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Unholy curses
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A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.
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What if Vampirism is a bacterial infection and it makes the wielder drink blood because that is what sustains the bacteria. I think I'm just imagining Parasite Eve again, but with bacteria in place of mitochondria.
IIRC rabies has quite a few similarities to various vampire myths (e.g. aversion to water, aversion to strong smells, aggression).
In the video game series The Elder Scrolls, vampirism is actually contracted as a disease that can be cured if you catch it soon enough.
In my home brew ttrpg setting, it's viral. A magical virus, but a virus.