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	Notably, Dracula is written as an elderly aristocrat at the start, but as time goes on, he seems to regain his youth as he kills more victims and demonstrates himself as being fairly competent and dangerous, while being fairly ruthless. Any work dealing with vampires that's set in the "real" world will reference him in one way or another. Strangely, [[Castlevania]] is pretty much the only thing that actually gives him the mustache the book describes him as having, probably because Bela Lugosi is so iconic. However he also has a tendency to become a demon as well. Hellsing also busts out the mustache for when its version of Dracula drops the Alucard facade.		Notably, Dracula is written as an elderly aristocrat at the start, but as time goes on, he seems to regain his youth as he kills more victims and demonstrates himself as being fairly competent and dangerous, while being fairly ruthless. Any work dealing with vampires that's set in the "real" world will reference him in one way or another. Strangely, [[Castlevania]] is pretty much the only thing that actually gives him the mustache the book describes him as having, probably because Bela Lugosi is so iconic. However he also has a tendency to become a demon as well. Hellsing also busts out the mustache for when its version of Dracula drops the Alucard facade.

			'''The Vampire Chronicles'''

			Anne Rice's great contribution to the vampire genre is generally credited with popularizing the "modern" vampire that the World of Darkness later brought into tabletop gaming, telling the story from the vampires' point of view and combining horror with tragedy and pathos in how it depicts being a vampire as a long experience in pain and suffering. Lestat de Lioncourt, the series' antihero, has probably inspired a few hundred sexy, brooding bloodsuckers in urban fantasy literature. It is also known for being very, very homoerotic, which was quite deliberate on Rice's part.

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	The classic 1922 silent film is essentially a bootleg version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula with a more copyright-friendly name. That doesn’t stop it though from coming up with a few original ideas; it’s notable for inventing the entire idea vampires burn in sunlight, something which has stuck with them ever since. The filmmakers' attempt to dodge copyright was notably unsuccessful; the Stoker family sued them and won, leading to most copies of the film being destroyed. We can still see it today thanks to bootlegs that escaped the litigation. However, the character of Count Orlok is a classic example of vampires being terrifying monsters which prey upon the living. Not much backstory is ever really given about him or vampires in this setting, but to defeat a vampire here, a pure maiden must sacrifice herself in order to vanquish him by exposing Orlok to sunlight. Orlok also has a noticeable rat motif going on, bringing rats with him when he moves to a new town, rats which spread the plague. His powers include telekinesis, levitation, some kind of mind control and turning into his own damn shadow. However, what everyone remembers is his appearance, which is now so iconic it's a go-to for making an especially creepy vampire.		The classic 1922 silent film is essentially a bootleg version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula with a more copyright-friendly name. That doesn’t stop it though from coming up with a few original ideas; it’s notable for inventing the entire idea vampires burn in sunlight, something which has stuck with them ever since. The filmmakers' attempt to dodge copyright was notably unsuccessful; the Stoker family sued them and won, leading to most copies of the film being destroyed. We can still see it today thanks to bootlegs that escaped the litigation. However, the character of Count Orlok is a classic example of vampires being terrifying monsters which prey upon the living. Not much backstory is ever really given about him or vampires in this setting, but to defeat a vampire here, a pure maiden must sacrifice herself in order to vanquish him by exposing Orlok to sunlight. Orlok also has a noticeable rat motif going on, bringing rats with him when he moves to a new town, rats which spread the plague. His powers include telekinesis, levitation, some kind of mind control and turning into his own damn shadow. However, what everyone remembers is his appearance, which is now so iconic it's a go-to for making an especially creepy vampire.

