How To Kill A Dracula, and Other Lesser Undead
The Undead,
A large category of loosely connected being that are connected by one simple fact, they were once alive but are now instead animated by evil magics. Beyond this there are few similarities between types of undead as the difference between even a zombie and a ghoul can be massive. Though this may sound odd it is important to remember that all undead are created by an outside source and therefore are designed and not typically naturally occurring leading to specialization in intent. This is most notable in skeletons, as many have armour weaved into them or some secondary feature based on their origin.
This said there are several categories of undead used, with each undead typically falling within atleast two of these allowing for generalized tactics to be used and developed.
- Corporeal: These are typically the fleshy or bony undead. In most cases mundane weapons work fine against them with some considerations like skeletons being hit harder to hit with a sword and such like. They are often considered the easiest to deal with.
- Incorporeal: Shocking no one, this is the second physical classification of undead.This is your standard ghost and spectre, something that can not be typically touched by mundane things but seem to have an ability to affect the material world. Though more difficult to deal with finding means to rebuke them are becoming more commonplace with magic and experimental energy weapons, however one typically has to sever their connection with the world to truly be rid of them.
- Intelligent: Intelligent undead are those able to act beyond an animal like intelligence, they might not show a human like demeanour but they aren’t mindlessly wandering around either. It should be noted that no intelligent undead is still their former person, with rare exception in the lich, and instead is an entirely new being. Do not trust the newly risen vampire or zombielord, they are now a new monster.
- Mindless: the typical movie zombie type undead fill these ranks. Acting as little more than attack animals wandering around listlessly attacking every living thing they see. These are the easiest to plan against as you don’t have to worry about them adapting to new plans, their method of attack is a straight line and the path of least resistance.
- Reenactors: a somewhat rare type of undead, these are the usual ghosts in most TV shows, forced to live out an act they did in life until someone manages to break the cycle, this is a new category as we have witnessed all types of undead stuck in these kinds of loops, some aware of their fate, others not. These are commonly the least dangerous undead, but breaking them of their cycle can be very unpredictable.
So, join me as we discuss the general categories of undeath and then break into specific cases of undeath as we learn how to finally kill, a Dracula.
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Follow-up: if yes, would one reading WELCOME (EXCEPT YOU DRACULA). be sufficient to keep him/them out?
Yours,
Marketing Magician in the Midwest
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This is such a good question.
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Dear Marketer,
the rules for higher vampires are not always hard and fast and the entry rules is one of the loosest. For the vast majority that need permission to enter a welcome mat would not be enough to grant them entrance as a Welcome mat is more a sign that bothering this person won't end in intimidate harm. As well there is only one vampire known as Dracula, who isn't actually a Dracula but that's a different story, so such a mat wouldn't be actually effective.
It however is a great novelty and shows the vampire that vampires aren't welcome here and would maybe be less likely to bother someone with such a doormat.
So in short, no and no, but it's cute and I like it a lot. You should do it anyway, they can't prove it doesn't keep away vampires.
Sincerely,
D. Melding, Proud owner of a tiger repelling brick.
What this means is that slicing a zombie's legs off at the thigh will not stop its advance; you will only give the body an extra point of articulation. To kill a zombie, one needs to remove the special energy moving the body, or make the body immobile with a counter-force stronger than the spectral force. You may recognize this as similar to the method used to destroy a ghost. Indeed. Some necrologists posit that ghosts are a corporeal undead that possess ashen remains or vapors wafting from fully decomposed specimens, rather than recognizable corpses.
This was covered in an earlier thread actually, link here, but no they can not, however most being showmen and magicians of a type have learned to pull the trick off with some slide of hand and a well place mentally dominated animal.
This isn't entirely true in practice. removing parts of a corporeal undead does hinder it, as the base is that is typically animated and removing parts of it from the base stop them from being animated. There are cases where what you're saying is true, but these are typically advanced forms undead that have been magically reinforced. your standard zombie once it loses an arm or a head those things stop working while the rest of the zombie works. An undying however, yeah, the only way to stop one of those is to render the whole thing inoperable.
Is it true that there are some "good" vampires, or is that largely a creation of modern pop culture?
