Shadowbane: Throne of Oblivion Preview
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The power of the Void infuses the dead flesh of all Vampires, making them uncannily quick, brutally strong, and unnaturally resilient. It is as if death and rebirth have swept away all the limitations of their old bodies. Their soul is lost to them, but their wills remain strong and cold as adamant. Though their bodies are animated in a mocking semblance of life, Vampires are wholly dead beings: they do not breathe, eat, or sleep. Vampires are also incredibly difficult to kill, their marble-hard flesh deflecting or diminishing blows that would eviscerate lesser beings. It is as if Death itself, already owning their souls, refuses to claim them again. This unholy Fortitude is not without limits: indeed, Vampires are still vulnerable to lesser hurts, and are especially vulnerable to fire and holy energies.
For all their mighty powers, the Vampires also bear a dreadful curse: their undead flesh has no power to heal or sustain itself. Indeed, without the infusion of new essence, a Vampire's powerful body would putrefy into a heap of foulness. Their unholy natures render Vampires resistant to the healing magic of the Gods of Law and Light, leaving the Nightborn with only one sure means of sustaining themselves: leeching the life from others by drinking fresh blood. Vampires live in constant awareness of the Hunger, craving hot blood.
