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<blockquote data-quote="LoneWolf23" data-source="post: 262523" data-attributes="member: 643">Nothing wrong with the D&amp;D Vampire.Personally, I see nothing that's really wrong with the Vampire Template as it is in the Monster Manual.&nbsp; Heck, it's more of a traditional vampire then anything else out on the market.First of all, forget everything Anne Rice or White Wolf ever taught you about Vampires...&nbsp; They're not meant to be Romantic Figures!&nbsp; The original Vampires of Medieval Folklore were created back in the days of the Black Plague, and they were supposed to look like Zombies at best, or Nosferatu at worst.&nbsp; Hell, until Bram Stocker's Dracula, Vampires had a tendancy to avoid social interaction, and just prayed on sleeping victims at night.And about the Con Drain being permanent...&nbsp; guess what?&nbsp; That's actually how the Myth used to go.&nbsp;Source: Gurps Blood TypesSounds an awful lot like a permanent Con Drain, doesn't it?&nbsp; The idea of the Vampire as a creature of Negative Energy and Death that can permanently drain a creature's Lifeforce is actually how it's supposed to go.&nbsp; Vampires aren't Parasites that can live off a stable population of &quot;Cattle&quot;.&nbsp; They're living carriers of the Plague, bringing Death to whole villages.&nbsp; Green Knight's &quot;Ridiculous&quot; scenario about a Vampire slowly draining the inhabitants of a small village until the population starts wasting away, with some of it's dead arising as Vampire Spawns as well.&nbsp; Left Unchecked, Vampirism was supposed to reach Epidemic proportions, much like the Plague did.Hell, our modern day &quot;Tragic and Romantic&quot; Vampire got popular around the late 80s and early 90s, when another disease, this one transmitted by sharing blood, started gaining epic proportions.&nbsp; You know AIDS, the sickness that was considered &quot;Uncurable&quot; a few years ago still?&nbsp; The one that caused people to lose the ability to recover from other diseases?&nbsp; Now that I think about it, sounds like another Permanent Con Drain.Now, while I may do as suggested by others and &quot;tweak&quot; the Vampire Template to make it more like the Ghost or Half-Fiend in terms of ability selection, I don't see any reason why to get rid of the Energy and Con Drain abilities.&nbsp; It's just how Vampires work.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LoneWolf23, post: 262523, member: 643"] [b]Nothing wrong with the D&D Vampire.[/b] Personally, I see nothing that's really wrong with the Vampire Template as it is in the Monster Manual. Heck, it's more of a traditional vampire then anything else out on the market. First of all, forget everything Anne Rice or White Wolf ever taught you about Vampires... [B]They're not meant to be Romantic Figures![/B] The original Vampires of Medieval Folklore were created back in the days of the Black Plague, and they were supposed to look like Zombies at best, or Nosferatu at worst. Hell, until Bram Stocker's Dracula, Vampires had a tendancy to avoid social interaction, and just prayed on sleeping victims at night. And about the Con Drain being permanent... guess what? That's actually how the Myth used to go. [I]Source: Gurps Blood Types[/I] Sounds an awful lot like a permanent Con Drain, doesn't it? The idea of the Vampire as a creature of Negative Energy and Death that can permanently drain a creature's Lifeforce is actually how it's supposed to go. Vampires aren't Parasites that can live off a stable population of "Cattle". They're living carriers of the Plague, bringing Death to whole villages. Green Knight's "Ridiculous" scenario about a Vampire slowly draining the inhabitants of a small village until the population starts wasting away, with some of it's dead arising as Vampire Spawns as well. Left Unchecked, Vampirism was supposed to reach Epidemic proportions, much like the Plague did. Hell, our modern day "Tragic and Romantic" Vampire got popular around the late 80s and early 90s, when [B]another[/B] disease, this one transmitted by sharing blood, started gaining epic proportions. You know AIDS, the sickness that was considered "Uncurable" a few years ago still? The one that caused people to lose the ability to recover from other diseases? Now that I think about it, sounds like another Permanent Con Drain. Now, while I may do as suggested by others and "tweak" the Vampire Template to make it more like the Ghost or Half-Fiend in terms of ability selection, I don't see any reason why to get rid of the Energy and Con Drain abilities. It's just how Vampires work. [/QUOTE]

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