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A break from all the crazy serious threads in the OT right now. So much madness going on at once!

At 7pm, a Vampire (say a classic proper undead-type where it's incredibly resilient, Holy items work, and the standard allergies) or a Werewolf (classic type with standard allergies, bigger and stronger than the vampire but dumber/lacks strategy in wolf form) will enter a small modern town, and you will enter the opposite end. Which would you rather fight?

Edit - After reading some posts, I just want to add that this is a fight to the death. No driving off with a car, no hiding until dawn to let the sun do the work, enemy is out to kill you, not bite you and let you acquire awesome vampire/wolf gains to flex with the next morning. Death to one of you.

Would you win? Why?

I'd rather take my chances with the Werewolf, because at least the idea of fighting a dumb animal - despite being Alpha Lion-tier ferocity - would give me some hope of being able to use my intelligence to beat it, like traps, crude bombs, hopefully come across a powerful weapon. Since I lack experience with guns and making things, I'd more than likely lose the encounter.

I would not fight the vampire, because in a modern town there probably aren't many silver projectiles around, so close combat would be necessary for me and that would be extremely dangerous. I work out every day, but I focus on being lean/shredded and thus my mass would not give me an advantage.

Probably Vampire. A normal wolf would kill me easily, a werewolf even easier, I think. At least against a Vamp I would be even in size, if not power or strength. As far as weapons go, im good with swords and that's it, and that would get me further against a humanoid than an animal (which would presumably feel far less pain and be harder to deal debilitating damage to.

It might not be possible to kill a Vampire with a non-silver sword, but lopping off/ breaking its limbs ought to slow it down.

I think I'd lose no matter which I fought, presuming conventional weapons don't work. I think i'd go with the vampire since I'd at least have a chance at staking it.

Can I at least just hide in a home, and the vampire cannot enter?

It all depends on prep time and circumstances, and of course what sources we're pulling our monsters from.

With what I have laying around the house I probably wouldn't have much chance against either, although a 12 gauge shotgun might disorient them long enough for me to get to my car and perhaps survive. Give me a couple days to prepare and I'd feel pretty confident against a Werewolf. Vampire...depends on how smart they are and the all important question of whether sun lamps/tanning beds count as sunlight.

I am now reminded of a movie I used to love as a kid called "little vampire". Basically a vampire comedy where a nerdy little kid had to help a family of reformed vampires (they sucked blood from cows if I recall correctly) outwit a nasty vampire hunter.

Presuming we have batman levels of prep time, id rather fight the wolf. Vampires have crazy powers i rather not deal with.

I would fight the werewolf with silver bullets and a tech 9.

Does accepting my imminent death and curling up into the foetal position count as fighting?

Gentlemen, please! Use the weapons they've given you. fight the werewolf, and lose- but either by hiding in an area it can't get to, or by keeping it playing with you until sunrise. Just make sure you get scratched or bitten.

Then, be smart. Sell all your possessions, and buy a survivalists shack somewhere with tons of land and build a bunker. The land will keep humanity safe until your bunker is complete. If you have family, you'll have to bite them too. Once you have though- you have all eternity to master your wolf self, and live with glorious powers, virility, and senses.

To throw the townspeople off the scent, begin investing and trading in heavy metals- gold and silver. Stockpile the silver, with the longterm goal of removing one of your few vulnerabilities- just in case. Begin writing outrageously bad werewolf lore that gives you weird weaknesses- just like vampires commissioned Twilight to cut down on immolations, sun exposure, and staking. Pick something obscure, like rabbit's feet blessed in moonlight. (Sell these)

The reason this wouldn't work for vampires? Werewolves are sloppy, and accidentally make werewolves all the time. Heck, playing dead might even work if it wasn't too hungry. Vampires must choose to share their blood- and serial killers that suck blood to preserve their own life are not known for sharing or generosity. So I say lose, and loose the Wolfman or Wolfwoman within!

I would challenge the vampire to a game of wits. We would begin to riddle each other until one or the other guesses wrong. The loser shall be totally drained of blood or become the other's slave. I would distract the vampire long into the night until finally as he closes in the sun rises and he is struck mightily by it's beams.
Toodleoo Nosferatu.
Victory Purplefood.

I would pwned the Werewolf with doggy treats
I would gank the Vamp with HD set of Twilight

Where's the option for "I would Indian wrestle the Creature from the Black Lagoon, and win"?

