Homebrew EA Vampire Species Details

Vampires are not inherently evil or soulless, however they are infected with a deep hunger for human blood. They are not born, but turned by the process of drinking vampire blood and having their own blood drained. A simple bite from a vampire will not turn you, and most vampires that do drink human blood do not turn their prey into vampires. Vampires are not immediately burnt by sunlight, but prolonged exposure will kill  them. Luckily, the Elder Academy supplies all of its vampire students with wearable objects that protect them from the effects of the sun. Vampire can survive without drinking human blood, but there is no known way to fully eliminate the craving for it. 

As a vampire you will occasionally be presented with Wisdom saving throws to see if you give into the bloodlust. On a failed save, you will be forced to make a bite attack against the creature. This is only applicable to humans, elves and aasimar. 

EA Vampire Traits

Ability Score Increases, Spiderclimb, Bite Attack, Sunlight Sensitivity

Ability Score Increase

+2 to Charisma

Spiderclimb

You can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.

Bite Attack

You gain a bite attack which you can use to drain enemies. You can use strength or charisma for the attack and damage rolls of the bite attack and it counts as a natural weapon. It deals 1d6 necrotic damage and you regain hit points equal to the damage which you dealt. If you make this attack against a grappled, willing, restrained or incapacitated creature, you can make this attack with advantage.

The damage of the bite attack increases to 1d8 at 6th level

Whenever you reduce a creature to 0hp with your bite attack, you gain an additional ability determined by your subrace.

Sunlight Sensitivity

If you are exposed to the sunlight with a wearable item that protects you, you will gain a point of exhaustion for every hour you are exposed. At the fifth hour, you will die.