Gregory's ServerI always thought Vampires were undead and sustained themselves with the blood of the living. Which would make them very resistant to pathogens since they could just go "Dry" for a bit, and eradicate any infection.
I would think the werewolf wouldn't like biting one since it would be like a corpse and taste horrid.
For the reverse. The idea that a non-vampire can become one via bite from a vampires makes no sense, it would mean exponential growth
@thesteelrat
Yeah, I've never subscribed to the idea of vampirism as a pathogen communicated by bite. Even if vampires don't need to eat very often, it just doesn't make sense, as you say. So vampirism is often made out to be something that must be consciously transferred, as in Anne Rice books. Still, if a werewolf ingests vampire blood, does that count?
I think vampires are mostly immune to pathogens for the same reason dead bodies are: they're dead. But lycanthropy isn't a traditional virus, typically. If it's "contagious" at all. Some lycanthropes aren't. So maybe a werewolf can't turn a vampire, but can a vampire turn a werewolf?
@thesteelrat
Yeah, I've never subscribed to the idea of vampirism as a pathogen communicated by bite. Even if vampires don't need to eat very often, it just doesn't make sense, as you say. So vampirism is often made out to be something that must be consciously transferred, as in Anne Rice books. Still, if a werewolf ingests vampire blood, does that count?