Editing Gladius et Aegis: Arcane Nature Traits (section)

===Benefits of being a '''Vampire'''===

* '''Arcana:''' You have supernatural abilities linked to your vampiric condition. This is the source of your Arcana. 
* '''Undead resilience:''' As you are essentially a corpse animated by cursed blood, you don't have to worry about a lot of mortal frailties. You don't need to eat food, drink (other than blood), breathe, sweat or excrete. In fact, you can't do these things even if you wanted to. Extremes of temperature don't bother you, at least short of the temperatures that freeze or boil your blood. You suffer general discomfort far less - pain feels somewhat abstract to you, loud noises won't give you a headache, silence won't make you nervous, pitch darkness or bright light are equally fine. Even physical attacks don't worry you greatly - the flesh is just a shell, and it isn't your organs that keep you going, but the Blood. Almost all physical attacks inflict ''Fatigue'' on you rather than ''Impairment'', and factors that would cause physical ''Fatigue'' to mortal humans often won't effect you at all.
* '''The Kiss:''' Vampiric saliva is replaced with a potent soporific drug that renders humans in a state of soporific bliss for a minute or more, and clouds their memory either side of exposure as well. This drug requires direct skin contact. The Kiss makes feeding a lot easier for Vampires, as it stops victims from resisting and hides the event from the victim's mind. The Kiss doesn't require feeding: it can be used for other practical purposes too. Other supernaturals are effected by The Kiss to varying degrees. Other Vampires are unaffected. "Mostly humans" like wizards and warlocks are no safer against The Kiss than ordinary mortals, though they're more likely to know about it and to seek to avoid it.
* '''Fangs:''' All Vampires can extend and retract their fangs at will. Fangs aren't terribly practical for fighting purposes, but are useful enough for feeding.
* '''Undying:''' Vampires do not age and can theoretically live forever. Also, if destroyed by any means other than sunlight, then they will gradually heal even seemingly fatal injuries, though they will need blood to do so (1 point of blood over 1 night will heal 1 level of injury, or all impairment and all fatigue). If they have no blood (for example if they have been burnt to a pile of ash) then pouring blood over the remains will reanimate them. Death by sunlight, however, is true and final death.