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It's best to assume anything and everything is magical.On that subject do we have any defined rules on vampires in this setting?sunlight: nopeholy water: yup (how does it work though?), why does it work in vapor form? why doesn't it work on Johnathan?running water: ?garlic: ?needs to be invited in: apparently not?blessed metal: seems to workcrucifixes: seems to workcompulsive counting things: ?stakes: insta-kill? does it need to be a certain type of wood?Silver: ?dead man's blood is poison: ?diseases: ? and if no, can vampires still carry?smashed in teeth: do the regenerate?what happens to a human who drinks vampire blood? get high, turn into a ghoul? throws up?I'm sure I'm forgetting someand then there's the can of worms of how turning works...
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I assume Shikaru removed the weakness to sunlight in order to allow vampires to pose as humans more effectively.
Johnathan wears a full plastic body suit under his armor. His skin never touches the vapour, and thus it can't burn him. Why Wouldn't it work in vapor form? Still the same substance, still just as blessed.
The running water thing is really vague. Mostly, I go by Buffy logic, which means runnignwater is useless. Also, it's less well known, and thus the chances of someone recognizing it is quite low.
Vampires don't like garlic, but that's quite a useless weapon against them. It's like throwing Brussel Sprouts at people.
I'm not sure about the inviting thing. No vampire has broken into a house. A bar is a public location, which means everyone is invited in by default, the standard invitation rule doesn't apply to locations such as bars (in most vampire worlds).
Why do you think blessed metal works? Johnathan's sword is a giant sharpened crucifix. That's why it burns vampires on contact.
Yep. Crucifixes work. This is probably one of the most famous vampire myths, which is why it's almost always true.
Compulsive counting things is another one of those incredibly vague myths that nobody except horror fans really knows. Also, it's origin isn't even vampires, per se. Originally, this myth was attached to ghosts.
Stakes insta-kill. Buffy logic.
No, silver is werewolves.
Once a vampire drinks from someone, that person is usually dead. Having your neck ripped open and large amounts of blood removed from you is rather deadly. However, OLD blood might well eb poisonous.
As vampires in this setting appear to be semi-alive and semi-dead (they still regenerate, but don't age or need to breathe) I have no idea.
I see no reason why everything would regenerate EXCEPT their teeth. The vampires are rather vague, and Oldblood vampires appear to have a mouthfull of shark teeth instead of just two.
I'm not sure what happens to humans who drink vampire blood. Presumably, it's quite disgusting.