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==Product Information==
*Author: [[Nigel D. Findley]]
*Type: Accessory – monster (vampire)
*Format: 96 pages paperback
*Release date: January 1992
==Summary of content==
*Introduction
*Background of vampirism (origins, biology notes, etc.)
*Vampiric powers (age categories, powers)
*Creating new vampires (traditional, saliva, curses)
*Vampire weaknesses (keeping at bay, sanctified places)
*Destroying a vampire (wooden stake, blessed weapons, running water, sunlight)
*Magic and vampires (effect of magic on vampires)
*Life-blood: vampire feeding habits (mechanics of it)
*The sleep of the dead (depth of sleep, soil from homeland, etc.)
*Hibernation
*Relationship between vampires (combat, progenitor and offspring)
*The mind of the vampire (psychology, ego, etc.)
*The facade (in human societies)
*Retained skills (when the vampire was of a class ex: priest, wizard, etc.)
==Notes==
This book was to see reprint in 1999 as a part of the [[Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium I]] (with little expansion in this re-edition).
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Latest revision as of 01:43, 18 April 2021

Product Information

  • Author: Nigel D. Findley
  • Type: Accessory – monster (vampire)
  • Format: 96 pages paperback
  • Release date: January 1992

Summary of content

  • Introduction
  • Background of vampirism (origins, biology notes, etc.)
  • Vampiric powers (age categories, powers)
  • Creating new vampires (traditional, saliva, curses)
  • Vampire weaknesses (keeping at bay, sanctified places)
  • Destroying a vampire (wooden stake, blessed weapons, running water, sunlight)
  • Magic and vampires (effect of magic on vampires)
  • Life-blood: vampire feeding habits (mechanics of it)
  • The sleep of the dead (depth of sleep, soil from homeland, etc.)
  • Hibernation
  • Relationship between vampires (combat, progenitor and offspring)
  • The mind of the vampire (psychology, ego, etc.)
  • The facade (in human societies)
  • Retained skills (when the vampire was of a class ex: priest, wizard, etc.)

Notes

This book was to see reprint in 1999 as a part of the Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium I (with little expansion in this re-edition).