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@TheRepublic4
6 жыл бұрын
Web DM I love the video but Would it be Within your power to make a longer or Revised Edition As There is only 9 Minutes And I Really couldn’t find much useful sources on D&D Vampires besides the Curse Of Strahd Module And The Monster Manual Which Both Don’t give a massive amount of Ideas
@heatoncustomwoodworkingflo1769
6 жыл бұрын
Loved it. One of my favorite D&D novels was I, Strahd.
@gregg4174
4 жыл бұрын
I hope you guys revisit this topic one days.
@kikedragoon
8 жыл бұрын
I think a Vampire Lord would be a good otherworldly patron for Vampiric Warlocks
@lordvalinar774
7 жыл бұрын
One day Strahd-senpai will notice me
@ZenodudeMC
7 жыл бұрын
KiqueDragoon honestly you could just run the Undeath patron as a Vampire lord instead of a lick and maybe he infects you as one of his spawn
@floopthevolcano2330
6 жыл бұрын
Look up the crimson Lord. Pretty much exactly what you're referring to
@freakyskull516
5 жыл бұрын
look into a D&D stream called yogscast high rollers D&D episode 66 onward of their lightfall campaign there is an arc that takes place in a vampire infested area that may or may not have what you seek~ roughly 2:28:00 in is where the arc begins with a warning from their cleric's god
@KeacePeeper
4 жыл бұрын
@Smooth Luigi Muda, Muda, Muda!
@imlaughing2death
8 жыл бұрын
I had an idea to play a Hobgoblin that became a Cleric after his commander succumbed to a mysterious illness, and later rose as a vampire. Since Hobgoblins aren't too religious outside of Maglubiyet, he'd have to turn to one of the Human deities for help. Not only would this give more importance to the Goblinoid monsters, it would also make the vampire more of an ass-kicking general than an aristocrat we're so familiar with.
@JPruinc
8 жыл бұрын
Good stuff. Thanks for sharing.
@jimdavis141
8 жыл бұрын
+imlaughing2death Sounds fun! I once had a vampire modelled after Julius Caesar who commanded an army of corporeal undead. The players fought him to a standstill before defeating his Rakshasa ally.
@jek__
4 жыл бұрын
fun fact, drinking the blood of young members of your species can actually slow down the aging process I like the oots style vampire, where theyre an evil spirit inhabiting the body of someone, trapping the soul of their host inside the mind of their old body, slowly devouring their memories and assimilating their personality, until the hosts soul just disappears
@AllTheRooks
6 жыл бұрын
WHAMPYRES!?!
@donniejefferson9554
5 жыл бұрын
A guy in my current campaign is playing a vampire and it's been pretty great. Some of the traits got changed around a bit to keep him from being op but the spirit of it hasn't changed at all. He somehow managed to make the most edgy and hilariously dumb character possible. He didn't tell us he was a vampire but we all pieced it together within about 5 minutes of meeting his character (and it's not like our group is just good at learning each others secrets. They still dont know I'm a shapeshifter even though it's been a few months and they've met done of my alter egos). The guy always walks around with an umbrella so he can stay out of the sun. All of our characters have been openly planning methods of killing him in case he goes rogue. My character, who has a high intelligence but often struggles to understand simple concepts, is convinced that the best way to kill him would be to feed the vampire a steak that is coated in garlic. Hr once heard that a vampire is killed by a steak to the heart and assumes that means he needs to give the vampire a heart attack using a steak
@jillianh7565
Жыл бұрын
My group has 3 vampires in our Curse of Strahd party and it’s been quite fun!
@brightdarkness420
8 жыл бұрын
why is the underdark not full of vampires
@adrianlyacon5809
8 жыл бұрын
The vast majority of the under dark is unpopulated, there should be a considerable amount in the under dark cities though.
@onewhosaysgoose4831
6 жыл бұрын
Because everything in the underdark is good at killing stuff. Who are you going to feed on for centuries? the drow? you would die of emo fever in a week if the mind flayer experiments didn't harvest you for your immortal knowledge or stick you in a tube. Ya get deep gnomes. only deep gnomes. For centuries. Das why there are no vampires in the underdark. They all died or got bored of gnomes.
@christopherbenavides6511
5 жыл бұрын
I think besides the Material Plane, they also stick to the Shadowfell, where there is never sunlight. Mindflayers, Beholders, Umber-Hulks are just probably too dangerous for vampires.
@danielfisher898
5 жыл бұрын
I don’t see why it couldn’t be
@nicolassagrillo1442
5 жыл бұрын
...drowpyres.
