You might say somebody had a stake in the auction's outcome...
Brought to my attention by the wonderful and magical world of Dark Roasted Blend: a recent estate auction featured a pretty cool and allegedly authentic antique vampire hunting kit from the 19th century:
It indeed appears to be pretty thorough and in order, including:
You have to wonder: somebody's serious kit, rigged out for a night of slaying, or someone's idea of a rich (and pretty cool) joke? If the former... wow. If the latter... did they even have geeks in the 1800s?
I mean, this is exactly the kind of thing I or a lot of my friends would own or consider owning as a helluva awesome conversation piece, and I know if I saw it sitting in a friend's home I'd think it was pretty freaking slick. Oh yeah, I know the silver bullets are for lycanthropes, but vamps and werewolves tend to run together, so it doesn't hurt to be prepared.... And then I'm sure everybody would be in the mood for a go at Fury Of Dracula. Hell, just looking at the picture just put me in the mood for a game.
The article doesn't tell us who spent the $14,850 on the vampire kit, but in my heart of hearts I'm pretty sure it was a magical redhead, formerly of California and now living in England, who expense-accounted it to the secret organization she's presently working for as a birthday present for her best friend from high school. Call it a hunch.
It indeed appears to be pretty thorough and in order, including:
...stakes, mirrors, a gun with silver bullets, crosses, a Bible, holy water, candles and even garlic, all housed in a American walnut case with a carved cross on top....
You have to wonder: somebody's serious kit, rigged out for a night of slaying, or someone's idea of a rich (and pretty cool) joke? If the former... wow. If the latter... did they even have geeks in the 1800s?
I mean, this is exactly the kind of thing I or a lot of my friends would own or consider owning as a helluva awesome conversation piece, and I know if I saw it sitting in a friend's home I'd think it was pretty freaking slick. Oh yeah, I know the silver bullets are for lycanthropes, but vamps and werewolves tend to run together, so it doesn't hurt to be prepared.... And then I'm sure everybody would be in the mood for a go at Fury Of Dracula. Hell, just looking at the picture just put me in the mood for a game.
The article doesn't tell us who spent the $14,850 on the vampire kit, but in my heart of hearts I'm pretty sure it was a magical redhead, formerly of California and now living in England, who expense-accounted it to the secret organization she's presently working for as a birthday present for her best friend from high school. Call it a hunch.
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Also, wouldn't garlic powder be a better choice? Lasts longer, easier to deploy (think blow gun).
Dark Roasted Blend, one of my very favorite sites.
It's think garlic *oil* would work better.
How do you fend off Jewish and Hindu vampires?
Garlic and a stake through the heart seem like they'd work universally, but if you're a Christian vampire, can you just move to the middle east to make life safer?
Jewish vampires are harmless because blood isn't kosher (cf. Leviticus 17:10).
I'll have to think about Hindu vampires a little more. ;-)
1. Once someone has been made into a zombie, I'm not sure that they're going to be too concerned about keeping kosher.
2. According to my extensive five minute internet research, there may be debate as to whether human blood is treyf or not. Additionally, kosher laws are (I believe) traditionally suspended if it is a life or death circumstance. If vampires can survive only on blood, then in theory, it should be kosher for them to dink blood as long as they do not kill the creature from which they are drinking.
3. Kosher rules are for living humans. As vampires have died and then risen again, would they remain bound by kosher rules?
Once someone has been made into a vampire.
Damned zombies.