Line #45 YMMV/Vampyr2018


1	* AccidentalInnuendo: A few with regards to Swansea -- though, taking into account his pastimes, some of these may appear not-so-accidental.
2	-->'''Lord Redgrave:''' As long as [you, Jonathan] reveal nothing of the club's inner workings, why should I forbid you to engage in "conversation" with the good Dr. Swansea?
3	-->'''Thelma:''' [The Guard of Priwen] wanted Dr. Swansea to confess his guilt and admit to relations with blood drinkers.
4	* {{Adorkable}}:
5	** PlayedForLaughs with Jonathan Reid. Most of the time, he avoids this trope due to being a cool and collected gentleman, except for that one time when he gets asked about vampires' sex life since that clearly never crossed his mind before.
6	-->'''Louise:''' Well, immortality. Not a common wedding gift, is it! I think [her vampire abductor] just wanted to have his way with me... ''(beat)'' Can vampires even fuck, doctor?
7	-->'''Jonathan:''' ...[[FlatWhat What?]] Well... I... Erm. I really can't... answer that. Well, since vampires are creatures of blood. Huh, physically speaking I suppose, an erection is possible. But, I... ''(trails off into an awkward silence)''
8	-->'''Louise:''' ''(stifles laughter)'' Don't be embarrassed, Dr. Reid. I was just asking.
9	** Dr. Swansea. The thought of going to an exhibition with Jonathan makes him almost giddy with excitement.
10	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
11	** Dr. Edgar Swansea is hit with a brick that is this trope. [[spoiler:He insists his intentions were good but was he telling the truth, what with his overenthusiastic reaction to Jonathan agreeing to turn him? Is he a victim of circumstance like he paints himself to be? Or is he hiding his self-centered desires behind a veil of compassion and reputation? Is he genuinely ObliviouslyEvil or is he just a NeverMyFault wretch who's getting what he deserved? Or is he a GoodSamaritan with a questionable code of conduct? And if he is turned into a vampire, will he – when all is said and done – [[ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime feel sorry for what he did]] or will he give into the blood temptation?]]
12	** Dr. Reid himself is this by nature as he's naturally inclined to be a hero but there are hints this may have been a cover for a darker nature. During a flashback, he is shown killing enemy soldiers in combat despite being a medic, and he is accused of being a GloryHound and a DoctorJerk. How much of the HorrorHunger is alien to him and how much is he naturally suited to being a vampire?
13	** Is Lady Ashbury a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire or a RetiredMonster? There're hints at both — like the fact she murders the dying to feed her hunger. Her distaste for the Ascalon Club may be because they're prejudiced pigs but also because she's excluded from the halls of power by their attitudes.
14	** Are the Guard of Priwen a bunch of TheFundamentalist KnightTemplar types or are they simply TheExtremistWasRight and a NecessarilyEvil since London ''is'' overrun with vampires.
15	** Similarly, is Father Whitaker just an AxCrazy HidingBehindReligion, or does the fact [[spoiler: he predicts the awakening of the Red Queen]] mean that he's actually another character in on TheMasquerade? In that case, is his speech about preventing the end of the world just ProperlyParanoid?
16	* AluminumChristmasTrees:
17	** Reid's trendy modern undercut ''is'' actually appropriate for someone coming off the front in 1918. The 'hipster' beard is also more or less era-appropriate.
18	** Charlotte Ashbury mentions that some folks are sarcastically talking about building a wall around the West End to corral the voices of the Suffrage Movement. She then says if they ever did that she would blow it up. This seems like a pithy quip meant to show that the Suffrage Movement won't be silenced, but in reality, the first wave of feminism (especially in Britain) did commit several acts of terrorism, such as breaking windows and firebombing mailboxes.
19	* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: An odd example of this as a lot of people believed ''Vampyr'' would be a CultClassic since ''VideoGame/RememberMe'' had turned out so poorly. It was also being unfairly compared to ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'', DONTNOD's signature game, and even ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'', the other famous vampire RPG. Instead, the game was a huge hit in Europe with best selling status in the UK, Germany, and France, and reached the 1 million units sold by April 2019. Safe to say, it massively increased the publisher's revenue as well.
