Vampire (5e)
5th edition Varied
See Sources and Notes
Vampire Overview [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Vampire's Lair
[6] A vampire lair in defensible castles, fortified manor, or walled abbeys
Regional Effects
[6] Regional effects:
- Bats, Rats, and Wolves
- Twisted, Thorny Plants
- Moving Shadows
- Creeping Fog
If the vampire is destroyed, these effects end after 2d6 days.
that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood ) of the living. In European folklore , vampires are undead creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighborhoods they inhabited while they were alive. They wore shrouds and were often described as bloated and of ruddy or dark countenance, markedly different from today's gaunt, pale vampire which dates from the early 19th century.
Vampiric entities have been recorded in most cultures ; the term vampire was popularized in Western Europe after reports of an 18th-century mass hysteria of a pre-existing folk belief in the Balkans and Eastern Europe that in some cases resulted in corpses being staked and people being accused of vampirism.[8] Local variants in Eastern Europe were also known by different names, such as shtriga in Albania , vrykolakas in Greece and strigoi in Romania .
In modern times, the vampire is generally held to be a fictitious entity, although belief in similar vampiric creatures such as the chupacabra still persists in some cultures. Early folk belief in vampires has sometimes been ascribed to the ignorance of the body's process of decomposition after death and how people in pre-industrial societies tried to rationalize this, creating the figure of the vampire to explain the mysteries of death. Porphyria was linked with legends of vampirism in 1985 and received much media exposure, but has since been largely discredited.[9][10]
" by the English writer John Polidori ; the story was highly successful and arguably the most influential vampire work of the early 19th century.[11] Bram Stoker 's 1897 novel Dracula is remembered as the quintessential vampire novel and provided the basis of the modern vampire legend, even though it was published after Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 novel Carmilla . The success of this book spawned a distinctive vampire genre , still popular in the 21st century, with books, films , television shows, and video games. The vampire has since become a dominant figure in the horror genre.
List of Vampires[edit]
(9 official and unofficial Vampires)
| Name | Type | Subtype | Size | HP | CR (XP) | Alignment | Habitat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strahd von Zarovich (Individual) | Undead | Vampire, Shapechanger | Medium | 144 | 15 (13,000) | Lawful Evil | Ravenloft | Varied |
| Vampire | Undead | Shapechanger, Vampire | Medium | 144 | 13 (10,000) | Lawful Evil | Underdark, Underground, Urban | SRD5 |
| Vampire Overview | Overview | Undead, Vampire | Underdark, Underground, Urban | "Varied" | ||||
| Blood Drinker Vampire | Undead | Vampire | Medium | 90 | 8 (3,900) | Lawful Evil | Ravnica | Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica |
| Mind Drinker Vampire | Undead | Vampire | Medium | 55 | 4 (1,100) | Neutral Evil | Ravnica | Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica |
| Nosferatu | Undead | Vampire | Medium | 85 | 8 (3,900) | Shadowfell, Ravenloft | Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft | |
| Vampire Spawn | Undead | Vampire | Medium | 82 | 5 (1,800) | Neutral Evil | Underdark, Underground, Urban | SRD5 |
| Vampire Spellcaster | Undead | Vampire, Shapechanger, Wizard | Medium | 144 | 15 (13,000) | Lawful Evil | Shadowfell, Underdark, Underground, Urban | "Varied" |
| Vampire Warrior | Undead | Vampire, Shapechanger | Medium | 144 | 15 (13,000) | Lawful Evil | Shadowfell, Underdark, Underground, Urban | "Varied" |
Sources and Notes[edit]
- ↑ Wizards RPG Team (6 May 2015). SRD-OGL v5.1. (5e) Wizards of the Coast. Licensed: OGL.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wizards RPG Team (September 2014). Monster Manual. (5e) Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 978-0786965618. p. 295. Licensed: © Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ James Wyatt, Jeremy Crawford (20 November 2018). Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica. (5e) Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0786966599. p. 223. Licensed: © Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ habitat - Dungeon Master's Guide (5e) p.302-305
- ↑ habitat (Underdark, Underground) - (unofficial) user:Rlyehable
- ↑ Monster Manual (5e) p.296-297 (summarized)
- ↑ Wikipedia - Vampire (excerpt, accessed 2020-04-04). Licensed CC-BY-SA.
- ↑ Silver, A., & Ursini, J. (1997). The Vampire Film: From Nosferatu to Interview with the Vampire (pp. 22–23). New York: Limelight Editions.
- ↑ [http:/ /www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1321/did-vampires-suffer-from-the-disease-porphyria-or-not "Dear Cecil" column from straightdope.com]
- ↑ [citation needed]
- ↑ Silver, A., & Ursini, J. (1997). The Vampire Film: From Nosferatu to Interview with the Vampire (pp. 37–38). New York: Limelight Editions.
- ↑ Wizards RPG Team (2000). SRD v3.5. (3.5e) Wizards of the Coast. Licensed: OGL.