@adrianlyacon5809
8 жыл бұрын
I love the opening of this episode.
@redfaux74
3 жыл бұрын
I love the traditional bleak, blackness of the vampire you portray. A true monster of monsters.... death but hungrier. 😈
@onatustuk4730
7 жыл бұрын
we are playing the curse of strahd and you are right!!!! It's exhausting! I'm a paladin and my companions are a cleric and a fighter (archer). We just played 5 sessions and i feel like killing myself already. There is always something bad happening. Your companions get turn into werewolfs and terrorise the place you are trying to save. You cant get any equipment because the realm you are in is in control of a really powerfull vampire and he doesnt let you get swords or anything. And the worst is my friend tried to use Augury spell to get some answers about things 4 times now and we find out now that Strahd has been changing the results to make fun of us the hole time. We have 2 man of god in a 3 people party and the gods are not with us anymore!!! FUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!
@carrolljerome9376
6 жыл бұрын
My group just finished that same campaign tonight! Was the shit! My PC was the only one to make it through! I'm stoked about it.
@humblebumble8192
6 жыл бұрын
Seems to toe the line of a survival campaign
@gabrielperrella
3 жыл бұрын
Did you guys go to the Death House? My group went there and it was one of the most miserable experiences we ever went through in a TTRPG.
@blahlbinoa
8 жыл бұрын
Awesome as always! This is another inspiration for my homebrew campaign. My roommate actually had the old AD&D module box for Ravenloft, such a good tool for those looking to get into grimdark settings.
@JPruinc
8 жыл бұрын
Glad to help. Thanks for the support.
@jimdavis141
8 жыл бұрын
+blahlbinoa I absolutely LOVE the Castle Ravenloft module. The isometric perspective maps for it are amazing and, if I'm remembering correctly, it has an interesting way to handle prophesy in an rpg.
@amberroland2589
6 жыл бұрын
blahlbinoa my campaign has a portal to ravenloft, specifically if the original region was in ravenloft
@carmillakarnstein8109
5 жыл бұрын
"These are terrible eastern european mythology inspired blood drinking monsters." Oh. Just like the White Wolf games.
@LuisFMurilloB
8 жыл бұрын
Excelente video! Empezando a jugar 5th edition como DM y ayudan demasiado! Gracias por toda la información! Sigan el excelente trabajo!
@somethang9264
4 жыл бұрын
Blade, The Daywalker, would be perfect in this setting
@BoggarthVT
5 жыл бұрын
You could always use the mtg vampires. Look up plane-shift zendikar or plane-shift ixalan, they are free supplements made by wizards so there are play tested and everything.
@kamikage9420
6 жыл бұрын
I have a vampire with an umbrella sword. The umbrella allows protection from the sun, but limits that hand and makes it difficult to see an aerial assault. Indoors or at night, the umbrella can be used as a second blunt weapon.
@Antipodeano
6 жыл бұрын
If your umbrella had a pointy bit, you could use it as a stabby stabby.
@TVlord5
7 жыл бұрын
Another amazing video! Definitely will be getting a lot of rewatches as I work on my new campaign world. The planet it takes place on is tilted and rotates in just the right way that part of the planet is always in the dark and much of the planet has very long nights so a lot of these kind of "Hide in the dark, monsters in the night" type of creatures...don't have to hide. They have entire countries where they don't have to fear the sun and I'm working on what exactly those cultures would be. How would people react when there's an entire country of Dhampirs? How many vampires would be ancient and stick to the old ways of enslaving and seducing mortals to feed on, and how many would be like "um...well that makes them hate us and kill us...why not just offer to buy some slaves from people that sell them, or have criminals sentenced to execution be sent to us or work with alchemists to make synthetic blood?" If there are any other settings like that I'd love to be pointed in their direction!
@unclevivid9028
7 жыл бұрын
TVlord5 in my opinion we would get a country run by one poweful vampire or a few powerful vampires. the rest of the population could be fledgkings that are taken from other countries and added to their ranks. but most of the land would be starving for food in a land entirely native to the vampires. Probably would need to make it a very small country like the Vatican inside Rome. perhaps even a tiny country that is allied with the vampires. to provide them with humans without people knowing. but everyone kind of "knows"
@unclevivid9028
7 жыл бұрын
TVlord5 most vampires don't care if people think they're bad. or if they are hurting humans. they're just beasts at that point. with the smarts to get away with their plots. but they don't have much humanity left or empathy
@antwan1357
8 жыл бұрын
People do not realise that the underdark is a place where it is expected the zombies and vampires show up and a cleric of a drow or duerro or dwarves is going to go out of their way to fight and seek out or lay a trap for such a creature the underdark is anti vampire as much as can possibly be this is why vampires are always above ground in a less competitive advantage with much more life to encounter.
