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Message: Emoticon Listing HTML Help	[quote]This couldn't be possible at any time frame, as they didn't discover it until later, and wasn't used consistantly until about the 1960s. It depends on the creature and its mythos. If it is a certain type of Vampire, only certain things will kill it. Some Vampires can only be killed by a stake through its heart, so while the fire will injure it to the point of chared body and loss of skin and such, it can still enter a stupor and heal itself over many many years. Some Vampires can only be destroyed by fire, so your idea will certainly kill it. Other Vampires LOVE fire as they regenerate through fire. Now onto escaping fire itself. According to some legends, Vampires can turn gaseous and escape by that means, they can outrun it (White Wolf's Celerity or Temporus). Some can actually control the fire itself. The weaker Vampires won't have all these abilities, so they will most certainly be destroyed by fire. So really it all depends on the style of the vampire and where he comes from. Was he Aztecan, was he Egyptian, was he from White Wolf... many different things to look at before finding a way to kill him. Remember, not everything is killed the same way.[/quote]
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replied on: 5/27/2003 3:24:59 AM

This couldn't be possible at any time frame, as they didn't discover it until later, and wasn't used consistantly until about the 1960s.

It depends on the creature and its mythos. If it is a certain type of Vampire, only certain things will kill it.

Some Vampires can only be killed by a stake through its heart, so while the fire will injure it to the point of chared body and loss of skin and such, it can still enter a stupor and heal itself over many many years.

Some Vampires can only be destroyed by fire, so your idea will certainly kill it.

Other Vampires LOVE fire as they regenerate through fire.

Now onto escaping fire itself. According to some legends, Vampires can turn gaseous and escape by that means, they can outrun it (White Wolf's Celerity or Temporus). Some can actually control the fire itself.

The weaker Vampires won't have all these abilities, so they will most certainly be destroyed by fire.

So really it all depends on the style of the vampire and where he comes from. Was he Aztecan, was he Egyptian, was he from White Wolf... many different things to look at before finding a way to kill him.

Remember, not everything is killed the same way.

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