06-09-2003, 09:45 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-09-2003, 09:49 PM by Rhydderch Hael.)
Smoketest,May 24 2003, 10:58 PM Wrote:The Vampire monsters cast shadows. AFAIK, popular lore says they don't.One could write books on just how far "popular lore" with vampires has been distorted over the course of time. Shadows and reflections are one such aberration.
Vampires are said to have been repulsed and weakened by silver. Silver was once used as the backing of mirrors, and it was by the grace of the magical properties of this silver that a vampire's reflection could not be cast in the metal. In all truth, the myth of a vampire's inability to cast reflection in modern non-silvered mirrors (and on videotape) is a blurring of the esoteric interaction between vampires and magical metals. That carried onto the idea of shadows.
Though I may daresay that you might not be able to photograph a vampire, considering that photographic film is based on silver compounds.
Then again, in the game I am one of the mindset not to refer to such creatures as vampires. These guys are bald-headed robed spellcasters. Anyone remember any bald-headed robed spellcasters from the first game? These Vampires are the D2 version of the 'lawyers', methinks.
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