@Goblinerd
8 жыл бұрын
Where is it stated this is expected? Just curious, I'd like to read up on the matter.
@antwan1357
8 жыл бұрын
Vampires always found in the stories with a mansion and wealth similar to a lich liches and vampires don't mix traditionally with the living evil the living tend to put aside differences in those circumstances
@antwan1357
8 жыл бұрын
But you can write anything you want mummies are from Africa but you don't see traditional African pharaohs as mummies in fictional stories
@louisbabycos106
Жыл бұрын
In Pathfinder I made a twilight vampire using the crystal template,the diamond template and the vampire template. The crystal template provided immunity to light based attacks and made him sparkle . The diamond template gave him good AC and gave him temporary hit points that would refresh each morning and a keen scimitar of speed . He was also a doppleganger. Altho sparkly he was a bad ass .
@robinruddock4638
4 жыл бұрын
Throwback to wampires! Great intro and excellent dissertation on the classic creature. A certain vampire is (maybe) about to make an appearance in our homebrew campaign, so summoned up this video for a refresher and inspiration. Thanks WebDM!
@Eunostos
6 жыл бұрын
Strahd WOULD fit in with Anne Rice, though.
@FTWMFXD
7 жыл бұрын
My GM let me play a vampire and forgo the alignment change, she just wants to be cured (her whole reason to quest) and wants people to accept her...my group sold me to a slaver, and i think the slaver had a thing for my vampire
@TheLuckOfTheClaws
6 жыл бұрын
O.O
@meme0taker87
4 жыл бұрын
escape and go full tpk on them
@feartheghus
4 жыл бұрын
immortal men it’s then, after one too many betrayals in her life, that the vampire finally turns to revenge, forget a cure when you have the power she has, it’s useful to kill the people who betrayed you, and that can lead to all kinds of tragic stories or just her turning into a permanent villain.
@FTWMFXD
4 жыл бұрын
@@meme0taker87 if im remembering the right story, we (party) agreed to sell the character as an infiltration thing, that went south, like very south i do remember the character being an air head and was charmed by the slavers words lmao which was why she was ok with it
@coolgreenbug7551
3 жыл бұрын
Sort of like a vampire's snack that they didn't bother to kill so now your stuck with the curse
@donniejohnson7439
3 жыл бұрын
Mr davis, Having recently gotten back into dungeon dragons after 30-year hiatus I was overjoyed to see you make mention of white wolf gaming Mainly because the hiatus was due to an ongoing relationship with vampire the masquerade since 1991 For any to have had their lives blessed with two such wonderful tabletop games, a word of creative advice Run your high elves like toreador and Ventrue, your wood elves as gangrel reskinned for role-playing purposes and take your court intrigue in directions never seen before
@EnnuiElpis
4 жыл бұрын
Hey, just a thought, shouldn’t vampires have age categories like Dragons? It’s pretty much always been a part of their mythology that they get more powerful with age. I would give them at least 4 age categories just like the dragon. Vampire Spawn wouldn’t progress past a certain point until they’re freed. Thoughts?
@witherlordmaster198
3 жыл бұрын
Xavier my man, that is brilliant. They really should.
@Grimlore82
2 жыл бұрын
Revisiting in 2021. I was here in the beginning!
@paladinofsmiles5706
3 жыл бұрын
Jim saying that vampires are not hot. Capcom: Think again.
@amberroland2589
6 жыл бұрын
“Takes a nice sip from his glass of blood er- i mean pepsi”
@simongutierrez891
4 жыл бұрын
Now you're speaking my language lol.
@helcometowell9295
5 жыл бұрын
Dang, this episode is prolly my fave yet. Really spot on with the info!
@CDRClarisse
8 жыл бұрын
Awesome! My Halloween themed campaign I've been working on since June is all about the vampires! :D
@Mister-Thirteen
6 жыл бұрын
I've always thought that the classic "Dark" creature templates should be converted into classes. 4e made vampire a class and well it needed some polish it was a good idea on how to implement the concept.
