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	==Introduction==		==Introduction==
	~~{{Canon}}~~

	First presented in the [[module]] [[Thoughts of Darkness]], the illithid vampire is a fictional creature for the [[Ravenloft]] campaign setting for [[Dungeons and Dragons]]. These hybrids of [[illithids]] and [[vampires]] reside primarily within [[Bluetspur]] where they were born of [[biomancy]]. The [[High Master Illithid]] and [[Lyssa Von Zarovich]] are credited with the [[creation]] of this [[:Category:Vampire strain\|strain]] as part of a [[conspiracy]] to overthrow both the [[Illithid God-Brain]] and eventually [[Count Strahd von Zarovich]]. However, [[madness]] overtakes each illithid vampire, robbing it of most of its mental faculties and rendering it uncontrollable. Slain and discarded into the [[water dump]] of Bluetspur, the vampires revived and began to wander Bluetspur's surface of their own accord.<ref>[[Thoughts of Darkness]] p. 7-8, 62</ref> To make a bad situation worse, their numbers are constantly growing.<ref>[[Domains of Dread]] p. 84</ref>		First presented in the [[module]] [[Thoughts of Darkness]], the illithid vampire is a fictional creature for the [[Ravenloft]] campaign setting for [[Dungeons and Dragons]]. These hybrids of [[illithids]] and [[vampires]] reside primarily within [[Bluetspur]] where they were born of [[biomancy]]. The [[High Master Illithid]] and [[Lyssa Von Zarovich]] are credited with the [[creation]] of this [[:Category:Vampire strain\|strain]] as part of a [[conspiracy]] to overthrow both the [[Illithid God-Brain]] and eventually [[Count Strahd von Zarovich]]. However, [[madness]] overtakes each illithid vampire, robbing it of most of its mental faculties and rendering it uncontrollable. Slain and discarded into the [[water dump]] of Bluetspur, the vampires revived and began to wander Bluetspur's surface of their own accord.<ref>[[Thoughts of Darkness]] p. 7-8, 62</ref> To make a bad situation worse, their numbers are constantly growing.<ref>[[Domains of Dread]] p. 84</ref>

	==Powers==		==Powers==
	Though their madness prevents illithid vampires from utilizing any sort of charm gaze or other subtle [[mind control]], Illithid vampires hold some [[:category:Special Abilities\|special abilities]] of both vampire and mind flayer. Like a vampire, their touch inflicts [[energy drain]]. They regenerate hit point damage every round. They have ~~exception~~ [[Strength]], which increases with age like other ~~vmapires~~.<ref name="Thoughts of Darkness p. 62">Thoughts of Darkness p. 62</ref> (However, given their recent creation, this is not really a factor of importance.)		Though their madness prevents illithid vampires from utilizing any sort of charm gaze or other subtle [[mind control]], Illithid vampires hold some [[:category:Special Abilities\|special abilities]] of both vampire and mind flayer. Like a vampire, their touch inflicts [[energy drain]]. They regenerate hit point damage every round. They have exceptional [[Strength]], which increases with age like other vampires.<ref name="Thoughts of Darkness p. 62">Thoughts of Darkness p. 62</ref> (However, given their recent creation, this is not really a factor of importance.)

	Similarly to its living counterpart, the mind blast of an illithid vampire stuns its targets. However, it also requires the target to make a [[Madness Save]].<ref name="Thoughts of Darkness p. 62">Thoughts of Darkness p. 62</ref>		Similarly to its living counterpart, the mind blast of an illithid vampire stuns its targets. However, it also requires the target to make a [[Madness Save]].<ref name="Thoughts of Darkness p. 62">Thoughts of Darkness p. 62</ref>
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	-Chapter 26 - [[The Hall of Records]], ''[[Secrets of the Sith]]'', unpublished work of the [[Kartakan]] [[dirgist]] [[Life’s Long Lament]]		-Chapter 26 - [[The Hall of Records]], ''[[Secrets of the Sith]]'', unpublished work of the [[Kartakan]] [[dirgist]] [[Life’s Long Lament]]


	Descriptive text contributed by '''[[USER:Cure \| cure]]''' to [[John W. Mangrum \| John W. Mangrum's]] [[Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror]] project (posted on the [[Cafe de Nuit\|Fraternity of Shadows message board]]).		Descriptive text contributed by '''[[USER:Cure \| cure]]''' to [[John W. Mangrum \| John W. Mangrum's]] [[Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror]] project (posted on the [[Cafe de Nuit\|Fraternity of Shadows message board]]).



