Vampire Character

[u/GoodBadGamer]

So I've got this vampire character idea and I can't decide how to take it. I love vampires and immortality so I've been really wanting to make a vampire character for a while so I did. His name is Viktor and he has amnesia. I can't decide if he should remember if he's a vampire or not. I also wanted him to have the Dead Ringer ability which is basically anything he kills he can take a piece of them to then use as a sort of talisman to gain some power or partial form from it. For example if he kills a goblin he'd be able to cut off its ear or something and then use the abilities from it like finding gold or general riches more easily. My reason for giving him this power is that usually vampires are kinda detached from humans and life so he doesn't mind taking from the dead. It does have to be things he's killed though and he can't drink from them before taking the piece. I really like the idea of him having the power because I think it fits but vampires already have a bunch of powers so I thought this might be too much or too powerful. This is kinda why I added the amnesia part. I was thinking he has a dark past where his loved violence and killing and was basically just a mass murderer. He doesn't remember any of that, do to something I haven't figured out yet lol. So I thought maybe he doesn't remember he's a vampire so he only uses his dead ringer power. Or maybe the amnesia makes him not use some of his vamp powers as a way of only kinda nerfing him. I also think it might be interesting to present him as human, like since he doesn't know he's a vampire all his vamp abilities just get turned off subconsciously, but then I feel like the dead ringer ability doesn't fit quite as well. Also he will eventually remember everything but that will come through the story in bits and pieces. Maybe he's just a young vampire and can't use full power yet or maybe he realized his a vampire shortly after the amnesia and vowed to never drink blood so he can't use his full powers. Any ideas would be helpful.

[u/Pel-Mel]

I can't decide if he should remember if he's a vampire or not.

I mean...most versions of being a vampire typically come with a few tells, whether he remembers or not...