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 All vampire heroes start the game with knowledge of the potion of blood and the potion of vampire blood&mdash;the potions will also only generate randomly as normal (i.e. on the ground, in [[shop]]s or as [[death drop]]s) for vampire heroes. As mentioned previously, any vampires in roles that start with food rations or potions of sickness will have them replaced with potions of blood.
-Vampires have no specific replacements made to the starting equipment of their role, but have several items that they will not start a game with:
+Vampires have no other specific replacements made to the starting equipment of their role, but have several items that they will not start a game with:
 * [[apple]]s (for Monks only)
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 Any silver items that a vampire hero would start the game with have their [[Object materials (EvilHack)|object material]] changed to [[iron]], though there are currently no cases where this applies.
-Vampires in roles whose default pets are little dogs or kittens will instead start with tame wolf cubs.
+Vampires in roles whose default [[pet]]s are little dogs or kittens will start with tame [[wolf cub]]s.
 ==Strategy==

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 {{otheruses|the playable race in EvilHack|the race in other variants|Vampire (starting race)}}
 {{for|other instances of the term|Vampire (disambiguation)}}
-'''Vampires''' are one of the new playable [[race]]s available to a [[hero]] in [[EvilHack]]. A vampire hero will appear as {{white|V}} if the <tt>[[showrace]]</tt> option is set on, and is part of the [[Vampire (monster class)|vampire]] [[monster class]].
+'''Vampires''' are one of the playable [[race]]s available to a [[hero]] in [[EvilHack]]. A vampire hero is part of the [[Vampire (monster class)|vampire]] [[monster class]], and will appear as {{white|V}} if the <tt>[[showrace]]</tt> option is set on.
-Vampires are always [[chaotic]] ([[unaligned]] if playing as an Infidel), and can be played as [[Barbarian/EvilHack|Barbarians]], [[Convict/EvilHack|Convicts]], [[Infidel]]s, [[Knight/EvilHack|Dark Knights]], [[Monk/EvilHack|Monks]], [[Rogue/EvilHack|Rogues]], or [[Wizard/EvilHack|Wizards]].
+Vampires always start as [[chaotic]] (or [[unaligned]] if playing as an Infidel), and can be played as [[Barbarian/EvilHack|Barbarians]], [[Convict/EvilHack|Convicts]], [[Infidel]]s, [[Knight/EvilHack|Dark Knights]], [[Monk/EvilHack|Monks]], [[Rogue/EvilHack|Rogues]], or [[Wizard/EvilHack|Wizards]].
 The [[Vampire (starting race in Hack'EM)|playable vampire race in Hack'EM]] predates EvilHack's own implementation and is thus mostly unrelated to it.
 ==Racial benefits and restrictions==
-Vampire heroes are [[Human (monster attribute)|human]] [[undead]] that have many of the same traits as monster [[vampire]]s in ''[[NetHack]]'': EvilHack renames those monsters to "vampire sovereigns" (with male and female vampires being "vampire barons" and "vampire baronesses"), and vampire heroes are represented by [[Vampire (EvilHack)|a different vampire monster]] that has many of the same traits. Vampire heroes also possess a similar {{sa|Shapechanging|self-transforming ability}} as monster vampires do, and their affinity to [[wolves]] lets them tame [[wolf cub]]s, wolves or [[warg]]s domestically by throwing food to them. Vampires are among the physically stronger races and have stellar [[attribute]] caps, with their physical attributes on par with or even surpassing those of [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarves]], while their mental attributes equal or even surpass those of [[Human (starting race)|humans]].
+Vampire heroes are [[Human (monster attribute)|human]] [[undead]] that have many of the same traits as monster [[vampire]]s in ''[[NetHack]]'': EvilHack renames those monsters to "vampire sovereigns" (with male and female vampires being "vampire barons" and "vampire baronesses"), and vampire heroes are represented by [[Vampire (EvilHack)|another vampire monster]] that is distinct from them.
 A vampire hero starts every game with [[infravision]], [[cold resistance]], [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[unbreathing]], [[drain resistance]], [[death resistance]], [[immunity to sickness]], and immunity to [[lycanthropy]]. Vampires gain [[flight]] at [[experience level]] 12, and gain [[Regeneration (property)|hungerless regeneration]] at experience level 20.
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 * They start with a [[alignment record]] of -20.
