Vampire Queens and Sneaking Armies

[LintMan]

Originally posted by Norfleet:

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Originally posted by AhhhFresh:
Well, why not take away the etherealness like Tawqus suggested... I don't think I'm familiar with any literature that says that Vamps are innately ethereal like ghosts and specters and what not...

I'm not entirely sure what the Etherealness of Vampires is supposed to represent, although personally, I'd have thought a Mistform would be more appropriate: Vampires are reputed for their ability to assume gaseous form at will. Not sure where Etherealness fits into this. Then again, would this really be an improvement? Mistform is in some ways better, and other ways worse, than pure etherealness....

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Etherealness means that magic weapons are (mostly?) required to hit the creature, yes? IIRC, in the pen & paper RPG gaming world of AD&D, at least, you needed something like a +2 magic weapon to hit a vampire. Etherealness seems a pretty good fit for that (themewise, I can't really comment on balance since I haven't played/encountered one yet).