Whats a good power for a vampire?

Question

writing a book. need ideas. discrete please

not:

mind reading

telling the future

mind control

Answer 1

Well,   After  making eye contact ( for a good period of time) he / she would be able to control the person with his mind. Kinda like a little toy remote control car.   The vampire can still function as usually, but control his victim with his mind and thoughts.  This is not like possesing someone body , were your in their body.... no no, this is one were your controling them from the out side. :)

This would be one scary power....... Erggg........ If one had that power, I could only imagine  what a single male would do if he " got lost" in the Playboy mansion.......

Answer 2

1. being able o flip it so that that particular vampire can use the other vampires' powers against them

eg: a vampuire is trying to get inside your vampire's mind, your vampire flips it so that she can get inside the other vampire's mind instead

Answer 3

a ninja-esque ability to disappear into a shadow at will

elemental control (fire, wind, etc.)

being able to create minions from a shadow

Answer 4

blood sucking

Answer 5

Well theres the usual flying, super speed, super strength etc. But you could try things like shape shifting, you kno so they can look more human or more animal, or they could be invunerable to sunlight...

Answer 6

Abilities some real vampires have:

Being charming (what D+D would call high charisma)

Empathy (feeling other people's emotions)

Reverse empathy (projecting emotions onto someone)

Sensing auras and chakras

Psychic vampirism

Energy manipulation

Energy Healing (pranic healing, Reiki)

Dreamwalking

Astral Projection

Past life recollection

Stronger sense of smell

Stronger sense of taste

Stronger than normal

More agile than normal

Healing faster

Weather control (rare)

Magic (as real witches do)

Glamour (as faeries/fey do)

Answer 7

teleportation, unnatural strength and agility, maybe invisibility.

Answer 8

1- time and distance limited mind control (even though it says not to list this one, everyone else is adding it... follow the crowd, follow the crowd!!!)

2- the ability to reverse other vampire's powers

3- the ability to borrow powers/talents

4- the ability create illusions, or make people think they saw things/people that weren't really there (vampire induced insanity <shudder>)

5- seeing the future, premonitions or a more controled power

6- the ability to manipulate emotion

7- the ability to know things simply by thinking about them (like forming a question and knowing an answer)... for example: the girl who told you to post this question has pale skin, green eyes, and a is of latin decent

Answer 9

Being able to bake really tasty desserts

Answer 10

Even though I hate the propagation of fantasized Vampires in stories, since Twilight has screwed up all true perceptions of them, I will attempt to help you here... as another writer, I love Vampire stories looking over the misconceptions they entailed...

A power they can have is the simple ability to go beyond the natural constraints of gravity and space... though it has been done before it acts as a very effective story devise... Extreme agility is another simple character ploy that adds an interesting effect... Heightened senses are a natural direction to go, examples being, smell, night-sight, hearing, etc. Heightened coordination coming from the fact that some of them are ancient and would have much time to learn... If you are going for powers for an evil vampire character (or in these days they could even be good) the manipulation of demonic forces, as so many people assume vampires are connected to the demon world... more strength than the average bear is another.... I would advise not doing the whole bat thing... wolf, maybe... in the original Dracula, Dracula could turn into mist... in fact, I do not think he ever became a bat! The ability to hear a heartbeat or small blood, even within the veins, is something I thought should be brought out more... quick healing is another...

I do hope this has helped in at least giving you some inspiration for a direction to go in....

Answer 11

being able to hear things from far away and, speed, strenght, the ability to heal fast, and to see into other peoples dreams