The Embrace, also called the Becoming, is the process by which vampires are created. When a sire chooses to Embrace someone they pass their brand of vampirism to the chosen mortal, cursing them to haunt the night as a nocturnal blood drinker. The experience is incredibly traumatic as the subject is brought to the brink of death only to be thrown into a nightmarish world unlike anything they've experienced before.
Initiation
When a vampire desires a childe, due to loneliness, regret at an accidental feeding, the need for a pawn, or any other reason, the first step is to drain the candidate dry. Any technique that results in a bloodless corpse will do, and unlike many vampire myths the act of biting itself does not spread vampirism. As they on the brisk of death, the sire gives the candidate a small amount of vitae, which transforms the candidate into one of the undead. This process is almost always instantaneous and only rarely fails, but strange things have been known to happen.
The first reaction most vampires have after an Embrace is raw hunger. With little blood in their system and no experience dealing with a fully raging Beast, the fledgling will most likely enter a hunger Frenzy at the first sight of blood. For most, this means that the Embrace is followed immediately by a moment of degradation. After the Embrace, the fledgling may take several days before the full impact of the curse is apparent.
Revisions
Given a history of creative players, the rules of embracing (or more specifically, not embracing) have been fairly well defined in VtM; all of these rules may apply to VtR as well.
- Animals cannot be Embraced.
- Vitae must flow directly from the sire to the childe. It cannot normally be placed in an intermediary vessel or otherwise delayed.
- Any activity which completely drains the corpse is acceptable; drinking from a mortal alone doesn't cause the Embrace, the vitae does.
- Pregnant women almost always miscarry when Embraced, although a vampire fetus is a possible (and disgusting) scenario.
- While two vampires can theoretically feed their vitae to a candidate for an Embrace, the resulting vampire will generally become a Caitiff or have take on traits derived from the sire with more potent blood.