20	* AntiClimaxBoss: Players expecting a tough final boss battle with [[spoiler:The Red Queen's avatar]] may find themselves disappointed due to the fact that [[spoiler: she]] is a much easier opponent than the ''three'' bosses that precede [[spoiler: her]]. Unlike the two Ichor bosses, [[spoiler: the Avatar does not deal poison damage and therefore cannot kill the player in one good hit. She also has no ability to release toxic clouds when damaged and thus can be attacked in quick succession more easily. She summons minions in during the fight, but her minions disappear after a short while, unlike the permanent Skals that Doris can summon]]. Unlike [[spoiler: [=McCullum's=] fight]], [[spoiler: her]] arena has no special gimmick that hinders the player movement and ability to attack. [[spoiler: Her]] ranged attacks are so easy to dodge that you can avoid them simply by ''walking'', and they don't even do that much damage compared to [[spoiler: [=McCullum's=] face-melting barrage of bolts]]. To top it all off, [[spoiler: The Avatar needs at least 3 to 4 hits at a rather manageable pace to kill Jonathan, which is a huge letdown after the last three bosses can pretty much insta-kill Jonathan with one hit.]]
21	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The entire score by Olivier Deriviere masterfully encaptures the game's haunting, early 20th Century aesthetic. In particular, [[https://youtu.be/RRS5kdnyO54 The Thirst]], the soundtrack that accompanies Jonathan feeding on mesmerized civilians, and [[https://youtu.be/050_D-hYJtI White Chapel District]] music wouldn't be out of place in a survival horror game.
22	* BaseBreakingCharacter: Charlotte Ashbury, the adoptive feminist daughter of Elizabeth. Is she an endearing "[[ActionGirl strong independent woman]]" like her mother describes her, or just a preachy BrattyHalfPint whose speech about "women dying in war too" is insensitive? Some may also TakeAThirdOption and argue that in spite of these flaws, she's still likeable.
23	* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: There's a boss lurking in the West End sewers by the name of Leon Augustin, a Vulkod. You will ''have'' to fight him to progress the story and there's nothing in the game that foreshadows him. He just pops up, you kill him, and move on. He's never brought up again.
24	* CargoShip: Dr. Swansea and his skull due to him being positively captivated by it during his unmissable cutscenes.
25	* CatharsisFactor: While embracing can be considered morally questionable many time, one exception is [[spoiler:Aloysius Dawson. In addition to being a ruthless rich weapon manufacturer with no regards for poor people, his [[EntitledBastard sheer entitlement]] and [[DudeWheresMyRespect lack of gratitude]] when expecting you to grant him immortality is so insufferable that it feels very satisfying to watch the terror on his face when he realizes he will die for good]].
26	* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:[[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen The Red Queen]], once worshiped as [[Characters/CelticMythology the Morrigan]] by the Celts, is a [[EldritchAbomination horrific entity]] hellbent on making humanity suffer and die. In various intervals, she awakens to bring down destruction and death by using a woman as a willing, despairing host to punish the world, forcing her son Myrddin to sire a noble soul so they could stop her. In Edwardian London, the Red Queen calls down a horrific plague, killing countless innocents and turning others into [[OurVampiresAreDifferent blood-drinking, flesh-eating monsters]] with intention of forcing humans to suffer worse in indescribable agony once she awakens. Even upon defeat, she promises to return again and bring more suffering on Earth, being only amused at Myrddin's attempts to stop her]].
27	* DemonicSpiders:
28	** Blinker Skals and Ill-Formed Skals can not only teleport and reappear behind Jonathan, but also leave behind a cloud of acid that causes continuous damage if he is caught in it. They are also very hard to stun and some explode upon death, leaving a puddle of the aforementioned acid.
29	** Rogue Ekons are vampires just like Jonathan and come in two equally hair-pulling flavors. The ones in black are sorcerers who like to pester you from a distance with powerful Blood Spear attacks before closing in with hard-hitting melee, and on top of all that, they have the ability to drain stamina preventing you from attacking or dodging. The white-clad ones are strictly melee, and easy to parry to be fair, but they have a habit of spamming the blood barrier over and over and ''over'' again, preventing you from dealing much damage outside of bites, which turns the battle into a frustrating marathon. Both are extremely fast and agile. Fortunately, they are only encountered late in the game and found only in the West End and Southwark districts of London. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, if you pissed off the Ascalon Club by refusing to turn Dawson into a vampire, be ready to be harassed by them anywhere you go]].
