even though I haven't really played in years and years now – but card interaction as a generation for narrative has always kind of captivated me? Like there's a couple big mean Ogre cards that make Rats more dangerous, but due to the way the systems work they also empower the Ratfolk of Kamigawa, the Nezumi, as they count as 'Rat' cards still. So big Ogre spellcasters improving Rat people as part of a contained bit of narrative kind of fascinates me as a concept.

Plus each deck presupposes a Planeswalker character who's casting those spells – and I was always intrigued by that notion and so most of my OCs are representative of decks I played (or wanted to :P) and then in turn each Planeswalker needs a Plane to come from, probably from a still existing culture on that Plane too, and so it can kind of wonderfully reverberate inspiration.

Like how every VTM Kindred OC presupposes a Sire!

BONUS ALEX SECTION

So if you want to get to know me, let me tell you about what writing I'm working on/have made recently.

Out now!

The Mutilation of Finley Reid

A short story of masculine horror, about a young man by the name of Finley who suffers in the pursuit of having his place as a man affirmed by his peers.

The world of Torranham Nights is an anachronistic reflection of England set in the coastal city state of Torranham, drawing from contemporary culture and folklore as well as the legends and reality of the cultures that came before – without being fetishistic about it like a lot of stories will.

Handle It

A short retail horror, about working the cash register of a butcher's counter, and the customer who orders increasing amounts of ground beef...

Inspired by my own work in a same spot, anyone who's done service work should get a kick out of this – plus it's free and only takes 20 minutes to read! XD

On the way!

Defector – name subject to change

A short story of grief, shame, suicidal ideation, alcoholism, and community. On the moon.

A Special Recon mech pilot, “Crash”, from Earth has defected to the Moon rebels, and now lives in Magnolia City, rotting away in her tiny apartment. Then the Provisional Government sends one of its elite commanders, a former enemy of Crash's, to pull her out.

Elhart: Arrival

The first of a short story fantasy anthology about a city of refugees at the edge of time and space, hiding from the end of the multi-planar universe. A super soldier has washed up with a near-fatal headwound and no memory, and she must learn to live in a far more peaceful world than the one her instincts suggest she came from. But who was she? And can she earn the trust of people who fear her potential to kill?

Neon Sun

A novel! Cyberpunk Vampires! If we're mutuals you can come ask about this but I'm not ready to share things too publicly for this one yet, but the outlining has gone beautifully in my opinion, and the worldbuilding is singing.

Speartip

I'm making a TTRPG!! It's a Powered by the Apocalypse engine game, about serving as the primary field agents of a faction of people who need your support and protection. Because if you're going to be a hero, who are you doing it for if not your kin?

Setting agnostic as hell, excluding some implicit need for magic in the class moves – I'm prepping to playtest this in sci-fi and fantasy settings to see how well my mechanics hold up in both swords and firearms based stories. Plus I'm going to explore a variety of perspectives of what the faction can be – from ethnic groups, to gangs, to guilds, to neighbourhoods.

I'm VERY excited about all this!!

[inkyquince]

Masterlist- Patreon Posts and Commissions

(Now Free!)

Degrees of Lewdity

Teacher Fuck Fest (DoL teachers)

Daddy Dearest (Bailey)

Innocent Crush (Eden)

Bitching an Alpha (Eden)

You are what you smoke… Fag (Whitney)

Wren’s Unionising Perks (Wren)

Bitter Almonds (Veteran Guard)

Commissions

Kicking Up A Fuss- (Remy x F!PC x Wren)

The Backrooms- (Landry x F!PC)

Remy's Journal (Remy x Cowboy!PC)

Snake Eyes- (Naga!Remy x PC x Wren)

Commission Letters

Kylar Stalker Letter- (Kylar being a nasty)

Kylar Creepy Omegaverse Letter- (Thirsting after Beta Reader)

Harper creeping on Hermaphrodite Reader

Wren and The Boss' Spouse

Fire Emblem

Hole in The Wall (Chrom)

He Doesn’t Count, He’s a Bodyguard (Chrom and Lon'qu- Fire Emblem)

Potion Permit

Sleeping with the Enemy (Matheo- Potion Permit)

Nu Carnival

Unwilling Sacrifice (Quincy- Nu Carnival)

Inky's OC's

The Freak (Inky OC- Soren Desiree)

His Favourite Pet (Zacarie De Fay- VtM OC)

Uptown Girl (Lachlan- VtM OC)

Unholy Confession (Father Blythe- VtM OC)

Romancing a Tremere (Lucrece- VtM OC)

You and Me and The Nos (Lachlan Reddick and Islan McLean- VtM OCs)

Marking the Master (Seir- Inky OC)

[owlispls]

I have been thinking a lot about the world of darkness (TTRPG/VtM not FFXIV). And when writing the lore of this former human I am just absolutely fascinated about how humans interact with the world of darkness without knowing anything about it.

Like what is the TV saying about the blood empty person in the park? Did they still have bite marks? Did they found a ‚probable cause‘ without having to bend over backwards to tell society that they think vampires exist?

Would it be the police report to invite the second Inquisition to find out more about it or does it simply just get lost within the abundance of news?

I do like to write some subtle foreshadowing into some of the lore of my OC, but it has to stay subtle, so that she doesn‘t want to check out where this is coming from. In the end her dying and being turned into a vampire is absolutely something she did not expect AT ALL.

[blood-bound]

Beautiful beloved Tremere Mark Vela drawn by the lovely @crownedinmarigolds ! THANKS SO MUCH I LOVE HIM

[subsequentibis]

2, 7, 9 and 10 for laz, sal and john?

wooo let's put this one under a cut!

2. Why does your oc look the way they do? What are your reasons for their appearance?

sal is pretty heavily inspired by most of the tall gangly awkward sweaty weirdo scientist/researcher characters i recall fondly from a lot of media i liked growing up, plus hair that's fun to draw and that mimics the fungus's tendril shapes. she started out looking fairly different as my vtm character, but then i fell a little in love with dev patel (and this was also when i was still drawing her as a man) so she ended up closer to his look in david copperfield. purple is a color that doesn't exist much in nature, or so i've heard, so it can have a mystical/spooky/unnatural feeling to it, especially i think a kind of paler ghostly purple, which is why i chose it for her sweater. similarly i gave her grey eyes because i feel like they give off a slightly unusual or unnatural vibe while also being very beautiful. she gets a turtleneck because i gave her my fear of/discomfort with having my neck touched to an extreme degree, she doesn't even like feeling the wind on it. the rest of her clothes are brown/dark tones to give her an earthy and grounded feel. i'm not very good at thinking of outfits so i made her like a cartoon character that only has one set of clothing but just gave her sensory issues so she has a whole wardrobe of nearly identical sweaters, pants, and jackets for comfort. originally i was going to have the fungus able to chameleon-esque shift color so it would be mimicking her hand and eye almost exactly except for almost imperceptible lines where the tendrils meet, but i ended up not liking that idea so much and gave her gloves & a glass eye to hide the bits that she loses over the course of the story. she's long and spindly because i tend to think of her hunched up and curling in on herself, like she's always felt just a little bit too big and is trying to compensate for it, and also because that's very fun to draw.

