D&D 4E The (Finally Useful) Vampire Class

[limeskeleton]

Not sure if this blog is well known, but Talen over at PRESS.EXE has some great 4e content and still updates regularly. He wrote a pretty interesting article ideating on ways to improve upon the Vampire class that might be good inspiration!

 

[sabrinathecat]

I finally got to play a 4e game with using a Vampire, teamed up with a rogue and wizard (illusionist), and it was a great deal of fun. No leaders/healers. We focused on stealth and sneaking. lvl 1 feat of Durable boosts surges up to 4. Batform made scouting encounters great. Also could fly in and pick where I wanted to start the battles (next to the artillery was fun--wipe them out quickly and easily. I enjoyed beating the snot out of the opposition, and no character was disproportionately more or less useful.