Vampires: D&D 5e Lore Guide

Vampires are infamous and iconic for terrorizing townfolk and dnd players, and for good reason! If you want to learn how to better DM vampires and vampirism in your games then this is for you. Get ready for vampire lore, and tips to make these undead beings really come to life in your campaigns!

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[Pattabazza]

people actually get this wrong all the time, but the vampire that turned a spawn dying doesn't make them a true vampire it ONLY frees them from servitude, the only way a spawn can become a vampire lord is consuming the blood of their maker

[SpiraSpiraSpira]

I believe you're incorrect. The monster manual states that if you kill a vampire, its subordinate vampire spawn gain free-will. it doesn't state that they become true vampires, just spawn with free will.

[OneWingedAngelsBand]

As someone who plays a dhampir like 90% of time (I blame you Castlevania), I can confirm how fun it is to play as one. 😂

[ChristianW]

How about a video on a Dhampir build made to match the vampire flavor as much as possible ?

[GypsyCountMatthewA.Zielinski]

People don't often know this, but if you have a succubus drain the life from you, that is actually in love with you (which is a rare occurrence), instead of outright dying it can turn you into a true vampire lord. I use that for my character. He's a librarian who discovers he has Vishtani roots, inherits a noble title and a long lost relatives manor and "servant". Who turns out to be a succubus with her own agenda. He becomes a warlock, locked in a power struggle with her, they both succumb to the other in ways, and it eventually turns him into a full vampire. Putting them on more or less wqual ground by the end.

[NoNamesLeft]

Had one vampire that was created by a fiend that wanted to torment it, by cutting off a cleric's connection with it's deity

[alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi]

When I was the DnD master for my friends back in late high school and early college, I took a lot of notes from World of Darkness Kindreds and WarHammer Fantasy Vampire Counts, during the final boss battle so to speak the cleric forgot to roll, a strong enough faith points and the Vampire Duke, pulled a Vlad von Carstein x Sabbat Diablerie move, so when they rescued the villagers he would later possess one of the people they fed on resurrect himself with a thrall sacrifice,

[jamescampbell]

I’m trying to grapple with how to imagine how vampires cultivate a hunting ground on a world with two suns on the Strixhaven campus of archavios

[trequor]

Despite the glaring misinformation, i like your style and pace

[DiabloGuapo]

Here's a crazy idea: get rid of vampire's weakness to sunlight. It seems that too many people are unaware that Dracula in Bram Stoker's novel wasn't harmed by sunlight and only had his powers weakened. So players trying to metagame will try to use it on your vampire BBEG only to find that it doesn't work. Ok, maybe keep the disadvantage on rolls but no damage from sunlight. And maybe vampire Spawn are damaged by sunlight, but not true vampires. The Daylight spell will still be useful to take out the spawn and weaken the master vampire.

[vampiregoat]

Been looking for a 5e vampire game fore years but NO ONE will run any

[ernestreinhardt]

Reason why I said it's because centers are technically immune to vampirish.They can be turned in 21

[ernestreinhardt]

How would somebody do a vampire center?I'll be coming because i'm looking at count jackalog that's a center

[veteran]

Wait are you sure every vampire spawn becomes true vampire if lead vampire dies, that sounds like a huge oversight and it maked no sense, maybe they just get free will

[ernestreinhardt]

Calculate the books and vampires. Has a wor the original vampire cannot be state. Burn thing, so you may want to look into that. Hola, closer.

[jamescook]

I honestly hate the D&D Vampires and tend to use a Whitewolf style system for them.

[Clara-iurs]

Im new to d&d and have finished Baldurs Gate 3. Spoilers ahead if you havent played it yet so please do not read my comment if you want to avoid them.
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So, in my playthrough I presuaded Astarion (vampire spawn) to not ascend and he killed his master Cazador. So now Astarion is now free. However from playing the game I was under the impression he is still a spawn. But your video states that if you kill a True Vampire, all their Spawn would then be True Vampires. That wasnt the case in Baldurs Gate 3. Am I missing something here? Please explain.