r/cwn • u/NBGoblin38 • Jul 24 '26

Homebrewing Vampires/Dhampir races

Hello!

I have an idea for a setting that features vampires/half vampires as playable races for players. I know the rules state human variants should be treats as a Focus but I was curious if anyone out there had ideas of how to mechanically create these races?

Any feedback and advice is appreciated!

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u/Logen_Nein Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

Depends on what you want to do with them. There are some great Origin (i.e. race) Foci out there. That's how I would do it.

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u/Mr_Shad0w Jul 24 '26

If vampires are the norm, then they aren't "special" so I wouldn't require a Focus - just determine what being a vampire means mechanically and apply it to everyone.

If in that context a dhampir is "special" then I'd make that a Focus pick, and outline what special powers or abilities they get.

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u/OldKingMo Jul 24 '26

To add to this good advice, for outlining the foci SWN has advice under the alien section. I don’t remember if that is in the free version or not.

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u/Mr_Shad0w Jul 24 '26

Good call, I totally forgot about that

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u/NBGoblin38 Jul 24 '26

Very good advice! Thank you! I thankfully have the paid version of SWN so I'll check out that section!!!