Vampire Bite

Vampire Bite is a unique action available to Astarion. It can be used without breaking stealth, deals piercing damage, heals Astarion, and increases his abilities while debilitating the target.

• Origin Astarion gets access to the Vampire Bite action after completing the prologue and waking up on the beach.
• Companion Astarion gets access to the Vampire Bite action after he is outed as a vampire.

Description

Suck the blood from a living creature to regain hit points. The target takes 2d4⁠⁠Piercing damage, but not if it is  Sleeping^{[See: Bugs]} or you are  Hiding.

If the target is humanoid, you become  Happy and the target becomes  Bloodless.

Biting a creature does not break stealth.

Properties

Cost

 Bonus Action

Damage: 2~8

2d4⁠Piercing (if Astarion is not Hiding)

Healing: 2~8

2d4⁠Healing (if the target is alive and not Gale or Karlach)

Details

 Melee: 1.5 m (5 ft)

 Targets: A creature that is not an undead, plant, elemental, ooze, construct, or Petrified

 Recharge: Short rest

Technical details

UID

Target_VampireBite_Astarion

Spell flags

CannotTargetItems, CannotTargetTerrain, IsHarmful, IsMelee, Stealth

Condition: Happy

 Happy

Duration: Until Long rest

• Astarion's vampiric hunger has been temporarily sated. +1 to all Attack Rolls, Saving Throws, and most Ability Checks.

How to learn

Used by creatures: Astarion

Notes

• Attempting to use this action on the following creatures neither heals Astarion nor grants the Happy condition, and also causes an additional effect:
  •  Karlach before her heart is upgraded twice – inflicts 3 turns of  Burning
  •  Gale or  Dead corpses – inflicts 3 turns of  Poisoned
• Compared to the unique features and abilities of other origin characters, Vampire Bite stands out for its combat potential and extended buff.
• Companions confront origin Astarion about his vampirism if he uses this action in front of them without having previously revealed his condition to them.
• Using this ability on companions causes them to lose some approval, unless the player character is dating them.^[verify]

Bugs

• The attack uses the wrong condition (SLEEPING  rather than SLEEP ) to check if a target is  Sleeping, and therefore does not correctly avoid dealing damage to Sleeping targets, unless Astarion is also  Hiding.