Wooooooot! Voting!

Alpha
Blood Bond
Hemomage

Alpha and blood bond seem like a powerful combo for building a pack. Hemomage because the vampire side needs some love too.

I was trying to give a few abilities tied to each ancestry, but turns out from pop culture, vamps get waaaay more weird powers than werewolves. Thanks for explaining reasoning too, it really intrigues me the combos people go for.

No problem! While the last two ended up kaiju-sized, I see an opportunity here to go wide rather than tall. (Many small over one big)
Both vampires and werewolves are known for spreading their condition, so I hope people will lean into that idea, but we'll see where it goes. ^_^

Lunar Rebel
Resilient Body: Lvl 5
Ceaseless Hunger

Beast Form
Charm
Lunar Rebel

I really love your art I have to say, hope you open up commissions soon because I've got a bunch of monster girls I'd love to see you take a crack at

Thanks, that's lovely to hear! I've been considering it, but been getting warmed up, and clearing out some of my own ideas first.

i'll 100% be there for when you do

Resilient Body: Lvl 5
Ceaseless Hunger
Alpha

Alpha, Blood Bond, Metamorphic Initiative

<Blood Bond: Ability to make loyal familiar>
<Lunar Rebel: Ability to transform without full moon>
<Metamorphic Initiate: Minor shape-shifting ability>

I was going to go into details on why but I'm tired

Cool, I'd love to hear the reasons when you have energy!

Short explanation:

A loyal familiar is ALWAYS an asset, a boon in every situation I can think of, even if they're at most useful as a watch animal, but morethan likely' they're at the very least smarter than the normal for their animal, if not as smart as a human. The assistance can range from mundane reminders to stay on task to actually assisting with work and such.

Being able to transform without the full moon is a BIG DEAL, because if you're only able to wolf-out for three days a month, you're locked out of a huge boost in physical power (and intimidation). Most non-curse werewolves can, in fact, transform pretty much at will, and even the "I am not a total monster" curse types are often only *forced* to transform during the full moon. In essence, in DnD terms I would call this a Feat Tax, something you have to take. This is on the assumption that the werewolf form (as seen here in the art) is not the base form.

The minor shape-shifting ability will be a must for being out and about in human society, and getting everything in order.

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Now I made some assumptions based on some things...

<Ceaseless Hunger: Ability to consume additional mass or concepts>
This one looked good, but it's too vague. Consume additional mass for what purpose? And ...concepts? How does that work? Not enough information.

<Charm: Ability to coerce beings>
One that was tempting, but ultimately she's got two big bonuses to that already, and the downsides of if the charm is resisted are just... bad.

<Daywalker Lustre: Sparkles>
Also very tempting, and was on the shortlist because it means that, sparkles or not, she can go out in the day. That wouldn't reduce *radiant damage*, just mean that simple sunlight wouldn't hurt her.

<Alpha: Ability to coerce lupine beings>
I'm sure a lot of people would go for Alpha, but it's very VERY limited - only to lupines. So not dogs. Unless you mean anything under Canis lupus, which would include dogs...

<Beast Form: Ability to transform into a suitable animal> This was literally in the final four, but was cut.

<Empathic Senses: Ability to sense thoughts>
I'm assuming you mean emotions rather than thoughts, but this can be replaced with training (and enhanced senses from vampire+werewolf).

<Hemomage: Open gateway to allow learning of Blood Magic>
Summercat's Rules of Magic state THOU SHALT NOT FUCKING MESS WITH BLOOD MAGIC, THAT SHIT ALWAYS TURNS OUT BADLY EVEN WHEN YOU LIMIT YOURSELF TO YOUR OWN BLOOD OR BLOOD GIVEN WITH INFORMED CONSENT.

<Resilient Body: Lvl 5: Greatly enhance physical defence>
She's got an insane CON score. I'd actually be tempted by this if she was going to be a brawler type for certain, but seeing as this is her life and not a RPG (hehe), she's better off shoring up weaknesses than enhancing her already strong strengths.

