By Karl Bergström (saddam@algonet.se)
Vampires of low generation have more potent blood, so each litre is worth more blood points. This means that the actual volume of blood in the vampire remains the same, no matter the generation. Using simple arithmetic, the table below shows how much volume one blood point is, and how many blood points one litre of blood is.
WW states that a vampire can drain three blood points a turn, but this needs to be altered for vampires of earlier generations, since the volume drained remains the same, but each unit of volume contains more blood points.
If dealing with a human, three blood points are the equivalent of 1.5 litres. One turn is 3-5 seconds. If I drink 1.5 litres in 5 seconds, I get sick. I am an 18 year old (human) male. A simple experiment showed that I am able to drink approx. 2dl in 5 seconds (and then I'm not heaving). The table below shows how much would be drained per turn, both WW style and with my drinking capabilities.
According to WW, a human survives without help if you drain half of their blood pool or less. That would be equal to 2.5 litres of blood. I'm no doctor, but that sounds like too much, and my friends agree.
| Type | Pool size (Blood Points) | Each point (decilitres) | One litre (Blood Points) | Drain per turn (WW style) (Blood Points) | Drain per turn (realistic) (Blood Points) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0.4 |
| 13th+ | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0.4 |
| 12th | 11 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 0.44 |
| 11th | 12 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 0.48 |
| 10th | 13 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 0.52 |
| 9th | 14 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 0.56 |
| 8th | 15 | 3.3 | 3 | 4.5 | 0.6 |
| 7th | 20 | 2.5 | 4 | 6 | 0.8 |
| 6th | 30 | 1.7 | 6 | 9 | 1.2 |
| 5th | 40 | 1.25 | 8 | 12 | 1.4 |
| 4th | 50 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 1.6 |
| 3rd | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |