How many different vampiric powers are there?

[Oni]

Ok, I know there are a couple of other vampire threads going on right now, but I think this will work better as its own thread.

I'm hoping we can create a list of powers that have been attributed to vampires in various sources. Folklore, anime, novels whatever it doesn't matter (though it would be nice for the sake of interest if you would include the source).

 

[Andrew D. Gable]

Cause impotence: attributed to the Romanian nosferatu
Cause famine: attributed to the Romanian kudlak

 

[Oni]

some of the classics

*shapeshifting (rat, bat, wolf, and i've read raven a few times here and there, and sometimes bursting into multi creatures such as a cloud of bats)
*Becoming mist.
*mesmerizing victims.

 

[blackshirt5]

Powerful Illusions(Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. Carmilla had them.)

The ability to shapeshift into a type of battle form(The Chiropterans from Blood the Last Vampire had this power. Not sure if you'd really call them vampires, they could walk in the daylight; also, they could only be killed by causing them massive blood loss).

The Ability to control and create shadows(Clan Lasombra, V:tM)
Reshaping flesh and bone(Clan Tzimisce, V:tM)
Supernatural Speed, Strength, and Toughness(V:tM)

I'll try to post more later.

 

[Stone Angel]

The Ravenloft campaign guide lists several of the salient powers that are typical of Vampires but mythically I have found a few things from various literature.

Anne rices novels tell us of vampires that had the power to shrug off the effects of daylight for periods of time

Fly

Disapear, then reapear: Blink, shadow walk, or maybe invisiblity

A fiction by Ron Dee indicates that a vampire my take any persona each night be it Bat, Wolf, Male, Female: Shapeshift, alterself

Several sources indicate that a vampire may read minds: Detect thoughts

I will try to post more later, if I get time to do a little research.

 

[BryonD]

Spinning Hook Kick: Buffy

 

[EricNoah]

Appear in incorporeal form and strangle victims in their sleep.

Use their tongue to suck blood from the victim's heart.

Cause plagues.

 

[demiurge1138]

Drain blood: All (I can't believe everyone missed this)
Cause miscarraiges: Indonesian folklore
Hopping: Chinese folklore
Wear the skins of animals and take their form: Surinam folklore
Drain saliva: Chilean folklore
Create spawn: All

Demiurge out.

 

[WayneLigon]

Clinging: can climb up or down walls, using claws or just.. clinging.
Enhanced Strength.
Enhanced senses.
Ability to summon and/or control various animal types.
Ability to control the minds of men, esp. the weak-willed or those they have fed from.
Fly, either in human form or in an animal shape.
Become spirit; many older European myths have the vampire as an incorporeal spirit or evil shadow. It can walk through walls, walk over water, disappear into the earth (usually to get back to it's coffin).
Invisibility, usually when the vampire is actually a spirit-form.

The Baital of India possesses corpses, animating them so it can feed and kill.

The japanese Gaki can shift into a monstrous cat form, while Lamia have a serpent form. The Penanggalan's head and internal organs seperate and fly around.