@AlluMan96
6 жыл бұрын
I think whenever someone comes with the proposition of doing a "Vampire PC", my first instinct would be to inquiry how integral the vampirism really is. Like, does the player have a really specific kind of character and story he wants to tell that would take advantage of being a vampire? If not, then there are good compromises one can go with. Like, maybe flavor a Shadow Magic Sorceror, whom already has the undeath, familiars and shadow-manipulation to do something vaguely vampiric with, but can be further flavored with choices of spells. Then just make a backstory note about your family having a history with vampirism or a specific vampire like Strahd awakening it in you individually and viola; A hand-crafted half-vampire. Similarly (although as much more of a stretch), you do a Warlock, flavoring a "Great Old One" to be a vampire. In both instances, talks of doing some homebrew abilities and weaknesses to be added on to flavor the idea can be discussed on a per-game basis.
@senthesanguinesinner9
3 жыл бұрын
I’ve actually made a homebrew vampire race and made him a gunslinger who duel wields pistols. He’s psychotic, obsessed with a good fight, and sadistic. Guess who he’s a nod to... It’s Alucard from Hellsing if you couldn’t tell...
@MaskofFayt
7 жыл бұрын
I have a player who was adamant about being a vampire, I talked him into being a half vampire and used the a few traits from the vampires in one of the MtG planeshift pdfs with a few tweeks (can't raise bodies) as a subrace (he chose elf dhampir in the end). It works quite nicely for balance, its basically like a drow but they need to feed on blood frequently. The other alternative was the revenant in the UA books was a similar feel of undead hero, you just make up some flair about the vampiric nature of it and bam, done.
@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723
7 жыл бұрын
Ah, back to the classic, Brahm Stocker Dracula's, White Wolf's Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines, Warhammer Fantasy Vampire Counts & perhaps Interview with a Vampire, now this is the old school monsters, bloodthirsty, monsters that stalk the night, deadly & remorseless immortals that drain the life force of their prey, Princes of Darkness, but hey who would want to go back to being a regular Joe at the price for immortality & super power, rule the night kick ass take names & drink your enemies dry! :D My thanks guys for bringing the Vampire back to the classics, such a very good video "What can one truly desire, is to be born lucky, fair, good natured, to marry some your truly & utterly love, to have children to grow old & die, or would you rather live forever, have complete dominion over the darkness & the Creatures of the night, to see civilizations rise & fall, to wage war & indulge yourself without the fear of death in all manner of passions!"
@aidansherwin3872
6 жыл бұрын
warhammer fantasy vampires are my favorite vampire go Vlad!!
@CitanulsPumpkin
5 жыл бұрын
Was working on homebrewing a Buffy the Vampire Slayer campaign with 5e rules and I realized one of the easiest ways to flesh it out was to use elements from Curse of Strahd and the Innistrahd campaign setting pdf, have a copy of Art of Magic the Gathering:Innistrad bookmarked to show players visuals, and crib the city building tools and set dressing from the upcoming Ebberron and Ravnica books for "modern" setting elements.
@MeTaLISaWeSoMe95
5 жыл бұрын
In my game players can be vampires, and they don't have to be evil. Vampires in my game sort of follow the Witcher series, in that they aren't evil, just different. They are well organized, sophisticated and even sometimes helpful, depending on how the players have treated them. Also Vampire players in my game level their character normally, but they gain vampire abilities over time as they feed on enemies or Innocents, as they play the game.
@patrickgooch6379
6 жыл бұрын
That's awesome, you used the cover of i, strahd. Great book
@drakeford4860
5 жыл бұрын
For anyone genuinely interested in playing a vampire, I really have to point towards the homebrew class on tribality. It needs a little cleaning up, but it's not bad at all.
@Xenos_hive
6 жыл бұрын
I always home brewer how pc vampirism works just tweaking the ups and downs but drinking blood is either required or very very needed for you to not get screwed and I love giving a paladin vampirism
@chrisbainton6854
7 жыл бұрын
I'm currently running a cool adventure for my friends which will envole a vampire as a big boss this was a great help for roleplay and combat ideas, thx
@the_rose_garden01
3 жыл бұрын
My lord, look at Pruitt's face! Oh man, this is old
@Munchkin.Of.Pern09
4 жыл бұрын
My parents have a great story about a Ravenloft Campaign from when they were in university. I can’t recall all of the details right now... but man, it’s quite the tale.
@michaelmorey3110
6 жыл бұрын
When I ran the original module, after the part where Straud grabs a PC and polymorphs them into a copy of himself, that player blew me away by doing that very same thing to the poor cook that was in the castle. Now you have 3 Strauds to deal with.
