Progeny
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Overview
Creation of Progeny is ruled by the Second Tradition which states that creating another vampire is, if not forbidden, at least governed by certain burdens or responsibilities.
The Embrace
The creation of childer requires an act of will (some say even a physical or spiritual sacrifice on the part of the sire) and a willingness to cruelly condemn another soul to eternal damnation. It, never the less, is a simple act: a vampire simply drains all the blood from a mortal vessel leaving her at the brink of death then, at the last moment, drips a small amount of her own vampiric vitae into the mouth of her victim. What happens then is a mystical transformation that is not understood even by the most learned kindred scholars. The victims dies, but her existence continues. She becomes a vampire, doomed to walk the nights of earth for eternity, drinking the blood of mortals for her sustenance.
What happens next
Some vampires care little about their progeny, abandoning them to their own devices after their embrace, but the custom of Tutelage ensures that responsible sires prepare their childer for their requiem properly.
You can find out more about Vampire the Requiem here, and buy the Core Rulebook, which goes into much more detail about the traditions, here.