	==[[John W. Mangrum \| John W. Mangrum's]] Vampiric Mind Flayer Lore<ref name=lore>[http://www.fraternityofshadows.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3754&start=105 Mangrum's Monster Lore]</ref>==		==[[John W. Mangrum \| John W. Mangrum's]] Vampiric Mind Flayer Lore<ref name=lore>[http://www.fraternityofshadows.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3754&start=105 Mangrum's Monster Lore]</ref>==

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	First presented in the [[module]] [[Thoughts of Darkness]], the illithid vampire is a fictional creature for the [[Ravenloft]] campaign setting for [[Dungeons and Dragons]]. These hybrids of [[illithids]] and [[vampires]] reside primarily within [[Bluetspur]] where they were born of [[biomancy]]. The [[High Master Illithid]] and [[Lyssa Von Zarovich]]'' are credited with the [[creation]] of this [[:Category:Vampire strain\|strain]] as part of a [[conspiracy]] to overthrow both the [[Illithid God-Brain]] and eventually [[Count Strahd von Zarovich]]. However, [[madness]] overtakes each illithid vampire, robbing it of most of its mental faculties and rendering it uncontrollable. Slain and discarded into the [[water dump]] of Bluetspur, the vampires revived and began to wander Bluetspur's surface of their own accord.<ref>[[Thoughts of Darkness]] p. 7-8, 62</ref> To make a bad situation worse, their numbers are constantly growing.<ref>[[Domains of Dread]] p. 84</ref>		First presented in the [[module]] [[Thoughts of Darkness]], the illithid vampire is a fictional creature for the [[Ravenloft]] campaign setting for [[Dungeons and Dragons]]. These hybrids of [[illithids]] and [[vampires]] reside primarily within [[Bluetspur]] where they were born of [[biomancy]]. The [[High Master Illithid]] and [[Lyssa Von Zarovich]] are credited with the [[creation]] of this [[:Category:Vampire strain\|strain]] as part of a [[conspiracy]] to overthrow both the [[Illithid God-Brain]] and eventually [[Count Strahd von Zarovich]]. However, [[madness]] overtakes each illithid vampire, robbing it of most of its mental faculties and rendering it uncontrollable. Slain and discarded into the [[water dump]] of Bluetspur, the vampires revived and began to wander Bluetspur's surface of their own accord.<ref>[[Thoughts of Darkness]] p. 7-8, 62</ref> To make a bad situation worse, their numbers are constantly growing.<ref>[[Domains of Dread]] p. 84</ref>

	==Powers==		==Powers==

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			==Introduction==
			{{Canon}}

			First presented in the [[module]] [[Thoughts of Darkness]], the illithid vampire is a fictional creature for the [[Ravenloft]] campaign setting for [[Dungeons and Dragons]]. These hybrids of [[illithids]] and [[vampires]] reside primarily within [[Bluetspur]] where they were born of [[biomancy]]. The [[High Master Illithid]] and [[Lyssa Von Zarovich]]'' are credited with the [[creation]] of this [[:Category:Vampire strain\|strain]] as part of a [[conspiracy]] to overthrow both the [[Illithid God-Brain]] and eventually [[Count Strahd von Zarovich]]. However, [[madness]] overtakes each illithid vampire, robbing it of most of its mental faculties and rendering it uncontrollable. Slain and discarded into the [[water dump]] of Bluetspur, the vampires revived and began to wander Bluetspur's surface of their own accord.<ref>[[Thoughts of Darkness]] p. 7-8, 62</ref> To make a bad situation worse, their numbers are constantly growing.<ref>[[Domains of Dread]] p. 84</ref>

			==Powers==
			Though their madness prevents illithid vampires from utilizing any sort of charm gaze or other subtle [[mind control]], Illithid vampires hold some [[:category:Special Abilities\|special abilities]] of both vampire and mind flayer. Like a vampire, their touch inflicts [[energy drain]]. They regenerate hit point damage every round. They have exception [[Strength]], which increases with age like other vmapires.<ref name="Thoughts of Darkness p. 62">Thoughts of Darkness p. 62</ref> (However, given their recent creation, this is not really a factor of importance.)

			Similarly to its living counterpart, the mind blast of an illithid vampire stuns its targets. However, it also requires the target to make a [[Madness Save]].<ref name="Thoughts of Darkness p. 62">Thoughts of Darkness p. 62</ref>

	==Descriptive Text==		==Descriptive Text==
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	34 Vampiric mind flayers are resistant to [[cold]] and [[electricity]]. They are strongly resistant to magic. The origin of vampiric mind flayers remains a mystery, as is the question of whether they are capable of reproducing.		34 Vampiric mind flayers are resistant to [[cold]] and [[electricity]]. They are strongly resistant to magic. The origin of vampiric mind flayers remains a mystery, as is the question of whether they are capable of reproducing.

	{{~~Canon~~}}		{{ref}}

	These hybrids of [[illithids]] and [[vampires]] reside primarily within [[Bluetspur]] where they were born of [[biomancy]]. The [[High Master Illithid]] and [[Lyssa Von Zarovich]]'' are credited with the [[creation]] of this [[:Category:Vampire strain\|strain]].

