Dhampir

A dhampir ("dam-PEER") is a humanoid creature, not necessarily undead, cursed with vampirism to a lesser degree than true vampires. They are not to be confused with vampire spawn, which are the thralls of vampires.

Origins

Dhampirs were introduced for 5th-edition D&D in the Unearthed Arcana article Gothic Lineages, which suggests the following options for your origin as a dhampir.

• You are the reincarnation of an ancestor who was a vampiric tyrant.
• Your pact with a predatory deity, fiend, fey, or spirit causes you to share their hunger.
• You survived being attacked by a vampire but were forever changed.
• A parasite inhabits your body. You indulge your hunger to sate it.
• You loved an immortal and were willing to be transformed into a vampire to join them, but tragedy interrupted the transformation.
• You are a diminished manifestation of an otherworldly being. Slaking your hunger hastens your renewal.
• You don’t know your origins, but you were raised by vampires or other monsters.
• A radical experiment changed your body, making you reliant on others for vital fluids.

See also

• Vampire
• Vampire spawn
• Werewolf
• Hexblood
• Shikari
• Changeling
• Fey
• Jinn
• Deva
• Rakshasa
• Aarakocra