Vampire (World of Darkness)

Vampire (World Of Darkness)

This article is about a fictional being in a game scenario. For the general folklore surrounding vampires, see Vampire.

Vampires are fictional undead creatures in the role-playing games and books based on the World of Darkness setting by White Wolf Game Studio. The concept of a Vampire in WoD takes many elements from the folklore surrounding traditional vampires in Western culture, and adds a number of specific features for the sake of game mechanics.

The Vampire that walks the World of Darkness is an undead creature. It is a former human being that has undergone the "Embrace" of a vampire, being completely drained of blood to the point of death and then fed some by their sire, a vampire who has turned a mortal into a vampire through the Embrace.

Vampires need blood (which they call vitae) in order to sustain their undead bodies and is the source of their power. It can be human, animal or vampiric blood (but animal blood is not as good, and vampiric blood has potentially troublesome supernatural properties; such as the ability to create a blood bond).

Vampire bodies do not function like the bodies of living organisms. They are preserved in a lifelike state, but they do not age or die from illness.