 * They gain a +1 bonus to [[AC]] for each piece of worn [[bone]] armor.
-* [[Zapping]] themselves directly with a [[wand of death]] or the [[finger of death]] spell will restore them to full HP&mdash;in the [[Valley of the Dead]], this will also raise their maximum HP by {{frac|6}} of their current maximum ''unless'' they already have more than 200 maximum HP.
+* They are vulnerable to the extra damage inflicted by the wielded [[Sunsword]], which has a chance of instantly killing them as it does with other undead heroes and monsters. Vampire heroes will never receive Sunsword as a [[sacrifice gift]], and similarly cannot wield Sunsword, wear [[The Mitre of Holiness]] or wield the [[Hammer of the Gods]] (the latter of which is made with Sunsword and is also silver).
-Due to their nature, vampire heroes cannot [[eat]] food directly like other races, and {{sa|Dietary restrictions|must rely on blood}} to survive. They are exempt from standard penalties for [[cannibalism]], including the [[aggravate monster]] intrinsic normally given as a result of eating the corpse of a [[little dog]], [[kitten]], [[Pseudodragon (EvilHack)|pseudodragon]], or any of their [[growth stage]]s. Vampire heroes (and other heroes in vampire form) also cannot die of choking from over-nutrition due to being unbreathing, and will instead always [[vomit]] when a hero would normally choke&mdash;they additionally do not [[abuse]] [[dexterity]] from being satiated since they are undead beings, though a vampire Monk will still abuse [[wisdom]] as other races of Monk do.
+Due to their nature, vampire heroes cannot [[eat]] food directly like other races, and {{sa|Dietary restrictions|must rely on blood}} to survive. They are exempt from standard penalties for [[cannibalism]], including the [[aggravate monster]] intrinsic normally given from eating the [[corpse]] or [[tin]] of a [[little dog]], [[kitten]], [[Pseudodragon (EvilHack)|pseudodragon]], or any of their [[growth stage]]s. Vampire heroes (and other heroes in vampire form) also cannot die of choking from over-nutrition due to being unbreathing, and will instead always [[vomit]] when a hero would normally choke&mdash;they additionally do not [[abuse]] [[dexterity]] from being satiated since they are undead beings, though a vampire Monk will still abuse [[wisdom]] as other races of Monk do.
 Vampire heroes possess a [[Drain life (monster attack)|life-draining]] [[bite attack]] that can {{sa|Blood and lifeblood|drain lifeblood}} to raise nutrition, and occurs on {{frac|2|3}} of their melee attacks&mdash;this bite attack is automatically skipped when attacking a monster that would cause the vampire hero to instantly die, e.g. a [[cockatrice]] or any of the [[Rider]]s.

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 * [[Zapping]] themselves directly with a [[wand of death]] or the [[finger of death]] spell will restore them to full HP&mdash;in the [[Valley of the Dead]], this will also raise their maximum HP by {{frac|6}} of their current maximum ''unless'' they already have more than 200 maximum HP.
-Due to their nature, vampire heroes cannot [[eat]] food directly like other races, and {{sa|Dietary restrictions|must rely on blood}} to survive. They are exempt from standard penalties for [[cannibalism]], including the [[aggravate monster]] intrinsic normally given as a result of eating the corpse of a [[little dog]], [[kitten]], [[Pseudodragon (EvilHack)|pseudodragon]], or any of their [[growth stage]]s. Vampire heroes (and other heroes in vampire form) also cannot die of choking from over-nutrition due to being unbreathing, and will instead always [[vomit]] when a hero would normally choke&mdash;they additionally do not abuse [[dexterity]] from being satiated since they are undead beings, though a vampire Monk will still abuse wisdom as other races of Monk do.
+Due to their nature, vampire heroes cannot [[eat]] food directly like other races, and {{sa|Dietary restrictions|must rely on blood}} to survive. They are exempt from standard penalties for [[cannibalism]], including the [[aggravate monster]] intrinsic normally given as a result of eating the corpse of a [[little dog]], [[kitten]], [[Pseudodragon (EvilHack)|pseudodragon]], or any of their [[growth stage]]s. Vampire heroes (and other heroes in vampire form) also cannot die of choking from over-nutrition due to being unbreathing, and will instead always [[vomit]] when a hero would normally choke&mdash;they additionally do not [[abuse]] [[dexterity]] from being satiated since they are undead beings, though a vampire Monk will still abuse [[wisdom]] as other races of Monk do.
