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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rakusia" data-source="post: 5048355" data-attributes="member: 87170">oh i misunderstood you will deffinately check it out. and i will put it up here of course if anythign ill do it asking for help. im feeling kinda crappy right now and having trouble being imaginative. but as soon as i feels better imma start working on it  okay so i tried just making the standard vampire template less amazazing. its still cool and eretains most vampire abilities. so do you think this slapped on an elf or somethign that gets racial bonuses would still make the players complain. constructive criticism is asked i want to keep the stuff that is quintisential vampire for the rp purposes. havent gotten to look at the vtm book yet still downloading it. Vampires appear just as they did in life, although their features are often hardened and feral, with the predatory look of <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Wolf" target="_blank">wolves</a>. Like liches, they often embrace finery and decadence and may assume the guise of nobility. Despite their human appearance, vampires can be easily recognized, for they cast no shadows and throw no reflections in mirrors. Vampires speak any <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Speak_Language_Skill" target="_blank">languages</a> they knew in life.  Creating a Vampire"Vampire" is an acquired template that can be added to any <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Humanoid_Type" target="_blank">humanoid</a> or <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Monstrous_Humanoid_Type" target="_blank">monstrous humanoid</a> creature (referred to hereafter as the base creature). A vampire uses all the base creature’s statistics and <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Special_Abilities_Overview" target="_blank">special abilities</a> except as noted here. Size and Type: The creature’s type changes to <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Undead_Type" target="_blank">undead</a> (<a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Augmented_Subtype" target="_blank">augmented</a> <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Humanoid_Type" target="_blank">humanoid</a> or <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Monstrous_Humanoid_Type" target="_blank">monstrous humanoid</a>). Do not recalculate <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Base_Attack_Bonus" target="_blank">base attack bonus</a>, saves, or <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Skill_Points" target="_blank">skill points</a>. Size is unchanged. <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Hit_Dice_(Creature_Statistic)" target="_blank">Hit Dice:</a> Increase all current and future <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Hit_Dice" target="_blank">Hit Dice</a> to d12s. <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Speed_(Creature_Statistic)" target="_blank">Speed:</a> Same as the base creature. If the base creature has a swim speed, the vampire retains the ability to swim and is not vulnerable to immersion in running water (see below). <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Armor_Class_(Creature_Statistic)" target="_blank">Armor Class:</a> The base creature’s <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Armor_Class" target="_blank">natural armor</a> bonus improves by +2. <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Attack_(Creature_Statistic)" target="_blank">Attack:</a> A vampire retains all the attacks of the base creature and also gains a slam attack if it didn’t already have one. If the base creature can use weapons, the vampire retains this ability. A creature with <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Natural_Weapons" target="_blank">natural weapons</a> retains those <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Natural_Weapons" target="_blank">natural weapons</a>. A vampire fighting without weapons uses either its slam attack or its primary <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Natural_Weapon" target="_blank">natural weapon</a> (if it has any). A vampire armed with a weapon uses its slam or a weapon, as it desires. <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Full_Attack_(Creature_Statistic)" target="_blank">Full Attack:</a> A vampire fighting without weapons uses either its slam attack (see above) or its <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Natural_Weapons" target="_blank">natural weapons</a> (if it has any). If armed with a weapon, it usually uses the weapon as its primary attack along with a slam or other <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Natural_Weapon" target="_blank">natural weapon</a> as a natural secondary attack. Damage: Vampires have slam attacks. If the base creature does not have this attack form, use the appropriate damage value from the table below according to the vampire’s size. Creatures that have other kinds of <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Natural_Weapons" target="_blank">natural weapons</a> retain their old damage values or use the appropriate value from the table below, whichever is better. SizeDamage Fine1 Diminutive1d2 Tiny1d3 Small1d4 Medium1d6 Large1d8 Huge2d6 Gargantuan2d8 Colossal4d6 <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Special_Attacks_and_Special_Qualities_(Creature_Statistic)" target="_blank">Special Attacks:</a> A vampire retains all the special attacks of the base creature and gains those described below. Saves have a <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:DC" target="_blank">DC</a> of 10 + 1/2 vampire’s <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Hit_Dice" target="_blank">HD</a> + vampire’s <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Charisma" target="_blank">Cha</a> modifier unless noted otherwise. Blood Drain (<a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Ex" target="_blank">Ex</a>): A vampire can suck blood from a living victim with its fangs by making a successful <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Grapple" target="_blank">grapple check</a>. If it <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Pinned" target="_blank">pins</a> the foe, it drains blood, dealing 1d4 points of <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Ability_Score_Loss/lAbility_Drain" target="_blank">Constitution</a> drain each <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Round" target="_blank">round</a> the pin is maintained. On each such successful attack, the vampire gains 5 <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Temporary_Hit_Points" target="_blank">temporary hit points</a>. Children of the Night (<a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Su" target="_blank">Su</a>): Vampires <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Command" target="_blank">command</a> the lesser creatures of the world and once per day can call forth 1d4 <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Rat_Swarm" target="_blank">rat swarms</a>, 1d4 <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Bat_Swarm" target="_blank">bat swarms</a>, or a pack of 2d4 <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Wolf" target="_blank">wolves</a> as a <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Standard_Actions" target="_blank">standard action</a>. (If the base creature is not terrestrial, this power might summon other creatures of similar power.) These creatures arrive in 2d6 rounds and serve the vampire for up to 1 hour. Dominate (<a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Su" target="_blank">Su</a>): A vampire can crush an opponent’s will just by looking onto his or her eyes. This is similar to a <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Gaze" target="_blank">gaze</a> attack, except that the vampire must use a <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Standard_Actions" target="_blank">standard action</a>, and those merely looking at it are not affected. Anyone the vampire targets must succeed on a <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Saving_Throw" target="_blank">Will save</a> or fall instantly under the vampire’s influence as though by a <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Dominate_Person" target="_blank">dominate person</a> spell (<a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Caster_Level" target="_blank">caster level</a> 12th). The ability has a range of 30 feet. (can only be used on npc's, and not during combat/bosses)Create Spawn (<a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Su" target="_blank">Su</a>): A <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Humanoid_Type" target="_blank">humanoid</a> or <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Monstrous_Humanoid_Type" target="_blank">monstrous humanoid</a> slain by a vampire’s <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Energy_Drain,_Negative_Levels,_and_Level_Loss/lEnergy_Drain_.28Su.29" target="_blank">energy drain</a> rises as a <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Vampire_Spawn" target="_blank">vampire spawn</a> (see the <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Vampire_Spawn" target="_blank">Vampire Spawn</a> entry) 1d4 days after burial. If the vampire instead drains the victim’s <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Constitution" target="_blank">Constitution</a> to 0 or lower, the victim returns as a spawn if it had 4 or less <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Hit_Dice" target="_blank">HD</a> and as a vampire if it had 5 or more <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Hit_Dice" target="_blank">HD</a>. In either case, the new vampire or spawn is under the command of the vampire that created it and remains enslaved until its master’s destruction. At any given time a vampire may have enslaved spawn totaling no more than twice its own <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Hit_Dice" target="_blank">Hit Dice</a>; any spawn it creates that would exceed this limit are created as free-willed vampires or <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Vampire_Spawn" target="_blank">vampire spawn</a>. A vampire that is enslaved may create and enslave spawn of its own, so a master vampire can control a number of lesser vampires in this fashion. A vampire may voluntarily free an enslaved spawn in order to enslave a new spawn, but once freed, a vampire or vampire spawn cannot be enslaved again. <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Special_Attacks_and_Special_Qualities_(Creature_Statistic)" target="_blank">Special Qualities:</a> A vampire retains all the special qualities of the base creature and gains those described below. <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Alternate_Form" target="_blank">Alternate Form</a> (<a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Su" target="_blank">Su</a>): A vampire can assume the shape of a <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Bat" target="_blank">bat</a>, <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Dire_Bat" target="_blank">dire bat</a>, <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Wolf" target="_blank">wolf</a>, or <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Dire_Wolf" target="_blank">dire wolf</a> as a <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Standard_Actions" target="_blank">standard action</a>. While in its <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Alternate_Form" target="_blank">alternate form</a>, the vampire loses its natural slam attack and dominate ability, but it gains the <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Natural_Weapons" target="_blank">natural weapons</a> and extraordinary special attacks of its new form. It can remain in that form until it assumes another or until the next sunrise. (If the base creature is not terrestrial, this power might allow other forms.) <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Damage_Reduction" target="_blank">Damage Reduction</a> (<a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Su" target="_blank">Su</a>): A vampire has <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Damage_Reduction" target="_blank">damage reduction</a> 10/silver and magic. A vampire’s <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Natural_Weapons" target="_blank">natural weapons</a> are treated as <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Magic_Weapon" target="_blank">magic weapons</a> for the purpose of overcoming <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Damage_Reduction" target="_blank">damage reduction</a>. <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Fast_Healing" target="_blank">Fast Healing</a> (<a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Ex" target="_blank">Ex</a>): A vampire heals 5 points of damage each <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Round" target="_blank">round</a> so long as it has at least 1 hit point. If reduced to 0 <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Hit_Points" target="_blank">hit points</a> in combat, it automatically assumes <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Gaseous_Form_(Spell)" target="_blank">gaseous form</a> and attempts to escape. It must reach its coffin home within 2 hours or be utterly destroyed. (It can travel up to nine miles in 2 hours.) Any additional damage dealt to a vampire forced into <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Gaseous_Form_(Spell)" target="_blank">gaseous form</a> has no effect. Once at rest in its coffin, a vampire is <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Helpless" target="_blank">helpless</a>. It regains 1 hit point after 1 hour, then is no longer <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Helpless" target="_blank">helpless</a> and resumes healing at the rate of 5 <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Hit_Points" target="_blank">hit points</a> per <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Round" target="_blank">round</a>. Gaseous Form (<a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Su" target="_blank">Su</a>): As a <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Standard_Actions" target="_blank">standard action</a>, a vampire can assume <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Gaseous_Form_(Spell)" target="_blank">gaseous form</a> at will as the spell (<a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Caster_Level" target="_blank">caster level</a> 5th), but it can remain gaseous indefinitely and has a fly speed of 20 feet with perfect maneuverability. Resistances (<a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Ex" target="_blank">Ex</a>): A vampire has resistance to cold 10 and electricity 10. Spider <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Climb_Skill" target="_blank">Climb</a> (<a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Ex" target="_blank">Ex</a>): A vampire can climb sheer surfaces as though with a <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Spider_Climb" target="_blank">spider climb</a> spell. <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Turn_Resistance" target="_blank">Turn Resistance</a> (<a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Ex" target="_blank">Ex</a>): A vampire has +4 <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Turn_Resistance" target="_blank">turn resistance</a>. <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Abilities_(Creature_Statistic)" target="_blank">Abilities:</a> Increase from the base creature as follows: <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Strength" target="_blank">Str</a> +2, <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Dexterity" target="_blank">Dex</a> +2, <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Intelligence" target="_blank">Int</a> +2, <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Wisdom" target="_blank">Wis</a> +2, <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Charisma" target="_blank">Cha</a> +4. As an <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Undead_Type" target="_blank">undead</a> creature, a vampire has no <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Constitution" target="_blank">Constitution</a> score. <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Skills_(Creature_Statistic)" target="_blank">Skills:</a> Vampires have a +4 racial bonus on <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Bluff_Skill" target="_blank">Bluff</a>, <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Hide_Skill" target="_blank">Hide</a>, <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Listen_Skill" target="_blank">Listen</a>, <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Move_Silently_Skill" target="_blank">Move Silently</a>, <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Search_Skill" target="_blank">Search</a>, <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Sense_Motive_Skill" target="_blank">Sense Motive</a>, and <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Spot_Skill" target="_blank">Spot</a> checks. Otherwise same as the base creature. <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Feats_(Creature_Statistic)" target="_blank">Feats:</a> Vampires gain <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Alertness" target="_blank">Alertness</a>, <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Combat_Reflexes" target="_blank">Combat Reflexes</a>, <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Dodge" target="_blank">Dodge</a>, <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Improved_Initiative" target="_blank">Improved Initiative</a>, and <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Lightning_Reflexes" target="_blank">Lightning Reflexes</a>, assuming the base creature meets the prerequisites and doesn’t already have these <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Feats" target="_blank">feats</a>.  