Vermilion Vampire

Class	Voidal
Rarity	Epic
Size	Medium
Stats	16 HP 14 Strength 10 Defense 16 Agility 16 Intelligence

The Blood Vampires or “the Vermilions” are a Vampire species belonging to a dreaded House of Vampire nobles located in the plane of Hemon. This house is known as the “House of Blood” and it’s a noble house of Demonic nobles who have many strong independent lords. The leader of these dynasties is one of the three Voidal Titans recorded to inhabit the Hemon plane where the house is located. The name of this Voidal Titan, usually referenced as the “Master of Blood”, is unknown and concealed as a great secret among the most powerful of the Vampire Lords of this house. The Blood Vampires are mainly famous for their deals with mortals and their tendency to cooperate with them. Blood Vampires are always out for blood, but they also believe that blood is the pinnacle of life: every living creature is a resource and none of it should go to waste. Blood Vampires usually have a self-conceived code based on hierarchical and extended familial ties.

Unlike other vampires, blood vampires always try to infiltrate societies, favoring subterfuge and patronage and ally themselves with other demons only when necessary, always preferring alliances with the living and other creatures to convert them to their blood magic, when possible...

Description

Vermillion Vampires want nothing more than to blend in among the mortals of Eden and wear whatever clothing serves that purpose, although they enjoy elegant clothing, which allows them to mingle with members of high society, where their influence is greatest. They love red, even if they don't usually show it, and their eyes, red like blood, are often hidden through magic tricks or long hoods, and revealed only to the initiates of their secret societies.

Behaviour

Blood Vampires are usually gentle and extremely erudite beings. Unlike other vampires, they tend to blend in with people, frequent social life, patronize art, offer banquets and attract people into their secret societies where they are initiated into vampirism and blood magic. Usually each vampire society is headed by a "Grand Master", who is generally also a demon Lord in Hemon.

The relationship with other demons is generally condescending. They try to avoid conflict by accommodating them when they can, although there are many cases where societies of Vermilion Vampires go to war with other demons when they deem it necessary.

Not unlike other demons, they dream of complete dominion over Eden. They love void cults and pushing mortals towards them and, although very cautious, they do not hesitate to use violence to achieve their goals.

In Combat

A Vermillion Vampire will never get in a fight unless they can easily win, if they have a choice. Blood Vampires cast advanced Hemomancy spells while they parry attacks dealt to them with summoned weapons made of crystallized blood.

Abilities

Voidal Regeneration: A Vermillion Vampire regenerates 2hp/round and can regrow any limb (even the head!) in a month's time.

Voidal Disguise: Vermillion Vampires can change the color of their eyes and conceal their vampiric teeth through illusions produced with voidal magic.

Hemomancy Archmage: Vermillion Vampires are all level 10 hemomancers (House of the Blood).

Demonic Weapon: A Vermillion Vampire can summon any melee weapon by crystallizing blood through Hemomancy magic. They can do so with such skill that can be done as a free action. The weapon turns into normal blood the moment it is dropped or stolen from the Vampire.

Mythical Mastery: A Blood Vampire can never be disarmed and can parry one melee or ranged attack/round as a free action in another player’s turn.

Vampiric Speed: A Vermillion Vampire can move incredibly fast and can make a free additional movement action at the start of their turn.

Vampire Traits: Blood Vampires do not sleep, do not eat and they do not drink anything except for blood, that heals them 2 hp/round when they do. When they haven’t drunk blood for more than one day out of their native plane, or when hit directly by the sunlight, they’ll get the “Weakened” Status. Weakened Vampires have -2 to every roll and will try to retreat to Hemon in any possible way.

Hemon Traits: Demons from Hemon can only be killed with a silver weapon. If you don’t have a silver weapon, they’ll just be “staggered” until they get damaged for twice the amount of their hp and then faint. A staggered Vampire will only make one action/round and cannot both move and attack in the same turn.

Drops

• Demonic Blood
• Vampire Nobles are old intelligent demons that can possess the most disparate items.