Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Rocket your D&D 5E and Level Up: Advanced 5E games into space! Alpha Star Magazine Is Launching... Right Now!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Troubleshooting Whispers of the Vampire's Blade (Player's keep out!)
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="AFGNCAAP" data-source="post: 1894819" data-attributes="member: 871"><p>Played this module as well, & our group had a hell of a time with it.</p><p></p><p>First off, we drove him downstairs quick w/ a daylight spell. We were at a loss during the fight, since we just dealt with the centipede swarm before. We rested, then went downstairs & dealt with the ochre jelly & Lucan.</p><p></p><p>We probably could have made a better attempt at fighting him if the jelly wasn't there--if we didn't have to worry about that, we could have closed & dealt with him earlier.</p><p></p><p>Our major spellcaster who could really hurt the vampire (a warforged cleric) was dominated & turned against us. Many of the PCs were hit with the confusion effect, & at least 1 PC was down & out. I was one of the few PCs remaining, drained from 5th to 3rd level, desperately pelting him with vials of holy water, and everyone else was dealing with the confusion effect or our own warforged. However, during the entire fight, Lucan never wielded the sword.</p><p></p><p>So, as a desperate gamble, my bard grabbed the sword. I made the Ego test, got healed, and started to use it against Lucan (and using the holy water as a ranged attack). We took him down & staked him.</p><p></p><p>The endgame was unpleasant for the PCs, since one of the PCs spilled the beans to his house, violating our oath of secrecy & costing us the reward (and we made a point of taking him back "alive," per se). The PC responsible was jailed, my PC quit (I saw him being a bit corrupted & demoralized from his use of the Soulblade & from all of the travails of the pursuit, and a little bothered by the fact that he adventured with an Evil PC [who was the group's leader], and another, supposedly "Good" PC wound up screwing over the group; plus I was a bit tired of playing that character).</p><p></p><p>I have 1 term for you to consider: touch-based Armor Class. It's what our group could hit him with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AFGNCAAP, post: 1894819, member: 871"] Played this module as well, & our group had a hell of a time with it. First off, we drove him downstairs quick w/ a daylight spell. We were at a loss during the fight, since we just dealt with the centipede swarm before. We rested, then went downstairs & dealt with the ochre jelly & Lucan. We probably could have made a better attempt at fighting him if the jelly wasn't there--if we didn't have to worry about that, we could have closed & dealt with him earlier. Our major spellcaster who could really hurt the vampire (a warforged cleric) was dominated & turned against us. Many of the PCs were hit with the confusion effect, & at least 1 PC was down & out. I was one of the few PCs remaining, drained from 5th to 3rd level, desperately pelting him with vials of holy water, and everyone else was dealing with the confusion effect or our own warforged. However, during the entire fight, Lucan never wielded the sword. So, as a desperate gamble, my bard grabbed the sword. I made the Ego test, got healed, and started to use it against Lucan (and using the holy water as a ranged attack). We took him down & staked him. The endgame was unpleasant for the PCs, since one of the PCs spilled the beans to his house, violating our oath of secrecy & costing us the reward (and we made a point of taking him back "alive," per se). The PC responsible was jailed, my PC quit (I saw him being a bit corrupted & demoralized from his use of the Soulblade & from all of the travails of the pursuit, and a little bothered by the fact that he adventured with an Evil PC [who was the group's leader], and another, supposedly "Good" PC wound up screwing over the group; plus I was a bit tired of playing that character). I have 1 term for you to consider: touch-based Armor Class. It's what our group could hit him with. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Troubleshooting Whispers of the Vampire's Blade (Player's keep out!)
Top
