Making a reasonable vampire PC.

[LoyalPaladin]

Hello all!

So we're going to be switching to second set of characters in my current campaign soon and I have always yearned to walk around as a creature of the night. So here is my question, how can we create a reasonable vampire template while maintaining LA +2? That way I can buy the template off by level 9 and not be too worse for the wear.

I will be playing a Sorcerer whose goal is the hunt down other undead as penance for past misdeeds. He'll be a Sorcerer/Heartwarder. Things I'd like to accomplish would be keeping the d12 hit die, a CHA bonus, blood drain, and possibly work in features from vampire lord. Specifically being able to stay outside in sunlight.

Mighty playground, hear my plea! I must have something to present to my DM!

Edit: We usually get a substantial amount of gold in the beginning to buy an item that is special to our character. (Last time it was 11k for a level 1 PC.) What would you recommend for a sorcerer or if I gave up my gold what do you think I could potential bargain for on the template.

[Urpriest]

Necropolitan Half-Vampire sounds perfect for this. You don't even need protection from sunlight, since you never pick up the immunity in the first place.

[LoyalPaladin]

Necropolitan Half-Vampire sounds perfect for this. You don't even need protection from sunlight, since you never pick up the immunity in the first place.
Oh wow, that is a great way to use those templates. That'd accomplish everything I need... Well, then I suppose I have money to spend on an item. Cloak of Charisma? Haha.

Oh, another thing I would like to accomplish is gaining Diplomacy and Intimidate. Any good trick for that?

[Forrestfire]

Dip a level of warlock to add them to your class skills and get a +6 bonus to them?

[Eldest]

Here (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=709.0) is a homebrew vampire monster class that I use whenever I want to make one, to offer an alternative.

[LoyalPaladin]

Dip a level of warlock to add them to your class skills and get a +6 bonus to them?
I went with bard, solely because EWP (Whip) was more important than intimidate.


Here (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=709.0) is a homebrew vampire monster class that I use whenever I want to make one, to offer an alternative.
That is really cool!

[Darrin]

I went with bard, solely because EWP (Whip) was more important than intimidate.


Put in your background that your bard grew up in Salkiria, and you can get EWP: Bola Flail as a bonus feat (Ghostwalk p. 141/errata).

[LoyalPaladin]

Put in your background that your bard grew up in Salkiria, and you can get EWP: Bola Flail as a bonus feat (Ghostwalk p. 141/errata).
Then I could bola the vampires I hunt!

[ErrantX]

I'm gonna leave this right here. (http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/148871/Lords-of-the-Night)

-X

[LoyalPaladin]

I'm gonna leave this right here. (http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/148871/Lords-of-the-Night)

-X
I'll take a look at it!

[Komatik]

*cough*

Don't know how reasonable mine is, though. But compared to Sorcerer levels, most anything doesn't really matter.

[Extra Anchovies]

What about Dhampir (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/races/other-races/featured-races/arg-dhampir)? They're only half-vampire, but could work for an easy LA-free vampire. Possibly one who was somehow drained of their powers, and is forced to seek out class levels to get stronger?

[LoyalPaladin]

What about Dhampir (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/races/other-races/featured-races/arg-dhampir)? They're only half-vampire, but could work for an easy LA-free vampire. Possibly one who was somehow drained of their powers, and is forced to seek out class levels to get stronger?
I'm going to start at Dhampir/Necropolitan. That should be a good base...