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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dagredhel" data-source="post: 3322255" data-attributes="member: 3421">Dracula is described as transforming himself into a motes of dust which can be seen sparkling by moonlight.  He also summons fog to cover his movements.  These two abilities are generally confused/simplified/conflated into the power to take the form of a cloud of mist or vapor.  (His "brides" use the same power when confronting Harker in Dracula's castle.)I don't recall that any of Dracula's abilities were explicitly tied to moonlight.  Rather, it is circumstantial that they are seen used by moonlight.  On the other hand, the shapeshifting powers of the vampire, per Van Helsing, are only accesible to the vampire at certain times: at night, dawn, dusk, and at exactly noon.  (They're also limited further by where they can be used.)Furthermore, the ability to take "mist form" (for lack of a better term) doesn't seem to provide much in the way of tangible benefit (pun intended.)The vampires can also shrink down to slip through cracks, and (at least Dracula can) climb walls like a spider, so the ability doesn't seem to provide anything extra in terms of movement capability.  It is more a "special effect."I don't recall any indication that it allows the vampire to move instantaneously (or so quickly as to be unseen) over a distance.  This is a relatively common power for vampires in modern fiction, but I don't believe that it comes from Stoker's novel.All that said, it would still be neat to see a moonlight-themed vampire.  (If I remember correctly, Ravenloft has a variant that regenerates only in moonlight.)</blockquote>

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