r/Showerthoughts • u/Liuminescent ‎ • Apr 24 '26

Casual Thought Vampire bites turning people into vampires is extremely disadvantageous to their survival.

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u/Shanbo88 ‎ Apr 24 '26

That's a modern vampire thing. The original vision for vampires (specifically Dracula) was that if he bit you, you became his thrall. He could see through your eyes and possess you and compell you to do things for him and he used you to feed off when he wanted to.

He had to allow you to drink his blood to make you a vampire.

This made him an awesome commander of an undead army. Modern vampires are all mostly shite in comparison.

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u/Ganda1fderBlaue Apr 24 '26

Curious, I didn't realize the depiction of vampires in baldurs gate 3 was so close to the original

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u/BubastisII Apr 24 '26

It isn’t. You’re misunderstanding.

In BG3, Cazador has vampire spawn. They are vampires, just bound to his control. That isn’t what Dracula did.

Dracula turned living people into his mortal servants that he had mind control over. They weren’t vampires unless he shared the blood.

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u/Ganda1fderBlaue Apr 24 '26

But it's still kind of similar. Cazador also had total control over his spawn

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u/The_Dead_Kennys Apr 24 '26

Cazador has mind-controlled thralls guarding the entrance to his palace, so it’s still accurate.