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Laerrigan
Learned Scribe
USA
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 Posted - 26 Mar 2011 : 03:17:13
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| The one greatest, insurmountable drawback to all of those excellent ideas being the fact that they're nowhere near as much fun. |
"Your 'reality,' sir, is lies and balderdash, and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever." (Baron Munchausen)
"If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was not made for this world." (C.S. Lewis, "Surprised by Joy") |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
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Chosen of Asmodeus
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 27 Mar 2011 : 10:27:33
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4e contains a paragon path/prestige class of kelemvor worshippers called Doombringers who are divine casters of the obsessive bent of destroying undead. The artwork for them is one of the most rediculous yet awesome things to come out of 4e. I could see an organization of them being formed.
As for things outside of FR; not that I want to turn this into another inspiration/fantasy setting thread, I use the Sarafan Order from Legacy of Kain in my home brew. Brutal fanatics imposing an oppressive regime in the name of crushing the vampire menace once and for all. |
"Then I saw there was a way to Hell even from the gates of Heaven"
- John Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress
Fatum Iustum Stultorum. Righteous is the destiny of fools.
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 27 Mar 2011 : 10:52:30
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As odd as it might sound, I can imagine an organization of vampyres dedicated to destroying vampires. Their species are in direct competition for a limited (food) resource, vampyres are smart enough to realize that they're individually weaker than vampires but as a group can enjoy certain advantages while attacking vampiric vulnerabilities, and though they are as predatory (and perhaps as evil) as vampires they may share the instinctive repulsion of all living things towards the undead. They might see vampires as a particularly offensive affront to their nature, especially since it makes their food supply all skittish about blood drinking monsters.
I wonder what happens when a vampyre contracts vampirism? |
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Edited by - Ayrik on 27 Mar 2011 10:56:19 |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
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Thieran
Learned Scribe
Germany
293 Posts |
Posted - 31 Mar 2011 : 12:42:00
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
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Posted - 31 Mar 2011 : 20:12:55
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My own Homebrew Dûd Onahorz (his picture is on the cover of the OGB) was an Undead Hunter. He didn't specialized in vampires, but he wound-up going after those more often then anything else.
He was a member of the Cormyrian Stoneland Ranger Corps (The SRC, founded by Azoun and latter lead by Alusair), and his entire unit was wiped out by a vampire and his undead minions. He 'went rogue' after that, faking his own death, and his 'trademark' was a silver-tipped crossbow quarrel (and yes, he is a complete derivation of the Lone Ranger).
Just before the end of 3e, while 'hunting' in the Shining South, he met and fell in love with a Sharran woman by the name of Squantô. During the Spellplague (1385), both were bitten by a vampire lord during a what should have been a 'routine mission'. After he woke he found the strange Cerulean energies of the Plaguewave has transformed him into a daywalker, but his beloved Squantô had become a vile beast-like Nosferatu, and he was forced to slay her.
In 4e, he is more like Blade, and now specializes in Vampire-hunting. He has since picked-up a new companion - a dwarf with issues of his own - who builds incredible weaponry to combat Vampires. The dwarf also has the annoying habit of whistling while he works.
Sorry for the HB, but considering the pic I use for reference is one of the most iconic in FR, I thought it somewhat appropriate. |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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Laerrigan
Learned Scribe
USA
195 Posts |
Posted - 31 Mar 2011 : 20:21:37
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Dûd Onahorz?  |
"Your 'reality,' sir, is lies and balderdash, and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever." (Baron Munchausen)
"If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was not made for this world." (C.S. Lewis, "Surprised by Joy") |
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Alystra Illianniis
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Vampire Slayer
