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<blockquote data-quote="pukunui" data-source="post: 7067804" data-attributes="member: 54629">As others have pointed out, the trouble is that the rule goes against traditional portrayals of vampires. Did any of Dracula's victims ever snap out of it mid-feed? I can't think of any. Perhaps in this case, the RAW was clear but the RAI was not.That being said, I think I am willing to let it slide here. I can see the value in giving players a chance for their beloved characters to &quot;snap out of it&quot; while the vampire is in the middle of feeding on them. They're the heroes after all, not readily disposable NPCs. Besides, there's no guarantee they'll succeed on the saving throw. One might even be inclined to impose disadvantage on subsequent saves since due to the &quot;willing target&quot; aspect ... They're enjoying it too much to want it to stop. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="pukunui, post: 7067804, member: 54629"] As others have pointed out, the trouble is that the rule goes against traditional portrayals of vampires. Did any of Dracula's victims ever snap out of it mid-feed? I can't think of any. Perhaps in this case, the RAW was clear but the RAI was not. That being said, I think I am willing to let it slide here. I can see the value in giving players a chance for their beloved characters to "snap out of it" while the vampire is in the middle of feeding on them. They're the heroes after all, not readily disposable NPCs. Besides, there's no guarantee they'll succeed on the saving throw. One might even be inclined to impose disadvantage on subsequent saves since due to the "willing target" aspect ... They're enjoying it too much to want it to stop. ;) [/QUOTE]

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