luxwing0go Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 In historical accounts of vampires (they are fictional, I know - but, by historical, I go by texts in which they first appeared) or of anything undead really, they cannot cross running water. So, zombies, ghouls, vampires, ect. can't even cross a damn bridge, let alone swim. BUT, then again, this is just good 'ol fashion superstition, fiction and such. Honestly, I think Oblivion reversed the vampires - getting stronger from not eating...doesn't make sense. But hey, they made the game - not me. ;3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidbossVyers Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Well, it kinda does because vampires are known to go into "blood desperation" mode when not fed. Perhaps that's it. What I'd like to see as a mod is certain stats increasing and decreasing based on blood taken. For example, more blood increases personality but makes strength go down, while less blood, causing blood desperation, decreases personality but boosts strength. Or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majikmonkee Posted December 31, 2010 Author Share Posted December 31, 2010 Bethesda seems to be focusing on vampires getting more powerful as they lose their humanity, thus the increased power the less you feed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daledge Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Twilight sucks.. But just out of curiosity, how do you know they can't breathe under water? :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidbossVyers Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Twilight sucks.. But just out of curiosity, how do you know they can't breathe under water? :wacko:How? Become a vampire. Remove all enchanted clothing and protective enchantments. Jump into the water. Wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavageArtistry Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Twilight sucks.. But just out of curiosity, how do you know they can't breathe under water? :wacko: In vanilla Oblivion, they can't. Since I nearly always play a vampire (sometimes with mods for it, sometimes without), I long ago edited one of my own mods to add water breathing as a vampire trait. I'm sure it was not a part of vanilla vampirism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daledge Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Twilight sucks.. But just out of curiosity, how do you know they can't breathe under water? :wacko:How? Become a vampire. Remove all enchanted clothing and protective enchantments. Jump into the water. Wait. Thank you for making me look like a dumbass. :thumbsup: lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majikmonkee Posted December 31, 2010 Author Share Posted December 31, 2010 From a purely biological standpoint (I know, there are no real vampires, but still...) vampires are basically intelligent walking dead. In any mythology where vampires are acknowledged as undead, they generally lack a beating heart, so no respiration is occuring. Dead people don't require oxygen, and without a beating heart, even if you breathe, the air isn't doing any good, it's not being passed through your blood stream, it's just sitting in your lungs. So basically, what I'm trying to say is that vampires don't need to breathe above water, so there's no reason why being underwater should bother them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidbossVyers Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Well, there is water pressure if the water is too deep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandsOfTime404 Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Yeah, but there's nowhere in the game world I've seen that the pressure would be too crushing for a human body to withstand. Plus with the arguably "superhuman" traits you can acquire in later stages of Vampirism, the resistance to that pressure could also become greater than the average human, or otherwise normal character of any race in the game. Majik brings up a good point with the undead thing. I mean, they really don't need oxygen. Bringing that point up, though, I wonder why a stake through the heart kills them. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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