Re: [Crawl-ref-discuss] Vampires

[Darshan S. <sci...@gm...>]

On 7/21/07, David Ploog <pl...@mi...> wrote:
> >> jpeg: For some reason, I think vampires should be able to mutate.

> > darshan_ Crawl canon says that the undead cannot mutate. I'd want to
> > have really strong reasons for changing this.

> If I understand Jarmo correctly, vampires are closer to living beings that
> other undead due the frequent infusions with fresh blood.

> This raised the following issue: should vampires behave different
> (intrinsic- and mutation-wise) whether they're hungry or not? Jarmo went
> that way but it might get too complicated.

As long as we get all the details consistent and right. Some things to
think about (this is not really an exhaustive list, I'll get back to
scrutinising vampires in 0.4):

* Does dispel undead work on PC vampires? Monsters will be able to
cast dispel undead in the not too distant future.

* How does mutagenic radiation affect vampires?

* How does draining affect vampires?

* What changes do we need to NPC vampires for consistency?

Cheers,
Darshan