			'''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'''

			Probably the most famous depiction of vampires in television. Born from the mind of Joss Whedon, specifically a TV adaptation of a 1992 movie he wrote that he was dissatisfied with the execution of, so if you're familiar with Marvel movies, you probably know what you're getting into where dialogue and characterization are concerned. Its vampires leaned towards the classic image of such in terms of the "rules" (e.g. killed by a stake through the heart or decapitation, hate sunlight and holy objects, drink blood, always pure evil due to their lack of souls), though stylistically, they ran the gamut from classical gentlemen and ladies to contemporary punks to handsome and brooding pretty boys. What separated them from the rest was the setting, as they were dropped into a '90s California suburb to raise hell and do battle with a supernaturally-empowered valley girl vampire hunter and her buddies. It probably wound up having more of an impact on how vampire ''hunters'' are depicted, especially in urban fantasy, than vampires themselves, taking them from the Abraham van Helsing image of the wise old professorial type (who the show nevertheless represents in the form of Buffy's trainer/mentor/surrogate father figure Giles) to modern, wisecracking action heroes, and also just as likely to be beautiful young women as they are older gentlemen. Since it was a teen drama on The WB, it naturally also had a hand in updating vampires' sex appeal as well, including having Buffy strike up romantic relationships with some of them, though unlike certain later vampire stories, the writing at least tried to square this with its portrayal of vampires as nigh-universally villainous (e.g. having a particularly evil vampire cursed to regain his soul and become a brooding loner wracked by guilt at what he'd done, or putting a V-chip in another vampire's brain to stop him from attacking anyone).

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	*'''Stakes''': Yes, the other trademark weakness. By piercing a stake (usually of either silver or wood) through a vampire's heart, sometimes at a crossroad, you can effectively cancel out their blasphemous regenerative properties and kill them for good. This aspect of vampirism is often criticized on the grounds that it's just as lethal to normal folks and [[Wikipedia:Bocksten Man\|tax collectors/recruiters]], but in the original lore the implication seems to be that the heart is the ''only'' spot that shoving a stake into will do you any good. In the event that this doesn't kill them, it may still put them in a coma-like state until it is removed, eliminating the immediate threat and allowing one the time to perform a method that will dispose of them more permanently.		*'''Stakes''': Yes, the other trademark weakness. By piercing a stake (usually of either silver or wood) through a vampire's heart, sometimes at a crossroad, you can effectively cancel out their blasphemous regenerative properties and kill them for good. This aspect of vampirism is often criticized on the grounds that it's just as lethal to normal folks and [[Wikipedia:Bocksten Man\|tax collectors/recruiters]], but in the original lore the implication seems to be that the heart is the ''only'' spot that shoving a stake into will do you any good. In the event that this doesn't kill them, it may still put them in a coma-like state until it is removed, eliminating the immediate threat and allowing one the time to perform a method that will dispose of them more permanently.
	*'''Decapitation''': Another weakness that's just as lethal to normal people!		*'''Decapitation''': Another weakness that's just as lethal to normal people!
			*'''Woodchipper''': Vampires can tank a lot of damage, but there is usually a ceiling on it. If nothing else, having everything below the neck ground into hamburger is technically decapitation.
	*'''Holy power''': Since vampires are almost universally unholy creatures if not being demonic themselves, the power of God or gods is a major weakness of theirs. This includes things such as holy water, holy objects (some vampires can't even touch a copy of the Bible) and symbols; Crosses are a popular choice, especially if there's a demonic/Satanic element to vampires, though in some settings it's based on faith rather than divine power, or else it just don't work. These can repel, hurt or even outright kill vampires. Certain substances can also be effective such as thorns - like Crosses, deriving power from Christ's crucifixion ala the Crown of thorns - or salt because the purifying properties of salt extend to the supernatural or it just repels evil spirits. Sometimes this ties into staking, because for the Stake to kill them it has to be from wood that's either blessed or considered holy. Most modern versions nerf this to require someone use these objects to channel [[True Faith]] in order to avoid asserting a single religion is correct. This can even extend to non-religious faith, like to communism, being able to do the job.		*'''Holy power''': Since vampires are almost universally unholy creatures if not being demonic themselves, the power of God or gods is a major weakness of theirs. This includes things such as holy water, holy objects (some vampires can't even touch a copy of the Bible) and symbols; Crosses are a popular choice, especially if there's a demonic/Satanic element to vampires, though in some settings it's based on faith rather than divine power, or else it just don't work. These can repel, hurt or even outright kill vampires. Certain substances can also be effective such as thorns - like Crosses, deriving power from Christ's crucifixion ala the Crown of thorns - or salt because the purifying properties of salt extend to the supernatural or it just repels evil spirits. Sometimes this ties into staking, because for the Stake to kill them it has to be from wood that's either blessed or considered holy. Most modern versions nerf this to require someone use these objects to channel [[True Faith]] in order to avoid asserting a single religion is correct. This can even extend to non-religious faith, like to communism, being able to do the job.
	*'''Silver''': Silver works fine enough on [[werewolf\|werewolves]], why not use your silvered weapons here too? Interestingly, in some stories werewolves could change into vampires, giving another reason for the shared weakness; other pre-Christian Pagan myths also connect it to the Sun, for a more obscure link. It's also traditionally linked with concepts of purity and health due to its antimicrobial properties, which provides a neat contrast to the concept of the vampire as a corrupt, disease-spreading figure.		*'''Silver''': Silver works fine enough on [[werewolf\|werewolves]], why not use your silvered weapons here too? Interestingly, in some stories werewolves could change into vampires, giving another reason for the shared weakness; other pre-Christian Pagan myths also connect it to the Sun, for a more obscure link. It's also traditionally linked with concepts of purity and health due to its antimicrobial properties, which provides a neat contrast to the concept of the vampire as a corrupt, disease-spreading figure.

