I've already written up several vampire variants:
Striogi
Baby Vampires
Lesser Vampires (they may or may not sparkle)
So rather than writing up a new type of vampire, I'm going to give you a random chart to roll up the vampire's abilities and weaknesses, and not only to keep your players on their toes! Vampires throughout time have been described in a wide variety of ways. Even today across fiction they are described in numerous way with a dizzying array of powers and weaknesses.
Roll 1d4 times on this chart
Repelled/Distracted by:
- Garlic
- Mirrors
- Sunlight
- Rose water
- Holy symbols
- Hawthorn
- Mustard seed
- Wild rose
- Knotted string
- Scattered seeds/beads/etc. (OCD)
- Fire
- Silver
Vulnerable to:
- Wooden weapons
- Holy water
- Sunlight
- Running Water
- Decapitation
- Magical Weapons
- Silver Weapons
- Fire
Powers:
- Level Drain
- Ability Drain
- Transform into Wolf
- Transform into Bat
- Transform into Bird (Raptor or Crow)
- Transform into Rat (giant or regular)
- Spider Climb
- Fly
- Charm Gaze
- Inhuman Strength (+3 to all damage rolls)
- Bite Attack
- Leaping Attack
- Arcane Spellcaster
- Divine (demonic) Spellcaster
- Summon Bats
- Summon Rats
- Summon Wolves
- Mist Form
- Grave Master (1d6+1 Ghouls under vampire’s command)
- Fast (always wins initiative)
Features:
- Sparkle in Sunlight
- Ghastly Appearance
- Suave Appearance
- Greenish White Fur
- Obvious Fangs
- Retractable Fangs
- Sharks Teeth
- No Shadow
- No Reflection
- Demonic Visage (when angry or feeding)
- Natural claws
- Animals recoil
- Plants wither
- Extra joint in fingers
- Albino
- Childlike Appearance (small size)
- Ancient Appearance
- Smells of Death
- Skin is always cold
- DM’s Choice - based on powers
That's tables full of nice ideas!
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