@momqabt
5 жыл бұрын
In the dark arts player compendium there's a sorc vampiric bloodline variant. If a player wants to be a vamp without unbalancing your game you can give them that as a newborn child of the night
@socialreveluv5428
11 ай бұрын
I am a bit confused about the actual "description" of a vampire in DnD or their vampire-spawns. First the actual vampire: Vampire do look like their human form but with feral features like claws and sharp teeth which definitely sounds like it's a monster for sure. Now the vampire-spawns: Vampire-spawns also do look like their human form but their features appear predatory. Also some websites state that "Dhampirs" which is also kind of a form of soft vampirism do not have those predatory features at all and in fact they usually appear "more graceful" than humans. Now I know this video is really old but now let us look at Baldur's Gate 3 and especially Astarion. He seems to be a vampire-spawn although he is missing feral or predatory features at all, he is gorgeous to say the least. Now this totally makes no sense and now I am just confused how all those creatures are accurately described by lore. Ofc there are a lot of variants which makes it hard to find a real answer here. I'm grateful for every answer :)
@TrainHardnett
6 жыл бұрын
what about a Vampire Paladin PC that is Neutral Evil (because vampire) set out for revenge to the person who is responsible for his current condition and the PC has the option to cure himself during the campaign or embrace the vampire (Vampire the Masquerade style). Progressively unlocks abilities with levels (doesn't have all vampire abilities from the start), weakness to holy and fire, during the day can't use any of the vampire abilities except drink blood from enemies for a % heal scaled by con and has penalties to rolls. In the night he can use the vampire abilities and gets bonus to rolls. Or he could be driven around in a coffin by his squire during the day (because sun is bad), so you get a double character sort of.
@Burori1
6 жыл бұрын
One way I'd do a vampire as a PC is maybe have it where the PC (if they are of a good nature) is they eat only once per month. They just get enough blood, to where they are at the level of a normal human being, any more and they start gaining power (i.e. draw closer to and leveling up). With adventuring come battles and opportunities to feed. Maybe have it where the vampire PC only gets to really level up the more often they feed by the month. Drawback of playing a vampire could be that, if by that point, when the PC doesn't feed often enough, they may drop a level? It could prove a good balancing mechanic so that the player doesn't become OP and overshadow the rest of the party. Now what would the wants of such a character vampire be? Well, if they're a good guy, maybe have a few options: 1)They are looking to rid themself of the curse = They were forced in it or tricked or what have you and now they don't want it. So they maybe travel with the party to find a way to get their humanity back. 2)They see their curse as a necessary evil to acomplish some task and so, travel in order to accomplish some goal, like revenge or complete a task that is nigh impossible? Slay some vile monstrocity that has ruined their lands? 3)Find a magical item that replenishes blood so that they can just survive on a daily basis, without having to feed off of people and/or animals. (Like one of those Alchemy jugs or a Blood stone) 4)Guard over someone much weaker than them, who is in need of constant protection from the forces of evil. 5)Monster Hunter, who was turned during a recent hunt and has decided to continue hunting, regardless of their condition. So much great rp and story potential here! If the PC is evil, there's tons of options, too many to list~!
@JonathonWilder
6 жыл бұрын
If I'm ever going to have vampires in my campaign, particularly if they're more of a central focus, I always break out my PDF copy of Van Richten's Guide to Vampires. In my eyes there is no better resource when it comes to using vampires in a campaign.
@LAJackson123
7 жыл бұрын
To my great misfortune, I've only ever had the opportunity to play in Ravenloft once, and it was a great number of years ago. With the introduction of 5th, and the general online presence being what it is nowadays, I find myself thirsty to go back!
@Licjr
6 жыл бұрын
The Mapronomicon Thirsty. Vampires. I see what you did there
@ILoveAnime1121
4 жыл бұрын
Barovians to PCs about Strahd: 🎵🎵 Please don't try and f!ck him! Please don't try and f!ck him! He's an evil evil man with evil evil plans So please don't try and f!ck him! 🎵🎵
@ceastin4935
7 жыл бұрын
This video reminds me of a one-shot my friend and I did where we were being a pair of private detectives where we were hunting a serial murderer/kidnapper who has been killing people in the night. We eventually tracked down a vampire who had snuck a ride on a ship from a neighboring kingdom. We didn't prepare whatso ever and we still managed to kill it with a crap tons of clouds of daggers and chromatic orbs, but we almost brought the entire church on us in the process
@CaptainFrankHawks
3 жыл бұрын
Okay what about a temporary aliance sort of a thing? A PC Plays a Vamp out for revenge vs the big bad the party is after. Or worse revenge against a pc.
@mirthfulArtist
3 жыл бұрын
Did you have another video about Curse of Strahd? I seem to remember you talking about the woman who made the module seeing a vampire placed randomly in a dungeon and being surprised by how unceremoniously they were tossed around, and she thought it didn't suit vampire myth. Erm...maybe it was another channel, but I thought it was you.
