For me, they can tolerate sunlight for a brief period of time, though it burns more than a mortal, but after a while they become extremely weak, sick, before collapsing and dying. That's how I tend to play out vampires, but often times I do follow the no sunlight rule. Personally anything that doesn't involve sparkling is fine.
A query on the limits of a Vampires abilities to walk in light.
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Yeah, i tend to think more along the lines of Blade rather than any of the other vampire shows.Flying-Emu said:
I always thought that really powerful vampires like Alucard from Hellsing could walk in sunlight but it weakened them. Water though, that is a pain for vampires.
Technically the sun is the closest star and those of the night sky are barely twinkles in the sky. The moon is reflected light so the radiation or whatnot isn't that big of a deal.Timewave Zero said:
For "science" refer to Porphyry.
I don't know personally but I am a big fan of most things of myth or fiction. So, if anyone has an answer they can back up with facts(er, as factual as you can get talking about Vampires) hit me up please.
Is everyone here is aware that starlight and sunlight are exactly the same thing?
Stars are suns just to clarify.
Stars are suns just to clarify.
Actually, they do. The rpg has an option to stitch a full-body sunprotecting suit right onto the skin for a vampire character, in the cyberpunk alternative setting presented in the Slayer's handbook (it also comes with retractable needles on the fingers, with a vacuum-pump connected to the mouth for feeding, the mouth is of course covered by the suit, so they don't get burned up internally, convinient, huh?). They can also replace many of their internal organs with new fancy gadgets since they don't use them anymore.George144 said:
You learn something new every day.
[/Too much of a nerd]
Well in Oblivion vampires can walk out in sunlight, although very breifly, but still it happens. So we may never know...
Don't trash a new vampire franchise (twilight) for ignoring a relatively new rule (sun vampy-kill).Timewave Zero said:
On topic tho - I would imagine they'd be okay. I can't remember exactly how much more crap the Sun pumps onto us compared to moonlight/starlight. In terms of magnitude however it would be like daytime for a Vampire would be like being in a house fire to a human, while night would be like being in a room with a candle.
The weird one is Werewolves, if the moon turns them into giant beasts, the Sun should make them into demi-gods or something. xD
Depends on the mythology. Personally, I prefer werecreatures to anything at all, simply because, at least according to White Wolf's World of Darkness mythos, there are stages of transformation and they aren't slavering beastmen unless they want to be. (After the first time, I mean.)
Though I've never played the Masquerade...probably should...actually, I should probably play something beyond D&D and Werewolf...like Call of Cthulu...or Sin-Eaters...*goes to try and find online rulebooks*
Though I've never played the Masquerade...probably should...actually, I should probably play something beyond D&D and Werewolf...like Call of Cthulu...or Sin-Eaters...*goes to try and find online rulebooks*
actually pyrophylic hemophilia (vampire)is a genetic disorder that was wiped off the face of the earth but it has been proven to exist the bearer of it had photo-phobia making it hard for them to see in sunlight (i actually have this trait) had something simmiler to albino's disorder except they kept there skin and hair coler (this made them burn fairly easily but not burst into flame) and a disorder where they could only generate plasma when breaking down blood (even animals) but as civilization came about and legends started to form they eradicated people with this disorder from the population this is curticy of my crypto-biology class in collage
Dracula could go outside in the sunlight, but he couldn't use his shapeshifting, hypnosis, or de-materialization. I don't remember whether or not he kept his enhanced strength and speed, but I think he did.MaxTheReaper said: