Category:Vrykolaka Vampire
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The vrykolaka vampire is a particularly disgusting and degenerate vampiric strain marked by the ravages of disease. (Although the vrykolaka vampire suffers from any physical marks left by the disease, a vrykolaka is otherwise immune to the disease's other effects, acting as a Typhoid Mary to spread contagion.) Beyond disfigurement inflicted by the disease it bears, the vrykolaka's body is visibly deformed by its transition to undeath, the vampire's body resembling that of a decaying corpse with green glowing eyes. A vrykolaka has claws but no fangs, instead draining blood with an unnaturally long, prehensile, barbed tongue.[1]
Unlike several of the other variant vampire strains found in the Demiplane of Dread, the vrykolaka strain is not tied to a single humanoid race or culture. Vrykolaka vampires are known to be encountered in the following domains: Barovia[2], Richemulot[3], and Valachan[4].
According to certain knowledgeable sages,[5] vrykolaka vampires may also be found in Sanguinia.
Special Abilities of the Vrykolaka Vampire[1]
The vrykolaka is a font of disease (usually filth fever), infecting victims with claw attacks or blood drain. In addition, a vrykolka's gaze causes its victims to fall into fevered slumber. A vrykolaka vampire summons monstrous vermin using the Children of the Night special ability. The vrykolaka cannot assume the form of a wolf or mist but can instead turn into a single dire rat or swarm of normal rats. When reduced to zero hit points in normal combat, a vrykolaka assumes the latter form rather than mist.
Vulnerabilities[1]
The vrykolaka has the same vulnerabilities to sunlight and running water as standard vampires. The vrykolaka is also repulsed by anise in addition to garlic and holy symbols. Rather than a wood stake to the heart, the vrykolaka is incapacitated (though not permanently destroyed) by an iron spike to the skull. A Remove Disease spell targeted upon the vampire can severely weaken it.
In addition to the above special vulnerabilities, a vrykolaka suffers a marked decrease in Intelligence, sometimes to the point of entering a near feral animal like state.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Denizens of Dread p. 203-205
- ↑ Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I p. 15
- ↑ Gazetteer III p.86
- ↑ Gazetteer IV p.90
- ↑ Secrets of the Dread Realms Author's Notes
Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue
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Denizens of Darkness - pp149, 153-156, 164 | |
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