>It's another "The vampire lord rules with an iron fist but he's the only one in this region that stands between the outside horrors and his human subjects" situation
What's the most ethical course of action in this situation?
>It's another "The vampire lord rules with an iron fist but he's the only one in this region that stands between the outside horrors...
Kill him and become a more benevolent vampire lord of the region obviously
kill the vampire and Genocide both of them(horrors and his human subjects)
last vampire we encountered got her blood tax via practicing prima nocta in her county
>got her blood tax via practicing prima nocta in her county
>prima nocta
>her
One hundred men... maybe more
Being undead she wasn't at risk of illegitimate pregnancy, so it was a "relatively" less risky and softer way of getting the blood she needed and having some fun in the process. Also kept her in touch with her subjects and able to hear their opinions and strifes, and maintain some love with lavish weddings and gifts for her guests.
Better than kidnappings or vanishing people off the streets, I suppose.
>had sex with every married man in the county
That's kinda hot, but wouldn't their be rumors and slander against her for being a loose woman?
>wouldn't their be rumors and slander against her for being a loose woman?
Rumours and slander spread by seething dicklets.
She's already a vampiress. Unless it came out that she was a demon worshiper that ate children, her public reputation couldn't get any worse.
But do her people know she's a vampiress?
>collects blood tax
>bUt Do HeR pEoPlE kNoW sHe'S a VaMpIReSs?
She was pretty beloved so her own people, as far as accepting that not everyone is perfect, tacitly tolerated that she was promiscuous when that was her only glaring flaw. Compared with rulers of neighboring lands who may be cruel, incompetent, insane, exploitative, etc. the countess being a bawd but otherwise a capable and generous ruler, was seen as a blessed compromise.
Also considering that she wasn't bearing illegitimate children or letting lovers control her or usurp power, her bawdtiness was seen as just a personal character flaw rather than a risk to the state or security. If the countess kept things going well and the people's lives good, then they could turn a blind eye to her open bed. Considering she kept things "in house" with her own subjects rather than foreign suitors or noble schemers.
It wasn't known that she was a vampire. Taking blood (usually) only during her prima nocta, it was easy enough to hide, with a sprinkle of beguilement.
When the newlywed husband returns to his bride after a night with the countess, easy enough to write off his exhausted anemia as her wild sexual appetite, considering her reputation after all. It's no big deal, he'll be recovered in a day or so...
...pay no attention to the bite mark on his neck.
Ignoring the lewd aspect this is actually some really nice wordlbuilding and I like it.
Not gonna copy it but definitely putting it in my back pocket.
So thanks anon have some vaguely relevant image from my traditional games folder.
Thanks to the DM she's the one that came up with it.
But yeah it was a fun background detail, for the duration of the campaign that took place in her county.
>she
>background detail
Hmmm... It's enough to make a man think.
Is she single?
At that time she was, she's married now.
The bigger issue that led us to sussing things out was why she never aged, before that we didn't know she was a vampire and just assumed she was a bawd... with some suspiciously effective contraceptive resource, whatever that may have been.
>...pay no attention to the bite mark on his neck.
>mark
>singular
Poor lad must have put his foot in his mouth something fierce.
If she is their lord technically all the dicks belong to her anyway.
>Vampire Queen rules the land with an iron fist
>PCs are asked by the villagers to free their town from her evil.
>Learns that a famed Vampire Hunting Paladin went to her castle to slay her and never return
>PCs investigate the Paladin's writing on Vampires and their weaknesses
>Finally breach the castle
>"Welcome, unexpected guests, to Castle Bloodmoon~"
>Beside her is a kneeling man in what looks like a Butler's Suit, a broadsword upon his back.
>Some collar made of black metal locked to his throat
>Party recognizes it's the Vampire Hunter whose guide they've been following.
>"Go, my pet!" The Vamp Queen commands and he attacks.
>Party goes on the defensive
>Queue "I KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE, SOMEWHERE!" Fight
>Guy pauses. "What?"
>"She's controlling your mind, Ser Allister!"
>Awkward silence
>The Queen and the Pally exchange a look
>It turns out he *was* captured, but the Queen quickly took a liking to him and vice versa
>Literally no mind control at all, just seduced by the Vampussy
>"But she's making you wear a collar! She calls you her pet!"
>The room gets even more awkward
>Pally scratches the back of his neck
>The Vampire Queen actually seems to be blushing
>Party's Bard catches on quickly
>"By the gods, you both are perverse..."
Trips of /d/
My hornyposting gives me power. The good boi pally *will* always be seduced by the Vampussy
>The good boi pally *will* always be seduced by the Vampussy
This. Gender bending optional.
>This. Gender bending optional.
*Ahem*
>Good girl Paladin is a devoted servant of the Goddess of Love, Charity, and War
>Learns a village in The North is being tyrannized by a cruel Vampire nobleman.
>Travels far and wide, eventually reaching the Vampire's castle.
>Fights her way to the entrance, at last she's face to face with the Vampire Lord.
