Book of the Dead: Playable Vampires?

[The NPC]

Will they have playable vampires or will a player be able to take one of the ancestries and add the damphir versatile heritage to jury-rig a playable vampire?

[pixierose]

The NPC wrote:

Will they have playable vampires or will a player be able to take one of the ancestries and add the damphir versatile heritage to jury-rig a playable vampire?

I Mean they could already do the Dhampir thing.

But I think they did mention that vampires will be some kind of archetype.

[keftiu]

I believe we’ve had skeletons confirmed as an Ancestry, and that vampires, ghouls, and mummies have all been confirmed to be playable, but as Archetypes. I could be wrong on that.

[Tender Tendrils]

Vampires, ghouls and so on make the most sense as an archetype, as that way an existing character can get bitten and then become a vampire without having to remake the character.

[Perpdepog]

I'm hoping we get zombie as an ancestry in this book, like we're getting for skeletons.

[EldritchGrace]

As others have already mentioned, most of the playable undead (including vampires) will be available as archetypes, the level at which a player will be able to take them will likely vary since not all undead are equally strong. (For example, they hinted at a Lich archetype, I highly doubt that the archetype will be an option before the higher tiers of play)

One thing I'm hoping for is that the Archetypes include at least a few of the "variants" for each playable undead, such as the Nosferatu, Vetala and Jiang-shi in the case of vampires.

[HumbleGamer]

Perpdepog wrote:

I'm hoping we get zombie as an ancestry in this book, like we're getting for skeletons.

Zombies are permanent slowed 1

But we are not monsters. We are characters, able to choose a class, get equipment and have a mind.

Good point, Zombie Players are permanent slowed 2 to balance things out with real zombies.

[QuidEst]

HumbleGamer wrote:

Perpdepog wrote:

I'm hoping we get zombie as an ancestry in this book, like we're getting for skeletons.

Zombies are permanent slowed 1

But we are not monsters. We are characters, able to choose a class, get equipment and have a mind.

Good point, Zombie Players are permanent slowed 2 to balance things out with real zombies.

If you run into any zombie players, report that to the CDC or local equivalent and the WHO.

[Tender Tendrils]

Looking forward to playing a vampire bard and just playing the Queen of the Damned soundtrack whenever I use a performance related ability.

[HumbleGamer]

QuidEst wrote:

HumbleGamer wrote:

Perpdepog wrote:

I'm hoping we get zombie as an ancestry in this book, like we're getting for skeletons.

Zombies are permanent slowed 1

But we are not monsters. We are characters, able to choose a class, get equipment and have a mind.

Good point, Zombie Players are permanent slowed 2 to balance things out with real zombies.

If you run into any zombie players, report that to the CDC or local equivalent and the WHO.

Whops!

[WWHsmackdown]

I just wanna do a dhampir undead sorc with the vampire archetype and get my masquerade on!

[Arklore]

I'd be really interested in how the undead ancestries work with organized play and the current Golarion mythos. My hunch is they will be largely incompatible or extremely challenging to integrate into a normal party. I love the Dhampfir heritage, but it's a challenge at best with negative healing.

[Archpaladin Zousha]

Arklore wrote:

I'd be really interested in how the undead ancestries work with organized play and the current Golarion mythos. My hunch is they will be largely incompatible or extremely challenging to integrate into a normal party. I love the Dhampfir heritage, but it's a challenge at best with negative healing.

Me too, as I'm very intrigued by the idea of playing a skeleton, since I've consumed too much media where skeletons are charming, vivacious party animals to find them spooky scary.