Truly,
Count Kissula
The Belmont whip is considered a relic weapon, and has special properties that make it an effective item against the undead that no other whip could reasonably have without getting to the status of relic themselves, so as a general rule don't go around expecting to whip a vampire into submission. Unless the vampire is into that, I'm not here to judge. Like many things, fire is your best choice here, followed by blades and something to puncture the vampire's heart.
i know everyone is always real fast to say no that's ridiculous but imo that's just what dracula wants you to think
Are we to presume that the Mummy and Lich are one in the same?
Dear Count,
There has been a few cases of "not evil" vampires. However, most were new to the whole thing and were unplanned vampires so they did any self respecting kid would, Rebel.
However, with the exception of one they have all ended up reverting back to normal vampire means, with some excuses like "I'm only feeding on criminals the law won't deal with" or "For every innocent i kill, i'm saving ten more, this is a small price to pay." with even these eventually being discarded to dismiss their behaviour.
The exception got ripped in half and thrown into a thresher by a werewolf. We can only speculate where he might have ended up though.
Hope this helps,
D. Melding, Didn't pay that werewolf to do anything and you can't prove otherwise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_AViiBbkBw
Also in D&D yesterday I killed an undead dog with spooky scary barking powers and 2 mesmerizing dancing snake skeletons by locking the door of the room there were in, my buddy magically reinforcing the door, then later collapsing the prison demiplane that the shadowmansion was in.
Now this chance doesn't come up a lot, but it was extremely efficient. Erased from existence by opening the door, having 2 people get panicked, closing the door, turn the key again.
If so, which half
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Can they eat without killing or turning their victims?
Then they might be better than us, since we have to kill animals to eat them. (Fuck you, vegetarians.)
Garlic and onions have marginal effects, and are at best discribed as an irritant, however, a lot of vampires are very Algophobic so it has remarkable effects.
Nope, while many vampires are bisexual, hetero and homosexual vampires are just as normal.
Oh lord no, mummies and liches are like, night, and night on mars different.
In our experiences it often works as an off switch. they just kind of fall over, and people assume they're dead. because hey movies. which si why you then decapitate the vampire and burn the body and head separately.
Beat me to it
Garlic is risky because what the vampire is Wario?
Capriciously yours,
S. Markov
He is actually Dracula's monster
Dracula's are notorious rules lawyers when it comes to the spoken or written word.
Feh, that goes both ways. Technically the mat only welcomes you to the porch and doorway, not the interior of the home.
Lesbian draculas are not innately different or more powerful, but early lesbian draculas had exellent publicists and therefore there is a slight media bias in their favor that sometimes results in more effective feeding techniques.
On the other hand, bisexual draculas of any gender have special powers that other draculas don't. There are some theories as to why this is, but the practical result is that a much higher percentage of draculas are bisexual than the general population. Draculas who were not bisexual in their living years often show marked sexual fluidity upon learning that there are extra powers in it for them.
Nah, it's actual ass dracula. It's just we started calling higher vampires draculas and then actual ass dracula showed up and we weren't going to stop calling draculas dracula, so now he's Actual Ass Dracula. He's a real shit too. Luckily after Christopher Lee died he went into a deep mourning ritual, so we probably won't be seeing him any time soon.
Can you make a frankenstein out of dracula parts? Or can a dracula be mummified? How much mixing is possible here, cause I'm thinking of making a monster mash
Typically undeath is a binary state, you can't be a vampire skeleton for example. A skeleton made from a vampire is just a skeleton with pronounced fangs. I think sewing a vampire together out of vampires parts would revive the head before you could make a proper flesh golem out of it as well. Not really worth the risk i think.
If i knew more about how mashes were distilled i would make an alcohol joke here, but i don't. plus using ground up vampire bits for distilling something sounds like it would poisonous.
Not to our knowledge. it is also worth noting that most vampires can be out in sunlight, it just weakens them.
Many young vampires look the same they did in life, while more advanced vampires lose most of their body fat, body hair, and get highly developed muscles, so I imagine many can be actually "sexy"
To become a true dracula requires ritual, the exact ritual varies by area and culture, but always includes a large blood sacrifice. Vampires created by from the corpses of fallen victims of vampires are typically lesser vampires, which are moderately intelligent, usually subservient to the vampire that created them, or just go feral if left alone. Survivors of a dracula attack do not become vampires, but instead tend to go insane feeling drained of their humanity and go on to commit horrible acts. They will commonly end up as ghouls or wights.
This is why most vampire feedings are covered up with murder because the last thing a dracula wants is attention.