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<blockquote data-quote="MarkB" data-source="post: 6652060" data-attributes="member: 40176">One important thing to distinguish for this sort of scenario is: What is a vampire, in relation to the original person?There are a fair few options, in literature and on screen, with some of the most common being:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Another being entirely, but possessing the memory - and thus personality-traits - of the original, with the original person's soul having departed.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">As above, but with the original person's soul trapped within, unable to act.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The same person, but twisted to evil, their conscience and empathy removed during the transformation.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The same person, personality intact, but afflicted with irresistible cravings that may turn them to evil.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The same person, personality intact, but mentally bound to their maker, who will endeavour to corrupt them to evil by them time they attain independence.</li>
</ul>How you handle this question will affect whether the character's sister is still an active being in vampiric form, or a dead loved one whose animated corpse is a McGuffin to be reclaimed, and that in turn will affect how the characters interact with her.Note that this is something you ought to know, or at least have some views on, as DM, but it isn't necessarily something the PCs will have full - or correct - knowledge of.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MarkB, post: 6652060, member: 40176"] One important thing to distinguish for this sort of scenario is: What is a vampire, in relation to the original person? There are a fair few options, in literature and on screen, with some of the most common being: [list]Another being entirely, but possessing the memory - and thus personality-traits - of the original, with the original person's soul having departed. [*]As above, but with the original person's soul trapped within, unable to act. [*]The same person, but twisted to evil, their conscience and empathy removed during the transformation. [*]The same person, personality intact, but afflicted with irresistible cravings that may turn them to evil. [*]The same person, personality intact, but mentally bound to their maker, who will endeavour to corrupt them to evil by them time they attain independence.[/list] How you handle this question will affect whether the character's sister is still an active being in vampiric form, or a dead loved one whose animated corpse is a McGuffin to be reclaimed, and that in turn will affect how the characters interact with her. Note that this is something you ought to know, or at least have some views on, as DM, but it isn't necessarily something the PCs will have full - or correct - knowledge of. [/QUOTE]

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