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#1 tonka586 Sep 08, 2014 18:19:37	hey does any one have an idea on how to create a werewolf race or a 1/2 vampire race to play in 5th edition ?
#2 2Chlorobutanal Sep 09, 2014 2:46:22	The Monster Manual or Dungeon Master's Guide may have guidelines for creating new PC races, but here are some things I'd consider in the meantime:   Give +2 to an ability score and +1 to a different ability score. Movement speed for both races will probably be 30' and size would be medium. Consider the height, weight, appearance, and default alignment for most members of the race. Consider the languages spoken by the new races, in this case probably "common plus one other" for both. Grant a few special abilities such as spellcasting abilities for the half-vampire or passive bonuses for the werewolf.  The stronger the abilities, the fewer of them the race should have.  As a relatively uncommon PC race, I would keep the number of abilities on the smaller side.  Use the Tiefling or Drow for examples of appropriate spellcasting abilities for a PC race.   Actually, the Drow Elf race is a pretty good template for a half-vampire, since they are sensitive to daylight and have improved darkvision, as well as bonuses to ability scores that are generally high for vampires.   I would make the following changes to Elf (Drow) from the Player's Handbook to emulate a "half-vampire" or "vampire spawn" PC race:   Keep the ability score increases the same.   Keep Superior Darkvision.   Keep Sunlight Sensitivity.   Change appearance as appropriate.  Give them a lifespan, although it could be rather long.  Treat the race as humanoid, not undead.   Remove the Drow weapon training feature.  Replace it with something about drinking blood- Half-vampires can drink the blood of one willing humanoid creature instead of eating and drinking for a day.  If a half-vampire feeds from the same humanoid more than once in a week, that humanoid suffers from two levels of exhaustion per additional feeding.   Instead of Trance, create a similar feature such as: Half-vampires cannot sleep in the presence of sunlight.  Many prefer to sleep in specially prepared windowless rooms or underground chambers.  Most half-vampires sleep during the daytime.   Change the name of Fey Ancestry to Vampiric Ancestry, but retain the benefits.   Keen senses seems to fit the vampire theme.   Change the Drow Magic to Vampiric Powers: You know the friends cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the inflict wounds spell once per day. When you reach 5th level, you can also cast the misty step spell once per day. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.
#3 tonka586 Sep 09, 2014 9:16:58	yeah that works pefrectly for the 1/2 vampire thanks . the idea came up because almost every one of my charectors in AD&D2nd aswell as 3.5 always got cursed with lycanthropy so my buddies though it be funny if i just made it as a race and I though well if im gonna do that mind as well play a second charector whos a 1/2 vampire lol. how ever when cursed the DM never let me change at will so i had to me the werewolf from the monsters manual .
#4 tonka586 Sep 09, 2014 9:19:12	p.s pay no attention to the inproper spelling of charactor *
#5 Captain_Kobold Sep 09, 2014 9:26:01	Alternatively, for more powerful options, make them a few class levels. Both are generally a rider on an existing race, and may give options that would be a little too powerful for a race.
#6 tonka586 Sep 09, 2014 9:45:02	so basically do a multi-class which could work for both probably since any race can be turned. I like that idea for the werewolf because  your not always shifted and you have the option of being a wolf or the werewolf which works because you can learn new abilities every level such as more hit points, different attack abilities such as the monks,fighters or barbarians have or AC changes that can stay present when your even in human form I guess.
#7 tonka586 Sep 09, 2014 9:48:39	now that i think about it the shifting would work much like the barbarian rage ability
#8 Hailrobonia Sep 09, 2014 10:19:57	Play a monk and reflavor your abilities would be my suggestion.
(Reply to #7) Macv12	tonka586 wrote:
#10 AlHazred Sep 09, 2014 20:25:22	In 4e, the idea of a vampire class seemed sacrilege at first, but then it grew on me. Gives you the ability to become a vampire at any point after character generation and grow in power without overshadowing anybody else.   I've given some thought to a 5E vampire class. Tomorrow, I'll have to locate and post my notes.