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| A Dwarven Vampire is a dwarf who has returned from death via the Dwarven Vampire [[:category:vampire strain|strain]] of [[vampire|vampirism]]. This strain only affects dwarves, hence all Dwarven Vampires are both [[Dwarf]]s and [[Vampire]]s, but not all Vampires who are Dwarfs are affected by this strain. It is possible for a Dwarf to contract another strain of vampirism, including the basic version. To avoid this confusion, creatures affected by this strain are also called {{Potential-canon-small}} ''hulzurdan''<ref name=hulzurdan>[http://fraternityofshadows.com/TheParlor/3rd_author_notes/AN_NotesAndLostProjects.html The Kargatane's "dream" version of the Ravenloft Core Books], shared by John Mangrum</ref> or {{Netbook-canon-small}} ''uppyr''. <ref name=uppyr>[http://fraternityofshadows.com/Library/Jester's_4e_Ravenloft_Manual_of_Monsters_v2.0.pdf Jester's 4e Ravenloft Manual of Monsters], by Jester of the Fratenity of Shadows, p45.</ref>
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| The creature is rare in Darkon and unknown beyond its frontiers. [[Azalin Rex]] retains three very different instances of the creature in his employ: [[Axrock]], [[Beryl Silvertress]], and [[Mulger D'Ajust]].
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| The creature enjoys a growing resistance to spells as it ''ages''. A creature that could cast spells in life must in death defeat its own spell resistance to successfully complete the casting of a spell.
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| ==Lore==
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| Hulzurdan Lore
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| Denizens of Dread (as Vampire, Dwarven)
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| [Mangrum, http://www.fraternityofshadows.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3754&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=60]
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| Characters with ranks in Knowledge (religion) can learn more about a creature’s hulzardan’s nature. Characters need to make a separate Knowledge (local) check to learn about the base dwarf. When a character makes a successful skill check, the following lore is revealed, including the information from lower DCs.
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| 19 This dusty dwarf with skin as hard and cold as marble is a hulzurdan, a sinister undead creature that feeds on the blood of the living. This result reveals all undead traits. Hulzarudans are victims of a strain of vampirism unique to dwarves. Vampires speak the languages they knew in life.
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| 24 Hulzurdans drain blood from victims they get in their clutches, and their physical attacks sap the victim’s strength. Dwarves they drain rise from the grave as new hulzurdans several days after burial. A hulzurdan does not cast a shadow and has no reflection in mirrors. A hulzurdan is spiritually bound to the grave in which it was first buried, and must return to that stone tomb to replenish its unholy powers.
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| 29 A hulzurdan can swim through stone like an earth elemental and can terrify foes simply by looking into their eyes. Sunlight turns hulzurdans to stone, and water drawn from a mineral spring burns them like holy water. They quickly recover from most wounds, but magic weapons forged of adamantine can pierce their supernatural defenses. Hulzurdans heal even more quickly underground. Hulzurdans cannot approach a mirror or holy symbol presented with forceful conviction. To destroy a hulzurdan, one must drive a natural stone spike (such as a stalagmite) through its heart, but this is nearly impossible in direct combat. Not all dwarves slain by a hulzurdan rise as new vampires; most rise as hulzurdan spawn, a lesser horror that exists solely to serve its master as a pathetic slave. To create a new hulzurdan, the victim must be interred underground, in contact with uncut stone (common among dwarf traditions), and the master hulzurdan must sprinkle the corpse with powdered metals, so these creatures are never created accidentally.
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| 34 A hulzurdan cannot enter a building unless it is at least partially constructed of stone or earth, nor can it cross an unbroken line of metal shavings under its own power. A hulzurdan is resistant to cold, electricity, and magic. If slain, a hulzurdan automatically enters its stonewalking state and must stonewalk back to its grave to recover; it cannot leave the stone until it enters its grave, and is destroyed if it cannot do so. A hulzurdan can sense the footsteps of nearby creatures, and can command burrowing creatures, such as badgers, wolverines, or thoqquas. Impaling a hulzurdan does not permanently destroy it — it merely renders the hulzurdan helpless. To permanently destroy a hulzurdan, one must cut out its heart, soak it in oil for three days, and then burn it to ash in a dwarven forge.
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| 39 Many different strains of vampirism exist — this one is simply the most notorious among dwarves. Destroying a master hulzurdan usually has no direct effect on its spawn, other than to free them from their master’s control. In some cases, however, slaying the master instantly destroys all of its spawn.
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| ==References==
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| ==Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue==
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| ''[[Monsterous Compendium I & II]]'' - pp54-55<br />
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| ''[[Monsterous Compendium I]]'' - "Vampire, Dwarf"<br />
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| ''[[Monsterous Compendium I & II]]'' - pp54<br />
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| ''[[Monsterous Compendium I & II]]'' - pp54-55<br />
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| ''[[Monsterous Compendium I]]'' - "Vampire, Dwarf"<br />
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| ''[[From the Shadows]]'' - p33 [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/downloads Download Now! ]<br />
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| ''[[Monsterous Compendium I & II]]'' - pp54-55<br />
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| ''[[Monsterous Compendium I]]'' - "Vampire, Dwarf"<br />
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| ''[[From the Shadows]]'' - p33 [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/downloads Download Now! ]<br />
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