09-06-2021, 09:00 AM | #1 |
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Extracting a vampire "template" from DF Monsters
The vampire in DF Monsters is a bit bland for a monster type that's often supposed to be a memorable "boss". So I thought it might be worth trying to extract a "template" from the monster write-up. Doing so seems fairly simple—my guess is that the write-up assumes a vampire that had all 12s in attributes in life, and no modifications to the secondary characteristics derived from those attributes. That means the template would give ST +8, Will +3, Per +3, Basic Speed +3.00, and FP N/A, plus all the traits listed under "traits". Though I guess I can see a case for raising or lowering ST by a level. With this you can build villains like the following (shoutout to Gaming Ballistic's Delvers to Grow—this guy was built as a master knight):
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09-06-2021, 10:50 AM | #2 |
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Re: Extracting a vampire "template" from DF Monsters
FWIW, there's a 125 point vampire template in Pyramid #3/72. Strictly speaking, it's for GURPS DF rather than DFRPG, but at this level of resolution I suspect it doesn't make a lot of difference.
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09-06-2021, 01:37 PM | #3 |
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Re: Extracting a vampire "template" from DF Monsters
There's also a 60-point vampire racial template in Pyramid #3/50, p. 14.
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09-06-2021, 08:48 PM | #4 |
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Re: Extracting a vampire "template" from DF Monsters
I make it a practice to make lists of official templates and lenses, and according to that list, these are the available vampire templates ...
Vampire (Discworld Roleplaying Game, p. 109) [107 or 108 points] Vampire (GURPS Banestorm, p. 201) [100 points] Vampire (GURPS Fantasy, p. 111) [80 points] Vampire (GURPS Monster Hunters 1, p. 51) [200 points] Vampire (Pyramid #3/50, p. 14) [60 points] Vampire (Pyramid #3/72, p. 25) [125 points] Vampire (GURPS Basic Set: Characters, p. 262) [150 points] Vampire, Jiangshi (GURPS Horror, p. 58) [58 points] Vampire, Lamia (GURPS Horror, p. 66) [408 points] Vampire, Moroi (GURPS Horror, p. 58) [161 points] Vampire, Psychic (GURPS Horror, p. 58) [43 points] Vampire, Romantic (GURPS Horror, p. 65) [252 points] Vampire, Upurina (GURPS Horror, p. 58) [54 points] Vampire, Vetala (GURPS Horror, p. 59) [401 points] Vampire Lord (GURPS Horror, p. 59) [939 points] Vampire Mage (GURPS Fantasy, p. 112) [135 points] As one can see from those wildly-varying point totals, there is a LOT of opinion as to what constitutes a "proper" vampire. Making a vampire template just for your game world is a perfectly doable option.
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09-06-2021, 10:47 PM | #5 |
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Re: Extracting a vampire "template" from DF Monsters
I'm fully aware that GURPS has many existing vampire templates (though I'm impressed by the comprehensiveness of Mysterious Dark Lord v3.2's list). Made this post because I thought it would be interesting to see what sort of vampire Kromm thought was fitting for DFRPG. Oddly, I notice that his vampire write-up doesn't say anything about their need for blood—maybe because Restricted Diet doesn't exist in DFRPG?
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09-14-2021, 07:26 PM | #6 |
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Re: Extracting a vampire "template" from DF Monsters
Monster Hunters 3: The Enemy has three vampire templates
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Re: Extracting a vampire "template" from DF Monsters
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The OP wanted to know about an official vampire for DFRPG. But there isn't a vampire template just for DFRPG, it seems.
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09-27-2021, 02:50 AM | #9 |
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