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Message: <blockquote data-quote="J-H" data-source="post: 7999030" data-attributes="member: 7020951">If you're in Texas and playing Castlevania don't read this.That's right about the same HP as my Dracula for my Castlevania game.  Right at double the HP of the standard vampire.Mine is more game-inspired, with a free bonus-action teleport each turn, and Dracula getting 2 turns per round.  One turn is melee attacks, and the other is spellcasting off a fairly short list.Lair actions include summoning 4 bat swarms and cloaking the room in shadows.Then of course there's his other form.  [spoiler]Vampire dragon of course[/spoiler] which has a whole additional pool of HP.I did specifically balance mine so that a 20th-level Champion with +3 equipment and an artifact-grade whip has a 60%+ chance of defeating both forms, ignoring the bat swarm and fire elemental summons (over 3 rounds, you only get 4 bats and 1 elemental).  With Action Surge, it's a pretty short combat.  The party will be 5, possibly 6, level 12 characters.Mine is a very VG-specific and narrow version of Dracula, one who sits atop his castle controlling his army from afar.  This one is more in line with the traditional Dracula, where he's out terrorizing the countryside himself.</blockquote>