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	*'''Sunlight''': Despite what pop culture says, sunlight doesn't always kill vampires. Even in Stoker's classic, sunlight really just hampered Dracula's power to the point that he's effectively a normal human. Again, thank Nosferatu for that particular bit of suck sauce. Of course, some settings have vampires be resistant enough to sunlight that it just irritates, if it bothers at all. And then there are those that just...[[RAGE\|turn into fucking sparkles]] upon exposure to sunlight. Whatever the case, sunlight's not a nice thing to a vampire, so they tend to sleep in their coffins to pass the time until night falls.		*'''Sunlight''': Despite what pop culture says, sunlight doesn't always kill vampires. Even in Stoker's classic, sunlight really just hampered Dracula's power to the point that he's effectively a normal human. Again, thank Nosferatu for that particular bit of suck sauce. Of course, some settings have vampires be resistant enough to sunlight that it just irritates, if it bothers at all. And then there are those that just...[[RAGE\|turn into fucking sparkles]] upon exposure to sunlight. Whatever the case, sunlight's not a nice thing to a vampire, so they tend to sleep in their coffins to pass the time until night falls.
	*'''Stakes''': Yes, the other trademark weakness. By piercing a stake (usually of either silver or wood) through a vampire's heart, sometimes at a crossroad, you can effectively cancel out their blasphemous regenerative properties and kill them for good. This aspect of vampirism is often criticized on the grounds that it's just as lethal to normal folks and [[Wikipedia:Bocksten Man\|tax collectors/recruiters]], but in the original lore the implication seems to be that the heart is the ''only'' spot that shoving a stake into will do you any good.		*'''Stakes''': Yes, the other trademark weakness. By piercing a stake (usually of either silver or wood) through a vampire's heart, sometimes at a crossroad, you can effectively cancel out their blasphemous regenerative properties and kill them for good. This aspect of vampirism is often criticized on the grounds that it's just as lethal to normal folks and [[Wikipedia:Bocksten Man\|tax collectors/recruiters]], but in the original lore the implication seems to be that the heart is the ''only'' spot that shoving a stake into will do you any good. In the event that this doesn't kill them, it may still put them in a coma-like state until it is removed, eliminating the immediate threat and allowing one the time to perform a method that will dispose of them more permanently.
	*'''Decapitation''': Another weakness that's just as lethal to normal people!		*'''Decapitation''': Another weakness that's just as lethal to normal people!
	*'''Holy power''': Since vampires are almost universally unholy creatures if not being demonic themselves, the power of God or gods is a major weakness of theirs. This includes things such as holy water, holy objects (some vampires can't even touch a copy of the Bible) and symbols; Crosses are a popular choice, especially if there's a demonic/Satanic element to vampires, though in some settings it's based on faith rather than divine power, or else it just don't work. These can repel, hurt or even outright kill vampires. Certain substances can also be effective such as thorns - like Crosses, deriving power from Christ's crucifixion ala the Crown of thorns - or salt because the purifying properties of salt extend to the supernatural or it just repels evil spirits. Sometimes this ties into staking, because for the Stake to kill them it has to be from wood that's either blessed or considered holy. Most modern versions nerf this to require someone use these objects to channel [[True Faith]] in order to avoid asserting a single religion is correct. This can even extend to non-religious faith, like to communism, being able to do the job.		*'''Holy power''': Since vampires are almost universally unholy creatures if not being demonic themselves, the power of God or gods is a major weakness of theirs. This includes things such as holy water, holy objects (some vampires can't even touch a copy of the Bible) and symbols; Crosses are a popular choice, especially if there's a demonic/Satanic element to vampires, though in some settings it's based on faith rather than divine power, or else it just don't work. These can repel, hurt or even outright kill vampires. Certain substances can also be effective such as thorns - like Crosses, deriving power from Christ's crucifixion ala the Crown of thorns - or salt because the purifying properties of salt extend to the supernatural or it just repels evil spirits. Sometimes this ties into staking, because for the Stake to kill them it has to be from wood that's either blessed or considered holy. Most modern versions nerf this to require someone use these objects to channel [[True Faith]] in order to avoid asserting a single religion is correct. This can even extend to non-religious faith, like to communism, being able to do the job.

