I'm running the Carrion Crown adventure path right now, and my group has just finished the Haunting of Harrowstone. I'm reading the second book right now, and have made it to the encounter with Brother Swarm and his spawn. This part of the adventure seems really cool, but I'm also in need of some advice.
You see, one of my PCs is a dhampir, which treat negative energy as positive and vice-verse, and wraiths only deal damage through negative energy. How does one pit wraiths against a PC who is completely immune to their attacks? Sure, wraiths also drain Con, but I don't see how healing a creature could possibly sap some of its life force. I also don't want to just say "Well, the wraiths attacks deal a different kind of negative energy, so they still hurt you."
What have the other GMs with dhampir PCs done to balance encounters such as that?
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Dhampirs have resist level drain not ability drain so they would be affected normally.
if they had hp damage, the wraith touch would heal them the 1d6 of negative energy damage. but they would have to make that dc17 fort save to keep from being drained 1d6 con
Resist Level Drain (Ex): A dhampir takes no penalties
from energy drain effects, though he can still be killed
if he accrues more negative levels then he has Hit Dice. After 24 hours,
any negative levels a dhampir takes are removed without the need for an
additional saving throw.
As you see, ability drain is not mentioned. And for the wraith, the damage specifically states...
Melee incorporeal touch +6 (1d6 negative energy plus 1d6 Con drain)
The con drain is not negative energy even though you might think it is due to the fact it is an undead creature
I play a dhampir in this campaign7, and I would love nothing more than to have the ability to resist ability drain. :D