Friday, September 23, 2005
Vampires
Most of my vampire inspiration comes from Buffy and from the Harry Dresden books.
Vampires exist and have much the same weaknesses and strengths as your typical Buffy vampire: they are strong as four or five men, they can be shot and stabbed with little effect unless it's in the right place (heart or brain), they burn in direct sunlight but can stand indirect light for a time, they die instantly if staked or beheaded or if enough fire is used on them, they must drink blood but it can be animal blood.
There is a class of vampire that is basically mindless; these are created when someone needs a group of savage killers but doesn't want to really increase the vampire population in the city. They disintergrate by themselves in about 24-72 hours after they rise.
There is a large subclass where power flows in the bloodline - if you kill the sire, the children revert to normal humans (dying quickly if beyond their normal lifespan).
There are rarer classes or types of vampire, all with different powers and abilities, though most have both the need for blood and the vulnerability to sunlight. Everything else is up in the air. (Though there is a very rare type that subsists on emotions - it's not a pleasent thing either, since the emotions it feeds on are lust, anger and fear).
Vampires exist and have much the same weaknesses and strengths as your typical Buffy vampire: they are strong as four or five men, they can be shot and stabbed with little effect unless it's in the right place (heart or brain), they burn in direct sunlight but can stand indirect light for a time, they die instantly if staked or beheaded or if enough fire is used on them, they must drink blood but it can be animal blood.
There is a class of vampire that is basically mindless; these are created when someone needs a group of savage killers but doesn't want to really increase the vampire population in the city. They disintergrate by themselves in about 24-72 hours after they rise.
There is a large subclass where power flows in the bloodline - if you kill the sire, the children revert to normal humans (dying quickly if beyond their normal lifespan).
There are rarer classes or types of vampire, all with different powers and abilities, though most have both the need for blood and the vulnerability to sunlight. Everything else is up in the air. (Though there is a very rare type that subsists on emotions - it's not a pleasent thing either, since the emotions it feeds on are lust, anger and fear).
# posted by GamerGuy : 1:52 PM
