Vampire thrall?

[Trollish]

I'm working on an NPC for my upcoming campaign. He's a vampire thrall (a human servant/slave to a vampire) but not a vampire spawn as presented in the bestiary. This would be basically one of the mortals who guards his master's lair during the vulnerable daylight hours.

I realize the obvious thing would just to make him a normal human, however I'd like to give him a few traits that would differentiate him as a thrall to a master vampire.

Any suggestions and/or is there a template for this somewhere?

[Melissa Litwin]

As far as I know, there aren't any templates for this.

He's a thrall, so he's dominated. You could present him as being immune/resistant to pain (immunity or pluses against pain spells from UM, maybe Diehard feat). He could be somewhat changed by his longstanding domination, being stronger but less able to use his will (+2 Str, -2 Wis). Maybe make a visual, like a tattoo or mark on the forehead if you want it to be obvious or on the torso or shoulder if hidden.

[Trollish]

Cool thank you. I may forgo the tattoo in this case, but its a great idea. This will be one of those situations where it will *probably* be obvious to the players, but not to the PCs.