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The Immortal: Vampires

By Ben Mowbray

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Introduction

Contents

Wondrous Items ............................................. 42

Minor Artefacts .............................................. 42

Major Artefacts .............................................. 42

Algul.................................................................... 49

Baobban Sith....................................................... 50

Cambion.............................................................. 52

Carmillite Vampire............................................. 54

Ch’ing Shih ......................................................... 57

Dearg-Due........................................................... 61

Demon.................................................................63

Demonic Vampire .......................................... 64

Incubus/Succubus........................................... 66

Dhampir .............................................................. 67

Dire Vampire Bat ............................................... 69

Draugr .................................................................70

Estrie ................................................................... 72

Lamia................................................................... 73

Langsuir .............................................................. 75

Lobishomen ........................................................ 77

Master Vampire .................................................. 78

Necurat ................................................................ 83

Nosferatu............................................................. 85

Rakshasa ............................................................. 89

Romantic Vampire ............................................. 91

Strigoi Mort ...................................................... 101

Upier.................................................................. 104

Vampir .............................................................. 106

Vrykolakas ........................................................ 108

Zmeu .................................................................110

Prestige Classes ................................................ 115

Walker Through Time.................................. 115

Famous Vampires............................................. 117

Count Dracula............................................... 118

Lord Ruthren ................................................ 119

Varney the Vampyre .................................... 120

Vampire Gods ................................................... 122

Ankarii .......................................................... 122

Archonis........................................................ 125

Mal’Ek .......................................................... 128

Sepheliné....................................................... 130

OPEN GAME LICENSE Version 1.0a .......... 136

Designation of Open Game Content ............... 137

Contents ................................................................ 2

Introduction........................................................... 3

The Vampire Legend ....................................... 3

The Author’s View............................................... 8

Roleplaying Vampires.......................................... 8

Background....................................................... 8

Feeding.............................................................. 9

Lair .................................................................... 9

Wealth ............................................................. 10

Vampire Psychology...................................... 10

Creating Your Own Breeds of Vampire ........... 13

Analysing the MM Vampire......................... 13

Building A Custom Vampire Template ........ 14

Blutsauger....................................................... 19

Optional Rules .................................................... 20

Age Categories ............................................... 20

Aging Appearances ........................................ 20

Body and Soul ................................................ 21

Chemical Banes .............................................. 22

Curing Vampirism.......................................... 22

Demonic Appearance ..................................... 22

ECL DECREASES OVER TIME................. 23

Holy Symbols ................................................. 23

Imbibing Food & Drink ................................. 23

Physical Appearances .................................... 24

Preventing Vampirism ................................... 25

Regaining the Soul ......................................... 26

Salient Powers ................................................ 26

Romantic Vampire Salient Powers .............. 29

Sleeping .......................................................... 30

Vampire Blood ............................................... 31

Variant Rules ...................................................... 31

Becoming a Vampire ..................................... 31

Blood Draining............................................... 34

Creature Types ............................................... 35

Critical Hits..................................................... 35

Destroying a Progenitor ................................. 36

Feeding Methods ............................................ 36

Gliding ............................................................ 37

Immunities ...................................................... 37

Moonpower..................................................... 37

Racial Variants ............................................... 38

Slower Healing ............................................... 39

Spawn Vs. New Vampires ............................. 40

Staking a Vampire .......................................... 40

New Equipment .................................................. 40

Weapons ......................................................... 41

Adventuring Gear ........................................... 41

Special Materials ............................................ 41

Magic Items ........................................................ 42

Weapons ......................................................... 42

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Introduction

THE VAMPIRE LEGEND

Since the dawn of human history the legend of

the vampire has walked with mankind. From

the bloody legends associated with Isis and

Osiris of Egypt to the very roots of

Christianity, Judaism and Islam and the

original story of Adam and Eve, the image of

the vampire has been with us for time

immemorial.

Vampires. For more than a century they have

captivated us more than any other mythical

monster or creature. Every ancient culture of

the world has its own vampire story, many

developing entirely independently from

others, which gives the vampire myth more

credibility than any other.

The oldest records of mankind make mention

of creatures that have the attributes of the

vampire. The legends reach as far back as to

the time of ancient Egypt, Assyria and

Babylonia.

Do vampires exist? This is a question that may

never be answered. From ancient Egypt and

Assyria to the modern myths of Anne Rice

and Joss Whedon, the vampire has and will

continue to captivate us.

The Torah and Bible make mention of a

demon called Lilith, who is conjectured by

some to have once been the first wife of Adam

who when she would not be submissive to her

husband was cast out of paradise and became

a demon that killed babies and children by

drinking their blood.

This book is dedicated to bringing the

multitude of vampiric legends, both historical

and fictional to your d20 fantasy campaign,

with a little original material thrown in for

good measure. These pages are filled with a

variety of different vampires from around the

world ranging in power from a low-le vel

encounter to those of truly epic proportions.

Virtually every ancient culture on earth has its

own vampires in one form or another, which

are the chief sources of the vampiric strains

presented in this book.

It was realised early on that with so much

material to cover, not to mention the issue of

copyrights for the more modern incarnations

of the vampire, that we could not possibly

hope to cover every incarnation of the

vampire. For this reason, we’ve also included

rules and suggestions for modifying the

vampires presented here and in your MM to

your own tastes, along with a plethora of

optional and variant rules.

