Rainbownaga
2010-07-29, 05:02 AM
My campaign contains a PC with a slightly modified vampire spawn template, and I am planning on including a vampire spawn NPC who will effectively act as just a low-level vampire.
The problem is that they appear to good at this. A vampire spawn has a dc 14 dominate attack at caster level 5. What is to stop them from converting virtually everyone in the village into minions with 5 day duration, and then refreshing as necessary?
Sure, at times they will fail, but how often will their dominating trigger any form of retaliation that would be of any threat? Is there something I'm missing because this seems like a rather understated power of the vampire family.
Worse yet, the vampire spawn character class includes this ability at an even higher caster level.
The problem is that they appear to good at this. A vampire spawn has a dc 14 dominate attack at caster level 5. What is to stop them from converting virtually everyone in the village into minions with 5 day duration, and then refreshing as necessary?
Sure, at times they will fail, but how often will their dominating trigger any form of retaliation that would be of any threat? Is there something I'm missing because this seems like a rather understated power of the vampire family.
Worse yet, the vampire spawn character class includes this ability at an even higher caster level.