Vampire

Currently Vampires are off limits to new members.

Vampires are extremely rare, and are only listed here because they seem to be a favorite among players and because they often do play key political roles in human societies.

First and foremost, vampires are magical creatures. They posses the memories of their once living selves, but have been cursed with eternal death. The life of a vampire is long, depressing, and eventually very, very boring. Years of solitude and having to hide from the sun has driven many of them insane or toward suicide. Those who do survive find their own ways of coping with their miserable existence, often fighting for power over human empires. As a result, the few vampires who live a long time tend to hold a lot of power in the form of human retainers. They can be territorial in the extreme and respond to competition ruthlessly, especially with each other.

Vampires cannot die of old age, and they are stronger, faster and regenerate wounds faster than nearly all the other races. They posses a wide range of unique powers and are in touch with the astral plane because of their magical nature. Fighting a vampire on his own terms is sure to be fatal BUT they have numerous glaring weaknesses.

They cannot function properly during the day when they feel tired and driven to find a dark hole in which to hide. Sunlight burns them alive, as everyone knows, as does fire and a wide variety of magical (or holy) items. A vampire cannot regenerate wounds caused by any of these things except over a period of many nights. A wooden stake through the heart (it only has to touch the heart) will paralyze (but not kill) a vampire until it's removed. Many other myths about vampires like aversion garlic and running water don't actually do anything, but that doesn't stop people from trying.