30	* DesignatedHero: This is one way to look at the Guard of Priwen and, in particular, [=McCullum=]. Throughout the story, the Guard commits a lot of morally questionable or downright villainous deeds: they break into [[spoiler:Dorothy's]] dispensary and shoot all the patients on sight, they mug an innocent trade unionist, they can potentially butcher a human woman who only believes she's a vampire. A few of these transgressions are called out, but no one in the Guard pays any penance. This becomes egregious late-game where Jonathan has to [[spoiler:rescue Edgar. To even get to him, Jonathan is forced to read [=McCullum's=] findings. This results in him, without rhyme or reason, accepting [=McCullum's=] version of events instantly and implicitly. Recognizing this, Swansea's subsequent pillar choice falls flat as it devolves into Jonathan interrogating him by using his mortal enemy's unequivocally 'correct' views he chose to take for granted five minutes ago.]]
31	* DiagnosedByTheAudience:
32	** Rufus mentions that he struggles with doing jobs, as he tends to forget why he's doing things while doing them. Him surviving a bombing incident may caused this to him in some way, but no hard explanation on his condition is provided by the game itself.
33	** It's implied that Emelyne may have developed schizophrenia following her husband's self-exile and Mary losing her baby to the flu. Jonathan has described her as "sickly" too. However, it's also possible she had her brain fried by Mary's Mesmerism.
34	** It's obvious to Jonathan himself after questioning Carloyn [[spoiler:on her abuse of her daughter that she is ''very'' mentally sick to the point that [[BelievingTheirOwnLies she honestly does not believe that she is doing anything wrong]], even while Jonathan uses his CompellingVoice to force her to answer his questioning.]] However, nothing can be done to have her undergo an actual diagnosis and considering Vampyr is set during 1918, it's doubtful that what exists of psychotherapy right now would be able to help her anyway, so whatever mental disorder she would actually have is only up to the players.
35	* DieForOurShip: General fandom consensus says that Elisabeth and Edgar are the most prominent characters to be killed off so the Jonathan and Geoffrey ship could take place.
36	* DracoInLeatherPants: Geoffrey [=McCullum's=] crimes are often mitigated by the fandom because of his dashing looks and general involvement in the story.
37	* EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame: A commonly held opinion about the game is the atmosphere, characters, and world-building is spectacular. Jonathan Reid may be a bit too bland (at least as FriendlyNeighborhoodVampires go) but the game revives a lot of classic Gothic archetypes for the game. Unfortunately, the combat is clunky and repetitive with most of the characters wasted as potential food sources for Jonathan. The developers seemed to have agreed as sometime after release they added a "Story Mode."
38	* EnsembleDarkhorse:
39	** Nurse Dorothy Crane is well-loved by the fanbase due to her commitment and devotion for Whitechapel with several players opting to ''not kill'' her and [[PlayerPunch being dejected]] to find [[spoiler:that wiping her memory leads to her becoming a Skal]], with many regretting this option and choosing to restart the game all over to pick the other alternative where she lives. It helps that [[spoiler:choosing to have her resign from her job so she can work full-time in her dispensary leads to her becoming a helpful merchant]].
40	** Nurse Pippa and Milton stand out due to being an interracial couple who balance sympathetic and unsympathetic traits: They're tough and well-intentioned, but their growing cynicism has driven them to [[spoiler:prey on patients by extorting them]].
41	** Seeing as he has mere fifteen or so minutes of screen-time, this trope also applies to Geoffrey [=McCullum=] for being a badass, self-righteous extremist that can potentially be turned into a vampire himself for a taste of his own medicine.
42	* EpilepticTrees: Probably the best known and widely accepted fan theory out there assumes that [[spoiler:[=McCullum=] is going to become a vampire regardless of Jonathan’s choices; he did ingest King Arthur’s blood right before his boss fight, and King Arthur was one of Myrddin’s Champions. The fact that [=McCullum’s=] features develop a bloodless pallor even if Jonathan explicitly spares him further feeds this hypothesis.]]
43	* EvilIsCool: Jonathan himself if he's played this way, backed up by the fact he's got not an ounce of shame in him following his jump off the slippery slope.
44	* FanficFuel:
45	** Thanks to civilians having their distinctive backstories and character traits, there is an untapped fanfic fodder exploring their lives, what would happen if they became vampires themselves, etc.
