Rules vs Flavour

[myrdden]

Ahem.

-Hyp.

You, good sir, have way too much free time.


Was it a good flick?



Myrdden

P.S: To keep this on-topic - I second the motion that you should go with the flavour over the rules.

 

[Bendris Noulg]

Flavorize. If you feel guilty for it, recover 1/day.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Was it a good flick?

Absolutely no idea.

There's a book by Neil Gaiman and Kim Newman called Ghastly Beyond Belief that collects quotes from SF/Fantasy/Horror books and movies, blurbs, movie slogans, etc. That was one of them.

-Hyp.

 

[Olive]

An IMDB link to a Vampire movie in a Vampire thread?

-Hyp.

More the quotes there. They taste more than blood?

 

[Hypersmurf]

More the quotes there. They taste more than blood?

Of course. They drain levels as well... check your MM...?

-Hyp.

 

[hong]

In Underworld, vampires == ninjae. With shuriken, even. Pity there were no katanae, though.

 

[JacktheRabbit]

I like that solution then a simple spell or saving throw solution. So, I say use it, but tell the players you are making the change.

I would say tell them only if their characters have been level drained before. Otherwise why tell them.

Level drain by undead is not spelled out in any book a player should technically use. Its in the DMG and MM. Let them figure it out in character.

Some people may call this cheating since you are changing rules without telling the players but I disagree. As long as your game is consistent you should be able to change things that the characters themselves would not know anyway.