From: alberich@iglou.com (Mark Kinney)

DHAMPIR

Introduction

        Well, this is finally taking the form I intended.
        I started on this soon after Hank Driskill's Highlander supplement 
hit the net, and meant to present this along similar lines, although time 
considerations forced limitation to a somewhat condensed version, which 
can be found on the various FTP and web sites that drew from the old 
vampire-l list.
        My first exposure to the dhampir was the anime Vampire Hunter D.  
I found the concept of a child of a vampire being an exceptional vampire 
hunter a fascinating idea, but there seemed little room for it in the confines 
of Vampire:The Masquerade.  I found out later that it is part of the Balkan 
vampire lore, however, and self-styled dhampir have been active in the 
region as late as the 1980s, and with a little research I found a way that
 such a creature could be made to exist in that beloved game of ours.
        I made a few other fundamental mistakes, though.  Fearing an ultra-
powered character in a universe that at the time consisted only of 
Vampires, Garou, the occasional Mummy and, for those who chose to 
integrate them, the Immortals, I made the dhampir horribly weak for the 
job they're supposed to be doing.  I hope that I haven't gone too far in the 
opposite direction with these rules, but with the other character types fully 
defined now, it should be safe.  The fact that the World of Darkness is such 
a diverse entity now should be a balancing factor. I also have tried to 
improve the motivation of the dhampir character, making it something 
other than a monstrous bugaboo for storytellers to spring upon their 
unsuspecting players.  
        I hope you find these rules useful and enjoyable.

                                                Mark Kinney
                                                3 January 1996