D/D Blood Magic Necro, Are they Vampires?
The traits kinda lead you on to believing that they would be vampiric.
What are your thoughts?
Vampiric? Yes. Vampires? No.
Necros have always had vampiric this and vampiric that, usually describing blood magic spells that transferred health directly from the target to the caster. But the actual vampires of Tyria are nothing like that- they’re radically inhuman creatures, sharing models with certain incubus (the precursors to GW2’s bats) and gaki, whose sole skill is a suicide attack, and besides they’re native solely to a single spot in Cantha.
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GW doesn’t have anything like your ‘typical’ vampire aka weakened/killed in sunlight, requires blood to live, etc.
Now true, some necros might be similar to that with heavy blood magic focus, but they aren’t vampires.
Necromancers (the players) are alive. You study to become a necromancer, it’s a profession. A vampire on the other hand is undead, and it’s not something you can learn.
As said, traditional vampires do not exist in the GWverse. Blood necromancers do not drink blood, but utilize blood as a catalyst for their magic (be it their blood, or the blood of the enemy) – which can be used to heal or hinder.
Dear ANet writers,
Stop treating GW2 as a single story. Each Season and expansion should be their own story.
Stop treating GW2 as a single story. Each Season and expansion should be their own story.