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Message: <blockquote data-quote="reanjr" data-source="post: 1770582" data-attributes="member: 20740">Unless your character has a background that should indicate that he knows what vampires are, then there is absolutely no basis for complaint, whether the DM said he was following the books or not.  Every creature is an individual, not some set of stats and description that is static for every encounter.  If it were like that, then many pen & paper role-players would be fine with playing video games instead.When playing, you should try to forget absolutely everything you know about the game that doesn't fall within the ken of your character.  It's almost always more fun that way, and you don't have to come to any conflicts of what your player and character know.NPC: Go kill the vampirePCs: Alright. *they go off and buy stakes*...later...PC: The vampire didn't get destroyed when I used the stake.NPC: Why the hell would you think it would?  Where'd you get that from in the first place?PC: Because vampires are killed by stakes.  That's just the way it is.NPC: Where did you learn about vampires from?PC: TV and moviesNPC: huh?</blockquote>