46	** Lady Ashbury's adventures prior the start of the series is also an popular fanfic subject, specially how [[BeenThereShapedHistory she served as inspiration]] for Bram Stoker's ''Literature/{{Dracula}}''.
47	** The revelation that [[spoiler:Myth/KingArthur was a vampire too just like Jonathan and the list may include Francis Drake, Guy Fawkes and William Shakespeare adds even more fuel as to what historical figure also were [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy an vampire champion raised to defend Britain against the Red Queen]].]]
48	* GameBreaker:
49	** The Barbed Cudgel. It is the only two-handed weapon with Parry as a special ability that also adds regular stun points to each successful hit. With it, it becomes laughably easy to knock foes to the ground and use your Bite on them. Biting also gives Jonathan's stamina bar the required i-frames to fully recover which equals to more melee swings taken. Rise and repeat to effectively stunlock all your enemies. Moreover, it is found early game in the sewers where you fight the Sewer Beast. The drawback is that it's completely useless against enemies that do not have a stamina bar i.e. [[spoiler:the Red Queen.]]
50	** On the other hand, if you prefer the one-handed weapon approach, there's the Surgical Knife type of off-hand daggers that draw blood on each hit. You can find one as early as the old morgue and is the only weapon you can upgrade to “epic” (purple) and “legendary” (orange) levels as early as Whitechapel. Buy the upgrade parts from Barrett in Whitechapel (who sells them regardless of Health Status) and use them to give the knife even more blood absorption. By the end, you'll be able to restore the entirety of your blood bar in a few seconds, and unlike the Cudgel mentioned above, [[spoiler:it's still very helpful against the Red Queen.]] The one drawback to this is that you'll need a lot of coins to fully upgrade the knife — you'll need nine of the tiny good handle parts and Barrett sells only two per night and each one is 80-100 shillings.
51	*** Bouncing off the Surgical Knife bit, it’s also quite possible to spec into the Claws skill -- which reduces the cooldown between its uses to .5 seconds, meaning Jonathan can spam it ad infinitum until his Blood bar is empty. But once it’s empty, it can be readily replenished with the Surgical Knife. Paired with the pre-casted Blood Barrier, in light of the fact only a few of the late-game foes are resistant to Melee, and that Claws do not consume Stamina ''at all,'' it becomes comically easy to tear through hordes of enemies without ever resorting to your main-hand weapon. The Claws’ one inconvenience is that its final .5 second cooldown upgrade requires Jonathan to be level 26, so it’s impossible for him to have Claws as his only skill.
52	** Or, provided you're willing to do so, Embracing Rakesh gives you a level five main-hand weapon that can be upgraded to have that effect. While it doesn't absorb as much blood, it still deals a lot of damage and can absorb up to 10 points of blood per hit. The only downside is that you don't get it as early, as Rakesh requires level four to mesmerize.
53	** The Medical Hacksaw is possibly the fastest melee weapon in the game but does no less damage than any other one-handed weapon. You get it early in the game and might use it for the entire game if you don't find one of the scant few main weapons better than it.
54	** The Priwen stake is an offhand weapon that with only one or two upgrades can knock most weaker enemies on their backs with one hit, allowing you to combat bite as often as possible. Pair this up with the ability chain that lets you increase your bite damage by over ''1000%'' and you can juggernaut your way through this game's combat system with nothing more than your teeth.
55	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The game did modestly well in the United States but received only limited buzz and some ToughActToFollow accusations regarding ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange.'' By contrast, it was a huge success in Europe and topped the UK, Germany, and France's game charts.
56	* GoodBadBugs: You can get enemies to ignore you by leaving their aggro zone. Since the distance they stop attacking you and the distance they begin to fight you is different, you can pull a hit and run, striking at their backs as they walk back to the distance where they recognize you hitting them.
57	* HoYay:
58	** Dr. Swansea admires Jonathan a ''lot''. And [=McCullum=] does make a point of staring deep into Jonathan's eyes. [[spoiler:Both of these men can be turned, which is a process that involves a certain amount of bodily contact and fluid exchange.]]
59	** Jonathan making the decision to [[spoiler:save Sean by giving him his Ekon blood gets pretty ... intense, what with Jonathan demanding Sean get on his knees and suck on his bleeding wrist. The dialogue leading up to it also implies Sean himself may see it in a somewhat sexual, or at least uncomfortably intimate, light.]]
