Dalebert
2014-10-20, 07:06 PM
I had a creepy dream in which people some people had been turned into vampires, but these weren't the sexy Anne rice or Twilight vampires. They would drain people and their bodies would become bloated with blood like a tick. The blood seemed to pool in their lower bodies first and they'd get pear-shaped and gradually become morbidly obese with all the blood. They seemed to have basically no self-control either, always draining people completely and leaving just desiccated husks.
So anyway, I'm pretty much running with a horror theme in my game and I want the PCs to face these monsters. Any tips on adapting them to the game maybe using vampires or another monster as a basic template or starting point to work from? The PCs are level 7 right now but they seem pretty tough so I think they could maybe pull off challenges for a lvl 8 team. I kind of like the idea of them not being undead and not having the standard drawbacks of vampires like being vulnerable to sunlight or positive energy. Maybe something else instead. They're not immortal either. They're more like aberrations. They just feed on blood and are ravenous for it. I picture them doing maybe CON damage rather than draining levels.
There was a comical element to the dream in that they seemed unaware of how obviously bizarre and monstrous they looked. In the dream, their necks were really long and their heads kind of floated a foot or two in front of their chests. They tried to act nonchalant about it all and tried to pass themselves off as human. I'm thinking of kind of going with that. I'm probably going to leave out the long necked thing. That seemed like a weird dream thing that doesn't quite fit. But I like the idea of them trying to act very friendly and like normal humans and catch the PCs off guard.
So anyway, I'm pretty much running with a horror theme in my game and I want the PCs to face these monsters. Any tips on adapting them to the game maybe using vampires or another monster as a basic template or starting point to work from? The PCs are level 7 right now but they seem pretty tough so I think they could maybe pull off challenges for a lvl 8 team. I kind of like the idea of them not being undead and not having the standard drawbacks of vampires like being vulnerable to sunlight or positive energy. Maybe something else instead. They're not immortal either. They're more like aberrations. They just feed on blood and are ravenous for it. I picture them doing maybe CON damage rather than draining levels.
There was a comical element to the dream in that they seemed unaware of how obviously bizarre and monstrous they looked. In the dream, their necks were really long and their heads kind of floated a foot or two in front of their chests. They tried to act nonchalant about it all and tried to pass themselves off as human. I'm thinking of kind of going with that. I'm probably going to leave out the long necked thing. That seemed like a weird dream thing that doesn't quite fit. But I like the idea of them trying to act very friendly and like normal humans and catch the PCs off guard.