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{{flavour|It inflicts no extra harm, but heals its wielder when it wounds a living foe.}}
The '''vampiric''' [[brand]], not to be confused with [[draining (brand)|draining]], does the following:
*Has a 60% chance per swing to heal you for <code>1d(damage)</code>, if you hurt a living or plant monster ([[:Category:Natural_holiness|natural]] or [[:Category:Plant_holiness|plant]] [[holiness]]) that isn't resistant to [[negative energy]]. 

Use of this brand is considered to be [[Necromancy]], so the [[good god]]s forbid its use.

A few [[unrand]] artefacts have special properties. [[Leech]] activates 100% of the time. [[Vampire's Tooth]] activates at the normal rate, but always heals for the full amount possible.

==Attack Flavour==
[[:Category:Vampiric_flavour|Certain monsters]] have innate vampiric attacks that are slightly different from the weapon brand. These attacks can heal the attacker only if the defender can [[blood|bleed]]. This means that the following player conditions will prevent the monster's vampiric attacks from providing healing:
*Being [[nonliving]] ([[Djinni]], [[Gargoyle]], or in [[Statue Form]] and [[Storm Form]])
*Being [[undead]] ([[Mummy]], [[Revenant]], [[Poltergeist]], or in [[Death Form]])
*Negative energy resistance; rN+++ negates healing entirely

==Tips & Tricks==
*While vampiricism deals no extra damage, it gives rapid healing, making it a strong brand in its own right. It's often considered to be a top-tier brand, at least before [[extended]] (most monsters in extended are immune to this brand).

==History==
*Prior to [[0.28]], [[plants]] and players in [[Tree Form]] were immune to vampiric attacks.
*Prior to [[0.24]], wielding a vampiric weapon incurred a significant initial hunger cost, and such weapons could only be wielded when the user was at least Full.
*Prior to [[0.13]], this brand activated on 80% of attacks.
*Prior to [[0.12]], this brand was safer when found on sharp weapons, since blunt weapons didn't allow you to butcher corpses.
*Prior to [[0.6]], vampiric weapons massively increased the hunger cost for all actions (giving an average character the metabolism of a [[troll]]) instead of having a large set hunger cost. Vampires received a smaller hunger penalty. Also, all species received satiation with each attack, although in practice this was never enough to offset the increased hunger without some extremely tedious weapon-switching before and after fights.

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