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<p>Importing CrawlWiki content</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{version033}}<br /> {{flavour|It inflicts no extra harm, but heals its wielder when it wounds a living foe.}}<br /> The &#039;&#039;&#039;vampiric&#039;&#039;&#039; [[brand]], not to be confused with [[draining (brand)|draining]], does the following:<br /> *Has a 60% chance per swing to heal you for &lt;code&gt;1d(damage)&lt;/code&gt;, if you hurt a living or plant monster ([[:Category:Natural_holiness|natural]] or [[:Category:Plant_holiness|plant]] [[holiness]]) that isn&#039;t resistant to [[negative energy]]. <br /> <br /> Use of this brand is considered to be [[Necromancy]], so the [[good god]]s forbid its use.<br /> <br /> A few [[unrand]] artefacts have special properties. [[Leech]] activates 100% of the time. [[Vampire&#039;s Tooth]] activates at the normal rate, but always heals for the full amount possible.<br /> <br /> ==Attack Flavour==<br /> [[: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&#039;s vampiric attacks from providing healing:<br /> *Being [[nonliving]] ([[Djinni]], [[Gargoyle]], or in [[Statue Form]] and [[Storm Form]])<br /> *Being [[undead]] ([[Mummy]], [[Revenant]], [[Poltergeist]], or in [[Death Form]])<br /> *Negative energy resistance; rN+++ negates healing entirely<br /> <br /> ==Tips &amp; Tricks==<br /> *While vampiricism deals no extra damage, it gives rapid healing, making it a strong brand in its own right. It&#039;s often considered to be a top-tier brand, at least before [[extended]] (most monsters in extended are immune to this brand).<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> *Prior to [[0.28]], [[plants]] and players in [[Tree Form]] were immune to vampiric attacks.<br /> *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.<br /> *Prior to [[0.13]], this brand activated on 80% of attacks.<br /> *Prior to [[0.12]], this brand was safer when found on sharp weapons, since blunt weapons didn&#039;t allow you to butcher corpses.<br /> *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.<br /> <br /> {{brands}}<br /> [[Category:Brands]]</div>

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