Vampanella

Vampanella is one of the many role-playing subclasses in Elder Tale. The name distinguishes them from Vampires, which refers only to the monsters and not the subclass.

Overview
As said above, Vampire is a type of undead monster found in the game. It is the only subclass that does not represent some kind of job or social position but a type of monster.

Because of their small population and their tendency to conceal their true identities, Vampires and Vampanellas aren’t a familiar and concrete threat like semi-humans but rather some sort of mysterious existence told in gossip and folklore. High-ranking Vampires who see humans as food are rarely encountered directly by ordinary Earthlings because they usually stay deep in their territories and would rather use their servants to fetch them. Even human-friendly and neutral Vampires live away from the public eye and avoid having more contact than necessary with them. Victims who have been cursed to become Vampires hide their identities so as not to be seen as dangerous and be exterminated.

Directly after its arrival, the subclass was so strong and overpowered that it became overwhelmingly popular and everyone wanted to change to Vampanella. It was soon hit by a weakening patch that added so much sunlight maluses and other penalties that Vampanella is now considered a synonym of a useless or impractical subclass. Ever since, Vampanellas are weakened in daylight but are given various buffs during nighttime, are damaged instead of cured by healing spells... Although they can still travel in daylight, they tend to avoid it; for example, Roe2 travels in the woods while accompanying Touya's Party, or rides in their wagon.

Aesthetic changes in the character models such as fairer skin and red eyes occur so the Adventurer’s appearance will be closer to vampires. Such skin redesign or flavor elements doesn't in any way affect the game balance so Vampanella can be a very niche subclass for players who do not care about performance and just want to bask in a vampire’s aura.

A detailed article was written on this subclass in the “Theldesia Gazette Vol.29”.

Known Vampanellas

 * Roe2
 * Princess Itsunari

Trivia

 * Vampanella is one of several subclasses that require a subclass-removal quest before players with that subclass can pick another one.