Yea baby bring it! You wanna piece of me, say hello to chainsaws, home made flame throwers, holy water (yes I actually do have holy water), and more rounds than the Mexican army. Oh and that army of wiener dogs thing...


"The hardest part of the Zombie Apocalypse, is pretending I'm not excited."
-Genghis Connie on Frazzled.

That vampire doesn't look like he even lifts. Bro.

There are worse ways to go than exsanguination. I'll take my chances with the vampire.

If it's a Bram Stoker vampire I win by default thanks to eating an excessive amount of garlic on a daily basis. Bite my neck and die sucker!

Trexmeyer is prepared for any contingency.

Umm... where are you guys getting the idea to fight vampires with silver??? that's the proper werewolf disposal method.

If you're in a small town, chances are, there are wood buildings, as well as wooden power poles, etc. Hit them with my vehicle to break off some splinter chunks, fight with swords/gun to lure the vamp into a situation favoring me, and boom! impale that sucker in the chest with a wooden stake.


Either that, or go with Jihadin's route.

I'd go for the vampire and load myself up with smack beforehand. I figure that if an entity gets all its sustenance from blood it is far more likely to be heavily affected by toxins in the blood. Whilst the vampire was completely smacked out i'd stake it, probably after dinking it's blood to turn into a ghoul.

Nothing like tactics people, lose the fight to win the war.

I know!

Let us set up a Survivor game of Werewolves versus Vampires versus Villagers and find out who would win!

I go with the vampire. Werewolf just wants to murder me, vampires are arrogant egotistical lords. At a game of wits, trickery, or combat, I would stand a better chance than getting murdered by an animal.

Which would I rather fight? Depends. Which one is hotter? Because if I'm going to die (being realistic here, folks) I'd like to have a nice view at the end. Or of her end.

Yes, *her*.

Nothing says either monster has to be male. And considering my physique, I'm more evenly matched against a woman anyway.

I am Dutch thus I should be an equal to Helsing, as such, I will kill them both.

Additionally as an American I am fluent in the term "sometimes you have to destroy the village to save the village."

In proper General Ripper style, if a vampire and werewolf are entering on either side fo the town, I just firebomb the town.

Nothing says vampires survive 1,000 lb napalm cannister strikes...

Vampire. I would just need to find a lot of salt and throw it on the ground. The tradiaitonal vampire would spend the rest of the night picking it up and counting it until the sun came up and killed it.

Does that count as winning?

I thought that was Asian vampires. I may be thinking of rice (seriously).

Vampire. I would use my Automatic Grenade launcher that fires grenades that exblodes into silver shrapnel

Whichever one my tactical attack ghost feels more confident in taking on.

That is indeed asian vampires and it's rice, not salt.

Although some eastern european vampires also have similar weird weaknesses, so it's entirely possible one is having to count salt.

Which would I rather fight? I dunno, is there a creek or something without a bridge for miles around? Even better would be a river with an uninhabited island that no one ever visits in the middle.
Find a way to knock the vamp unconscious or unable to respond (the rice/salt thing sounds good), drag him to the island, and problem solved.

Bran Dawri wrote:
That is indeed asian vampires and it's rice, not salt.
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Also, Asian vampires hop everywhere. not difficult to defeat

Bullockist wrote:I'd go for the vampire and load myself up with smack beforehand. I figure that if an entity gets all its sustenance from blood it is far more likely to be heavily affected by toxins in the blood. Whilst the vampire was completely smacked out i'd stake it, probably after dinking it's blood to turn into a ghoul.

Stakes don't do anything to a "traditional" Vampire. The stake wasn't to kill it, it was to literally stick it to the ground so it couldn't get up.

purplefood wrote: I would distract the vampire long into the night until finally as he closes in the sun rises and he is struck mightily by it's beams.

dementedwombat wrote: Vampire...depends on how smart they are and the all important question of whether sun lamps/tanning beds count as sunlight..

People need to look into "traditional" Vampires rather than Hollywood Vampires. IF it does anything at all(most stories it doesn't), sunlight makes "traditional" Vampires slightly weaker, it doesn't kill them.

Why quotes around traditional? Because it's hard to pin down a "traditional" Vampire as even in Europe there's no single agreeable myth beyond them being undead. Originally, they were pretty much just walking corpses that remembered their past lives. Some drank blood, some didn't.

 Frazzled wrote:

Nothing says vampires survive 1,000 lb napalm cannister strikes...

Definitely couldn't survive Fat Man or Little Boy