When you're Dark Fate 5 you have to welcome death in all it's forms.

I read the Demeanor as something VERY different than curmudgeon on my first try

Tryign to take Caine is not Dark Fate, it's "Nature suffers fools briefly".

... I mean, that is one of the themes of VtM.

Here is the [original source](https://mrgone.rocksolidshells.com/pdf/VtM/Caine.pdf).

[Huh, well I'll be.](https://whitewolf.fandom.com/wiki/Cab_Driver)

A Malkavian PC figures out who their cabbie is late in the game and goes into a fit of screaming terror. Caine politely waits for them to finish.

yeah but if you get him down to Flesh Wound that's kinda a win

I loved playing as a Malkavian. My late best friend said that it might not be best to play as a Malkavian for one's first run at the game because of all the weird shit, and I replied "oh, now that's sealed it for me, I've got to pick Malkavian". I like how a perceptive player of a Malkavian can pick up so many hints and clues. Like how >!your character refers to Therese and Jeanette as "daughters of Janus", or how the thinblood Malkavian near the start of the game says "don't open it"!<

Yeah, that's explained in the article. I actually love the lore of Malkavians. Coming across as totally insane, but it's because they have this unnatural insight into things they don't understand.

Can't do reddit-style spoilers on Lemmy. Spoilers are done with: ``` ::: spoiler [visible spoiler message] [Hidden text.] ::: ``` Which looks like ::: spoiler [visible spoiler message] [Hidden text.] :::

My first Vampire character was a Malkavian inspired by Harry DuBois from Disco Elysium. He once horriffied entire Elysium, Prince included, by just picking up a cigarette and a lighter and taking a smoke to calm down