>"Die monster, you don't belong in this world!"
>Fights the Vampire Lord
>Is beaten
>Last thing she sees before the darkness cloaks her vision is his fangs going for her neck.
>Days pass
>She wakes up in an unfamiliar bedroom
>Fire crackling
>All of her wounds have been bandaged
>Vampire lord comes in with hot tea and food
>"Thank goodness you're finally awake!"
>Dotes on her 24/7
>Turns out she got *really* too into the vampire feeding off her
>He was only going to take enough to heal his own wounds, but she locked her legs around him and wouldn't let go until she was conked out.
>"Don't worry, I'll call a stagecoach for you when you're feeling well enough to travel, just rest."
>Turns out the Vampire Lord was just defending his home
>This was all some elaborate ploy by a *very* kinky Paladin
>Out and out refuses to leave his castle
>Buys a fricking black choker to wear around her throat. Tells everyone the Vampire Lord told her to wear it.
>"Master has made me his plaything."
>The entire village spreads rumors far and wide that the Vampire corrupted and enslaved a chaste Paladin
>He has to spend another year fending off hordes of thirsty holy women who want to live out their Vampire fantasy.
>ThisShitAgain.jpg
I wonder how many vampires off themselves to avoid becoming trapped in some crazy chicks S&M fantasy.
Doubly so if it's the type of vampirism that kills your sex drive.
If it's the kind of vampirism where being bitten by one is as good/better than sex, there may be a couple awkward moments where male adventurers feel obligated to say something like "I know how I look right now, but you gotta understand I'm not gay."
God, I wish I had an undead vampiress gf who would literally suck me dry
>Not having her go full Elizabeth Bathory
>Start by drinking from maids
>Frick out of maids draft some peasant girls
>Running out of peasants open a finishing school for young noblewomen
God this is hot. I dont even care that if you swapped the genders it would be disgusting and terrible but that men and women not being the same in action. I for one champion vampire prima noctre if its a hot vampiress claiming newly wed farm boys and bakers virginites will giving them the succ
>female exceptionalism
>prima nocta
Not even a real phenomenon. How fricking gay.
This is the ethical way to blood tax your subjects:
Take all the Teen to Adult subjects. Draw lots. Shortest straw takes a trip to the castle, eats stupidly well for a week or so, gets succed, returns, is exempt from the next few go rounds, along with the too young (no babies god damn it), old or sick.
>ethical
Convenient and soft-hearted. Dracula's assuming a duty of care with responsibilities like staying sharp to protect the territory, and the people should probably be sharp, too, if they're living in a region otherwise hostile enough that a vampire is the better monster for not eating them all whole. The ethical way is hunting people for sport when they're caught out after dark.
I approach the vampire lord and offer to lend him my aid against the outside horrors, asking not for coin in return but that he enact a series of modest reforms. I offer him the heads of several particularly dangerous horrors to show him my sincerity and the potential value I can bring, as well as the threat I can pose if my generosity is rebuffed.
What did you think that just because I'm a paladin I would smite first and ask questions later?
Why the frick would you waste spells buffing heads you're going to give? Why the frick would you prepare a second set to rebuff when the first ones wear off? Lawful Stupid dumbass paladin.
Dude learn to read
>as well as the threat I can pose if my generosity is rebuffed
Means "as a proof that I can skewer you the same way, if you disagree with my offer"
Train said human subjects to be able to protect themselves, then once they no longer need the vampire, drag him out of his hiding place at dawn and leave him to the sun.
Can they drink the vaccinated's blood?
Yes, but they need to chew on account of the blood clots.
Kill the OP and sell his body for medical experimentation on hydrocephalus
Why do furgays and other degenerates always think this in anyway changes things? The obvious and correct path is to kill the monster and seek a better way for humanity. Always, no exceptions. Better dead than the slave of a monster.
What if, like the case of Dracula, the outside horror is other humans?
In this situation, the PCs are the outside horrors.
Genocide.
Is it an iron but fair fist or does he just run around doing whatever he wants all the time?
Depends. We talking about a male or female vampire?
Yes
Torture the vampire lord until he begs for the sweet release of death, then nail him to a wooden board and place him outside where he will bleed painfully until sunrise.
That's stupid and wont work. Besides probably being able to break the boards he probably wont feel much pain by bleeding. Bleeding out will just make him more hungry.
You have to run an oak wooden stake through the heart into the ground and do so in a place where he will be in direct contact with sunlight. You are clearly a ghoul trying to misinform vampire hunters into making fatal mistakes!
I kind of get the feeling that an entire cuckqueen kingdom is not only so deep into magical realm that there's few parties that wouldn't sniff it out, but would realistically have at least some kind of major friction amongst the population.
patriarchal society + older medieval sensibilities for women to just smile and nod and bear the situation + being given a dream wedding befitting nobility when you're just a peasant
there's a lot to distract or appease the women from their new husbands being fricked and sucked dry for just one night
Kill
Why are we playing capitalism setting again?