60	* LowLevelRun: The "Not Even Once" achievement usually causes this, since embracing citizens is the main way to gain XP.
61	* MemeticMutation:
62	** You're a stupid bastard, but you're my friend, X. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Jonathan's reaction to Clarence being thick-skulled i.e. Clarence not wanting to believe that his wife is poisoning him.[[/labelnote]]
63	** Can vampires even fuck, doctor? [[labelnote:Explanation]]Louise Teasdale asks this at one point which leaves Jonathan sputtering.[[/labelnote]]
64	** A perfect fit. [[labelnote:Explanation]]How Dr. Swansea had managed to procure clothes for Jonathan that fit him ''perfectly'' despite Edgar not knowing Jonathan's measurements.[[/labelnote]]
65	** [[Series/TheLateLateShow IDIOT SANDWICH.]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]The way Jonathan holds Edgar's face after finding him in the theater has led to this infamous skit by ''Hell's Cafeteria''[='s=] Gordon Ramsey.[[/labelnote]]
66	** King Arthur's flasks of whiskey. [[labelnote:Explanation]]During his boss fight, Geoffrey [=McCullum=] will occasionally drink from his flasks with King Arthur's blood. Thing is, he discards the flask every time, so he must have infinite numbers of them beneath his coat. Plus, he holds them as he's drinking alcohol and not blood.[[/labelnote]]
67	** I had the tea served. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Elisabeth's 'tea' scene for when she and Jonathan discuss the Ascalon Club is as silly as it is awesome – considering they're both vampires who cannot stomach food.[[/labelnote]]
68	** Neck-sniffing. [[labelnote:Explanation]]For a reason that's unsurprising, Turning Edgar will make him smell Thomas Elwood's neck. That, coupled with Edgar refusing to talk about anything related to the Embraces he's done, has made this a meme.[[/labelnote]]
69	** SCHLORP. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Again for Edgar, this being the informal 'name' for the sound he makes when drinking Jonathan's blood.[[/labelnote]]
70	** Are you/is he/is she my Maker? [[labelnote:Explanation]]Jonathan keeps about who could’ve sired him at varying intervals which has led to its meme-status.[[/labelnote]]
71	* MoralEventHorizon:
72	** Aloysius Dawson is every bit the massive jackass as Lady Ashbury describes him, but he is not over the MEH ''yet''. If he is turned into a vampire though, [[spoiler:he intends to feed on his employees, kills all his other family members so he can keep their inheritance, goes on a power trip planning to have England conquer the rest of Europe and then place an immortal monarch ruling over the rest of the world. To make matters worse, he becomes a KarmaHoudini and there is nothing you can do to stop him]]. Even worse than that is that this is all your fault, and could have been avoided by doing a bit of detective work or even simply killing him instead of purposefully empowering him, knowing he didn’t have good intentions.
73	** [[spoiler:Dr. Swansea is revealed to have crossed it when he began the Skal epidemic by injecting Harriet Jones with Lady Ashbury's blood. Though he argues it was an extremely careless 'accident' on his part, he most definitely crossed the moral event horizon in Jonathan's point-of-view since from that point on, the only things left to do are to kill him, [[MurderByInaction leave him to die of his injuries]] or [[CruelMercy punish him with vampirism]] (it [[CursedWithAwesome doesn't quite work]])]].
74	** While many of the people Jonathan can feed on are AssholeVictim gang members, murderers, or worse, you can also feed on complete innocents. [[InnocentFlowerGirl Camellia]], [[FanserviceWithASmile Sabrina Cavendish]], [[CoolOldLady Stella Fishburn]], and even the daughter of your best friend [[SpiritedYoungLady Charlotte Ashbury.]] The latter is considered particularly horrifying by some players.
75	* {{Narm}}: The opening narrator's PurpleProse monologue has been subject to some mockery due to his hamminess and this particular jewel:
76	--->''What is glass, but tortured sand?''
77	* NarmCharm: That being said, his delivery makes it sound just as awesome as it does ridiculous.
78	* PlayerPunch:
79	** The game opens with one no less; Jonathan succumbs to his bloodlust after being turned and feeds on the nearest person... That turns out to be his sister, Mary, who risked her life trying to find him.