In the long history of vampires, from the first

legends of Osiris to the modern works or

literature and film, it seems the vampire has

walked

the

shadows

mankind’s

im agination since the dawn of time.

Isis and Osiris

Amongst the most ancient of legends is the

story of Osiris (‘Asar’ in Egyptian) and his

sister-wife Isis (‘Aset’ in Egyptian). According

to the mythology, Osiris was the first king of

Egypt, in a time when the gods still walked

the earth. He was beloved by his people, and

he was the bringer of cultivation and

civilisation.

What is a Vampire?

Most dictionaries define a vampire as a

reanimated corpse that rises from its grave at

night to drain the blood (or sometimes just

life) of the living.

In recent times, a vampire is any creature that

carries vampiric characteristics. That is, drains

blood or life by physical or other means, is

predominantly

Isis was wielder of the most powerful of

magic, for she knew the secret name of Ra

(‘Re’ in Egyptian) and could command the

words of power that enabled her to have

control over life and death.

nocturnal,

attacking

(or

seducing) its victims at night.

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parallels to the vampire do not end here, for

Osiris needed also protection from the sun,

which could destroy him.

Perhaps the vampire legend began with

Osiris, or even his sister wife Isis who among

other things knew the secret of granting

immortality to mortals. Over time, Isis became

the most worshiped of the Egyptian deities.

Even the Greeks and Romans worshiped her.

The secrets of her magic were said to have

been in her blood.

There too exists a derivative symbol of the

ankh called the Tyet Knot (or Buckle of Isis)

that was a charm representing the blood of the

goddess, said to bestow upon the wearer

protection from evil (or harm) forever…

Lilith, the First Eve

The earliest records of Lilith date back to 2000

B.C.E., a (wind) demon of Babylonian,

Sumerian myth that was active at night and

seized men and forced them to copulate with

her.

Osiris

The most well known legend of Lilith

however is the one found in the Alphabet of

Ben-Sira , a work of unknown origin dating

from the 8 th –10 th centuries C.E.

But Set, the brother of the royal couple was

jealous of Osiris, and conspired to kill him

along with 72 other conspirators. Osiris was

tricked at a party into trying out a coffin,

which the conspirators nailed shut and set

into the Nile.

According to the work, Lilith was the first

wife of Adam. Lilith was supposedly the wiser

of the two humans, and for this reason refused

to be subordinate to Adam, especially during

intercourse. She refused to lie beneath him for

it was demeaning to her – instead she wanted

to lie side by side or on top. When Adam tried

to force her beneath him, she used her powers

to fly away.

Isis found the body, but Set discovered this,

and cut it up into 14 pieces and scattered them

all over the world. Isis pursued the parts to

the ends of the earth, and found all but one –

the phallus – which she facsimiled and then

joined together to resurrect her husband in

order to conceive a son, Horus, who would

later avenge his father’s death.

Adam prayed to God to bring Lilith back to

him. So God sent three angels to search for her

and they found her at the Red Sea in the land

of the demons. She refused to follow the

angels, damned them and spent her time

breeding with the demons, so a violent battle

ensued, and blood was spilt – from which the

Red Sea derives its name.

Osiris was crowned king of the dead and god

of the underworld. The ancient people saw in

his story and resurrection a miracle and

worshiped him. As a part of his worship,

redheaded men were sacrificed to the dead

god, who was said to drink of their blood in

the name of Great Mother Earth. But the

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God punished Lilith for her disobedience and

began killing her demonic children at the rate

of 100 per day. He then created Eve from

Adam’s rib to ensure that his new wife would

be subservient to him.

incarnation of himself. But Kali was able to

defeat him by consuming every last drop of

his blood.

The Greeks and Romans

Vampires were also known in Greek and

consequently later in Roman times.

Lilith was bitter with God’s reaction to killing

her children, and in turn she vowed to kill all

the children of Adam and Eve.

The goddess Hecate was served by terrible

demons called Empusae that could take on the

form of flesh and blood and plague the living

by enticing them to fatten up before

devouring their flesh and drinking their

blood.

People who believed in the legend blamed

Lilith for the deaths of newborns and women

who died in childbirth.

She was also said to seduce men while they

were sleeping, afterwards murdering them or

causing them to go insane.

Lamia was also another vampire, a monster

with the lower body of a serpent and the

upper body of a woman. The Lamia is one of

the many vampire creatures featured in this

book.

By the end of the middle ages, the concept of

Lilith considered her a demon queen, the wife

of either Asmodeus or Lucifer, and the

breeding machine of hell. She was known to

kill babies and children by drinking their

blood, and she would force herself upon men

at night in order to steal their seed so she

could give birth to new demons – the men

would either be killed in the same fashion of

children or be driven insane…

The Vampire in Other

Cultures

From the Aborigines of

Australia

the

people

The Vedic Mythology

Perhaps India has the largest number of

different vampires attributed to its myths and

legends – from vampiric gods to demons

and pretty much everything in between,

the idea of blood drinkers is prevalent

in eastern mythology.

Perhaps the greatest

evidence of this is

in the nature of

one of the most

im portant deities of

Hinduism, the

goddess Kali. Kali is a six-armed,

fanged goddess known for her habit of

drinking blood. One of many myths in

which she features tells of how Kali battled a

demon called Raktavija, who was incredibly

difficult to defeat because each drop of his

blood that was spilt spawned another demon

Lilith

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