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Actually, this scenario doesn't bother me that much, especially considering the vampyr's spider climb and gaseous form abilities. If a party does manage to trap a vampyr regardless, then I think they should be able to hack away at it with something long and sharp--- if they're clever enough to...

I edited the template to reflect your suggestions. Thanks :) . Makes sense. Edited for added clarity. Thanks again! My thinking was this: I didn't want to supersede or render superfluous the Cleric's (or Paladin's) ability to Turn Undead. I figured I could manage this by first making a...

Yes, on both counts. (Should I specify that, or do you think it would be better reworded? I think I borrowed the language from the MSRD.) Maybe I should have also made it explicit that if a character corners a vampyr with a consecrated holy symbol and then uses it to attack, (or makes any...

Thank you! Take your time. I really appreciate it!

Okay, how about pretty, pretty, pretty please?

In slavic folklore, vampires were fertile, and there are lots of examples of myths of vampire-like creatures in other cultures that acted lasiviously and inspired similar feelings in their victims. Its mostly in popular literature that the male vampire is impotent or incapable. Yarbro's St...

Hey there. I'm not sure that this would be the right place to ask, but since I have gotten little response to the question in the House Rules forum where the thing is posted, I figured it couldn't hurt to ask... So, if you've got a handle on ECL and CR, would you mind taking a look and making...

I dindn't completely forget... "Denying a Vampyr its Rest: There are several methods of denying a vampyr its place of rest. The application of holy water or similar stuff (holy wafers, as an example,) a consecrated holy symbol, or a branch of wild rose will all spoil a grave for the vampyr’s...

Once you've dropped a vampyr below zero hit points, you've done it enough damage that its helpless. After that, the old one-two on the heart and head is a good way to make sure its permanent, but I figure anything that'll destroy the corpse will work just as well. Cremation (not just a light...

The template is now complete with weaknesses, and can be downloaded as a Word document. Should weaknesses be labeled as extraordinary or supernatural, as with special attacks and qualities? Also, still looking for advice on ecl and cr, and for comments/critiques. For instance, do you think a...

I read it, and liked it much better than the standard DND vamps--- I'm just one of those people who can't leave well enough alone. I'm going for a creature that is as close as I can make it to those Stoker described in his novel, filling in the blanks where necessary, of course. :D

Hopefully, you staked and decapitated them first. ;) I haven't gotten that far in the write-up, yet. But basically, after you put one down, destroying the heart and taking off the head will work nicely. Holy damage will work, too. You can't steal what is freely offerred, can you?

I did decide not to include shapeshifting or summoning in the basic template, for two reasons: First, these are powers only Dracula possesses, or at least, powers that the other vampires in the novel never display. Of course, you might consider them 'spawn', rather than full-fledged...

I'll take that as a compliment. That thread is over here. Interest in the discussion fell off quickly, so I started working on a template to see if that would spark some interest. I've got to finish the weaknesses, and also add a writeup for vampyr spawn, a monstrous prestige class, and an age...

"Moonlight Serenade" by Hai Phan, used with the gracious permission of the artist. To see more of the work of Hai Phan, visit his gallery at Elfwood. Vampyr (Alternate Vampire Template) Vampyres are undead creatures that return from the grave to prey upon the blood of the living. For the...

Do vampires move silently, or do they go *BUMP* in the night? (I know, pretty shameless...)

I agree that the source of Dracula's discomfiture and the reason for his 'strategic withdrawal' was a result of the protagonists finding his soil caches and rendering them unuseable. But I don't believe (though I'm open to correction) that it ever states in the novel that the soil allowed him...

When Van Helsing, Harker, Godalming & Morris hide in the cemetary outside of her crypt, they catch Lucy returning at dawn. She 'turns to mist' in order to pass through the crack beneath the door in order to reenter her tomb, in full view of the men, who then find her in her coffin--- which was...

Van Helsing explains that Dracula is apparently unsure of his own limitations. He believes that when Dracula unloads crates of his grave soil and then transports them himself, it is a first, a trial and test of his ability to do so. The reason that Dracula travels in his box of earth may have...

Yes! Not only did we read the same novel, but we're onthe same page, metaphorically speaking ;) . Aside from limitations on his shapeshifting, I'm not sure Dracula is further weakened during the day, however.