Interesting ansvers Trotsky and Jeff. Food for thought. Thanks.
Plenty of scope for me to play with "vampire grimoire" in my sorcerer
game I think. I agree that vampirism, like other forms of chaos takes
many forms. A vampire basically has a particular type of spiritual
wound, and is clinging on to it's existance by feeding on the
lifeforce of others.
Many ways to do it, I'm sure. Many tragic tales of how each particular
type of vampirism has started, and many people seeking the state for
the corrupt power and ageless half-life that it brings.
-Adept : who likes the vampires of Glorantha because they are proper
monsters, instead of the "dark nobility" of White Wolf.