Lycanthrope & Vampire Prestige Classes

[Jester David]

I wrote a document with the lycanthrope and vampire respectively as a 4 and 8 level prestige classes, and I'm trying to get more eyes on the content to really balance the options and work out the kinks.

It's up on the DMs Guild for free:
http://www.dmsguild.com/product/175825/5MWD-Presents-Prestigious-Monsters?src=slider_view

I thought I'd bring some attention to this, to get as many eyes as possible, so the classes can be properly balanced. Might be handy for groups running through Curse of Strahd.
(I'd post the content here, but DMsGuild exclusivity and all...)

 

[Giant2005]

One trick I used to help balance my Vampires Homebrew, was spreading the Vampire's abilities through both race and class.
Essentially, when you contract vampirism, the new race overwrites your old (maintaining only the languages known and size category of the previous race) and being that new vampiric race is a requirement for the class.

It gives you a little more wiggle room when it comes to balancing, as vampirism (and lycanthropy) do require being front-loaded with a lot of powerful abilities - more powerful abilities than what is easily justifiable by class alone. I would recommend doing something similar.