Hi, I'm currently talking with my GM about my next character being a vampire, we have ran into a snag, he's new, and has never made a player into a monster, he is unsure if I would use the creature abilities (being able to use compulsion, or spider climb, legendary resistance ect) or if we just make certain changes to my normal character sheet. Any help would be appreciated.
There aren’t any rules for that, especially a monster as powerful as a Vampire so my advice is make it balanced so the game is still fun. Maybe pick the Blood Hunter class and create an order based on vampirism that’s similar to the other orders in power level?
I agree with Tim, that was my first thought also! I found this Order of the Vampire subclass on DM's Guildwhich I haven't read but seems reasonably balanced from the comments! Enjoy!
I likely wouldn't allow anything with the term legendary in it from the monster block. Perhaps a good starting point would be to determine what race the PC started as. You could then look through a similar discussion on lycantrophy to see if there are similar ideas that you might want to incorporate. I would think that there would be some changes to racial traits that would occur, perhaps looking at a drow versus the other elves might help there. Of course, the other options might fit what you are looking for better.
Hi, I'm currently talking with my GM about my next character being a vampire, we have ran into a snag, he's new, and has never made a player into a monster, he is unsure if I would use the creature abilities (being able to use compulsion, or spider climb, legendary resistance ect) or if we just make certain changes to my normal character sheet. Any help would be appreciated.
There aren’t any rules for that, especially a monster as powerful as a Vampire so my advice is make it balanced so the game is still fun. Maybe pick the Blood Hunter class and create an order based on vampirism that’s similar to the other orders in power level?
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I agree with Tim, that was my first thought also! I found this Order of the Vampire subclass on DM's Guild which I haven't read but seems reasonably balanced from the comments! Enjoy!
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I likely wouldn't allow anything with the term legendary in it from the monster block. Perhaps a good starting point would be to determine what race the PC started as. You could then look through a similar discussion on lycantrophy to see if there are similar ideas that you might want to incorporate. I would think that there would be some changes to racial traits that would occur, perhaps looking at a drow versus the other elves might help there. Of course, the other options might fit what you are looking for better.
Here's the lycantrophy discussion:
https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/dungeons-dragons-discussion/rules-game-mechanics/2179-lycanthropy