Humans, Revenants and Souls

A question came up about a Revenant and holding souls. I thought about it, checked on some BloodLines information, and did some soul counting (as opposed to soul searching!).

First, lets look at BloodLines rules. I know a human or Revenant can actually bite and hold a soul, but as far as I can tell, that soul does not count towards rank, status or the clan. So, a Revenant can collect and hold souls, but, will never get a new rank until they first become vampire. Same with humans.

Now, lets look at how that plays into the clan. I think all the Elders will agree, that when we bite someone and take their soul, that they deserve a good roleplay along with the bite! So, that is important! The Elders, as well as many of our vampires have experience in this and will be more than willing to teach/demonstrate a good biting.

So, what if a Revenant wants to take a soul? Here is what I suggest. If the Revenant is learned int he way of RP'ing a good bite, then why not? And that new person should liege to them and become their minion, but I think the Revenant should then have an upstream Vampire or Elder who has a Forever Amulet hold the soul until the Revenant becomes a vampire and is ready to protect it themselves.

This serves several purposes. First, the souls will count towards the clans total souls. Second, the soul will be protected during the Revenants learning period. And third, it will give motivation to the Revenant to become full Vampire and hold and protect the souls themselves!

As to humans holding souls, even though the game allows it, I don't think it is within the realm of Vampire roleplay.

Just my opinion!