nightmare the sleep ideabarfing

i'm totally doing this because beast is GARBAGE and also i want to make it fit in oWoD cause nWoD lel

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Nightmares are manifestations of hate, rage, sadness, etc, typically caused by a traumatic 'Seed Event', but prolonged suffering can create one as well. Typically something incredibly major and life-warping - torture, vicious abuse, particularly traumatic accidents, etc. If it has potential to cause PTSD, it can spawn a Nightmare, but it's very rare.

Any mortal can become a Nightmare, just as anyone can be subject to mind-bending terror at any time in the World of Darkness. Other Supernaturals cannot become one, for various reasons - Kindred are dead already, Mages' Avatars stave back attempts at a Nightmare setting in, Gaia's gifts block them, the Messengers beat them back, etc. Kinfolk can become Nightmares but many do not survive the fury of their kin at becoming so overtly Wyrm-tainted.

Nightmares are caused by the mind sort of 'folding into itself' when faced with mind-destroying trauma in an attempt to defend itself, and seeded by some other dark force that takes notice, hence why not all who face horrors become a Nightmare.

Nightmares exist in two 'planes' at once - their normal, human self, and the Nightmare Visage, which manifests when using certain powers, or can be forced to show (similar to mask/mien from ctl). Nightmare Visages can be seen with high levels of Auspex, and when observed from the Umbra. Every Visage is different, based on personality and the Seed Event.

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'clans' (Model?) of Nightmares - 5 stages of grief
1. Abnegare (Denial) - stealth?
2. Virago (Anger) - combat monsters. heavy social penalties or derangement tax?
3. Borgen (Bargaining) - social built?
4. Melancholia (Depression) - no idea lol. ask jody. CONSENSUS: the 'play with ghosts' class all wod games seem to have.
5. Acquiesce (Acceptance) - rarest one. similar to salubri/werebears/whatever in that they're healers maybe?

-'sects" - possibly based on outward aggression or feelings toward 'normies'? Passive/Active. Most Nightmares will be trying to heal and recover from their Seed Event, but not all.

-table of traits you can buy from for your Nightmare's features with a number equal to another stat (humanity-equivalent?) like the mokele from wta

-antagonist factions? probably not necessary, a nightmare's biggest enemy is himself. DISREGARD THAT I SUCK COCKS. Final Nightmares! A nightmare too far gone to reach perfect Concord. They devolve into their core emotion and destroy all they touch in their grief.

-power source; ctl did emotions already, maybe try and think of something else.

-humanity-equivalent. how in tune you are with both your Human and Nightmare sides. Synergy? Concord? Using 'Concord' for now.

-powers probably work more like Gifts than Disciplines.

-hammer out more fluff details; what's the 'dark force' that makes some people become Nightmares? the Wyrm? Something else?

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WORDS
group; Knot
factions;
classifications; Model (temporary?)