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The Vampyre

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	===in Literature===		===in Literature===
	====The Vampyre====		====The Vampyre====
	A short story written by John Polidori published in 1819, the Vampyre basically spawned the vampire genre. All of it. It's ~~like~~ the Adam and Eve of vampire stories. The story concerns a guy called Aubrey who runs afoul of one Lord Ruthven, who is the title vampire and set the standard used to this day; rich, charming, secretive, handsome, seductive with the ladies, it's all here. He's also an asshole who kills Aubrey's girlfriend and then his sister after seeming to die. Because he's the first vampire in popular fiction, Ruthven predates like... all the normal vampire stuff. He's fine walking around in daylight, can be seriously wounded by things other than garlic and stakes, doesn't shapeshift, but also can be healed by moonlight, and to stay immortal he must kill three women every year. He might also hold some kind of supernatural sway over Aubrey after swearing him to secrecy, so there's that. If you want to be old-school, make your vampires like this guy.		A short story written by John Polidori published in 1819, the Vampyre basically spawned the vampire genre. All of it. It's the Adam and Eve of vampire stories. The story concerns a guy called Aubrey who runs afoul of one Lord Ruthven, who is the title vampire and set the standard used to this day; rich, charming, secretive, handsome, seductive with the ladies, it's all here. He's also an asshole who kills Aubrey's girlfriend and then his sister after seeming to die. Because he's the first vampire in popular fiction, Ruthven predates like... all the normal vampire stuff. He's fine walking around in daylight, can be seriously wounded by things other than garlic and stakes, doesn't shapeshift, but also can be healed by moonlight, and to stay immortal he must kill three women every year. He might also hold some kind of supernatural sway over Aubrey after swearing him to secrecy, so there's that. If you want to be old-school, make your vampires like this guy.

	====Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter====		====Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter====

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	===in Literature===		===in Literature===
			====The Vampyre====
			A short story written by John Polidori published in 1819, the Vampyre basically spawned the vampire genre. All of it. It's like the Adam and Eve of vampire stories. The story concerns a guy called Aubrey who runs afoul of one Lord Ruthven, who is the title vampire and set the standard used to this day; rich, charming, secretive, handsome, seductive with the ladies, it's all here. He's also an asshole who kills Aubrey's girlfriend and then his sister after seeming to die. Because he's the first vampire in popular fiction, Ruthven predates like... all the normal vampire stuff. He's fine walking around in daylight, can be seriously wounded by things other than garlic and stakes, doesn't shapeshift, but also can be healed by moonlight, and to stay immortal he must kill three women every year. He might also hold some kind of supernatural sway over Aubrey after swearing him to secrecy, so there's that. If you want to be old-school, make your vampires like this guy.