lazarus is pretty heavily inspired by john constantine, sam vimes, columbo, hellboy, any cigar/cigarette-chomping long coat-wearing detective or investigator with a dry sense of humor. he's gone through a couple versions actually, he was my character in several different ttrpgs until i settled on him as a detective npc for an urban shadows campaign i ran and that really nailed down a lot for him looks and attitude-wise. grey raincoat to help him blend in a little more with the city, i like to think he could lean against a concrete wall and almost disappear. big stompy boots or heeled shoes because he's short as hell and wants to look taller. red as an accent color for blood/fire/etc. actually i debated red eyes as well for a bit and finally settled on orange because, of all things, pilferingapples drew bahorel with these really lovely orangey whiskey colored eyes and that always struck me as gorgeous. i just cranked up the orange to make them obviously not natural and as a connection to lava. he's a bit of wish fulfillment for me as a trans man - short but with a broader build, fairly strong shoulders and hips but a bit of stomach to fill out between so he's not really hourglass-y at all. hairy all over, big obvious top surgery scars that will get an update to probably look like flames or claw marks soon, and covered in interesting scars. i always wanted to come up with a story behind all of them but i only ever figured out ones for two, one on his knee and the brand on his chest that ties him to his demonic patron. he had a shitty tiny ponytail for a long time because i love getting my hair just long enough to have a tiny shitty ponytail, but his hair started getting longer over time and now i like him with long hair. cringefail facial hair. he cannot grow a mustache to save his life but that's not gonna stop him.

ok so john. john was originally a hotel podcast oc, as in like i had this idea that the owner might have once been a human guy and got yoinked and twisted to fit the hotel's needs. so john was just my design for the owner but a little more saturated, like he goes semi-greyscale when he gets got. i ditched the turquoise bolo tie when i decided i wanted him in underbelly and i'm trying to fill his wardrobe out a little more with clothes that a divorced dad trying to find his feet again after a painful break up might pick for 'fun'. where laz was my wish fulfillment as a trans man back in college, when i was barely beginning to believe i could possibly be genderweird, john is my wish fulfillment as a trans man now. tall, beefy, hairy, big shaggy sideburns. he's got less thought put into him than the others because he's not been around as long, give him a few years to mature in the soup and i'm sure he'll develop.

7. Does your oc have any notable skills or good personality traits? Why did you give them those traits? Why do they exist in-universe?

see prev answer for sal!

lazarus is somewhat similar to sal in that he's quick to pick up on tiny details, but i would call him more street smart than book smart. i wanted the two of them to have a bit of a battle of the minds going on, not quite like death note levels but more like your average columbo episode. laz is in total control of himself at pretty much all times, as well - he is driven primarily by anger, but he's had enough time to figure out how to use anger instead of being used by it. sometimes he loses control but it's rare. he has a good relationship with a lot of people in the underbelly, he makes a point to help out where he can and engages in a lot of favor-swapping. i really want him to be a pillar of the community sort of guy, someone really intensely invested in the space they've helped to build because he's been aimless and wandering in the past and it's no way to live. he's a bit world weary and can come across as cynical, but deep down even if he doesn't believe in the inherent goodness of man, he thinks man can be dragged kicking and screaming towards some kind of goodness.

john is a good natured and good hearted kind of guy, despite his flaws he has a fairly strong sense of right and wrong and he's really fiercely loyal and protective of his loved ones. frankly see that one post that's like 'character that's submissive in the way a guard dog is submissive'. he's lost people and relationships in the past for various reasons so when he finds something that sticks he's desperate to keep them close and safe and intact.

9. In a group dynamic, what kind of role does the oc usually fill? Are they a worry wart? A troublemaker? The straight man?

sal is the worrier for sure and the one who goes home early because she's not having fun. laz is the one you think is the straight man until a third act subversion and then he's either covered in other people's blood or has challenged the biggest guy in the bar to a drinking contest that he will win and then make out with said guy. john is the designated driver.

10. What is your favorite trait regarding your oc?

i love sal's cowardice. it's really meaningful and special to me how little she wants to do with anything happening to her and how she figures out how to deal with it anyway and succeed while never really getting over how much she wants to just go home and get in bed.

my favorite lazarus trait is his anger, because i love a character who lets their rage bubble and boil under the surface while appearing completely calm until they just explode, but like a controlled demolition.

i love john's ability to adapt. when he ends up in the underbelly it's not long at all before he's got a stable job & a place to live & people who call him friend because he just goes with the flow and makes it work. yeah he's got goat eyes and horns and he sleeps on a pile of hay now bc he's too big for his bed most nights but hey, could be worse!

