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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 1215292" data-attributes="member: 2209">Not significantly more powerful, most of them add in +2 to CR and +7 or +8 level adjustment.  Most have both energy drains and stat drains, usually but not always con. I think the deadliest are the ones that use touch attacks to deliver drains though. Most have resistances, natural armor, a bunch of bonus combat feats, and stat boosts.The one that is probably easiest to get powerful is the oriental vampire (Kuang Shi or something close to that) that uses demon possession as the basis for its vampiric nature. you basicly use the better individual base stats and abilities of either the base creature or the possessing demon, and then add on vampiric abilities on top of that.The vampiric lycanthrope one also usually has quite a high ECL and CR boost because it combines two templates.Part of the increased danger will be the different set of vulnerabilities, so some can stand daylight, many are resistant to electricity but one can only be harmed by electricity. It makes vampire hunting and learning about your prey more of an issue. some have slam attacks that cause drains, some have touch attacks, some need to bite.I couldn't tell you about your two examples, I've never seen Hellsing.</blockquote>