	====Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter====		====Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter====
	A alternate history franchise about the Civil War being caused by a vampire masquerade trying to establish a vampire homeland in the deep south. Campy as hell, but an intriguing story setup that works pretty well.		A alternate history franchise about the Civil War being caused by a vampire masquerade trying to establish a vampire homeland in the deep south. Campy as hell, but an intriguing story setup that works pretty well.

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	''The'' vampire. No other vampire is more iconic than Dracula himself who, since his debut in Bram Stoker's novel, has become one of the most iconic villains in horror. In the original book, Dracula is very much implied (but not outright confirmed) to be Vlad the Impaler, though most adaptations make them one and the same. Dracula's abilities in the novel include shapeshifting into a bat and wolf, climbing up walls like a spider, hypnosis, turning into mist, being able to walk around in daylight (though weak while doing so) and a variety of others which he doesn’t use because it’d make him too OP to fight. Dracula was an OG powergamer.		''The'' vampire. No other vampire is more iconic than Dracula himself who, since his debut in Bram Stoker's novel, has become one of the most iconic villains in horror. In the original book, Dracula is very much implied (but not outright confirmed) to be Vlad the Impaler, though most adaptations make them one and the same. Dracula's abilities in the novel include shapeshifting into a bat and wolf, climbing up walls like a spider, hypnosis, turning into mist, being able to walk around in daylight (though weak while doing so) and a variety of others which he doesn’t use because it’d make him too OP to fight. Dracula was an OG powergamer.

	Notably, Dracula is written as an elderly aristocrat at the start, but as time goes on, he seems to regain his youth as he kills more victims and demonstrates himself as being fairly competent and dangerous, while being fairly ruthless. Any work dealing with vampires that's set in the "real" world will reference him in one way or another. Strangely, [[Castlevania]] is pretty much the only thing that actually gives him the mustache the book describes him as having, probably because Bela Lugosi is so iconic. However he also has a tendency to become a demon as well.		Notably, Dracula is written as an elderly aristocrat at the start, but as time goes on, he seems to regain his youth as he kills more victims and demonstrates himself as being fairly competent and dangerous, while being fairly ruthless. Any work dealing with vampires that's set in the "real" world will reference him in one way or another. Strangely, [[Castlevania]] is pretty much the only thing that actually gives him the mustache the book describes him as having, probably because Bela Lugosi is so iconic. However he also has a tendency to become a demon as well. Hellsing also busts out the mustache for when its version of Dracula drops the Alucard facade.