	~~==References==~~
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			[[category:Cause of Madness]]
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	==Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue==		==Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue==

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			[[Category:Biomanced]]
			[[Category:Fleshcrafted]]
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	[[Category:Feral]]		[[Category:Feral]]
			[[category:Illithid]]
	[[Category:vampire]]		[[Category:vampire]]
	[[Category:Vampire strain]]		[[Category:Vampire strain]]
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	==Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue==		==Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue==

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	24 Vampiric mind flayers feed on [[brain\|brains]], [[blood]], and [[life energy]] — whatever presents itself. Like living illithids, vampiric mind flayers can generate a cone of psionic energy to stun their foes. A vampiric mind flayer drains blood by attaching its tentacles to a living victim, and its physical attacks drain life energy.		24 Vampiric mind flayers feed on [[brain\|brains]], [[blood]], and [[life energy]] — whatever presents itself. Like living illithids, vampiric mind flayers can generate a cone of psionic energy to stun their foes. A vampiric mind flayer drains blood by attaching its tentacles to a living victim, and its physical attacks drain life energy.

	29 A vampiric mind flayer’s facial tentacles can grapple with an opponent and extract the brain in mere moments. The creature’s slimy flesh is unnaturally tough, but magic silver weapons can pierce its defenses. A vampiric mind flayer’s wounds heal very quickly.		29 A vampiric mind flayer’s facial tentacles can grapple with an opponent and extract the brain in mere moments. The creature’s slimy flesh is unnaturally tough, but [[Magic Weapon\|magic]] and [[Silver Weapon\|silver weapons]] can pierce its defenses. A vampiric mind flayer’s wounds heal very quickly.

	34 Vampiric mind flayers are resistant to [[cold]] and [[electricity]]. They are strongly resistant to magic. The origin of vampiric mind flayers remains a mystery, as is the question of whether they are capable of reproducing.		34 Vampiric mind flayers are resistant to [[cold]] and [[electricity]]. They are strongly resistant to magic. The origin of vampiric mind flayers remains a mystery, as is the question of whether they are capable of reproducing.

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			==Descriptive Text==
	{{Homebrew}}		{{Homebrew}}
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	''The tableau was of a beautiful young woman, scantily clad, beset by two unclothed, cuttlefish-headed humanoids. The one had torn open her [[neck]] and was about to lap with its veined, purple [[tongue]] at the [[blood]] that flowed freely. The other had wrenched open her [[skull]] and with its [[tentacle\|tentacles]] was ripping her [[brain]] from its seat. This was a death unlike any I had witnessed. And if I dared reach out and touch the orb, I too could savour the experience.''		''The tableau was of a beautiful young woman, scantily clad, beset by two unclothed, cuttlefish-headed humanoids. The one had torn open her [[neck]] and was about to lap with its veined, purple [[tongue]] at the [[blood]] that flowed freely. The other had wrenched open her [[skull]] and with its [[tentacle\|tentacles]] was ripping her [[brain]] from its seat. This was a death unlike any I had witnessed. And if I dared reach out and touch the orb, I too could savour the experience.''
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	Descriptive text contributed by '''[[USER:Cure \| cure]]''' to [[John W. Mangrum \| John W. Mangrum's]] [[Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror]] project (posted on the [[Cafe de Nuit\|Fraternity of Shadows message board]]).		Descriptive text contributed by '''[[USER:Cure \| cure]]''' to [[John W. Mangrum \| John W. Mangrum's]] [[Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror]] project (posted on the [[Cafe de Nuit\|Fraternity of Shadows message board]]).

	~~{{Potential-canon}}~~

	==[[John W. Mangrum \| John W. Mangrum's]] Vampiric Mind Flayer Lore<ref name=lore>[http://www.fraternityofshadows.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3754&start=105 Mangrum's Monster Lore]</ref>==		==[[John W. Mangrum \| John W. Mangrum's]] Vampiric Mind Flayer Lore<ref name=lore>[http://www.fraternityofshadows.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3754&start=105 Mangrum's Monster Lore]</ref>==
			{{Potential-canon}}

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	19 This colorless [[illithid]] is actually a feral predator called a ~~Illithid Vampire~~. They can be distinguished from true illithid by their gray coloration and several physical mutations: long fangs circling their lamprey-like mouths, and the tip of each tentacle ends in a tiny, leech-like sucker. This result reveals all [[undead]] traits.		19 This colorless [[illithid]] is actually a [[feral]] [[predator]] called a ''illithid vampire''. They can be distinguished from true illithid by their gray coloration and several physical mutations: long fangs circling their lamprey-like mouths, and the tip of each tentacle ends in a tiny, leech-like sucker. This result reveals all [[undead]] traits.

	24 Vampiric mind flayers feed on [[brain\|brains]], [[blood]], and [[life energy]] — whatever presents itself. Like living illithids, vampiric mind flayers can generate a cone of psionic energy to stun their foes. A vampiric mind flayer drains blood by attaching its tentacles to a living victim, and its physical attacks drain life energy.		24 Vampiric mind flayers feed on [[brain\|brains]], [[blood]], and [[life energy]] — whatever presents itself. Like living illithids, vampiric mind flayers can generate a cone of psionic energy to stun their foes. A vampiric mind flayer drains blood by attaching its tentacles to a living victim, and its physical attacks drain life energy.

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