[dirtywratsimz]

Previous Post....

So guys, I've done it. I made a facsimile of my old VTM tabletop character, Isaac "Mark" Markovic. Don't call him Isaac...

It's one of those rare nights where I have some time to myself, so naturally I spent it drinking Jack Daniels + Dr. Pepper and playing the sims. I knew I was overdue to add this invaluable character to my current story...

It's either Mark or Markovic (or Markymoo). Never Isaac.

Of all the OCs that I've ever created in my life, Mark has always been the most difficult to capture. I've tried to make him in every single game I've ever played, and he never looks how I picture him in my head. But it's fine; the general essence of him is captured here, I think.

He's an asshole; he likes being offensive, and he loves pissing people off and making people uncomfortable. But, he's a lot of fun to be around. His idea of making friends is wearing you down with insults and pushing all of your buttons until you have a mental breakdown and then laughing at you for being irrational, and then building you back up by being incredibly kind to you and listening to all of your problems afterwards.

I absolutely love him and he's been very close to my heart since I first created him so many years ago. I created him for a very specific VTM session with some peeps I'm no longer in contact with, but I have not been able to let him go. He is clan Nosferatu, obviously, and is Sabbat aligned. He's horrible with computers, so rather he relies on physical attributes and whatever charisma he is able to muster up. I don't have a height slider in my game, but he's 6'4, for reference.

The first thing I had to do, naturally, was go to Tiff's place and introduce ourselves...

(I have WW installed.)

Markovic's first impression. Idk how he can tell based off of what Tiff is wearing atm...

As is the tradition in this household, Tiff's guest has to rudely introduce themselves to Captain. I love playing mean sims.

My boy Captain never did nothing wrong....

This shot sums up Tiff and Mark's dynamic pretty well.

Tiff's just like, "Who the fuck even is this guy?"

"Dude, can you please leave?"

Tiff went upstairs to wash her hands because I sold her entire kitchen, so Mark took the opportunity to snipe the pack of smokes off of Tiffany's desk, like a real scumbag.

No time like the present to start flirting with an unflirty sim.

She's not feeling it. I wonder why...

He doesn't look exactly how I want him to, but I have to admit that he is kind of a cutie pie. I fucking hate that butt chin, tho. I might go in and change him later on.

I forgot I put the mouse hole in Tiff's house. Markovic was scared of it, despite looking like a rat himself.

Time for a friendly duel, which is just what vampires do, I assume. I honestly wanted to see if Tiff winning against Vlad the last time was just because I was controlling her or if she really is that aggressive...

Poor Captain never asked to be apart of any of this.

But nah, she won, to the surprise of absolutely no one, myself included. I just want to say, I love how Captain seems to always follow Tiff around. I don't know if this is just a coincidence or if it has something to do with the game, but it's cute how no matter where Tiff is at, Captain always seems to be close by.

We're all good, though. I can tell this is the start of a beautiful love-hate relationship...

Btw you know you're a badass when you come out victorious from a vampiric spar and you still got the lighter sitting behind your ear.

After that scuffle, Tiff seems a lot more accepting of Markovic's interactions...

...err, nevermind.

I don't blame you for doing that...

[trail-of-harts]

Cam meetings can be stressful

[nuka-rockit]

hey whats up i made a new VTM OC

he’s a Nagaraja and he’s gonna be my PC for an upcoming Sabbat chronicle im playin with some friends 

[sarenhale]

I seem to forget I have a Baali (two actually) that I seem to ignore too much, gotta fix that mistake. Did a bit of a rework on Eleazar, I want to paint this when I have the time and energy! For now, wip!

All that talk in the last role about Infernalists made me think of this nasty boy...