David Artsmith  -  The vampire is a mystical creature. Posessing the deceased mind and body of a mortal human, which is given life through some magical ability. The powers that vampires can posess are terrifying. Depending on the nature of their change, and the way they exhibit their own inherent talents, a vampire can have quite a litany of tricks up their sleeves. For some however, this is not enough. These power hungry blood stalkers seek out tomes of ancient lore, searching the pages of aged books for hints about the powers that lie just beyond the reality of what we see around us.

Being as vampires are animated through some mystical means, these creatures do tend to have an affinity for the mystical arts. They just naturally seem to understand the nuances of spells and incantations, and can often pick up a new casting after only one or two demonstrations.

There is a drawback to this mystical affinity however. Since a vampire no longer owns a mortal soul, it loses much of the power, and pull, that such an addition might otherwise lend. A mortal soul is viewed by many mystical creatures as being quite valuable and special. This can offer a magical practitioner a lot of leverage when dealing with magical intermediaries. The fact that the potential is always there to sell the soul, can also help to engage mystical help. Unfortunately a vampire wizard has none of these things.

However what a vampire does have is blood. The vampire’s blood is preternatural in nature, and can be quite potent, especially when used in certain incantations and potions.

Most vampires who seek to practice the mystical arts go immediately down the dark path. The inherent nature of a vampire is to be a killer, and so they are constantly attracted to evil. Some however, have grown beyond evil, and have learned how to live naturally with the world around them. These can start the slow but oddly fulfilling path of trying to uncover the positive powers of the unseen universe.

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