" Few monsters are as popular or versatile as the
vampire. It’s popularity and presence in the public
mind has grown ever larger in every artistic genre
from fiction and poetry, to movies and comics, and
to roleplaying games."
"They can be physically
hideous, or they can be as beautiful as angels. They
can be soulless monsters, or they can victims of a
curse they wish to be liberated from. When it comes
to vampires, only your imagination limits you,
because the genre standards for them are fluid and
many. Some might even say there are no standards
for how to properly portray a vampire in fiction"
Monster, Monster: Vampires By Ed Fedory, Andrew Pavlides, Steve Miller From NUELOW Games clocks in at forty pages for Fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons. But actually Monster, Monster: Vampires has the usual NUELOW Games Skywald publishing monster comic book story. This is followed by several different types of vampires in monster camps such as this lovely;
"Feral Vampire
Medium undead, Chaotic Evil
Armor Class 17 (natural armor, shield)
Hit Points 97 (13d8 +39)
Speed 30 ft.
Str 20 (+5) Dex 16 (+3) Con 16 (+3) Int 12 (+1)
Wis 16 (+3) Cha 12 (+1)
Saving Throws Strength+8, Wis+6
Skills Intimidation +6, perception+6, stealth+6,
survival+6
Damage Resistances necrotic; bludgeoning,
piercing, and slashing from non-magical weapons
Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion,
frightened, paralyzed, poisoned, stunned
Senses Darkvision 120’, passive Perception 16
Languages Common
Challenge 8 (3900 xp)"
There are some really well written individual species of undead here that are just waiting to suck the life out of even a modern group of adventurers. This makes this exceptionally perfect for Amazing Adventures fifth edition.
And thus we get even more vampire varieties but its the set up, proper monster ecology, & we even get some NPC's to throw into your fifth edition games. But these are perfectly complicated enough to add into a modernish Pulp game. Take for example Black Anne please! She's perfectly suited for a modern game; "For decades, Black Anne and her cult of witches
terrorized remote northern islands. While coven
members came and went—claimed by old age,
sacrifice to the dark powers they drew power from,
or the weapons of righteous adventurers, Anne
avoided death’s icy grip. She was a favored servant
of a god of ultimate evil, and she maintained her
your through evil rites that involved bathing in the
blood of children."
And we get more loveliness as time goes on. Is this new or wholly innovative?! No but that's not the point here. Monster, Monster: Vampires is perfect for the DM with no time that wants to inject a good dose of vampire blood into their own home campaigns.
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