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I just tried this ability for the first time. I've had my
character gain it a few times, but they were always good
characters and I didn't want to mess up the roleplaying side
of it. Now I'm going solo with a Kensai (dualed at 13th, that
way my attacks went from 3/1 to 7/2), thief (lvl 11). I forgot
to clear out the pocket of kobolds in the sewers. I'm
thinking excellent time to test out the vampire abilities.
As soon as I used the ability, I lost 15,000 gold http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/noncgi/smiles/mad.gif
on the plus side, I'm immune to normal weapons, regenerating,
have resistance to cold, slashing, crushing, piercing, missile,
and magic damage. 24 str, 22 dex, 18 con, 7 int, 20 wis,22 cha,
I hide in the shadows, proceeded to splat the leader (rashska sp?)
unequip my weapon (to see if the level drain works..it does),
kill a couple of critters..fail a throw against entangle..http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...s/confused.gif
splat a couple more..fail a throw against hold person http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...s/confused.gifhttp://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...s/confused.gifhttp://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no.../angryfire.gif
wait a couple minutes while the weapon ineffective message
scrolls, then promptly fail a throw against charm person http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no.../angryfire.gif
game over.
Is this the most pathetic ability, or was this a fluke battle?http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...s/confused.gif
I don't think a group of kobolds should EVER be able to beat a vampire
in combat. I could have walked in and demolished them with my character,
but I didn't though did I. Any thoughts?

I would just like to ask how you got the vampire ability,because I'm kinda new to the game and dont know how,I would think a vampire would be able to clear a few koblolds and rakshasha but that is a very frustrating room and I'l lost a good few high level characters there,thanks in advance.

I wasnt awear you could become a vampire, I thought you should tho. In daggerfall you can, you can also become a werewolf if you want(I think) Daggerfall is a very great RPG, and I'm just about to get it back form my freidn and play thru it a few more times.

I also wasnt aware, anyone that can, please enlighten me

He may be reffering to the inate ability or spell 'Vampiric Touch'.

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not vampiric touch - that dosent change you stats or anything. (in fact, most time it dosent do anything at all)and i dont think its slayer change, cos that would just munch thru kobolds. maybe a ToB high level ability. if my manual still existed id check it. sigh.

daggerfall is overrated - the combat system is just so unwieldy. mind you i was playing below min specs but if i can get thru quake on nightmore below min specs i should have been able to splat a bat a bit better that i did. and yes, i did practise and had skills for my weapon etc.

however the sequel promises to be a tiny bit better. hopefully.

I have ToB installed, but I'm still in Chapter 2 of BGII. I've
had the ability pop up a few times but never used it. My char.
picture changes and everything. I get the abilities, regeneration,
etc. But overall I wasn't impressed. Don't ask how I got it, but
I did. No cheats, no shadowkeeper, nothing. This is the first
time I've tried it solo.

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hmm did you install a custom kit?

I don't remember doing that. I installed the bonus merchants
and the patch to correct the number of attacks. Maybe I did
and don't remember it though. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...s/confused.gif