"My own brother, a damned blood-sucking vampire!"

LIFESUCKER (#10/31, #192/365) [OOTP IV]

SKILL: 7

STAMINA: 8

ATTACKS: 2

WEAPON: Large Claw and Large Bite

ARMOUR: Light

DAMAGE MODIFIER: +1 to Damage Roll

HABITAT: Caves, Dungeons, Ruins

NUMBER ENCOUNTERED: 1-6

TYPE: Humanoid

REACTION: Unfriendly-Hostile

INTELLIGENCE: Average

Down there in the ultimate dark of the deepest reaches of the Down Below, foul terrors breed and procreate into an astonishing variety of new forms of Chaos, who then battle their way back upwards, towards the light, feasting upon anything that has the misfortune to creep in their general direction. One such stabilized race of loathsome horrors are the LIFESUCKERS, tall, gangly beings that appear part human and part bat. Their pale-skinned forms are thin and muscular, their forearms ending in vicious sword-like claws, their mouths full of long, pointed fangs.

If a Lifesucker wins two Attack Rounds in a row, it will leap at its opponent's throat with its fanged mouth, latching on and draining 2 STAMINA points per Attack Round, until driven off (when or if the victim wins an Attack Round). Any STAMINA points drained by a Lifesucker in such a manner can be added to its own STAMINA total. Once a Lifesucker has absorbed 8 STAMINA points of its victim's life-force, or if its victim has expired, it will attempt to flee and digest its meal of warm blood.  

Lifesuckers are essentially humanoid quislings, pretending to be vampiric undead, but actually just a warped group of people who worship Nyctule the Bat-Winged God, and dwell underground in dark labyrinths and slimy catacombs. They often congregate around charismatic leaders such as a Nosferatu or a Werebat of standing, and in the kingdom of Kazan are known for a fact to inhabit the rock-walled Maze of the Bogomil.