In your dormant veins you carry an ancient curse, though how you came to acquire it is less than clear to you. Most folk afflicted with vampirism are turned against their will, and often unbeknownst to their maker. However there are those who seek the curse willingly, those who ally themselves with centuries old cults to grant themselves incredible power in exchange for undying bloodlust. Regardless of your origins you now find yourself attempting to cope with the drastic changes that accompanied your transition. 

Skill Proficiencies: Skill Proficiencies: Choose from among survival, medicine, perception, persuasion, deception and intimidation

Tool Proficiencies: Tool Proficiencies: In your time spent on this earth you've become skilled with one tool set of your choice from: forgery kit, disguise kit, thieves tools

Languages: Languages: you can speak vampiric along with choosing one exotic language (Abyssal, Deep Speech, Draconic, Infernal, Primordial, or Undercommon)

Equipment: Equipment:  A monster hunter’s pack (see the sidebar), a set of dark common clothes, and one trinket of special significance (choose one or roll on the Gothic Trinkets table after this background).

Spell List

overtime you have learned to influence and control the darkness that gives you your power

Spell Level	Spells
2nd	alter self, blur
3rd	blink, feign death, vampiric touch

you can cast 2 cantrips and 2 spells from the warlock, sorcerer or bard spell lists 

Suggested Characteristics

You have learned to live with the blood of the vampire. You are a survivor, fighting an eternal blood-lust and its effects on your own personal desires.

d6	Personality Trait
1	I don’t run from evil. Evil runs from me.
2	I live for the thrill of the hunt.
3	I refuse to become a victim, and I will not allow others to be victimized.
4	I refuse to let my blood-lust control me. Unlike some savage beasts, I retained my dignity.
5	This curse is a gift to me, I revel in my newfound power and seek to understand it further every day.
6	I consider my so-called immortality a chance to better myself infinitely. There is always room for improvement.

d6	Ideal
1	Inspite of my urges, I will not drink without the consent and knowledge of the individual at hand.(Good)
2	The curse is new to me, without guidance it is my responsibility to learn my abilities and control them. (Any)
3	I kill monsters to make the world a safer place, and to exorcise my own demons. (Good)
4	I am far too old, and far too powerful to be governed by the law of mortals. (Chaotic)
5	For my own sake, and the sake of others I must allow myself to be hindered by the morals and rules of mortals. (Lawful)
6	I’m a monster that destroys other monsters, and anything else that gets in my way. (Evil)

d6	Bond
1	Since discovering the foul nature of the curse in my blood, I have searched and will continue to search for a cure.
2	My desire for blood burns my throat every second of every day and I am always looking for my next meal.
3	When the love of my life looked upon my vampiric visage, they fled. I seek to win their heart and trust once more.
4	A terrible guilt consumes me. I hope that I can find redemption through my actions.
5	My evil nature must be contained. I cannot succumb to the beast inside, whatever the cost.
6	A very long time ago, I had a family. In my absence it remains my responsibility to support them, and hope that someday they may understand my affliction.

d6	Flaw
1	The desire to drink is not one that I attempt to control. I bite when and where I deem necessary.
2	There is little in this world that I consider to be more vile than myself.
3	I feel no compassion for the dead. They’re the lucky ones.
4	In addition to my addicition to blood, I have become incredibly reliant on the vices of mortal life to cope.
5	I am a purveyor of doom and gloom who lives in a world without hope.
6	Time passes quickly for me, as do the people I meet. I find it difficult to become close with or even relate to them any more.

Contacts

If you so choose, you may have allied yourself with others of your kind in your time walking this forsaken planet. Be they your mentor, or simply like-minded individuals you have sway with them, and may call upon them for aid in times of dire need. However, you must be prepared to return the favor. 

d1	Contact
1	If you choose you may have become close with the vampires who turned you, or even others unrelated who share in your pain, and may turn to them for guidance in dark times. Know, however, that they may do the same of you.