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.

Social status

Dhampirs are often hunted down and killed, and thus they almost always seek to hide their identity.

See also

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