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[[talking to vampires|#chatting with vampires]] can give humorous messages.
 
[[talking to vampires|#chatting with vampires]] can give humorous messages.
  
Vampires are playable as a [[race]] in [[SLASH'EM]]. They levitate and do not need to breath, but cannot eat solid food, only relying in blood as nutrient. Also in SLASH'EM, enemy vampires are often generated with opera cloaks.
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Vampires are playable as a [[race]] in [[SLASH'EM]]. They levitate and do not need to breathe, but cannot eat solid food, only relying in blood as nutrient. Also in SLASH'EM, enemy vampires are often generated with opera cloaks.
  
 
== Encyclopedia entry ==
 
== Encyclopedia entry ==

Revision as of 14:11, 19 November 2007

Vampires are a class of monster represented by the overall symbol V, all of whom possess a characteristic life-draining bite. They will always be generated hostile and possess the abilities of flight and magical breathing.

The vampire, V, is also the weakest example of this class of monsters.

#chatting with vampires can give humorous messages.

Vampires are playable as a race in SLASH'EM. They levitate and do not need to breathe, but cannot eat solid food, only relying in blood as nutrient. Also in SLASH'EM, enemy vampires are often generated with opera cloaks.

Encyclopedia entry

The Oxford English Dictionary is quite unequivocal:
_vampire_ - "a preternatural being of a malignant nature (in
the original and usual form of the belief, a reanimated
corpse), supposed to seek nourishment, or do harm, by sucking
the blood of sleeping paersons. ..."