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<blockquote data-quote="Hawken" data-source="post: 4889963" data-attributes="member: 23619"><p>Hiya, Syl. </p><p></p><p>See if you can get a hold of that Ravenloft book, Van Richten's Guide to the Walking Dead. It has ways of building undead up from scratch. Not so much vampires, mostly skeletons, zombies, ghouls and such, but the process it has in there for undead could be adapted to vampires.</p><p></p><p>Another way you could do it is to stagger the vampiric powers and abilities based on the creature's HD, like how the Savage Species handles the Feral template.</p><p></p><p>Vampire: 1-5HD:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Natural Armor bonus: +2</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Blood Drain: 1 pt of Constitution per round</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Charm: As per Charm Person, in place of the Dominate ability.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Energy Drain: Drain 1 level on a hit with the Slam attack that is a confirmed critical hit.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Alternate Form: Bat only.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Damage Reduction: 5/Silver</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fast Healing: 1</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Resistance: Cold 5</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Turn Resistance: +1 Turn Resistance</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Abilities: Str +2, Dex +2, Cha +2</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Skills: +2 to listed skills.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Feats: Alertness, Improved Initiative.</li> </ul><p></p><p>Vampire: 6-10HD</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Natural Armor increases to +4</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Blood Drain: Increases to 1d2 Con points.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Children of the Night: Bats only.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dominate: Charm ability is lost in place of Dominate. This power has a range of only 10'.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Create Spawn: By Energy Drain only.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Energy Drain: Drain 1 level per hit.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Alternate Form: Bat or Wolf only.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Damage Reduction: 5/Silver and Magic</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fast Healing: 3</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Resistance: Cold and Electricity 5</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Turn Resistance: +2 Turn Resistance</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Abilities: Str +2, Dex +2, Wis +2</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Skills: +4 to listed skills, instead of previous +2 bonus.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Feats: Dodge.</li> </ul><p></p><p>Vampires: 11+HD</p><p>The Vampire receives all abilities and powers as listed in the Vampire template.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hawken, post: 4889963, member: 23619"] Hiya, Syl. See if you can get a hold of that Ravenloft book, Van Richten's Guide to the Walking Dead. It has ways of building undead up from scratch. Not so much vampires, mostly skeletons, zombies, ghouls and such, but the process it has in there for undead could be adapted to vampires. Another way you could do it is to stagger the vampiric powers and abilities based on the creature's HD, like how the Savage Species handles the Feral template. Vampire: 1-5HD: [LIST] [*]Natural Armor bonus: +2 [*]Blood Drain: 1 pt of Constitution per round [*]Charm: As per Charm Person, in place of the Dominate ability. [*]Energy Drain: Drain 1 level on a hit with the Slam attack that is a confirmed critical hit. [*]Alternate Form: Bat only. [*]Damage Reduction: 5/Silver [*]Fast Healing: 1 [*]Resistance: Cold 5 [*]Turn Resistance: +1 Turn Resistance [*]Abilities: Str +2, Dex +2, Cha +2 [*]Skills: +2 to listed skills. [*]Feats: Alertness, Improved Initiative. [/LIST] Vampire: 6-10HD [LIST] [*]Natural Armor increases to +4 [*]Blood Drain: Increases to 1d2 Con points. [*]Children of the Night: Bats only. [*]Dominate: Charm ability is lost in place of Dominate. This power has a range of only 10'. [*]Create Spawn: By Energy Drain only. [*]Energy Drain: Drain 1 level per hit. [*]Alternate Form: Bat or Wolf only. [*]Damage Reduction: 5/Silver and Magic [*]Fast Healing: 3 [*]Resistance: Cold and Electricity 5 [*]Turn Resistance: +2 Turn Resistance [*]Abilities: Str +2, Dex +2, Wis +2 [*]Skills: +4 to listed skills, instead of previous +2 bonus. [*]Feats: Dodge. [/LIST] Vampires: 11+HD The Vampire receives all abilities and powers as listed in the Vampire template. [/QUOTE]
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