Heck with it. Here is a special vampire for today. To celebrate the release of +James Spahn's "White Star" here is a blast from the past, the Space Vampire of the 25th Century. The Vorvon! Also useful for +Dan P's Starships & Spacemen or +Kevin Crawford's Stars Without Number.
The Vorvon
The Vorvon is a vampire from the darkest reaches of space. They are vampires and some even say they are the source of the vampire myths on hundreds of worlds. They stand at just under 2 meters tall. Their skin is a sickly pale blue color and what hair they have is thick, course and black. They have long fangs, and long taloned fingers. It is through these talons that they drain life energy. The vorvon can choose to drain either 2 points of Wisdom or 2 points of Constitution per touch. The vorvon can go great periods of time between feedings, but once it meets up with intelligent life it must feed till full (30 points of Con or Wis drained total).
Vorvons do not cast shadow, reflection and they do not show up on security cameras or video recordings. They have infrared vision to 120 ft and can survive the vacuum of space.
They are immune to the effects of energy based weapons except ones at the ultraviolet end of the spectrum. These do 1d6 points of damage per firing. Also the vorvon can shoot and energy blast of their own. This is actually anti-life energy (also known as necrotic energy) to effect others.
The vorvon can hypnotize (as per the psychic power). Anyone drained by the vorvon becomes a mindless "half-dead" slave under it's control.
A mystical ward will hold it off; a diamond shape made up of four smaller diamonds.
The only way to destroy it is to get it within 800,000 km (500,000 miles) of a star.
Vorvon
AKA: Space Vampire
Frequency: Very Rare
No. Apperring: 1
Size: Man-sized (M)
Armor Class: 2 [18]1
Movement
Basic: 180' (60')
Advanced: 18"
3e: 30'
Hit Dice: 10+5 (50 hp)
% in Lair: 50% (coffin by day)
Attacks: energy bolt, Energy Drain (touch),
Damage: 1d6, Energy Drain
Special Attacks: Hypnosis,
Special Defenses: Only killed by close orbit to sunlight; immune to energy weapons*
Save As: 102
Magic Resistance: 55%
Morale: 103
Alignment: Chaotic evil
Level/XP: 10/5,750 + 12/hp
STR: 21 INT: 11 (Normal) WIS: 11 DEX: 18 CON: __(15)4 CHA: 85
1 Descending and [Ascending] Armor classes are given.
2 This is used for Basic games, and S&W. Also for monsters that I think need to save a little differently than others.
3 Morale is "Basic" Morale and based on a 1-12 scale.
4 Have not decided yet if I want to use 3.x style undead Constitutions or not. (15) Reflects what their Con would be if I do use it. I might just put a number in () like I do for Ghosts of Albion.
5 obviously more reflective of personality and character than looks.
The Vorvon first (and last) appeared in Buck Rodgers in the 25th Century episode "The Space Vampire"
5 comments:
I think this vampire's power is derived from the MASSIVE unibrow! LOL
That Vorvon was one of the most g'damned scary things ever when I saw it on BR in the early 80's. Still pretty frightening now (easy to laugh at his picture, but . . . watch the show) along with Aliens 2 and even the trash compactor scene in Star Wars when I was six years old.
Terrifying, that guy. Wilma beware.
the design looks a lot like the "Space Vampire" that was on an episode of the TV show Buck Rogers...
It *IS* the vampire from Buck Rogers. ;)
Ha ha ha ill drink to that
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