Play as a vampire in New Vegas.

Choose the Vegas Vampire trait offered by Doc Mitchell at the beginning or use the console and type showtraitmenu and choose it there for existing characters.

This mod focuses on the mechanics of being a vampire only.If you want to look like a vampire or have other vampires to interact with in the game, then I highly recommend scot's mods found here : http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=35029

** Version 1.2 Released.
Version 1.2 release - Bugs and Balancing
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Fixed Sandman Perk bug that allowed drinking blood from just about everything
Changed Cannibalchallenge perk so that you can start harvesting bloodpacks at level 3 instead of lvl 12 after drinking from a number of corpses.
Changed Mr. Sandman perk so that it is available at lvl 8 and sneak 50 to drink from sleepers.
Added Bloodpacks to doctors vendor lists.
Increased amount of hydration/food given by feeding and in blood packs
Changed the time you will take damage to 8AM - 6PM, giving you two more hours before you start taking sun damage outside.

** Version 1.1 Released.Adds the ability to initiate healing by depleting your blood(hydration level).It is accessible from the aid menu on your pip-boy.
** Optional file added to remove food items from regenerating health, water, food levels if you are a vampire. Must get your sustenance from drinking blood. Chems/alchohols unchanged.
Installation - unpack the archive, place the file in your data folder and check the box in the data file launcher.

To play this you will need to start a new character, I chose not to add a unique look/race at this time since it makes the mod very incompatible to the many hair and chargen mods out there.
When Doc gives you the questionaire you MUST choose Vegas Vampire trait from his selection as that perk contains most of the changes and other changes will check for that perk to get different effects.

This should work for existing characters who already have the cannibal perk, however, I can't guarantee that.
If you don't have that perk, you can try adding it in the console with showtraitmenu.

Optional File - NoFoodBenefit - this optional file will eliminate all healing, food and water benefits from food items for anyone with the cannibal(vampire) trait.I made it an optional file since it changes nearly all food and drink items and will likely conflict with mods that make similar changes like inventory sort mods or survival mods. I highly recommend its use for the full vampire feel though.

Version 1.1 release -
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Fixed Bloodpack to also restore health
Added Blood Healing ability - Will regnerate health and limbs for 10 secs at a huge cost to your hydration level.
Stimpaks and super Stimpaks no longer affect those with vampires

Initial release -
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Changed Cannibal perk in the following ways:
-changed name to Vegas Vampire
-changed to trait so is selectable with Doc's questionaire
-added sun damage to slowly take damage while outside during the day with visual effect
-minor text changes so that buttons and text reflect drinking blood rather than eating meat
-will take 100 times amount of radiation from consuming food and water to discourage food use(until I find a better solution).
-drinking blood will also reduce starvation and hydration levels
Changed Mr. Sandman perk so add option to drink blood from sleeping victim. (untested yet as my character doesn't yet have the perk)
Changed blood packs to also reduce food and water need.
Changed Cannibalchallenge perk so that you can get blood packs from corpses when you earn that perk.
Changed MeatofChampions perk text to reflect drinking of blood rather than eating.
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Obviously, I recommend choosing the many night-related perks as you level up.I didn't give them to you for free as a vampire, but as the night is your new home, you should have much more motivation to get them.


Planned Future additions:
Feeding on a paralyzed target.
Better night vision / life detection vision
Fix so items (vampire powers) only available when vampire trait is chosen instead of from beginning.
Add new vampiric powers - speed, strength, charm
add some blood recipes to make some vampire ingestibles with survival skill.

Credits -
Me and Bethesda for a great game.


Usage:
Open rights... use or change this mod however you want.I make these mods to enhance my own gameplay experience and share them to help others do the same.
If changing it to your own needs or desires helps you enjoy the game better, feel free to do so.