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<blockquote data-quote="TheAuldGrump" data-source="post: 5504208" data-attributes="member: 6957">To me the answer depends very much on setting - in Eberron, as an example, she might not even be all that unusual. If she is taking care in her feeding - avoiding killing prey, etc.. and the paladins &amp; co. chasing her are a bunch of Silver Flame bigots then, yeah, I'd help her. (As a side note - for me the difference between 'Deathless' and 'Undead' is semantics - the Deathless elves are just as much undead as any vampire. Their moral compass is different, but that is a cultural, not inherent, distinction.)In a setting where undead are tainted by the powers of Hell, and have given their souls over to the Great Adversary in return for eternal life, where soon or late the loss of her soul is inevitable, then it is time for the stake, or possibly time to help her to win free from her creator's dominion. In that case, I would allow the death of her creator to reverse her creeping doom, and bring her back into the realm of the living. (Hey, if you are going to steal the whole 'is killed by sunlight thing' from movies then you might as well steal the trappings from other movies as well.)You can also make it tragic, as her undead nature slowly overwhelms her goodly nature.In my homebrew vampire spawn are little more than intelligent zombies - the original soul sped. A master vampire has made a deal with Darkness for eternal life. For that matter, a vampire in daylight is dead, but when the sun goes down they can once again walk the earth. Sunlight is only temporarily fatal, but does make it easier to drive the stake home and cut off the head.The Auld Grump</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheAuldGrump, post: 5504208, member: 6957"] To me the answer depends very much on setting - in Eberron, as an example, she might not even be all that unusual. If she is taking care in her feeding - avoiding killing prey, etc.. and the paladins & co. chasing her are a bunch of Silver Flame bigots then, yeah, I'd help her. (As a side note - for me the difference between 'Deathless' and 'Undead' is semantics - the Deathless elves are just as much undead as any vampire. Their moral compass is different, but that is a cultural, not inherent, distinction.) In a setting where undead are tainted by the powers of Hell, and have given their souls over to the Great Adversary in return for eternal life, where soon or late the loss of her soul is inevitable, then it is time for the stake, or possibly time to help her to win free from her creator's dominion. In that case, I would allow the death of her creator to reverse her creeping doom, and bring her back into the realm of the living. (Hey, if you are going to steal the whole 'is killed by sunlight thing' from movies then you might as well steal the trappings from other movies as well.) You can also make it tragic, as her undead nature slowly overwhelms her goodly nature. In my homebrew vampire spawn are little more than intelligent zombies - the original soul sped. A master vampire has made a deal with Darkness for eternal life. For that matter, a vampire in daylight is dead, but when the sun goes down they can once again walk the earth. Sunlight is only temporarily fatal, but does make it easier to drive the stake home and cut off the head. The Auld Grump [/QUOTE]

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