Thud!
"You know, Sergeant," said the voice of Sally, as if nothing had happened, "you werewolves have it easy. You stay one thing and you don't have any problems with body mass. Do you know how many bats I have to become for my body weight? More than a hundred and fifty, that's how many. And there's always one, isn't there, that gets lost or flies the wrong way? You can't think straight unless you get your bats together. And I'm not even going to touch on the subject of reassimilation. It's like the biggest sneeze you can think of. Backwards."
So. Read Thud! at the beginning of break -- and lo and behold! More Discworld vampires! So. Just some random notes of Discworldian vampire info.
-females can't re-materialize their clothes
-"I'm sorry! We can be very personable! It's a vampire thing!"
-hearing: can count the number of hearts beating, hear how fast a person's heart is beating
-smell: can smell if another person's scared
-excellent night vision
-"probably stronger than anyone on your payroll who isn't a troll"
-"'I can turn into a lot of bats,' said Sally. 'One bat is hard to do, because you have to deal with changes in body mass, and you can't do that if you've been Reformed for a while. Anyway, it gives me a headache.'"
-Regarding the daylight thing: "I'm fine with long sleeves and a wide brim. I carry the kit, anyway."
-"She could have passed for sixteen; it was certainly hard to believe that she was not a lot younger than Vimes. She had short hair, which Vimaes had never seen on a vampire before, and looked, if not like a boy, than like a girl who wouldn't mind passing for one." (Sally, 51 years old)
-"Igors were naturally servile, vampires were naturally not."
-"They must know that they exude this air of effortless ease, confident in any company, at home everywhere, making everyone else feel second-class and awkward."
-walking easily in six-inch heels
So. Read Thud! at the beginning of break -- and lo and behold! More Discworld vampires! So. Just some random notes of Discworldian vampire info.
-females can't re-materialize their clothes
-"I'm sorry! We can be very personable! It's a vampire thing!"
-hearing: can count the number of hearts beating, hear how fast a person's heart is beating
-smell: can smell if another person's scared
-excellent night vision
-"probably stronger than anyone on your payroll who isn't a troll"
-"'I can turn into a lot of bats,' said Sally. 'One bat is hard to do, because you have to deal with changes in body mass, and you can't do that if you've been Reformed for a while. Anyway, it gives me a headache.'"
-Regarding the daylight thing: "I'm fine with long sleeves and a wide brim. I carry the kit, anyway."
-"She could have passed for sixteen; it was certainly hard to believe that she was not a lot younger than Vimes. She had short hair, which Vimaes had never seen on a vampire before, and looked, if not like a boy, than like a girl who wouldn't mind passing for one." (Sally, 51 years old)
-"Igors were naturally servile, vampires were naturally not."
-"They must know that they exude this air of effortless ease, confident in any company, at home everywhere, making everyone else feel second-class and awkward."
-walking easily in six-inch heels