Witcher Vampyrism Witcher Vampyrism is a particular form of the Vampyr curse. The normal curse bonds a person's soul to a particular mortal object, and gives the cursed the ability to control the blood of those around them, while craving to consume it. The most famous case of normal Vampyrism is D.A.M/Emperor Jonanthan Reed. Whos contraction of the curse has led to the entire Versian imperial lineage suffering from this plague. The specific Witcher variant of the curse makes the victim crave Witcher blood, so as to draw the cursed victims to the Witchers allowing them to extract their revenge. If the Vampyr body is destroyed, they will regrow around the object to which they are bonded by drawing on energy from the Void, it generally takes between 1D-PSI weeks. If the Vampyr bites someone or kills someone using blood under the Vampyrs control, then the now deceased will become a Skag; A mindless husk of a person craving only blood and desiring only to execute their creators subconscious-will. A Vampyr can control and feel the blood of those within PSI * 10 meters. To control the blood of someone, the Vampyr must make an 8+ PSI(Blood Control). The target can resist with an End (Athletics) 8+ The Effect of the psi check. The Number of Psi points used it equal to the number of meters rounded to the nearest ten.  ` The Vampyre can replenish its PSI points by draining the blood of its target. To do this, the Vampyr makes a PSI (Blood Control) vs targets End(Athletics), if the Vampyr successed, it draws an equal number of PSI points as the Effect  of the check from the Targets Endurance. If the Targets Endurance is equal to 0, then no more blood may be drawn. If the effect is 0, then no blood is drawn. If the effect is less than zero, then the negative effect is applied to the Vampyrs Endurance, and the Vampyr now craves the target's blood. A Vampyr using Blood Control may use the blood for a variety of tasks, bending it to the Vampyrs will. For example, each PSI point of blood can be used to block 2 points of damage. Or the Blood can be used to make a Melee attack. To make a melee attack, you make a Str + Melee (Type) + Blood Control check like a standard melee attack. The damage is one Die of damage for each Psi point of blood used. The same can be done for a ranged attack, but using Dex + Gun Combat. If someone is killed by either a Melee (Bite) or a Blood attack, the target is automatically infected with Vampirism, and turned into a Skag Skag A skag is a mindless husk of a human being, craving to return to the life it once had. To feel blood once again pumping through its veins. Its mind ruined, a Skags only hope is relief from the endless hunger by draining anyone around them of blood.  Skags themselves are always the spawn of a more powerful Vampyr, someone who has died to the Vampyr and must now serve its new master. Unable to think for themselves beyond the overwhelming urge to consume blood, the Skags master commands it through an Aetherial blood bond to do its masters bidding. The creatures are bound to their master's very soul and can not truly be killed until their master is as well. Though Skags are themselves much less resilient than their Vampyric master; they will not regrow from nothing, and if they go too far from their masters spirit they will eventually wither away in madness. A Skag will reanimate in 1D weeks + 1D hours from when they are first killed by the Vampyr. So long as the area where they were killed remains connected to the rest of their body, the Skags will heal 4 points of Damage in D6 days. Skags are also famous for the fact that they sleep hanging from rafters. Importantly they are not hanging down like bites. But instead hanging onto the roofs of whatever they are inside of with their feet and hands. If they have to they will smash through metal and dull their bones in an attempt to hang. For every day that they are unable to sleep, they must perform an Int 6+ check. If the Skag fails, it begins to scream uncontrollably and goes into a mindless frenzie from lack of rest, uncontrollably trying to kill/destroy everything around it until it can sleep. Stat Blocks Vampyr Str:8+1d Dex:8+1d End:10+1d  Edu:6+1d Int:6+1d Soc:4+1d Psi:10+1d Armour: Cloth, +8, 6kg Skills: Gun Combat(*) 2, Melee(*) 3, Jack-of-all-Trade 1, Engineer (J-Drive) 2, Engineer (m-Drive) 1, Pilot 0, Stealth 3, Blood Control 2+1D4 Weapons:  - Bite: Melee, 1D - Blade: Melee, 2D, 2kg - AutoPistol: 10m, 3D-3, 1kg, 15 rounds. Skag Str:10+1d Dex:6+1d End:10+1d  Edu:4+1d4 Int:4+1d Soc:2+1d4 Psi:2+1d4 Armour: Painless Flesh, 3 Skills: Melee(Bite) 3, Melee(Claw) 2, Recon 3, stealth 6, Tactics (pheromones) 2 Weapons:  - Bite: Melee, 3D+2 - Claw: Melee, 4D+Str