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<blockquote data-quote="frankthedm" data-source="post: 274222" data-attributes="member: 1164">I like customizing my vampires. Not all have the MM abilities but I try to make each formidable. TBH I was&nbsp; influenced by the LoK: Soul Reaver video game.&nbsp; Wounds from wooden piercing weapons won’t heal till the weapon is pulled out [staking myth] .&nbsp;I usually replace the negative level slam with the vampire being so fast it gets an extra physical partial action each round. [attack or movement ] This keeps the vamp formidable in combat to where it can keep up with the tanks without the players whining bout their levels.&gt;many are horrid looking but use their deception based powers to look human [mirrors reveal this ruse and will make self conscious vamps recoil. Extreme Physical or mental stress may also case a lapse in this False Face &gt;A fair amount of these blood suckers can alter themselves physically similar to an alter self spell.. Wings for flight [base speed], quadrapedal for a speed boost [+10 to speed ]. They use their False face to make their wings look like long cloak or cape, while in quadruped form their false face makes them appear like a wolf. I like this better than a full polymorph self into a tiny bat[see below] or into a dire wolf.If thier body gets staked&nbsp; or incapacitated their spirits may stick around their body, gaining in strength till their spirits become wraiths or specters. If the spirit gets back into its vampiric body after this then it gets the level drain&gt;At “death” some of them become a small creature or groups of them depending on strength of the vampire. My PC’s this year had to deal with firebats* that were birthed from burning vampire corpses which had heavily fed on fire dragon blood.*Think small-size fire elemental stirges</blockquote>

[QUOTE="frankthedm, post: 274222, member: 1164"] I like customizing my vampires. Not all have the MM abilities but I try to make each formidable. TBH I was influenced by the LoK: Soul Reaver video game. Wounds from wooden piercing weapons won’t heal till the weapon is pulled out [staking myth] . I usually replace the negative level slam with the vampire being so fast it gets an extra physical partial action each round. [attack or movement ] This keeps the vamp formidable in combat to where it can keep up with the tanks without the players whining bout their levels. >many are horrid looking but use their deception based powers to look human [mirrors reveal this ruse and will make self conscious vamps recoil. Extreme Physical or mental stress may also case a lapse in this False Face >A fair amount of these blood suckers can alter themselves physically similar to an alter self spell.. Wings for flight [base speed], quadrapedal for a speed boost [+10 to speed ]. They use their False face to make their wings look like long cloak or cape, while in quadruped form their false face makes them appear like a wolf. I like this better than a full polymorph self into a tiny bat[see below] or into a dire wolf. If thier body gets staked or incapacitated their spirits may stick around their body, gaining in strength till their spirits become wraiths or specters. If the spirit gets back into its vampiric body after this then it gets the level drain >At “death” some of them become a small creature or groups of them depending on strength of the vampire. My PC’s this year had to deal with firebats* that were birthed from burning vampire corpses which had heavily fed on fire dragon blood. *Think small-size fire elemental stirges [/QUOTE]

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