 Vampire heroes possess a [[Drain life (monster attack)|life-draining]] [[bite attack]] that can {{sa|Blood and lifeblood|drain lifeblood}} to raise nutrition, and occurs on {{frac|2|3}} of their melee attacks&mdash;this bite attack is automatically skipped when attacking a monster that would cause the vampire hero to instantly die, e.g. a [[cockatrice]] or any of the [[Rider]]s.
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 Starting at experience level 3, a vampire hero is capable of [[polymorph]] into different forms via the '''#shapechange''' [[extended command]]: they can shapechange into a [[warg]], [[fog cloud]] or [[vampire bat]]. This parallels the ability used by monster vampires in ''NetHack'' and its variants&mdash;in EvilHack, wolf forms can be used by all vampires other than [[vampire royal]]s and [[Vampire mage (EvilHack)|vampire mages]], who can shift into wargs instead. The functions of the #shapechange command mirror those of the [[Druid]] role and their #wildshape command:
-* Once this polymorph is initiated, a timer begins that determines when a vampire can use the ability again. [[Alignment abuse]] has a direct bearing on how long this timer will last, but nominally it is 3600-4000 turns between uses. Never having abused alignment, the time between uses is significantly reduced; gravely abusing alignment significantly increases the time between uses.
+* Once this polymorph is initiated, a timer begins that determines when a vampire can use the ability again. [[Alignment abuse#EvilHack|Alignment abuse]] has a direct bearing on how long this timer will last, but nominally it is 3600-4000 turns between uses. Never having abused alignment, the time between uses is significantly reduced; gravely abusing alignment significantly increases the time between uses.
 * Unlike regular polymorph, a vampire's HP will become the greater between their current HP and the HP of the form they shapechange into, and their carrying capacity is increased to 1000.
 * Vampire heroes can manually revert back to their original form by using the #shapechange command while shapechanged. Doing so reverts them back to their base form at half of its HP, with a minimum of one, and also sets the shapechange timer down to 200 turns if not already at that value.
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 When draining a corpse that grants an intrinsic, vampire heroes have only a {{frac|5}} chance of gaining that intrinsic compared to a hero of another race consuming that corpse: this is applied before any additional chance calculation restrictions on gaining the intrinsic apply, e.g. the {{frac|3}} chance of a [[newt]] corpse increasing a hero's maximum energy when they are full is {{frac|15}} for a vampire hero draining the corpse of blood, and [[Giant (monster attribute)|giant]] corpses that have a {{frac|2}} chance of increasing strength when eaten have a {{frac|10}} chance instead when drained.
-A vampire drinking a potion of blood gains 200 nutrition for a blessed potion or 60 for an uncursed potion, while a cursed potion's contents will have congealed and give 0 nutrition, and a [[diluted]] potion gives half of the appropriate nutrition value. Vampire blood grants 800 nutrition and restores 200 HP for a blessed potion, or gains 200 nutrition and restore 4d4 HP for an uncursed potion, while a cursed potion's contents will have congealed and give 0 nutrition or HP&mdash;diluted potions of vampire blood grant half the nutrition listed and restore 100 HP if blessed, or 1d4 HP if uncursed. Vampire heroes subjected to the [[vapors]] of a broken potion of blood or vampire blood will [[abuse]] [[wisdom]].
+A vampire drinking a potion of blood gains 200 nutrition for a blessed potion or 60 for an uncursed potion, while a cursed potion's contents will have congealed and give 0 nutrition, and a [[diluted]] potion gives half of the appropriate nutrition value. Vampire blood grants 800 nutrition and restores 200 HP for a blessed potion, or gains 200 nutrition and restore 4d4 HP for an uncursed potion, while a cursed potion's contents will have congealed and give 0 nutrition or HP&mdash;diluted potions of vampire blood grant half the nutrition listed and restore 100 HP if blessed, or 1d4 HP if uncursed. Vampire heroes subjected to the [[vapors]] of a broken potion of blood or vampire blood will abuse wisdom.
