Editing Vorlog (section)

==Necrology==
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A vorlog is neither alive, nor undead, but somewhere between the two. They resemble their former mortal selves, but pale-skinned and with slightly elongated canine teeth - budding fangs. Stricken by an insatiable feeling of grief and loss, the typical vorlog expression is doleful at best, and they are prone to emotional outbursts - predominantly fits of weeping or insane fury. Whilst they still cast shadows, and are unaffected by holy water or holy symbols, their reflections are strangely translucent, they move with eerie quietness, and sunlight burns them as badly as it does any true vampire. Though they can't actually be turned like undead, a lingering vampiric taint in their mind means they panic at the sight of holy symbols devoted to goodly gods. Their strength, dexterity and charisma are all increased, albeit to a level that is a pale reflection of the potency that a true vampire would have.

In 2nd edition, vorlogs cannot be detected by spells or abilities that specifically focus by sensing the living or the undead. This ability does not seem to pass over into 3rd edition. The rest of their abilities are more consistent.

Many of a vorlog's powers mimic those of a vampire. They are unaffected by powers that prey upon the mind, and likewise effortlessly shake off paralysis, poison or slumber-inducing attacks. They are supernaturally resistant to physical attacks (+1 or better weapons to hit in AD&D, [[Damage Reduction]] in 3e), can physically regenerate from damage, and when injured too badly by attacks or sunlight to sustain themselves any further, they dissolve into magically animate puddles of tears, which flow about under their own power and seek a dark place to shelter; a tear-form vorlog can only survive exposure to the light for 1d4 hours before it evaporates and is destroyed. Unlike a vampire, vorlogs cannot assume this puddle-form of their own power; it is activated by pure reflex, enabling them to escape.

Another "warped" vampire power present in vorlogs is the ability to touch the minds of animals. But whilst a true vampire can use this to command the loyalty of the creatures of the wild, a vorlog's version merely floods the animals' minds with grief and hate, inducing a berserk rage that can be as dangerous to the vorlog as to anyone else.

Like a true vampire, a vorlog can hypnotize others, although their version of the Charm Person power invokes deep sympathy and pity.

Whilst they do not feed on blood, and in fact require human food to survive, their broken psychic link and vampiric taint has turned them into predators of the mind. Vorlogs feed on psychic energy, allowing them to drain [[Wisdom]] with their touch, and must regularly feed on Wisdom to sustain their own existences.