DRACULA Vampire and Sorcerer
F: World Class (30)
A: Decent (10)
S: Astounding (50)
E: Phenomenal (100)
R: Great (20)
I: Decent (10)
P: Astounding (50)
Health: 190
Karma: 80
Wealth: Fantastic (40)
Popularity: -33
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Count Dracula is a centuries-old vampire, sorcerer, and Transylvanian nobleman. He claims to be a Székely descended from Attila the Hun and inhabits his decaying castle in the Carpathian Mountains near the Borgo Pass. Unlike the vampires of Eastern European folklore which are portrayed as repulsive, corpse-like creatures, Dracula exudes aristocratic charm to mask true evil. As a youth, Dracula studied the black arts at the academy of Scholomance in the Carpathian Mountains, overlooking the town of Sibiu and became proficient in alchemy and sorcery. He later joined the military. He transformed into a vampire by using black magic and lives for several centuries in his castle with the Weird Sisters.
In the 19th century, he begins to enact his plan for world domination,beginning with England. He summons Jonathan Harker to provide legal support for a real estate transaction overseen by Harker's employer. The Count keeps Harker alive and unaware of his true intentions. Dracula then leaves his castle and boards a Russian ship, the Demeter. During the voyage he feasts on the ship's crew members. Dracula leaves the ship in the form of a wolf. Soon the Count goes after Harker's fiancée, Mina Murray, and her friend, Lucy Westenra. Also, there is a notable link between Dracula and Renfield, a resident of the asylum who is compelled to consume creatures in ascending order of size to absorb their "life force". He acts as a sort of Dracula detector, sensing the count's proximity.
Dracula begins to visit Lucy on a nightly basis to drain her of blood and simultaneously transform her into a vampire. Lucy's companions notice something is wrong and call upon the Dutch doctor Abraham Van Helsing who soon deduces her condition is supernatural in origin. Despite an attempt using garlic to keep Dracula at bay, he entices Lucy out of her chamber and drains her completely of her blood which kills her. Van Helsing leads a group of men to enter Lucy's crypt and kill her reanimated corpse and then to go to Dracula's residence at Carfax Abbey, destroy his boxes of earth, and deprive him of his ability to regenerate his powers. Count Dracula leaves England and returns to Transylvania, but he bites Mina before leaving.
Contacts:
The Weird Sisters - a blonde and two dark headed female vampires who live with him in his ancient castle. The blonde is referred to as "The First" and may be his wife; the two dark headed vampire women facially resemble Dracula and may be his daughters.
Dracula's other Contacts are unusual in that most if not all of them have no clue who they are really dealing with, instead either being used through intermediaries or believing they are dealing with an eccentric Eastern European nobleman. Which in a sense, they are.
Limitations:
Direct exposure to sunlight reduces all Dracula's FASERIP abilities by -2 RS for as long as the sunlight touches him;
Cannot enter any house or other building uninvited. This operates in a technical sense so a building with a permanently affixed sign saying something like "FREE ENTRY TO ALL" allows Dracula to enter over anyone's objections;
Aversion to the cross and holy items - Dracula cannot remain in the same Area as a cross or other holy item. If forced to do so he takes Phenomenal damage each round. All his normal abilities apply other than Invulnerability;
Without fresh blood as food Dracula shifts in Age from Adult to Old to Venerable, one Age shift per day. After the second day at Venerable he crumbles to dust. Crumbling to dust DOES NOT PERMANENTLY KILL DRACULA.
Notes:
Eventually, Lord Godalming, Van Helsing, Dr. Seward, Jonathan Harker, Mina and Quincey Morris track the Count back to Transylvania and destroy him by cutting his throat with Jonathan Harker's kukri knife (treat as Kris knife, see FASERIPopedia) and piercing his heart with Quincey Morris's Bowie knife while his coffin was in transit. However, this is an omission of one of the proper ritual to destroy a vampire such as with a stake to the heart, decapitation, or dismemberment followed by cremation. The lack of proper disposal suggests that Dracula will rise again...
Fighting Dracula in a superhero game of FASERIP requires great dedication by the players. Even if the gamemaster does not really commit to playing Dracula - and you should - this will be for most heroes, even ones with a few cosmic abilities, the fight of their lifetime. Dracula shrugs off ALL damage, and with Invulnerability he IGNORES the effects of attacks so for example even a non-damaging Power that might inflict Binding on a target is unlikely to work on Dracula. Still, to fight this monster and win would be an achievement worthy of pride for anyone!