> > Without referring back to the books, I seem to recall that SR
> > vampires are not undead - their bodies are still alive
> Yes, I think that's where the confusion may be coming from (I
> didn't ask the question for myself, BTW). Vampires are the result
> of a virus, but is it mentioned anywhere whether this virus actually
> kills its victims, and then "ressurrects" them as vampires, or if
> they get transformed by the virus but remain alive?
The discussion of HMHVV in the SR2 main book and paranormal critters
may not state explicity, but certainly implies strongly, that the
virus forces various irreversible metabolic mutations on the victim
but leaves them alive. For the most part, the Shadowrun creators
seem to have worked very hard to leave "undead" out of the game.
I would rule that the vampire does exude body heat, though it may be
less than that of an uninfected person. The vampire's metabolism
runs much differently now, running on a fraction of the calories and
relying heavily on mana-based reactions (the Essence
loss/replenishment cycle). Conversely, I would rule that vampires
are more obvious in the astral, due to this same mana-heavy
"metabolism".
If you need actual page numbers from those SR2 books, I'll find them
when I get home from work. I'll even flip through SR1, for the sake
of completeness. :)
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Kori****nzo
--always good to dust off the bottom shelves of SR books
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