News Files - Vampires Abilities

Accelerated Healing: So long as a vampire is well fed, or is in the act of feeding, they can begin to heal almost any wound within moments, providing of course that it is not damage produced by any of their weaknesses. A vampire cannot regenerate missing internal organs however, though this isn't much of a problem, since besides the heart, they don't really need them.

A vampire cannot re-grow a head either, though a head that is held to the neck will reattach over time. Depending on the severity of the wound, healing can take a substantial amount of time. The important thing is that under the right circumstances, a vampire will heal and retain the vitality of youth, indefinitely.

Breathing: Vampires do not require oxygen to survive, allowing them to survive in poisonous atmospheres, underwater, and resist strangling. However, vampires do maintain some sort of breathing reflex, which enables them to speak, smoke, and have a gag reflex, which can affect them when choked, though they can learn to ignore it. While they do not require air, they are known to pant after running for long periods of time.

Superhuman Durability: Vampire tissue, bolstered by the ichor that flows through their veins, is denser than a human's, and can shrug off traumatic impacts much more readily. Bullets do not bounce off them. It really doesn't do too much damage (and will not kill them), but it will penetrate them.

Superhuman Senses: Being nocturnal predators, vampires have enhanced senses of hearing, like a bat; smell, like a wolf; and vision, like a cat. Their innate sensitivity to ultraviolet radiation also gives them a boon, allowing them to see in UV frequencies.

Superhuman Speed: Newly created and young vampires are extremely fast and dexterous, with reflexes to rival a trained ninja, and they just get faster as they grow older. After 150 to 300 years, they are so fast that they are a blur. Ancient vampires can move so fast that they seem to almost teleport over short distances.

Superhuman Strength: Vampires are stronger than humans. Young vampires (1-150 years after sire) can lift anywhere between 500 to 2,500 lb. As a vampires age, they tend to get stronger (unless they haven't fed). Middle aged vampires (151-300 years after sire) can lift twice that. Ancient and or exceptional vampires such as Dracula can lift anywhere between 10 and 20 tons, although this is extremely rare.