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Message: <blockquote data-quote="moritheil" data-source="post: 2591350" data-attributes="member: 30610">My players have a lot of faith in my tactical ability.  Once I had an off-hand conversation with one of them concerning a few possibilities for vampires with class levels.  Ever since, the group has been possessed of an almost pathological fear of the blood-suckers.  No one's sure what I can do with them, and most don't want to find out.The important thing to note is that it has nothing to do with what they've actually seen - it's more word-of-mouth spread by an honestly concerned player who ranks pretty high in the group in terms of tactical ability.The whole thing is somewhat reminiscent of a famous scene from Constantine.  The title character is a magician who, owing to a combination of opportunism and good luck, manages to off a major demon.  Somewhat later, he goes into a room to rescue a child, and finds that the room is full of demons, evil wizards, and other assorted heavy hitters.  Acting nonchalant, he simply announces that he will leave with the kid and no one will get hurt.No one knows what he can do, but some of the more powerful and well-connected demons have heard about the demise of one of their number, and this announcement makes them pause.  Seeing the big guns pause, others in the room begin to wonder, and meanwhile Constantine walks out of the room.</blockquote>