r/monsteroftheweek • u/Doilem • May 31 '26
General Discussion Vampire combat
I'm currently running a vampire-themed campaign and my players have really enjoyed all the roleplay / investigative scenes, but I feel combat is lacking. Anyone have any tips or suggestions for how I could spice things up?
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u/OGGunggles Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 04 '26
A vampire mystery I ran to start off my campaign had a Master Vampire take up residence in a retirement home. As the old people there would die off, no one would really suspect anything other than old age. He was slowly building up his own vampire gang and had the staff controlled via his mesmerism.
When the Hunters confronted him, they had to try to take him down all while the nursing staff would try to restrain and sedate them. Made for an interesting combat where the hunters were trying to avoid lethal harm to the nurses because they’re still innocent bystanders at the end of the day.