» Fri Jun 15, 2012 4:19 pm
From the trailer we can see you grabbing a merchant and biting the neck so I'm guessing a mechanic to feed on non-sleeping enemies. What I'd hope to see is feeding to maintain your powers rather then disguise your form.(we had nine clans in daggerfall that could walk about town at night). So the new vampire outside of Lord form would work like this.
Stage One: Feed in past 24 hours
? You have a 100% Resistance to Frost.
? You have a 100% Weakness to Fire.
? While outside during daylight, Health, Magicka, and Stamina have an automatic -60 to their total.
Stage Two: 24 Hours without blood
? You have a 75% Resistance to Frost.
? You have a 75% Weakness to Fire.
? While outside during daylight, Health, Magicka, and Stamina have an automatic -45 to their total.
Stage Three: 48 Hours without blood
? You have 50% Resistance to Frost.
? You have a 50% Weakness to Fire.
? While outside during daylight, Health, Magicka, and Stamina have an automatic -30 to their total.
Stage Four: 72 hours without blood
? You have a 25% Resistance to Frost.
? You have a 25% Weakness to Fire.
? While outside during daylight, Health, Magicka, and Stamina have an automatic -15 to their total.
You have to feed regularly to maintain your powers, the longer you go without blood the weaker your abilities become and the greater your weaknesses, but as a trade off your weakness are also less pronounced when your vampiric powers are weaker. In essence you reverse the stages you begin at stage four.
One could also reverse the weaknesses but that feels like a little much.