Vampire WeaknessesFor all their power, vampires have a number of weaknesses. Repelling a Vampire: Vampires cannot tolerate the strong odor of garlic and will not enter an area laced with it. Similarly, they recoil from a mirror or a strongly presented <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Holy_Symbol_(Equipment)" target="_blank">holy symbol</a>. These things don’t harm the vampire—they merely keep it at bay. A recoiling vampire must stay at least 5 feet away from a creature holding the mirror or <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Holy_Symbol_(Equipment)" target="_blank">holy symbol</a> and cannot touch or make <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Melee_Attack" target="_blank">melee attacks</a> against the creature holding the item for the rest of the encounter. Holding a vampire at bay takes a <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Standard_Actions" target="_blank">standard action</a>. Vampires are also unable to cross running water, although they can be carried over it while resting in their coffins or aboard a ship. They are utterly unable to enter a home or other building unless invited in by someone with the authority to do so. They may freely enter public places, since these are by definition open to all. Slaying a Vampire: Reducing a vampire’s <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Hit_Points" target="_blank">hit points</a> to 0 or lower incapacitates it but doesn’t always destroy it (see the note on <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Fast_Healing" target="_blank">fast healing</a>). However, certain attacks can slay vampires. Exposing any vampire to direct sunlight disorients it: It can take only a single <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Move_Actions" target="_blank">move action</a> or attack action and is destroyed utterly in the next <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Round" target="_blank">round</a> if it cannot escape. Similarly, immersing a vampire in running water robs it of one-third of its <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Hit_Points" target="_blank">hit points</a> each <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Round" target="_blank">round</a> until it is destroyed at the end of the third <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Round" target="_blank">round</a> 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).  Vampire CharactersVampires are always evil, which causes characters of certain <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Classes" target="_blank">classes</a> to lose some <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Class" target="_blank">class</a> abilities. In addition, certain <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Classes" target="_blank">classes</a> take additional penalties. <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Cleric" target="_blank">Clerics</a>: Vampire <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Cleric" target="_blank">clerics</a> lose their ability to <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Turn_or_Rebuke_Undead" target="_blank">turn undead</a> but gain the ability to <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Turn_or_Rebuke_Undead" target="_blank">rebuke undead</a>. This ability does not affect the vampire’s controller or any other vampires that a master controls. A vampire <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Cleric" target="_blank">cleric</a> has access to two of the following domains: <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Chaos_Domain" target="_blank">Chaos</a>, <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Destruction_Domain" target="_blank">Destruction</a>, <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Evil_Domain" target="_blank">Evil</a>, or <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Trickery_Domain" target="_blank">Trickery</a>. <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Sorcerer" target="_blank">Sorcerers</a> and <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Wizard" target="_blank">Wizards</a>: Vampire <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Sorcerer" target="_blank">sorcerers</a> and <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Wizard" target="_blank">wizards</a> retain their <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Class" target="_blank">class</a> abilities, but if a character has a familiar other than a <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Rat" target="_blank">rat</a> or <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Bat" target="_blank">bat</a>, the link between them is broken, and the familiar shuns its former companion. The character can summon another familiar, but it must be a <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Rat" target="_blank">rat</a> or <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/SRD:Bat" target="_blank">bat</a>. </blockquote>

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