The Hellsinger Vampire differs from more classic vampires in the fact that it can go out during the daytime without too much risk to itself. These vampires are slightly vulnerable but not to the extent that many others are.

Physically, these vampires do appear humanoid, and are usually quite indistinguishable from most humanoid races. The only real tell is that they tend to be quite pale, but considering the environments that can be found, this is not a sure-fire way to tell.

They do have two forms though. A human form and then a human / bat-like chimera form. This other form gives the creature the ability to fly at tremendous speeds and tends to cause terror when witnessed by others.

In this form, the vampire becomes more obvious – the ears lengthen and become pointed almost elf-like, their teeth grow into sharp fangs and their hands and feet grow long sharp talons. Of course the wings appear, and are attached to the arms, side and legs. The skin also takes on a more bluish tinge, as if the body is lacking in oxygen.

In combat, the creatures can use the bite and claws that are found when they take their full vampire form, even if they still look human. In their winged shape, they can either bite, slap a foe with their powerful wings, or use their feet talons.

When they bite, they can choose to grapple with the victim and continue to inflict bite and blood drain damage every turn. In order to grapple, they need to perform a Combat Maneuver using their melee to hit, with the difficulty being their targets KAC+13.

These creatures can reproduce in two ways. First they can bite and infect the victim.

The second way is that the females can reproduce sexually. They are fully capable of engaging in sex with the living, but can only reproduce with male Hellsingers. The difference is that the females don’t give birth to live offspring. Instead they lay clusters of eggs, typically 1-12 eggs at a time. The young offspring develop in these eggs over a nine month period and are then born as undead.  The young always are born looking like the bat chimera and stay that way until twelve years have passed and are then able to shapeshift between forms, appearing to be grown adults.

These creatures are cruel and enjoy inflicting pain and terror on those unfortunate enough to live in their territory. They are also very greedy and will sometimes take tribute from creatures less able to defend themselves in order to be left alone.

Of course the size of the tribute determines how long the vampires will leave the creatures, and more often than not the Hellsingers will eventually kill the tribute payer just out of spite and then loot the victim’s home of all valuables.

These creatures also love luxury and always own elaborate mansions, villas, or even luxurious starships, which allow them the freedom to travel the space ways and hunt for prey.

Starfinder Creature Index