<Umbral Novice: Minor shadow-shifting ability>
Let's be honest. Look at her. If she's doing stuff out there in Adventurer Land, subtlety is NOT going to be her strong suit. Shadows will not be helpful.

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Now I made my decisions based on a few assumptions, some of which I'm now wondering about, and some that no longer make any sense now that I spent some more time on it (My meds are kicking in.)

1) I assumed Alpha would work only on wolves, rather than all of Canis Lupis (Which does include dogs)
2) The status and state of her transformation during full moons - does the full moon turn her into the hybrid form, or a quad-wolf form, or a bestial-wolf form?
3) I'm assuming a Hidden World type of scenario where The Supernatural is hidden from most people's eyes, and suddenly turning into an anthro-wolf wouldn't be "Just fill out this paperwork to update your license" type of situation.

-edit- I read a lot of Litrpg....

Wow, what a in depth analysis. Tried to keep these vague to allow for future sub skill evolution, but I'll clarify some stuff.

Hunger was kinda inspired by "What we do in the shadows", psychic vampires, where they cause frustration or anger and essentially eat via trolling people.
Since this is modern set, I'd probably allow Alpha to work on dogs with that canis lupus form.

Also I tend to lump my modern characters in the same kitchen sink world, so not sure on the hidden world thing. Her life would be easier if people don't know she's a vampire though, that's a fair assumption!

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Oh, and 4) What her intent with her new life is going to be.

Almost regardless of the answers, Empahtic, Hemomage, Umbral Novice, Alpha, and Charm get dropped from the list immediately. Alpha might get promoted based on clarification.

Resilient Body, Daywalker, Ceaseless Hunger are on low on the list, although depending on how Ceaseless Hunger works, that might instantly go to the top, as it could get broken. So broken. So very broken.

Minor Shapeshifting, Beast Form, and Lunar Rebel are all tied for the high list, primarily due to questions on how they differ from base racial abilities and how lunar shapeshifting works.

Blood Bond is a must take - a second pair of eyes that are LOYAL to you, that you can trust unconditionally, is always a boon.

Hunger was kinda inspired by "What we do in the shadows", psychic vampires, where they cause frustration or anger and essentially eat via trolling people.

Oh, you mean like Motivore or Adfectivore - she would derive sustence from emotions and feelings ( as well as physical sources). That makes it get cut from the immediate choice but kept in mind based on how much her food budget changes.

Since this is modern set, I'd probably allow Alpha to work on dogs with that canis lupus form.

That improves Alpha to the top of my low list, as its much more useful.

Also I tend to lump my modern characters in the same kitchen sink world, so not sure on the hidden world thing. Her life would be easier if people don't know she's a vampire though, that's a fair assumption!

That probably makes Minor Shapeshifting a must-take IMO, because that would allow her to hide her vampiric features. The rest could be waved off as "I bumped into someone on the way home from work and they said some mumbo jumbo and I didn't pay attention until I got home and turned into this".

*moved comment*

Beast form
Charm
Metamorphic Initiate

Let's go with Lunar Rebel, Ceaseless Hunger, and Beast Form. Curious to see what consuming concepts looks like.

Ceaseless hunger was partially inspired by the man, the myth, the legend, Colin Robinson from "What we do in the shadows".

I would say:

Blood Bond
Lunar Rebel
Resilient Body

Let's see just how powerful miss buff and fluff can get. :D

XD, Ms Buff and Fluff is a fantastic nickname, I love it!

God damn me making my choices based on "If I was the litrpg character", rather than my fetishes, becuase now I want Resilient to see her get *bigger*

Actually, not taller, just thicker. Y'know, wider and deeper.

I try to avoid "bigger" as a choice, cos when I did that on my first choice story, it landslided every vote, cos hey that's why people follow me! But resilience is meant to be like, just incredibly tough.

Ceaseless Hunger
Lunar Rebel
Umbral Novice

Can't wait to see where this goes on from here! Go forth and save the world Luc!

