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Vampire spawn have exceptional physical abilities, plus above-average Charisma. Try this sort of variation out-if not with a vampire, then with some other monster whose powers players assume they already know.īefore I examine the vampire, which is another boss-level undead creature only slightly less powerful than the mummy lord, let’s look at the less powerful vampire spawn, the minion of a full-fledged vampire.
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The vampire in the Monster Manual is the conventional burned-by-sunlight variety, but what if you removed that weakness and substituted one that merely disabled the vampire’s special features in daylight? It’s so taken for granted in our popular culture that vampires are burned by sunlight, the thought of a vampire who’s merely weakened by it, not hurt-let alone destroyed-would never occur to most of us. (You may already be aware that this version of the troll originated with a scene in Three Hearts and Three Lions by Poul Anderson.) Trolls, for example, are great for this: use the variant that allows severed limbs to keep moving and even fighting independently, and have the troll periodically pick up its limbs and stick them back onto itself, and watch your players wig out.
One of the best ways to spice up a D&D game is to take familiar monsters and give them unfamiliar powers, or have the familiar powers manifest in unfamiliar ways. One of the crucial elements of horror is exploiting the fear of the unknown: we’re most afraid of a monster when we’re not sure what it is, what it can do or how far it can pursue us. I thought that was an interesting spin on vampire abilities. Oh, sure I can, Dracula says it’s just that I don’t have any of my supernatural powers when I do. although I don’t think I’ve read it since I was in college, so take that with a grain of salt.Īnyway, there’s one bit of that novel that sticks in my mind as being particularly cool: At one point, Dracula walks right into Holmes’ room, in the middle of the day, and Holmes expresses surprise that Dracula can go out in broad daylight. It was written by Loren Estleman in the style of Arthur Conan Doyle, and as I recall, it was less cheesy and far more entertaining than you might assume. Dracula: The Adventure of the Sanguinary Count. And for a cool $48 - when the estimated value is well over $400 - it's bound to go quickly, so snap yours up fast at Sephora while you can.I’m going to begin my discussion of vampires with a digression: Years ago, I read a book titled (I swear I’m not making this up) Sherlock Holmes vs. Plus, with a compact filled to the brim with staples so luxurious, we might never need another makeup kit again.
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