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Message: <blockquote data-quote="prospero63" data-source="post: 1547765" data-attributes="member: 16014">Hola. Looking for a rule clarification, hopefully with a reference to a FAQ/errata. In the SRD it says the following:Slaying a Vampire: Reducing a vampire’s hit points to 0 or lower incapacitates it but doesn’t always destroy it (see the note on fast healing). However, certain attacks can slay vampires. Exposing any vampire to direct sunlight disorients it: It can take only a single move action or attack action and is destroyed utterly in the next round if it cannot escape. Similarly, immersing a vampire in running water robs it of one-third of its hit points each round until it is destroyed at the end of the third round of immersion. Driving a wooden stake through a vampire’s heart instantly slays the monster. However, it returns to life if the stake is removed, unless the body is destroyed. A popular tactic is to cut off the creature’s head and fill its mouth with holy wafers (or their equivalent).Now, does the part in bold mean that if you cut off their heads (for example with a vorpal weapon) they don't immediately go gaseous, allowing you to fill the mouth with holy wafers for example? I think it does, but am not sure... and it will probably be really relevant in the near future.TIA.</blockquote>