@ayyohwinning
8 жыл бұрын
I'm doing up a homebrew campaign setting, where one of the main locations of the world, which happens to be the entire surface world, is an ash desert. What do you guys think I could do with vampires? I was thinking they change to a dust devil type thing instead of mist, and less of the running water/stakes. Any ideas?
@JPruinc
8 жыл бұрын
I like the dust devil in lieu of mist idea. What if instead of sleeping in coffins, they bury themselves in the sand. Wary travelers must step lightly lest they be dragged to their deaths beneath the shifting sands.
@ayyohwinning
8 жыл бұрын
JPruInc Yeah, I like that, not only for mechanics, but I could build local legends about them, put some fear in the players, thanks for the Input. Keep up the good work!
@ayyohwinning
8 жыл бұрын
+JPruInc Oh, another thing, what do you guys think about the Witch Hunter class that Matt Mercer created for the one-off game with Vin Diesel? I personally think it's pretty sweet, and I'd love to know what you guys think! Maybe a video about creating/modifying classes?
@jimdavis141
8 жыл бұрын
+John Jarvis I haven't had a chance to check it out. Do you have a link?
@jimdavis141
8 жыл бұрын
+John Jarvis I love this idea (and Pruitt's idea of burrowing vampires). What if instead of drinking blood they drink "moisture" and leave behind dried up, desiccated husks that rise as dust ghouls or something.
@isaachaahr8691
7 жыл бұрын
Great video. I am interested in what you have to say about other intelligent undead and their behavior: dracolich, lich, mummy, and death knight.
@jordanhoke9025
7 жыл бұрын
how about a vampire family in the shadow fell and the pc's have to confront them about the going missing and they have to confront them
@snakemilthescienceeel2565
7 жыл бұрын
White Wolf's vampires did them justice, I think. And they get REALLY sinister.
@biancaarcand4316
6 жыл бұрын
These "odd abilities" that you mention (running water, non-fatal stake through the heart, mist form, polymorph, etc) are all from the original Bram Stoker text on vampire mythology, so they are very justified in my opinion and explains why it stuck for so long
@Negeta
8 жыл бұрын
At least for 5e, I've seen a 5-level homebrew prestige class for becoming a vampire by a guy named Walrock (not warlock). I've not seen it played yet, so I'm unsure of the balance, but that could be an option for letting a PC become a vampire.
@solidmood2855
8 жыл бұрын
great video as always!
@PaulSpurgeon
3 жыл бұрын
I want Dark Sun to come back as another version of "What if the bad guys won."
@lordvalinar774
8 жыл бұрын
I know this is 5e and not Pathfinder, but I found an adventure module called "Way of the Wicked" for Pathfinder. It had some interesting rules and methods of creating Lich or Vampire PCs in it, including new items and Feats a player can take for the "Transition" to either of those types. For 5e however, depending on the setting and current levels of the party, if the cirumstances lead up to a player becoming a vampire (willing or not), I would first have them turned into a Vampire Spawn, and not a full fledged vampire. Then depending how the situation played out (Whether the other PCs kill, cure them, or kill their master -- which would then turn them into a full fledged vampire as well according to the Monster Manual). So Yeah.... basically "Go with the Flow" lol
@guazazqui788
4 жыл бұрын
Just finished a dungeon too difficult for me to handle but many lucky throws got me alive to the end with 2 other members of my party (we are 6. The others were knocked out). What's at the end of it? Strahd. What do i do since i do not know who he is and i dont know how vampires work? I ask him to turn me. Persuasion +6 for me. Nat 20. He turns me. DM finishes the session there. Now i know who he is and how vampires work. Maybe i shouldn't have asked him.
@dylanlawson2834
7 жыл бұрын
I've been trying to convince my DM to let me play a Vampire for years now, in both our main Campaign after my first character died and in a new campaign all together, but he refuses. He's stuck in 3.5, the struggle guys. 5e would be so much more fun to play a Vampire. There's a sense of balance that previous editions didn't have. Hopefully we'll get an official Vampire race option soon for PC's. It needs to have the disadvantages that come with Vampires, but it also needs to have some of the benefits that only Vampires hold.
@hysterical5408
7 жыл бұрын
...Is it weird that I now want WAMpires to be a real thing?
