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Vampires will succumb to their thirst for blood over a period of time. The longer you go without blood, the more powerful the benefits of vampirism will become, while the weaknesses will get worse.
You can only drink blood from sleeping NPCs. Interact with a sleeping NPC while sneaking to have the option to suck their blood.
Stage One
At stage one, vampires have a 25% increase to their illusion spells. They are 25% harder for NPCs to detect, have 100% resistance to diseases or poisons, and are 25% resistant to ice.
On the flipside, theyre 25% weaker to fire. Outside, in the sunlight, they also take a 15 point decrease to their health, magic, and stamina. Those three stats also do not regenerate.
Vampires at stage one have the power to reanimate the dead to serve them. They can also improve their night vision with another power.
Vampires also gain a spell that allows them to drain the health of their enemies.
As each stage increases, some effects stay the same, while the rest change. To be brief, well only list the changes between stages.
Stage Two
At stage two, vampires at 50% more resistant to frost, while their vampiric servant and vampiric drain powers become more powerful.
They also become 50% weaker to fire, and have their health, stamine, and magic stats lowered by 30.
They gain another power; that of Vampiric Seduction. Enemies, either animals are people, can be calmed for 30 seconds. That means they wont attack.
Stage Three
Vampires now have a 75% resistance to ice, while their powers of reanimating the dead and draining the living become more powerful.
Their weaknesses also grow, they are 75% more weak to fire, and their health, magic, and stamina are reduced by 45 points in the sunlight.
Stage Four
The last stage of vampirism. These vampires are 100% resistant to ice, while their draining and servant powers become even stronger.
They are also 100% weak to fire, with their health, stamina, and magic stats lowered by 60 points in the sunlight.
Stay out of the light and away from humans, because NPCs are all hostile to stage 4 vampires.
Luckily, stage 4 vampires gain another new power Embrace of Shadows, which turns your character invisible for three minutes.