Fleshbound vampire in a d20 Modern game.

[Ion]

If you were to use a Fleshbound Vampire in a d20 modern game, would you switch Improved Unarmed Strike for brawl or combat martial arts?

What other changes would you make?

 

[Roudi]

Definitely Brawl. Combat Martial Arts implies a bit more... formal training. I'd leave the rest as-is.

 

[arscott]

I'd just take out the feat altogether and give it a slam attack.

 

[Ion]

I think the idea is to model a slam attack, and combat martial arts probably does that better (what with it's ability do do real damage.)

 

[DwelleroftheDeep]

I'd personally go with just giving them a slam attack of 1d4 or CMA definitly not brawl.

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

I would cut the DR by 5. I think Brawl or Slam is more appropriate than CMA. If you want to take Brawl anyway, or took it before you got bitten, I suggest taking Streetfighting to go along with it

 

[Khayman]

Well, all those vampires on Buffy sure seemed to be martial arts masters...

I'd vote for CMA. Brawl just seems too messy.

 

[arwink]

If I was aiming for a pseudo-realistic game with supernatural elements, brawl.

If I was aiming for a high-fantasy game in the modern era (such as modern arcana), they'd go back to getting a slam attack.

If I was aiming for a Buffy or Underworld-esque action-movie style game where the vampires were bad guys, they'd get martial arts feats to represent their superior speed and strength in a fight.

Vampires come with different assumptions based on sub-genre