VAMPIRE BY NIGHT (Nina Price)
Created By: Jeff Parker & Federica Manfredi
First Appearance: Amazing Fantasy #10 (2007)
Role: Vampire Werewolf
Group Affiliations: S.H.I.E.L.D's Howling Commandos, S.T.A.K.E.
PL 9 (147)
STRENGTH 1/6/7
STAMINA 2/--/7
AGILITY 1/3/3
FIGHTING 6/10/10
DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 0/0/-3
AWARENESS 1/1/-1
PRESENCE 2/2/-2
Skills:
Expertise (Government Agent) 2 (+2)
Intimidation 4 (+6)
Perception 6 (+7)
Advantages:
Fast Grab, Improved Initiative, Startle
Powers:
"Super-Strong Vampire Transformation"
Enhanced Strength 5 [10]
Enhanced Agility 2 [4]
Enhanced Fighting 4 [8]
Immunity 30 (Fortitude Effects) [30]
Reduced Stamina 7 [-14]
Protection 6 [6]
Impervious Toughness 10 (Flaws: Not versus Wood, Fire, Silver or Holy Weapons) [5]
Regeneration 6 (Flaws: Source- Blood) [3]
Immortality 4 (Flaws: Not if Staked, Beheaded or Dealt With in Mystical Ways) [4]
Speed 3 (16 mph) [3]
Senses 2 (Low-Light Vision, Acute Scent) [2]
"Hypnotic Stare" Affliction 7 (Will; Dazed/Stunned/Paralyzed) (Extras: Area- Visual Perception) [14]
"The Vampire's Bite" Strength-Damage +0 Linked to Weaken Stamina 8 (Flaws: Grab-Based, Limited to 1 Rank Per Minute) Linked to Affliction 8 (Fort; Entranced/Compelled/Transformed to Vampire) (Extras: Cumulative, Progressive +2) (Flaws: Grab-Based, Limited to Drained Victims) [18]
"White Wolf" Morph 1 (Feats: Metamorph) (Flaws: Limited to During Full Moons) [5]
Trades Vampire Powers For:
Enhanced Strength 6 (12)
Enhanced Stamina 5 (10)
Enhanced Agility 3 (6)
Enhanced Fighting 4 (8)
Reduced Intelligence 3 (-6)
Reduced Awareness 2 (-4)
Reduced Presence 4 (-8)
Enhanced Advantages 4: All-Out Attack, Great Endurance, Improved Critical (Natural Weapons), Improved Trip (4)
"Animal Senses" Senses 8 (Acute & Extended Scent, Low-Light Vision, Scent-Tracking, Ultra & Extended Hearing, Infra & Ultravision) (8)
"Animal Physiology" Speed 3 (16 mph) (3)
Offense:
Unarmed +6 (+1 Damage, DC 16)
Vampire's Strength +10 (+6 Damage, DC 16)
Vampire's Bite +8 (+6 Damage, +6 Weaken & +6 Affliction, DC 24, 16 & 16)
Wolf's Strength +10 (+7 Damage, DC 22)
Initiative +5 (+9 Vampire & Wolf)
Defenses:
Dodge +8 (DC 18-20), Parry +6 (+10 Monster, DC 16-20), Toughness +2 (+6 Vampire, +7 Wolf), Fortitude +3 (-- Vampire, +8 Wolf), Will +5
Complications:
Weakness (Garlic, Fire)- Both are anathema to vampires, and will cause horrible pain.
Weakness (Holy Symbols)- Witnessing or touching a Holy Symbol is painful to vampires, but only if the wearer belives.
Weakness (Lack of Blood, Home Soil)- Though Immune to Fortitude Effects, They can effectively starve to death if deprived of blood- and are usually addicted to the substance.
Quirk (No Reflection)- Vampires do not cast reflections in any mirrored surface.
Power Loss (All Powers)- Nina has no powers whatsoever by day.
Total: Abilities: 30 / Skills: 12--6 / Advantages: 3 / Powers: 98 / Defenses: 10 (147)
-One of the cooler episodes of the
Real Ghostbusters cartoon show (something I'm WAY more familiar with than the movies) was one featuring a Werewolf/Vampire showdown between rival gangs. And, at episode's end, Egon comes to the conclusion that they'd better jet, as "If you get bitten by a vampire, you BECOME a vampire! But what happens if a WEREWOLF gets bitten by a vampire?", and suddenly, a legion of Vampire Werewolves and Werewolf Vampires renew their aggression. The
Underworld movie also featured this with the main guy (your standard "Confused Normal Person Who Needs Things Explained To Them). And even Marvel got in on the game, with the creation of Vampire By Night.
-Created for the renewed
Amazing Fantasy series (which featured a bunch of one-offs that really went nowhere), Nina Price is the neice of Jack Russell, the Werewolf By Night. Stricken by the same curse than affected Jack, she became a Werewolf on her 18th birthday. However, at some point, she was bitten by a vampire, who successfully "turned" her into a member of the undead. However, the change would only occur at night... and on full moons, she would transform into a white wolf. Since her mother married rich, Nina was able to afford a zoo where she'd imprison herself during the lupine change, but gleefully executed criminals as a vampire.
-Eventually, Nina was captured by S.H.I.E.L.D. and forcibly placed into their monster program, the new Howling Commandos. Yes, forced conscription was deemed to be a GOOD IDEA by these idiots. She was captured in the thrall of Dracula, but freed by Wolverine.
-Nina is a complicated build, owing to her Sometimes Vampire status (which makes her a rare character with an alternate form that includes an Immunity to Fortitude Effects), then the whole "Wolf Form" thing (a cheaper Metamorph, as it lowers her Mental Stats considerably). She's basically PL 8-ish most of the time, but has a PL 9 Bite and Wolf form. She'd be about forty points more expensive if you dropped the "Only At Night" Flaw across the board and made it a Complication.