 [[Tame]] vampires can drain meaty corpses with blood in a similar manner to a vampire hero, gaining {{frac|2}} of the usual nutrition and becoming immobile for {{frac|4}} the normal duration of a pet eating a corpse (which is also applied to "devouring" corpses as well). Non-player vampires can also quaff vampire blood, but will do so to heal themselves rather than gain nutrition: potions of vampire blood fully restore HP if blessed or 4d4 HP if uncursed, while diluted potions of vampire blood restore HP equal to {{frac|4}} of the monster's maximum HP if blessed or 1d4 HP if uncursed.

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 ** Vampire heroes will never receive Sunsword as a [[sacrifice gift]], and cannot wear [[The Mitre of Holiness]] or wield the [[Hammer of the Gods]] (the latter of which is also silver).
 * They gain a +1 bonus to [[AC]] for each piece of worn [[bone]] armor.
-* [[Zapping]] themselves directly with a [[wand of death]] or the [[finger of death]] spell will restore them to full HP&mdash;in the [[Valley of the Dead]] this will also raise their maximum HP by {{frac|6}} of their current maximum, unless they already have more than 200 maximum HP.
+* [[Zapping]] themselves directly with a [[wand of death]] or the [[finger of death]] spell will restore them to full HP&mdash;in the [[Valley of the Dead]], this will also raise their maximum HP by {{frac|6}} of their current maximum ''unless'' they already have more than 200 maximum HP.
-Due to their nature, vampire heroes cannot [[eat]] food directly like other races, and {{sa|Dietary restrictions|must rely on blood}} to survive. They are exempt from standard penalties for cannibalism, including the [[aggravate monster]] intrinsic normally given as a result of eating the corpse of a [[little dog]], [[kitten]], [[Pseudodragon (EvilHack)|pseudodragon]], or any of their [[growth stage]]s. Vampire heroes (and other heroes in vampire form) also cannot die of choking from over-nutrition due to being unbreathing, and will instead always [[vomit]] when a hero would normally choke&mdash;they additionally do not abuse [[dexterity]] from being satiated since they are undead beings, though a vampire Monk will still abuse wisdom as other races of Monk do.
+Due to their nature, vampire heroes cannot [[eat]] food directly like other races, and {{sa|Dietary restrictions|must rely on blood}} to survive. They are exempt from standard penalties for [[cannibalism]], including the [[aggravate monster]] intrinsic normally given as a result of eating the corpse of a [[little dog]], [[kitten]], [[Pseudodragon (EvilHack)|pseudodragon]], or any of their [[growth stage]]s. Vampire heroes (and other heroes in vampire form) also cannot die of choking from over-nutrition due to being unbreathing, and will instead always [[vomit]] when a hero would normally choke&mdash;they additionally do not abuse [[dexterity]] from being satiated since they are undead beings, though a vampire Monk will still abuse wisdom as other races of Monk do.
-Vampire heroes possess a [[Drain life (monster attack)|life-draining]] [[bite]] attack that can {{sa|Blood and lifeblood|drain lifeblood}} to raise nutrition, and occurs on {{frac|2|3}} of their melee attacks&mdash;this bite attack is automatically skipped when attacking a monster that would cause the vampire hero to instantly die, e.g. a [[cockatrice]] or any of the [[Rider]]s.
+Vampire heroes possess a [[Drain life (monster attack)|life-draining]] [[bite attack]] that can {{sa|Blood and lifeblood|drain lifeblood}} to raise nutrition, and occurs on {{frac|2|3}} of their melee attacks&mdash;this bite attack is automatically skipped when attacking a monster that would cause the vampire hero to instantly die, e.g. a [[cockatrice]] or any of the [[Rider]]s.
 All monsters with the human and [[Vampire (monster attribute)|vampire]] [[monster attribute]]s are considered the same race as a vampire hero for purposes such as [[cannibalism]] and [[same-race sacrifice]]. Vampires and other undead may generate as peaceful towards a vampire hero, while other living monsters will always generate as hostile. Vampire heroes will not turn into [[Zombie (EvilHack)|zombies]] or [[Mummy#EvilHack|mummies]] if killed by a monster of either type, as with many other races of hero.

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 Vampires are always [[chaotic]] ([[unaligned]] if playing as an Infidel), and can be played as [[Barbarian/EvilHack|Barbarians]], [[Convict/EvilHack|Convicts]], [[Infidel]]s, [[Knight/EvilHack|Dark Knights]], [[Monk/EvilHack|Monks]], [[Rogue/EvilHack|Rogues]], or [[Wizard/EvilHack|Wizards]].