@samgafford2371
4 жыл бұрын
I've two ideas 1- Way of the Long Death Vampire 2- if the pc gets a vampire friend, they will be betrayed by said vampire out of sheer bloodlust
@MrScarletspider99
3 жыл бұрын
I’m trying to learn the game. And in my search I’ve found a character that I think is awesome and would eliminate the sunlight issue. I found a demon vampire. Would this work ?
@zacharywalker9176
4 жыл бұрын
Enchanter wizard vamp would be pretty strong, the options for incapacitation and such would be a good villain
@Decado1628
7 жыл бұрын
I have been using my collection of Von Richten's Guides for many years (20+?). They are an awesome resource for all things undead, lycanthropes, constructs ect.
@dynamicworlds1
6 жыл бұрын
The Von Richten Guides are awesome resources and I encourage everyone to use them for even non-Ravenloft settings. They really break down what the creatures are at a fundamental level and help you understand how they think and work deeper than their stats more than anything else I've ever read. I'd even say that his guide to vampires is more useful to a GM than reading Bram Stoker, which is really saying something, considering eveyone that wants to really run vampires should really go back to the classic that kicked it off to see the tropes before they were bastardized. I have my own take on vampires now, but I never would have developed it without reading Van Richten's Guide to Vampires.
@cruelbanana441
6 жыл бұрын
I wonder if there is any way to enslave a vampire. Let's say I threw some net with garlic on it and put a stake in the chest - is there any way to gain control over him? The "controll undead" scroll is just temporary solution.
@jamesc.7988
8 жыл бұрын
I have a question and believe you guys may have the answer. I was a huge fan of Ravenloft (2nd Edition AD&D) in the early 90's and I had a Ravenloft adventure module that held maybe 10 or 15 stories within it. I believe it was designed so the first adventure was for beginning characters and as the stories progressed, so did the challenge. For whatever reason, I remember a passage in the book where I described an empty beach with bodies of.. I believe dead crabs littering it. But for the life of me, I cannot recall the name of that book and despite my Googling attempts, I have come up enpty handed. Is there any chance that you guys know which Ravenloft module I am talking about?
@happyist3719
8 жыл бұрын
new fav channel :)
@tnm1697
7 жыл бұрын
I like allowing Dhampir characters who want to redeem themselves from their heritages
@vesperschake6241
5 жыл бұрын
Planning on running a Vampire-centric Zweihander game. I'm going to name one of the Vamps Pruitt
@johnferrara9624
7 жыл бұрын
My party almost had a tpk, my character the only one surviving, against two vampires who were a lich' servants. We got totally crushed and my Fighter ran away, begrudgingly leaving his friends to die and swearing revenge. We enlist the help of a faction who fights against evil creatures as well as a tribe of orcs and ogres whose leader was kidnapped by the vampires. The new party members were members of the monster hunter faction and a Druid from the tribe of ogres who was a dragon born. The leader of the faction, however, gave my character a rune that, when attacked to a weapon, added an additional +1 to attack and damage and deals 1d4 extra radiant damage per hit. This was put into a +2 sword of a fallen ally who died fighting the lich earlier whose, my character vowed, would be that to kill the witch. My character is now in the middle of the siege as a level 8 with what is essentially a legendary rarity sword that one-shots a bunch of CR 3 monsters with one attack action (2 attacks).
@lil_dummo8595
8 жыл бұрын
pss have you guys watched the pax d&d games
@JPruinc
8 жыл бұрын
Watched a few. Pretty good stuff.
@michaelshatswell1674
7 жыл бұрын
I'm looking for a little bit of advice. I'm currently working on writing my first campaign, and I wanted to center the story around some sort of undead curse. My question is, what type of undead could help me form a more interesting story? Would you go for a vampiric curse, or something like a lich or powerful necromancer?
@lividcoffee1962
7 жыл бұрын
Pleaseeee do one about bulettes or "Land Sharks"
@CaitSith87
7 жыл бұрын
But in Baldur's Gate isn't one of the enemies a hot vampiress? Or does Baldurs Gate does not count?
@Nyrufa
7 жыл бұрын
Vampires don't level drain anymore? That was one of their most terrifying aspects in past editions. You're fighting wave after wave of regenerating vampires and getting progressively weaker each time they come after you, until you finally locate their coffins and drive a stake through them!
@joanlopez9464
8 жыл бұрын
Great video guys!
@JPruinc
8 жыл бұрын
Much obliged.
@kipa170
5 жыл бұрын
I am looking to get started in D&D and I have a slight obsession with Vampires. I want to play something vampire related, a half blood or something. What would you suggest?
@keggerous
6 жыл бұрын
Ravenloft was the first D&D I ever played . . .
