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Vampires
A
ruthless group of undead who surface only at night to
suck the blood of the living.
Once mortal, these corpses were raised from the dead and
granted eternal life by the forces of evil; the catch
is they must drink fresh, warm blood in order to survive.
Virtually
helpless during the day - sunlight is fatal - vampires
sleep the sleep of the dead in hidden lairs, either in
deep caves or in locked coffins, until sunset.
They have the ability to transform themselves into many
forms - bats,
rats, wolves,
shadows, even a sinister, creeping fog.
Annals
of vampiric legend and lore have been collected throughout
the ages, and there have been many eyewitness accounts
of their existence.
Many
rules and advisors have evolved about how
to behave when confronted with a vampire - garlic,
holy water, and the sigh of the cross seem to ward them
off - but the only sure way to do away with one of these
ghastly beings is to find its lair by day, drive a wooden
stake through its heart, and chop off its head.In what
could be called vampiric tradition, certain Black
Masses reportedly profane the Eucharist by celebrating
a ceremony in which worshippers drink human blood from
a gold vessel.
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