-The [[Vampire (starting race in EvilHack)|playable vampire race in Hack'EM]] predates EvilHack's own implementation and is thus mostly unrelated to it.
+The [[Vampire (starting race in Hack'EM)|playable vampire race in Hack'EM]] predates EvilHack's own implementation and is thus mostly unrelated to it.
 ==Racial benefits and restrictions==

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	Vampires are always [[chaotic]] ([[unaligned]] if playing as an Infidel), and can be played as [[Barbarian/EvilHack\|Barbarians]], [[Convict/EvilHack\|Convicts]], [[Infidel]]s, [[Knight/EvilHack\|Dark Knights]], [[Monk/EvilHack\|Monks]], [[Rogue/EvilHack\|Rogues]], or [[Wizard/EvilHack\|Wizards]].		Vampires are always [[chaotic]] ([[unaligned]] if playing as an Infidel), and can be played as [[Barbarian/EvilHack\|Barbarians]], [[Convict/EvilHack\|Convicts]], [[Infidel]]s, [[Knight/EvilHack\|Dark Knights]], [[Monk/EvilHack\|Monks]], [[Rogue/EvilHack\|Rogues]], or [[Wizard/EvilHack\|Wizards]].
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		+	The [[Vampire (starting race in EvilHack)\|playable vampire race in Hack'EM]] predates EvilHack's own implementation and is thus mostly unrelated to it.

	==Racial benefits and restrictions==		==Racial benefits and restrictions==

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	A vampire drinking a potion of blood gains 200 nutrition for a blessed potion or 60 for an uncursed potion, while a cursed potion's contents will have congealed and give 0 nutrition, and a [[diluted]] potion gives half of the appropriate nutrition value. Vampire blood grants 800 nutrition and restores 200 HP for a blessed potion, or gains 200 nutrition and restore 4d4 HP for an uncursed potion, while a cursed potion's contents will have congealed and give 0 nutrition or HP—diluted potions of vampire blood grant half the nutrition listed and restore 100 HP if blessed, or 1d4 HP if uncursed. Vampire heroes subjected to the [[vapors]] of a broken potion of blood or vampire blood will [[abuse]] [[wisdom]].		A vampire drinking a potion of blood gains 200 nutrition for a blessed potion or 60 for an uncursed potion, while a cursed potion's contents will have congealed and give 0 nutrition, and a [[diluted]] potion gives half of the appropriate nutrition value. Vampire blood grants 800 nutrition and restores 200 HP for a blessed potion, or gains 200 nutrition and restore 4d4 HP for an uncursed potion, while a cursed potion's contents will have congealed and give 0 nutrition or HP—diluted potions of vampire blood grant half the nutrition listed and restore 100 HP if blessed, or 1d4 HP if uncursed. Vampire heroes subjected to the [[vapors]] of a broken potion of blood or vampire blood will [[abuse]] [[wisdom]].
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		+	Vampire heroes and other heroes in vampire form cannot die of choking from over-nutrition due to being unbreathing, and will instead always [[vomit]] when a hero would normally choke. They also do not abuse [[dexterity]] as well since they are undead beings, though a vampire Monk will still abuse wisdom while satiated as other races of Monk do.

	[[Tame]] vampires can drain meaty corpses with blood in a similar manner to a vampire hero, gaining {{frac\|2}} of the usual nutrition and becoming immobile for {{frac\|4}} the normal duration of a pet eating a corpse (which is also applied to "devouring" corpses as well). Non-player vampires can also quaff vampire blood, but will do so to heal themselves rather than gain nutrition: potions of vampire blood fully restore HP if blessed or 4d4 HP if uncursed, while diluted potions of vampire blood restore HP equal to {{frac\|4}} of the monster's maximum HP if blessed or 1d4 HP if uncursed.		[[Tame]] vampires can drain meaty corpses with blood in a similar manner to a vampire hero, gaining {{frac\|2}} of the usual nutrition and becoming immobile for {{frac\|4}} the normal duration of a pet eating a corpse (which is also applied to "devouring" corpses as well). Non-player vampires can also quaff vampire blood, but will do so to heal themselves rather than gain nutrition: potions of vampire blood fully restore HP if blessed or 4d4 HP if uncursed, while diluted potions of vampire blood restore HP equal to {{frac\|4}} of the monster's maximum HP if blessed or 1d4 HP if uncursed.