I had a strange but kinda fun bug tonight in Skyrim. My Khajiit Ranger was walking her way to high Hrothgar for the main quest. The day was a beautiful sunny day where the sun shined off the snow, it simply couldn't get any better. On the road ahead I saw what I thought were crazed bandits, they quickly killed a fox, I realized I couldn't hide so I prepared myself for a fight, they came in and I saw they were vampires. They even gave me the vampirism disease, which I prayed to Talos to cure, I don't fear the Thalmar. I really didn't know Skyrim had a Daywalker problem... or maybe they were the sparkly kind.

*sigh* every aspect of vampire lroe has been utterly destroyed in skyrim, at least oblivion's vampires had a reason for the way they work (they were the ONLY vampires to make the pact that allows them to hide amongst humans...and skyim vampries are not of the same blood-line according to the disease you get)

Oblivion suffered the same problem. You could lure a vampire out into the sunlight and they didn't take sun damage even though player vamps did. I'll fix it in my Unholy Darkness mod for Skyrim once they get the tools out.

Actually, they did take damage, but only one point of it, then it stopped. I always assumed it was just a bug.

I lured many vampires into daylight in oblivion and they died...

Personally i wish people who made vampires in a movie or game should go with the real thing. Vampires do not get hurt from the sun and burn up. they simply loose their powers and are weaker than they would be at night. also they have to sleep in the soil of their homeland.

Ah yes...the real thing...i'm gonna ask my vampire friends what they think about it..

i didn't mean real literally i mean real as in the original idea i.e. Dracula. ever seen Bromm stroker's Dracula? he didn't burn in the sun?

I dont like what they did with vampires in skyrim:

What it is: Exposure to sun reduces stats. - What it should be: Exposure to sun causes constant damage. More advanced stages= less dmg. per sec.

Is: Less feeding=more powerful - Should be: more feeding=more powerful.

Is: No Claw attacks! - Should be: Feral Claws(Stage 4 power)

Is: No powers list. - Should be: Get to pick from unique powers list(like spell list) as time as vampire progresses. 1st month, 3rd month, 1 yr., etc... Edit: Or should have it's own perk tree maybe.

Is: Can only feed on the sleeping mortals. - Should be: unique power called glamour (or something like it) to charm non hostile mobs for like 5 seconds so feeding can be initiated.

Just my thoughts and two cent's worth. Any feedback from anyone, especially modders that are thinking of toying with vampirism and lycanthropy mods, is welcomed.

I'm in complete agreement don't get me wrong Unholy Darkness was by far the best vamprism mod for Oblivion but I hate how so called "experts" are always going on about how "Vampires are supposed to burn in sunlight" when in fact that is nowhere to be found in the classic literature or myths.

In Oblivion you could see the sun damage though.

Also, I believe at stage 1 vampirism there is no sun damage.

They're also supposed to be ugly. But everyone wants theirs to be socially acceptable.

I don't get why all npc vampires are hostile towards my vampire. I see some fighting Vigilants of Stendarr and they're always KoS for me so I help out. So they all go and attack me afterwards. They also regenerate in the sunlight which is bunk. You should also be able to feed on people that aren't sleeping. A lot of NPC's are insomniacs.

could have been so amazeing vamps in skyrim i was expecting them to be and the funny thing is that all the powers etc are there in the game already sack whoever was in charge of the vamps claws from khajit whirlwind sprint shout kockback off attacks from warewolves detect life feeding off dead bodies like warewolf just fail lol could have even had mistwalker vampires haveing become etheral shout

Fairydust.... :celebration:

I've read Bram Stoker's Dracula... does that count?
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I love some of those ideas!
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Go back to school.

rofl

its ok to bother with punctuation when your sat on a keyboard most of your days not on a touch phone get a life ;p

I think you're still actually allowed to use punctuation with a phone... And usually there's an auto-correct for your horrific spelling too

Which real, not based on a work of fiction, vampires are you referring to?

Totally agree with this

The closest a "real" vampire could suffer from sunlight is radiation poisoning. There isn't any scientific basis for an organism to just turn into a pile of ash in sunlight.

Since we're talking fictional magical entities, really anything goes. Whether sunlight damages them or simply drains them of their power is up to whoever is creating the piece of fiction. As long as they're afraid of light and they drink blood, they fall into our general understanding of "vampire".

actually it depends on what you consider ugly. Lucy if I recall as wella s the three sisters had a sort of corrupted sinful beauty and Carmilla one of Dracula's Predecessors was quite a pretty young lady. They weren't Edward Cullens by any means (thank the nine for that) but they weren't Count Orlok's either.




Excellent work my friend



Take it easy man no need to be hostile and please stay on topic.




He already clarified what he meant earlier. He means vampires from any work before 1922

Only the Cyrodiilic Clan can blend in, feed and seduce people, sip at tea cups and laugh at the opera as politicians and nobles. Everyone is is fugly 24/7.


Yes. Cyrodiilic vampires, by pact, are the only ones able to blend in. Now we have the Volkihar jump into the fray and have them feed on sleeping people? Have some of the same powers as the Cyrodiilic vampires AND walk in the sun?

Sure, whatever. I believe the Cyrodiilic vampires are in Skyrim. The Volkihar NPC's are just fodder. It's an insult!

Vampires.. Werewolves...

Bethesda is starting to remind me of Twilight. :sadvaultboy:

What happened to the awesome "sits under frozen lakes and drag people down without breaking the ice" vampires I was so hyped for? Seriously, Bethesda is really ruining their own good lore constantly.