Humanity

Humanity is a the quality of being humane: a measurement of how well people are able to remain virtuous and moral within the World of Darkness. Typically, its a quality found only in Vampire the Masquerade but it has been stretched a little in CC to cross venues. Supernatural creatures might seem monstrous and terrifying to an ordinary person but some are far more ethical and humane than neighboring humans. However, they are the exceptions.
The Garou have a long history of emnity with the Kindred and most werewolves declare that all blood suckers are unfit to live; this is part of their history and culture. However, to make things simple, true creatures of the Wyrm are those that rape, torture or otherwise violate for pleasure or without any regret or conscience (humanity 4). Creatures with a humanity of 5 walk the razor's edge, sometimes losing control but they still struggle against their internal Beast. Most supernaturals and metahumans have a humanity of 5-8.
The VtM Virtue system has been discarded for CC. Players are allowed to start characters with any humanity of their choice between 4-9 so long as it fits their concept and history. When a character acts in a way that is contrary to their humanity (see chart below), they have to roll a 1d10; if the result is lower than their humanity, they automatically lose a point of humanity. This humanity -can- be recovered with XP and appropriate roleplay.
==Humanity Chart==
Humanity 	Description 	Questionable Behavior (Humanity Check Required; failure= 1 pt loss) 	Dif on 1d10 Humanity Check	XP cost for new dot of Humanity
10 	Holy 	showing any fear or doubt or flaw 	10 	20
9 	Saint-Like 	lying, avoiding self-sacrifice 	9 	18
8 	Virtuous 	demonstrating vice 	8 	16
7 	Moral 	killing except in extreme self-defense 	7 	14
6 	Situational Ethics	becoming gleeful or titilated at acts of violence, esp extreme violence.	6 	12
5 	Dark 	killing/raping random people for pleasure 	5 	10
4 	Corrupt 	killing/raping loved ones for pleasure 	4 	8
3 	Monstrous 	entering a pact or willing possession with a demon/malfic entity 	3 	6
2 or lower	Diabolical 	showing real love or pity for others 	2 	4
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