Creatures of the night, stalkers in the dark, vampires are the product of a curse from an ancient people who tried to cheat death.
Ancestry Details
Reference during character creation
Creatures of the night, stalkers in the dark, vampires are the product of a curse from an ancient people who tried to cheat death.
Sires all vampires have a sire who turned them into a vampire. Roll on the tables below to learn more about your sire.
Creating A Vampire
Level 4 Expert Vampire
Superstitious Fear
d6
Superstitious Fear
1
Symbols of the gods
2
Mirrors
3
Running Water
4
Cats
5
Silver
6
Garlic
Unusual Qualities
d20
Unusual Quality
1
You never cast a reflection on mirrored surfaces.
2
Your fangers sprout from the end of your tongue, which is horrid and long.
3
You stink of decay.
4
Your eyes gleam redly.
5
All animals except rats, bats, and wolves are hostile to you.
6
You look like a walking corpse. Suppurating wounds and eruptions spread across your body, your hair falls out in clumps, and your pupils are milky white.
7
Your fi fingers lengthen into claws. They count as swift finesse weapons that deal 1d3 damage.
8
You lose all your body hair.
9
You can speak only in whispers.
10
You weep blood.
11
Whorls and patterns cover your skin.
12
Flies follow you where you go.
13
You must bury yourself in dirt in order to rest.
14
You cannot create new vampires.
15
Children cry in your presence.
16
While the blood points in your blood pool equal or exceed half your maximum, you appear bloated and flushed.
17
You have a persistent, rattling cough.
18
Your skin is paper-thin and your body appears skeletal.
19
Fur grows in the palms of your hands.
20
You cast no shadow.
Sire’s Identity
d6
Sire
1
Someone you met in passing but did not really know
2
An ancestor or member of your family
3
A complete stranger
4
A rival or enemy
5
A close friend
6
Your lover
Sire’s Motive
d6
Your sire turned you into a vampire to…
1
… get revenge against you or someone else
2
… torment you or someone else.
3
… gain a companion
4
… acquire a servant
5
… corrupt you
6
… fight against his or her enemies
Relationship to Sire
d6
Your sire…
1
… mistreats and abuses you, delighting in your suffering
2-3
… abandoned you, though he or she still has power over you
4
… has great affection for you
5
… freed you
6
… was destroyed. Roll again to determine the earlier relationship, ignoring rolls of 6.