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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 Volume 1]] (with little expansion in this re-edition). | |||
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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 Volume 1 (with little expansion in this re-edition).
