Van Richten's Guide to Vampires (Book)

Product Information

• Author: Nigel D. Findley
• Type: Accessory – monster (vampire)
• Format: 96 pages paperback
• Release date: January 1992

Summary of content

• Introduction
• Background of vampirism (origins, biology notes, etc.)
• Vampiric powers (age categories, powers)
• Creating new vampires (traditional, saliva, curses)
• Vampire weaknesses (keeping at bay, sanctified places)
• Destroying a vampire (wooden stake, blessed weapons, running water, sunlight)
• Magic and vampires (effect of magic on vampires)
• Life-blood: vampire feeding habits (mechanics of it)
• The sleep of the dead (depth of sleep, soil from homeland, etc.)
• Hibernation
• Relationship between vampires (combat, progenitor and offspring)
• The mind of the vampire (psychology, ego, etc.)
• The facade (in human societies)
• Retained skills (when the vampire was of a class ex: priest, wizard, etc.)

Notes

This book was to see reprint in 1999 as a part of the Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium I (with little expansion in this re-edition).