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4e Class Conversion: Vryloka Vampire

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#1
vodokar
Aug 06, 2014 16:39:11

erdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:13px">I had an urge to convert one of my favorite characters I made in 4e (a Living Vampire based on the 4e Players Option: Heroes of Shadow).

You can find my write up of it at this link on the Fantasy Grounds Forums: http://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?21727-4e-Class-Conversion-The-Vryloka-Vampire

Hope people find this interesting and useful.

#2
vodokar
Aug 06, 2014 18:37:00
First, a little background on the character.  
 
Her name is Miri. She is not undead (yet), but is a living descendant of a bloodline which carries the Vampiric Curse. Her national origin is from Barovia and she was a personal bodyguard and loyal servant to Count Strahd.  
 
Raised from birth to know only His word as law, she would kill, torture, or do any unspeakable thing required to please him that was her Lord and Master and the God of her universe. To her, there was only one truth -- that anything that helped her Master was, by definition, Lawful and Good, and anything which opposed him was, by definition, Chaotic and Evil. If He ordered her to snatch little babies to be served at His dinner table or terrorize and torture the local townsfolk, it was, by definition, his Lawful right and never could she conceive of anything more Grand or Noble or Good.  
 
One day, her world was turned on it's ear. She was sent to hunt down, like the Chaotic Evil scum he was in her mind, a Noble Knight that had stumbled into the dimension of Ravenloft and become lost. She cornered him, but inconceivably she was defeated in battle. She begged and pleaded that he take her life, such was the great shame and dishonor for failing her Master, but the Knight would not. Nor would he release her to go back to her Master and receive her rightful and just torture.  
 
Over the days and weeks spent in the captivity of this foul beast, he talked to her of lands far distant and ways so foreign - about how her Master was the one that was Evil and his was the path to Righteousness. She would not listen; could not listen to such mad ravings. She explained that her Master was Good and His ways the Right. But, the Knight's tongue had persuasiveness and his features became pleasant and alluring over time. "What magic could this be to be-spell me so?" But, gradually she came to see his ways were True and his respect for life the Right and Good -- and his lips so tender.  
 
Finally understanding the horrors that she had perpetrated her whole life on others and the horrors that He had done to her, she swore to follow the Knight forever and to the ends of the Universe. Together they found a dimension gate to the knight's land of Ferrune. Together they travel the Sword Coast, smiting Evil and saving the innocents. She has so much to make penance for, but the Knight assures her that Avandra and Bahamut will notice her heart has changed and aid her in her quest for redemption and revenge against Lord Strahd when the time is right. 
 
While she is still blood dependent, as she always will be, she has found ways to be gentle and do no harm to the innocents that keep her alive -- in fact, she has found ways that make it a very pleasant experience to the donor rather than the horrific that it was before and those who liaison with her, always come back begging for more. When she "Plays with her Food" these days, it has a much different meaning than it did in the past. 
 
A note on the origins of the legacy of this type of vampire in my campaign: The concept of the Living Vampire portrayed here is derived mostly from the Rachel Morgan novel series of Kim Harrison, where not all vampires are undead nor evil. It isn't until they pass beyond the grave where they go mad with blood lust due to the loss of their soul and do evil things unless they had a mind to do so beforehand.

#3
Novacat
Aug 06, 2014 18:37:05
Holy formatting errors, Batman!

These boards don't take too kindly to pasting in text. You'll need to type it by hand.

#4
Novacat
Aug 06, 2014 18:43:32
Also, Vryloka is a race, not a class.

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vodokar

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#6
vodokar
Aug 06, 2014 19:14:25
Novacat wrote: