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<blockquote data-quote="LoneWolf23" data-source="post: 263410" data-attributes="member: 643">Go back to the Disease metaphor.&nbsp; The Vampire's Bite isn't supposed to be a Blood Transfusion, it's supposed to be a dangerous infection.&nbsp; And Yes, some diseases can permanently cripple a man.&nbsp; Remember Franklin D. Roosevelt?&nbsp; Polio put him in his wheelchair.&nbsp; And people could take years to recover from Tuberculosis, I believe.Besides, it's not like a victim can't ever recover from the Con drain...&nbsp; It'll be a slow path to recovery, but he can raise his Con points again with experience, or make a pilgrimage to a divine spellcaster who knows &quot;Restoration&quot;.&nbsp;Once again, I point you back to the &quot;Vampire as Plague&quot; metaphor.&nbsp; Back when the legend of the Vampire originated, people really DID think the world was coming to an end, what with so many folks contracting the Bubonic Plague, Dying, and leaving behind a putrefying body that often infected others before it was carried off.&nbsp; So a single Vampire coming into a village and slowly decimating it's population over a matter of days doesn't seem too far fetched, in that light.&nbsp; Just a way of exagerating a natural occurance, as is typical of many legends.As for the legends of Vampire Kingdoms: Again, try to remember the Origins of the Medieval Vampire Myth...&nbsp; vampires, back in those days, didn't really do much beyond crawling out of their tombs at night to attack poor villagers, before going back to their tombs to sleep the day away, being quite susceptible to getting dug up, revealed for the vampires they were, and stuck with a wooden stake through the Heart while they're unable to resist.Besides, the Vampire has many vulnerabilities... they won't approach an area with garlic in it and recoil from holy symbols, can't cross running water, can't enter a home without getting invited in first, and Clerics can turn them.&nbsp; It's not like they're unstoppable Monsters against smart villagers.When people start dying of a mysterious wasting disease that sound like all the signs of a vampire attack, don't you think the first thing the peasents will do is hang up the garlic and crosses at the windows and start digging up the cemetary?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LoneWolf23, post: 263410, member: 643"] Go back to the Disease metaphor. The Vampire's Bite isn't supposed to be a Blood Transfusion, it's supposed to be a dangerous infection. And Yes, some diseases can [B]permanently[/B] cripple a man. Remember Franklin D. Roosevelt? Polio put him in his wheelchair. And people could take years to recover from Tuberculosis, I believe. Besides, it's not like a victim can't [B]ever[/B] recover from the Con drain... It'll be a slow path to recovery, but he can raise his Con points again with experience, or make a pilgrimage to a divine spellcaster who knows "Restoration". Once again, I point you back to the "Vampire as Plague" metaphor. Back when the legend of the Vampire originated, people really DID think the world was coming to an end, what with so many folks contracting the Bubonic Plague, Dying, and leaving behind a putrefying body that often infected others before it was carried off. So a single Vampire coming into a village and slowly decimating it's population over a matter of days doesn't seem too far fetched, in that light. Just a way of exagerating a natural occurance, as is typical of many legends. As for the legends of Vampire Kingdoms: Again, try to remember the Origins of the Medieval Vampire Myth... vampires, back in those days, didn't really do much beyond crawling out of their tombs at night to attack poor villagers, before going back to their tombs to sleep the day away, being quite susceptible to getting dug up, revealed for the vampires they were, and stuck with a wooden stake through the Heart while they're unable to resist. Besides, the Vampire has many vulnerabilities... they won't approach an area with garlic in it and recoil from holy symbols, can't cross running water, can't enter a home without getting invited in first, and Clerics can turn them. It's not like they're unstoppable Monsters against smart villagers. When people start dying of a mysterious wasting disease that sound like all the signs of a vampire attack, don't you think the first thing the peasents will do is hang up the garlic and crosses at the windows and start digging up the cemetary? [/QUOTE]

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