Dhampir Physiology

"There are worse things out tonight than vampires...like me."

― Blade (Marvel Comics)

"My mother found it difficult to tell me that I wasn't like other children; I could never share a life with whole human beings. I slowly learned that the thing that raped my mother and fathered me was no living feeling man, but a malignant force of cancer that refused to be destroyed. It wasn't only her blood my mother gave to keep me alive, her youth and her own life was sucked up into the syringe that fed me."

― James Eastman, Grave of the Vampire

The ability to use the abilities of a dhampir. Variation of Vampire, Monstrel, and Hybrid Physiology.

Also Called[]

Daywalker/Dhampyr/Dhampyre/Half-Vampire Physiology
Demi-Vampire Physiology
Dhamphir Mimicry

Fiction-Specific Terms[]

Thinblood (Vampire: The Masquerade)

Capabilities[]

User with this ability either is or can transform into a dhampir, a vampire/human hybrid, which in most cases has all the strengths that a normal vampire has without any of the weaknesses. Blood is still a factor in most cases, either they need to feed because they will die, or they simply are weakened when they don't feed and, according to folklore and media, most dhampirs don't even need blood to operate and can eat normal human food. Some dhampirs can subsist on either blood or human food. Whatever the case, just like with vampires, the quantity of blood a dhampir needs will vary greatly. Their resistance to sunlight varies as well; some may be weakened by it, while others are completely immune to its effects. Another thing to note is that dhampir's blood seems acidic to their vampire counterparts.

Physically dhampirs are in top form, having the strengths of a vampire they are very strong, most do not age and others age very slowly. There are far less variations in appearance when it comes to dhampirs because of their human side. Most dhampirs will look like normal humans, some will be extremely attractive but there are not many non-humanoid dhampirs out there.

Applications[]

Vampire Parent[]

Mystic Vampire Parent[]

In addition to everything under Vampire Parent, a Dhampir with a Mystic Vampire Parent also has access to:

Mortal Parent[]

Associations[]

Limitations[]

May need to ingest blood, but the results of not feeding is far less severe than what happens to vampires. The worst case is severe weakening of one's abilities but hardly ever death or desiccation like vampires.