I know that vampires have always been sexy, but I fricking hate that right now they're nothing but fetish shit for coomers.
Shitty weebs and modern vampire stuff in general had forgotten their roots, that they are still meant to be monsters.
Yeah, sexy monsters of beguile. Plus, there are still ugly vampire types out there. The OP is implying the vamp is hot given the attractive anime guy to go along with the post.
>right now
Black person, they are like this since Stoker's little novel. You know, the whole time since there is even such thing as what you consider "traditional vampire"
Hell, the yuripire manages to be even older what with Carmilla
Are you functionally fricking illiterate?
>I know that vampires have always been sexy, but
do you understand this statement?
>I fricking hate that right now they're nothing but fetish shit for coomers.
Do you understand this one? Are you braindead?
>Vampires are literally fetish bait since "Dracula" was published
>HURRR I HATE HOW IT WAS RUINED RECENTLY!
At least thanks for making it clear you have no fricking idea what the book contains, while having the sheer uppity to talk back, you fricking actual illiterate
>making it clear you have no fricking idea what the book contains
And have you read either book, you fricking moron? I don't remember any porn for moronic cumbrains, I remember gothic novels and rather boring ones at that. You are fricking moronic. have a nice day, please, you brain rotten fricking mongoloid. God you fricking homosexuals are so fricking stupid.
Kill both the vampire and the outside horrors.
Under what scheme of ethics?
*Thats & While
Technically speaking, there is nothing wrong with him being a vampire if he was feasting only on not innocents, enemy combatants or criminals for example.
That is of course assuming he is not using innocents in some other way like souls for spell casting or making them do dangerous slave labor.
I mean. It's kind of all sorts of fricked up to go "You broke the law? Well now you're food.".
The vampire lord is actually a hybrid monster for they are both a vampire and a prominent land owner. They have the dark powers of the house of Drakul and the dark powers of dictating the laws of the land.
Are all crimes and taxes payable in blood? That's his right. Is there an extra tax on pastry makers because that's the only way he can eat sugar? That's his right. Technically speaking he was entitled to kill and eat his subjects if he remembers to pay the church for a boon. Incidentally he can request the village church not use crosses, silver, garlic, and holy water. The church wont like it but he can request it.
>All kinds of fricked up
>You stole so now we are going to cut off your fricking hands or feet!
>You broke the law so we are going to imprison you then brand your goddamn face with a hot iron!
>You broke the law so we are going to break you limbs so as to tie you around a wheel and spin it on a spoke like a carousel of pain until you probably die.
All things considered it's not that bad.
Which doesn't stop it being all sorts of fricked, and not "nothing wrong", does it?
Yes it does. Its fast, less painful, and does not rely on humiliation to scare others. Normal way you get nothing but rotting bodies and psychological damage of everyone involved. The vampire lord way their blood is being used to feed an important person in their society.
That is not fricked up at all. Break the law and the law bites you.
We don't even force blood donations, and those things save lives. The frick is wrong with you? Unironically.
An outlaw's life is the best life.
>robbing from the rich to fill your coffers
>donating to the poor to earn your safety
>marauding different poor to sate your bloodlust
>as much violence and hooliganry as you can stomach, and more
>every day is camping and road-tripping with the lads
>the misery only makes wild living that much sweeter
>nothing stopping you from adventuring on the side
>your very existence infuriates lawmen and nobles to no end
>get to die young, axe in your hand, and never grow old
>play your cards right and you'll live on in a dozen folktales
It doesn't get any better than that. I don't understand why anyone would ever spring for serfdom.
The most ethical thing is to do nothing at all and leave.
I've actually been working on something along the ideas of a vampire lord in a story I'm working on.
The Lord and his clan secretly were vampires for generations and actively worked towards keeping their numbers down and manageable. The king wasn't aware of them and thought the lord's family was just eccentric but they were the most prosperous lands in the kingdom so let it slide.
The clan and lord himself take a long term view of things and actively try to keep their barony and it's people happy and well off. They openly dislike the short term gluttony and power tripping of most vampires. This becomes plot centric in the story as the kingdom is currently besieged by undead, demons, and whatnot and the lord's lands are basically the last holdouts in the Southern 1/3 of the kingdom as rogue vamps basically destroyed everything around them feeding on anything that moved.
The Lord had to out the clan to the people under his banner as using his supernatural forces openly was the only way to protect the people. The locals were weary of the idea at first but the Lord and his clan have been noted as being kind to generations of people and while vampires may be trying to kill them THESE vamps are the only reason they aren't dead. Now blood is just a tax option while the lord actively looks to end the vampire wave. Of course the fact the trip from his holdings to the northern safer part of the kingdom is basically guaranteed to kill you had helped the people acclimate to the idea.
Now ideally he can find allies to reconnect his lands to the kingdom, and hope that the king views him and his clan as loyal stewards and let them remain afterwards and practice their ways.
>another
Can you provide some examples?