	====The Dresden Files====		====The Dresden Files====

1d4chan>Kirbanzo: /* Defining Abilities */

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	*'''Immortality''': Another defining feature - vampires generally don't age at all, though some works add the caveat of "so long as they're well-fed on blood." Particularly powerful vampires may have this upgraded to "complete" immortality, rendering them functionally impossible to kill outside of extremely specific and difficult to achieve circumstances while also being incapable of aging.		*'''Immortality''': Another defining feature - vampires generally don't age at all, though some works add the caveat of "so long as they're well-fed on blood." Particularly powerful vampires may have this upgraded to "complete" immortality, rendering them functionally impossible to kill outside of extremely specific and difficult to achieve circumstances while also being incapable of aging.
	*'''Hypnotism''': As part of their drop-dead sexy, vampires tend to have some sort of hypnotic power, usually in the form of some entrancing gaze (For an example, look at [[Mephiston]]'s Transfixing Gaze or [[Jojo's Bizarre Adventure\|DIO]]'s flesh buds).		*'''Hypnotism''': As part of their drop-dead sexy, vampires tend to have some sort of hypnotic power, usually in the form of some entrancing gaze (For an example, look at [[Mephiston]]'s Transfixing Gaze or [[Jojo's Bizarre Adventure\|DIO]]'s flesh buds).
	*'''Shapeshifting''': Vampires tend to have some form of shapeshifting, even if it's just to conceal their less human features from unsuspecting eyes. There are also those vampires who can shapeshift into animals (typically bats, but they can also turn into wolves, rodents, and even mist). Some vampires can also shapeshift into more monstrous forms, reserved for when they're truly pissed off.		*'''Shapeshifting''': Vampires tend to have some form of shapeshifting, even if it's just to conceal their less human features from unsuspecting eyes. There are also those vampires who can shapeshift into animals (typically bats, but they can also turn into wolves, rodents, and even mist). Some vampires can also shapeshift into more monstrous forms, reserved for when they're truly pissed off (Both Hellsing's and Castlevania's interpretations of Dracula come to mind).
	*'''No Reflections''': For whatever reason (usually related to silver, see below) vampires do not show up on mirrors. Whether a vampire's clothes show up in mirrors is up to the artist. Sometimes this is played with, like making it that they only show up on mirrors not lined with silver, or making them not show on photos (and this sub-rule can be taken further, since not all cameras use mirrors). It's usually a dead giveaway that vampires aren't human.		*'''No Reflections''': For whatever reason (usually related to silver, see below) vampires do not show up on mirrors. Whether a vampire's clothes show up in mirrors is up to the artist. Sometimes this is played with, like making it that they only show up on mirrors not lined with silver, or making them not show on photos (and this sub-rule can be taken further, since not all cameras use mirrors). It's usually a dead giveaway that vampires aren't human.
	**'''No Shadows''': When in a room without mirrors (which can happen quite a bit depending on setting), a vampire's inability to cast a shadow might be a giveaway. Just pray that said shadow isn't planning on double-teaming you. Shenanigans with multiple shadows from multiple light sources are surprisingly rare.		**'''No Shadows''': When in a room without mirrors (which can happen quite a bit depending on setting), a vampire's inability to cast a shadow might be a giveaway. Just pray that said shadow isn't planning on double-teaming you. Shenanigans with multiple shadows from multiple light sources are surprisingly rare.

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	There were once actually rules for Vampires ''(spelled Vampyre)'' in the 40k universe, taken as supplementary rules for [[Necromunda]] they represented an abhuman subtype who drank blood, had superhuman statlines and raised gangs of thralls to do their bidding. Even a young, pony-tailed [[Gav Thorpe]] got involved with the rules and [[Stat me\|wrote up]] a counter character: [[What\|B'Ufi the Vampyre Slayer]] which was somehow part of the 40k canon.		There were once actually rules for Vampires ''(spelled Vampyre)'' in the 40k universe, taken as supplementary rules for [[Necromunda]] they represented an abhuman subtype who drank blood, had superhuman statlines and raised gangs of thralls to do their bidding. Even a young, pony-tailed [[Gav Thorpe]] got involved with the rules and [[Stat me\|wrote up]] a counter character: [[What\|B'Ufi the Vampyre Slayer]] which was somehow part of the 40k canon.

	Though 40k has generally left Necromunda behind, mention of blood sucking mutants can still be found in [[Dark Heresy]] and one of the [[Imperial Knight\|Freeblade Knights]] (the Crimson Reaper) is rumoured to be a Vampyre. Rogue Trader has vampires as [http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Vampires Warp-Spawned entities] that change shape and drink the lifeforce of societies they inhabit.		Though 40k has generally left Necromunda behind(Lol, Lmao even), mention of blood sucking mutants can still be found in [[Dark Heresy]] and one of the [[Imperial Knight\|Freeblade Knights]] (the Crimson Reaper) is rumoured to be a Vampyre. Rogue Trader has vampires as [http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Vampires Warp-Spawned entities] that change shape and drink the lifeforce of societies they inhabit.

	Also, several tabletop factions drink blood as part of their fluff.		Also, several tabletop factions drink blood as part of their fluff.