80	** Finding out that certain choices had tragic consequences from something minor like [[spoiler:a couple of characters turning up as Skals or Sewer Beasts after their significant others had died]] to major ones like [[spoiler:brainwashing Nurse Crane to forget blackmailing Lady Ashbury or leaving Father Hampton to his devices, which will result in them becoming monsters]], which sting due to [[NotQuiteTheRightThing appearing like good options at the time]].
81	* RonTheDeathEater: In opposition to [=McCullum=], this is the fandom's general-purpose treatment of Edgar Swansea – when he's not a MemeticPsychopath in fanfics. It is not unfounded, mind, especially with Swansea's [[spoiler:post-Turn dialogue: calling people 'mortals', refusing to discuss those who he's already killed, and distinctly hinting that he's going to feed on his staff and/or patients.]]
82	* ScrappyMechanic:
83	** The one-save file per playthrough can be very frustrating considering this is a choice-based narrative game. Once you make an important decision or kill someone, [[SaveScumming there is no way to reload to an earlier save and make an alternative scenario]]. Good luck restarting the game several times to see all the different outcomes the story has to offer. That being said, it's still very possible to save scum by manipulating a hidden [=AppData=] folder that contains all the save game files.
84	** Since the game likes to dish out PlayerPunch for seemingly good choices with admittedly missable warnings [[labelnote: spoiler]]brainwashing Nurse Crane turns out to be a bad choice even though brainwashing was never established to cause madness prior to that point[[/labelnote]], the lack of multi-save can cause some player to rage quit outright.
85	* ShipsThatPassInTheNight: On the LesYay side of things, Mary Reid and Lady Ashbury are popularly paired up… despite the two never meeting in the game.
86	* StrangledByTheRedString: While not necessarily outright antagonistic, as Lady Ashbury is a guide for Jonathan in the early days of his being a vampire, she still develops a deep level of affection and concern for him in what is at most a week, COUNTING the game mechanic of sleeping through a day to level up as individual days. They both are still relative strangers to one another at this point, and he's still struggling with his new nature, but the three or four conversations they've had lead to her almost declaring love for him at the start of the second act. Although, this may just be DeliberateValuesDissonance since Lady Ashbury was born in [[spoiler: the 1500s]] and therefore she may just have a more archaic opinion on romance and courtship.
87	* {{Squick}}: While the Ekons are fairly nice to look at save for the pale skin and cloudy, dead eyes, Vulkods are tall, disproportionate humanoids with somewhat wolf-like features and dark leathery skin, and even some Skals aren't ''too'' stomach-churning to look at, it is undoubtedly [[spoiler:the Disaster created from the famous actress Doris Fletcher that takes the cake. Already standing a head taller than Jonathan, after shedding her disguise during the boss fight in the theatre, her whole left arm is shown to be a large, tumorous mass vaguely in the shape of a limb ending in three "fingers" that she can stretch to attack from afar, while the left side of her face looks like the skin is seconds away from being torn off, or even that it's ''melting like candle wax''.]]
88	* ThatOneBoss:
89	** The Sewer Beast fight in Chapter 2 serves as a taste of things to come in theory, but the extra-aggressive fighting style combined with players being rather low level with few skill options leaves it more frustrating than just a WakeUpCallBoss.
90	** While not a real boss, [[spoiler:Infected Nurse Crane]] can be insanely difficult to beat due to how early on you can face her. Unlike normal Skals, attacking while she's blocking will cause her to spit out a toxic cloud that can drain your health in seconds. If that's not enough, her attack can also poison you, and unlike the poison you get from her cloud, the poison you get now will kill you almost instantly with no amount of healing being enough to slow down the health loss.
91	** [[spoiler: Mary]] can be utterly insane if you're under-leveled due to a PacifistRun. It requires massive amounts of dodging and cherry-tapping to take her down. The fight becomes even harder if you're trying to beat it taking the [[HonorBeforeReason moral high ground]] and refusing to [[spoiler: kill Vicar Larabee yourself, which means Mary will drain him to regain her health instead.]]
92	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Embracing people sometimes results not in characters dealing with the loss of a friend or loved one, but them becoming a completely generic enemy that you can only tell apart from the other ones by their inflated level and looking at them with your vampiric sense. It's only very rarely worth Embracing just one person when they have someone who would be affected by their loss.
93	* UnderusedGameMechanic: The players can invoke this themselves while doing a PacifistRun since feeding on civilians and then witnessing the consequences is one of the integral parts of the game and the above run means you'll miss on a lot of character development and subplots.

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