I'm not sure she's a heroine... but, y'know what, that's very close minded of me. Vampire Werewolves can be good people too.

Metamorphic Initiate , blood bond and Resilient Body: Lvl 5

well i choose:
Beast Form
Hemomage
Blood Bond

I was not thinking of a "combo" of skills as such, I just thought that it would be the "basic" or starting skills that I should have.

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Although if it is from "history" the character is more related to "royalty" either vampire or werewolf, that of "alpha" and "Daywalker Luster" would be unavoidable options.Since they may not be "acquired" in a game system unless there are "special urination".

some I found interesting:
Umbral Novice, Metamorphic Initiate, Lunar Rebel, Beast Form

but if it is about "combos", a combination that I find interesting would be Alpha, Blood Bond and Umbral Novice.
because? A long time ago I read in a story a "complex" skill called "wolf king". Basically it is to "command / call" other species of wolves and, if there is no "answer" to the "call", shadow wolves are invoked.
That is, those 3 skills (Alpha, Blood Bond and Umbral Novice), in terms of "combo" I imagine him doing something similar.

Those are very much the vibes I was trying to go for, her howling and conjuring up a pack of shadow wolves or something when she's higher level is a cool image. And maybe in game her parents would have included lost royalty, that's a pretty standard RPG trope right?

She might get other Perk points in the future, but generally however she "level ups" will be improving what she's got.

I mean, in the future is it still possible for me to acquire "Alpha and Umbral Novice"? It would be interesting if in future votes it would have that combination of familiar shadow wolves and / or blood wolves. Both in the sense of "common vampire wolf" to "wolf king of the night".

I try to keep these stories as a single thread, I feel like exploring every choice makes them matter less, and also that sounds like a lot more work to do every option.
But she'll definitely unlock new stuff along the way.

Okay, so now I regret my first choice a bit. Maybe I should have said the combo I said at the end, well, it will be again.
but let's see how this "story" continues

I'm not counting till tuesday, there's no rush.
Will probably tick off a few logical starter points as we go.

okey, so i change my vote to Alpha, Blood Bond and Umbral Novice, it will be interesting if it ends up being like a "wolf king of the night"

The best I chose are
-Beast form
-Lunar Rebel
-Umbral Novice

alpha, lunar rebel, resilient body lvl 5

Beast form
Metamorphic Initiate
Charm

Beast Form
Metamorphic Initiate
Umbral Novice

Also, I get the feeling this was never meant to be a VR game...

"Whaaaat, no way, it's totally a safe VR game. Probably just allergies!"

Fun choices, feels very werewolf side of things.

Alpha
Beast Form
Metamorphic Initiate

Ceaseless Hunger is a must. With 30 con we probably don't need any more Resilient Body just yet. Curious as to whether Lunar Rebel is necessary to keep up the wolf side all month, and whether Daywalker Lustre would help with that pesky Radiant vulnerability. If the answer to those is yes, than those are my other choices. If it's a no on either one, my next picks would be Charm and Blood Bond.

Unknown to Luc, this is like her "dormant" werewolf form, a full moon or Rebel would have... greater effects.
Daywalker stops the sun incinerating her and makes her less weak to lasers. Hope that helps?

Thanks! Then let's go with Ceaseless Hunger, Daywalker, and Charm on my vote.

Alpha
Beast form

Metamorphic Initiate, Ceaseless Hunger, daywalker

daywalker lustre because it could be upgraded into sunlight resistance instead of just sparkles
metamorphic initiate because she sticks out like a sore thumb and probably wants to look normal
umbral novice because the shadows will protect her fro the light

Ceaseless Hunger
lunar rebel
daywalker lustre

Metamorphic Initiate: She certainly needs a chance to blend in, to avoid attention from high-level military forces before she's ready :P

Charm: Good for building soft power, and very fun if it can be used while shapeshifted. Plus I like unconventional builds.

Empathic Senses: Feels like a good complement to Charm.

Awesome art style

Beast Form
Alpha
Blood Bond