psychos don't explode when sunlight hits them

[notafuckingnut]

Just so everyone's on the same page here, I thought it might be worthwhile to get a few things out of the way, establish some Basic Truths. Namely get the vampire mythos out and on the table since, well. There are some pretty huge, gaping differences between the version I plan on using here and the version in the actual movie itself.

Yes. I am using a DIFFERENT VERSION than in the actual canon. Possibly blasphemous, I know, but nonetheless.

GENERAL BIOLOGY

About 98% human. No face morphing, no forehead wrinkles, about the biggest changes people will notice when he "vamps up" are that his eyes turn an unsettling glowing yellow-gold and of course the fact that his canines grow an extra size or two. Like the Grinch's heart, only more terrifying. No shapeshifting, no turning into mist or a wolf or a bat or anything else, no matter how hard he may try. There are exactly two (2) things that prompt the two physical changes he does go through: proximity to blood/hunger and adrenaline (which in this case we're just going to call the "fight or fuck instinct" since flight's pretty much not in his vocabulary at this point). Could be one, could be both, but chances are if it isn't one it's definitely the other.

Additionally. He doesn't age, he breathes seldom, and he barely has a pulse. Or body temperature; he's practically a walking corpse, it's a wonder to medical science that he's able to walk around at all, and if a doctor were to get ahold of him they'd probably say the same.

Yes, he can bite people, and yes, he can Turn people. Vampirism here, like in most incarnations, is a virus, but unlike most the delivery system is more akin to snake venom; it's something that needs to be injected, it doesn't just pass along. Of course, the fact that it's stored in the fangs themselves makes it a little difficult to argue that the ultimate outcome is really any different; every bite results in an injection of the virus, which results in more Turned. But, again, it's like a snake; there's only so much poison stored at a time, and it's possible to run out, at least for a little while. And as long as he doesn't bite...well there's no possibility of Turning anybody. Oh, and then that little point where there needs to be at least SOME blood left in the body. If he drains it completely, far beyond the body's ability to support itself, then there's no chance of the corpse rising afterwards.

ABILITIES

Like mentioned above, he can't change shape. He's all humanoid all the time, it's just how it works. No, he can't fly either, although he can spider climb. Sort of (he's working on it, it's harder than it looks). He's faster than the average human (although not faster than either sound or light, and he doesn't turn into a blur when he moves), with quicker reflexes, and he's significantly stronger too. He's not particularly good at glamour (he's tried), so he mostly just relies on brute strength and basic tracking skills to catch his prey. His sense of smell is about as good as a bloodhound's, and his hearing's about on par with a dog's as well, but amusingly enough his eyesight's stayed about the same as it was. Which is to say not very good; he may not be legally blind without his glasses, but he's not all that far off. Oh, and he heals super quick. As long as he's got blood to feed it, anyway.

THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE

It's worth talking about the whole...blood thing, at least for a little bit. It's a compulsion more than anything else, a physical craving that can only be satisfied by the thing itself. Not fake blood, and animal blood's a far inferior substitute, and the blood of a corpse is an absolute NO. Blood from, say, a blood bank will work, and will fill the need, but it's like processed food versus the real stuff; it's always better fresh from the source without all the...extra preservatives. More filling too.

It doesn't mean it actually TASTES good though. It's metallic and salty and generally not pleasant unless you're actually used to it, but the more you drink the more you want it. Need it. Have to have it. It calls and sings and pulses and practically BEGS to be drank after a while; it's like the most addictive drug ever created. On meth. So yes, Richie may complain that it tastes like sucking pennies and may dump a few cups of grossly artificial juice into it when he's stuck with donor blood so he can get through it, but even so.

He still wants yours and would be more than happy to open an artery to get it.

WEAKNESSES

Because yes, every good vampire has them. Most of the standard apply: he can't go out in sunlight or he'll turn into a crispy critter, and during the daytime he's pretty much dead to the fucking world until the sun goes down. It's possible to wake him, but unless you would like to tempt fate in the form of a paranoid and panicked vamp who would be more than happy to drain you there and then for daring to disturb his sleep...it's probably a good idea to avoid it. Crosses burn on contact and repel the rest of the time, and he can't enter a private home unless he's been invited in first. A wooden stake through the heart is enough to kill him, as is decapitation, or being set on fire and left to burn. Silver burns like the strongest acid known to man, as does Holy Water. Garlic, however, has no effect whatsoever.