@wormy7279
5 жыл бұрын
My DM forcibly vampirised me and I invested in sunproof clothing
@danielbaier3717
6 жыл бұрын
I have a guy who wants to be a vampire for a curse of Strahd campaign and I'm thinking of letting him just cause it's gonna be interesting and won't give him nearly as many benefits as he thinks. Idk tho
@enveriljazi1399
4 жыл бұрын
daj molimte pishime dhampir sa enver sinom da smo princi shta da radim da me poslushate da dogjem na be
@jacktough
6 жыл бұрын
I'm wondering if, now that we've established that your fans have the attention span for longer videos, If there is much content that you initially edited out of these videos that you could reinsert as like a director's cut? So much potential for extra info :-)
@WebDM
6 жыл бұрын
Ooooooooooh thats a good idea.......
@Abalester1
7 жыл бұрын
Are there half-vampires in 5th edition? There was one in 3.5
@loki3275
7 жыл бұрын
I style my vampires to follow inistrids(mtg) and have clans and such. I like the idea of the clans.
@SaiyanPanda96
6 жыл бұрын
I’m kinda trying to get a plot hook going with one of my DMs to get my bard to hook up with a vampire. Mostly to help the one PC to get the girl.
@CronyxRavage
4 жыл бұрын
I don't consent to any fictional person I invent (my narrative property) to be played by someone else, including a DM. Only I can roleplay them. Unless it's not really /them/ anymore, like if they're enslaved by Illithids or something. But if it's still actually them, they're still mine.
@Camtrain1989
7 жыл бұрын
Because Ravenloft is such a dark setting would you prefer to see it run with a more *savage* mechanic in terms of perhaps grievous wounds variant, just to really increase and emphasize the danger that's ever present? I'm about to start one up, and all my players are friends who have played together for a few years, but our current DM coddles the group a little bit too much for the purpose of the story... I want to immerse them in Ravenloft, what are your thoughts?
@dynamicworlds1
6 жыл бұрын
CoachCam_ a bit late but immerse yourself in the Van Richten's Guides and do whatever you can to impress on the players the need to do research on their enemy. The core of Ravenloft that makes it Ravenloft is the combination of the need to do prep-work (because going into a fight blind is often suicidal) and constantly feeling surrounded by spies and hidden dangers. Every monster should feel unique, even with its own ways of thinking and approaching challenges. Fey need to act and think like fey. Vampires need to act and think like vampires. If your players are nervously researching weaknesses (but never having the ideal amount of information to work with), trying to exploit monster psychology, and acting low-key while looking over their shoulders, you've got the feel right. Also, never forget the often repeated line in Van Richten's Guide to Vampires: "there's no such thing as a typical vampire". Hope your game is going well. :)
@killjoy6819
7 жыл бұрын
I actually made a rule so that when a vampire is within a 30 feet radius of garlic, they will be frightened. On the beginning of each of their turns, they can make a DC 15 constitution saving throw, succeeding will make them immune against this effect for 24 hours.
@Salguodx
6 жыл бұрын
human paladin vampire is something that is real and people just need to accept it and deal with it like any other mechanic.
@tompearce8173
6 жыл бұрын
I made an any alignment vampire race based on the author Terry Pratchett’s “Black Ribbon” practice, they still require blood but it can be animal or freely donated human, as the blood is not forcibly taken the dark magic it would have is not so potent and as such the race is weaker than the monster Vampire, having all the drawbacks and fewer of the advantages, if a player went of script and started to suck the life from people they had to make a Charisma save DC 15 increasing by 5 each time, if passed they stayed as they are if fails they became a true Vamp but the DM sized control of the character.
@jordanhoke9025
7 жыл бұрын
In my spell jammer campaign and there is a city known as moonnight and the city is a pirate/mafia and they are the main family of criminals are a bunch of vampires.
@johannesdolch
4 жыл бұрын
I have to say: Having my very first introduction to D&D be Curse of Strahd was harsh. CoS is not like other Adventures. Your Party has to accept that they are not the big dog around. They will not be able to win most encounters (at least the first time). And especially if you have Players who think that playing Lawful Good Characters in that Setting (Cleric, Paladins, etc.) is a good Idea, you need to take them aside and explain to them that, while it can be mechanically advantageous, their characters will have to witness a lot of evil, fcked up shit without being able to do anything about it without risking a TPK at every corner. It's certainly a great Adventure but maybe not for Beginners.
@hysterical5408
8 жыл бұрын
Sparkle Sparkle.
@Aidenmm
7 жыл бұрын
thanks to my dm i cant look at vampires the same because i just found out that im half werewolf
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