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 Ma55ter_fett wrote:
Werewolf, I would try and escape with lycanthropy, cause that would be cool.

But then all the town guards would comment about how you have fur growing out of your ears.

squidhills wrote:

 Ma55ter_fett wrote:
Werewolf, I would try and escape with lycanthropy, cause that would be cool.

But then all the town guards would comment about how you have fur growing out of the palms of your hands.

Fixed that for you

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:

squidhills wrote:

 Ma55ter_fett wrote:
Werewolf, I would try and escape with lycanthropy, cause that would be cool.

But then all the town guards would comment about how you have fur growing out of the palms of your hands.

Fixed that for you

You didn't get the joke, it seems.

Nope... But I'd bet we're talking about the same things

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:
Nope... But I'd bet we're talking about the same things

Nope. Was making a Skyrim joke, not a masturbation joke.

Vampires are afraid of the following:
Garlic,
Wooden Stakes,
Crucifixes,
Decapitation,
Fire,
Holy Water,
Have to be invited into a home,
Can also be harmed by
Bullets
Knives
Blunt instruments.


What can kill a werewolf?
Silver.
Yep. I rather take my chances with something that is easily killed.

 Asherian Command wrote:
Vampires are afraid of the following:
Garlic,
Wooden Stakes,
Crucifixes,
Decapitation,
Fire,
Holy Water,
Have to be invited into a home,
Can also be harmed by
Bullets
Knives
Blunt instruments.


What can kill a werewolf?
Silver.
Yep. I rather take my chances with something that is easily killed.

You left out running water (or just plain old water, according to some bits of lore) and grains. Why grains? Because in some tales, vampires are very obsessive compulsive, and cannot resist the urge to count and sort out a pile of grains.
Vampires are pretty silly, when you think about it.
At least the women are attractive...sometimes.

Wait. Vampires are Fairies?

No, they do not sparkle.
Oh wait...

Refresh knowledge on Fairies.
They count grain (Dean used it to great effect)

Yes, there are some legends like that.
Seems back then, magical creatures had OCD. Apparently witches could be thwarted that way as well.

I am fairly sure that decapitating a werewolf or setting it on fire would kill it as well.

Probably. Werewolf lore is very similar to vampire lore.
They were once both the same thing, after all.

Besides, I never understood how a creature could survive decapitation in fiction.
If it were something like the Thing, where it didn't really have a central nervous system and was just a collection of mutating cells, sure, but something with an actual brain stem?
Now that's just silly.

On the other hand, good luck trying to decapitate a werewolf. He could easily block any sword attack with his arms if we use the standard werewolf and not the pussy werewolf image (e.g. Dragon Age: Origins).

You all need to start practicing

I didn't know the lore about vampires being OCD, lol.

I can just imagine as the terror approaches . . . it glares at you with a hunger and its hand outstretched. Then at the corner of its eye it catches a bag of grain that's been gnawed open by some animal . . . it attempts to look back at you, but then its attention is caught by the bag again.

It changes direction to the bag, gets close, kneels down and begins counting. You stand there confused for a second, but take the opportunity to run away - or ram a stake through it.

Or throw more salt on the floor for the vamp to count. Then really get evil and play all of Twilight on a never ending loop with the sound blasting through some 40" speaker

 Jihadin wrote:
Or throw more salt on the floor for the vamp to count. Then really get evil and play all of Twilight on a never ending loop with the sound blasting through some 40" speaker

Man that's just cruel and unusual.

 Desubot wrote:

 Jihadin wrote:
Or throw more salt on the floor for the vamp to count. Then really get evil and play all of Twilight on a never ending loop with the sound blasting through some 40" speaker

Man that's just cruel and unusual.

They are vampires they are immortal they can deal with it.

Also what if someone has HIV? Would the vampire avoid them?

 Asherian Command wrote:

 Desubot wrote:

 Jihadin wrote:
Or throw more salt on the floor for the vamp to count. Then really get evil and play all of Twilight on a never ending loop with the sound blasting through some 40" speaker

Man that's just cruel and unusual.

They are vampires they are immortal they can deal with it.

Also what if someone has HIV? Would the vampire avoid them?

Blood is blood. They're not Zombie Apocalypse types. HIV will not effect them. Now if you eat a LOT OF GARLIC

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Besides, I never understood how a creature could survive decapitation in fiction.
If it were something like the Thing, where it didn't really have a central nervous system and was just a collection of mutating cells, sure, but something with an actual brain stem?
Now that's just silly.

Depends on the legend. Remember, in Dracula, that IS how they kill both Lucy and Dracula. Heck, even in American Werewolf in London he's killed with standard bullets.

Yeah, if I remember correctly the way to kill a vampire was to lop it's head off, fill it's mouth with garlic and bury it separately.

The stake was just there to hold it down, because it is always easier to decapitate a reanimated corpse when it isn't jumping around trying to kill you. Then that gradually morphed into being the way to kill them over time.

Bromsy Stop lying We all know you have 7.62mm linked rounds dipped in Holy Water and Blessed by the Pope in the Vatican to go with the M60 you have buried in back of your house

I thought Bromsy just killed with the power of cool or optionally strangled them with his sunglasses

I would fight the vampire, and win.

I'm pretty sure I could kill a werewolf too, but I would need to have some special equipment assembled beforehand. The things I would need to fight the vampire are more readily available.

Half naked girl in the tanning room, lure it in. uv Lamps instant win!

I like the earlier idea of going up against a werewolf using a SBR or even a bullpup with a 30 round clip loaded with silver bullets.