A Look At Accursed Dhampirs

Dhampirs are the half-vampires of the Accursed setting, created by the Blood Witch. Dhampirs are described in the Accursed Player's Guide is being agile, sure-footed and charming. I decided to play around with character generation a little bit and take a closer look at Dhampirs.

Any of the Accursed can choose to accept or defy their nature, embracing the power of their Witchmark or struggle against it. The more you embrace the Witchmark as a Dhampir, the more vampiric you become. The more you struggle against it, the more human you become (which is how it works with all of them). So I created two Accursed Dhampirs: Both have done horrible, horrible things since gaining their Witchmark...one embracing his nature and the other fighting it.

KHALOS THE BUTCHER

Khalos gained a reputation for his rage and his brutality in The Bane War. To this day his name is cursed and though he fights the minions of The Blood Witch, he has few friends. This isolation has driven him down a dark path, and while he will never serve The Blood Witch again, fighting monsters has indeed transformed him into one. He flies into a berserker rage in combat, summons wolves to fight by his side, can consume blood to make himself stronger and cuts a horrible swath with his scythe, Bloodletter. However, his vampiric nature forces him to move under the cover of darkness, holy ground makes him incredibly uncomfortable and he must feast on blood in order to survive. His time in the Bane Wars have given him astonishing resolve and his is a great boogeyman to stalk the Blood Witch's banes...but has he crossed the point of no return?

Name: Khalos the Butcher

Witchbreed: Dhampir

Rank: Veteran (2 advances)

Agility: d10

Smarts: d6

Spirit: d8

Strength: d8

Vigor: d8

Charisma: +1

Pace: 7

Parry: 8

Toughness: 8(2)

Acceptance/Defiance: Final Stage Acceptance

Skills

Climbing d4

Fighting d10

Gambling d4

Guts d8

Intimidation d8

Notice d6

Riding d4

Streetwise d6

Tracking d8

Hindrances

Mean

Vulnerability to Holy Ground (Minor)

Wanted (Major)

Edges

Berserk

Blood Fury

Call to the Wild (Wolves)

Grand Coven Veteran

Sweep

Trademark Weapon (Bloodletter)

Racial Package

  Dark Charm (Charisma +2)

  Graceful (D6 Agility)

  Keen Senses (D6 Notice)

  Low Light Vision

  Nimble (+1 Parry)

  Wood Weakness (+4 from wood)

  Enemy (Blood Witch)

  Blood Hunger

Witchmark

  Witchbreed Sense

  Drawn to Those In Need

  Witchspeak

  Warning

  Stage 1 Acceptance (-1 to all rolls in sunlight, +1 to Pace)

  Stage 2 Acceptance (Parry increases to +2, -1 to attack rolls against Dhampir, double damage from wood, need blood to survive)

  Stage 3 Acceptance (-2 to all rolls in sunlight, need invitation to enter homes, Agility increases by one die type, Charisma +1, abilities that affect blood gain +2 against Dhampir)

Gear

Scythe (Str+d6) (Parry -1, +1 to attack rolls, Reach 1, 2 hands), Reinforced Great Coat (+2 armor)

Liam the Penitent

Whereas Khalos revels in who he is, Liam is haunted by the things he's done under the influence of the Witchmark. The horrors he has seen - and committed - have forged him into an unflappable agent against evil, one who is taking his soul back one piece at a time. Damage in combat rarely slows him down, and few things can frighten him at this point in his life. Liam knows that he is owed a horrible death for what he's done, so he seeks it without fear, only hoping to drag as many minions into damnation with him as he can.

Name: Liam the Penitent

Witchbreed: Dhampir

Rank: Heroic

Agility: d8

Smarts: d6

Spirit: d10

Strength: d8

Vigor: d8

Charisma: +2

Pace: 6”

Parry: 7

Toughness: 6

Acceptance/Defiance: Stage 2 Defiance

Skills

Fighting d8

Guts d10

Investigation d6

Knowledge (Enochian Faith) d6

Notice d6

Streetwise d6

Subterfuge d8

Taunt d8

Tracking d6

Hindrances

Death Wish

Heroic

Quirk (Sucker for a Pretty Face)

Edges

Brave

Combat Reflexes

Counterattack

Graceful Leap

Iron Will

Nerves of Steel

Penitent

Relentless

Racial Package

  Dark Charm (Charisma +2)

  Graceful (D6 Agility)

  Keen Senses (D6 Notice)

  Low Light Vision

  Wood Weakness (+4 damage from wood)

  Nimble (+1 Parry)

  Enemy (Blood Witch)

  Blood Hunger

Witchmark

  Witchbreed Sense

  Drawn to Those In Need

  Witchspeak

  Warning

  Bane Sense

  Stage 1 Defiance (Wood damage drops to +2, Dhampir loses Low Light Vision)

  Stage 2 Defiance (Notice skill is reduced 1 step, Dhampir has no Wood Weakness, gains +1 benny each session).

Gear

Longsword (str+d8)

Thoughts:  I really like the available character options. A few oddball Edges and Hindrances are missing (Bloodthirsty, No Mercy, and so on)...stuff that aren't included as part of the setting but that I'll probably add back in myself...but I made it a point to try to create these as close to Rules as Written as possible.

Anyway, that's a look at Dhampirs down. In a day or two, I'll try to sit down and stat up a pair of Golems. If this looks appealing to you, back the Kickstarter. If not, then brace yourself for a few more posts about something that probably doesn't appeal much to you! But I'll try to work some non-Accursed posts in just the same.

Note: I am not affiliated with Melior Via or their Kickstarter in any way, I just really, really like what I've read in the Player's Guide, enough that I've backed the Kickstarter myself.