Vampire, Creeplight RuinsI need to play more runs with the Vampire. I have no real working knowledge of all the intricacies of the life-steal mechanic. I know the rules (at least in general) but I seldom think about them or understand all the details while playing. I play more like: “Okay, that kill didn’t heal me for some reason, so let’s punch something else and hope that it’ll provide me with some health.” It is quite funny to steal back the life-steal overheal HP from lower-level Shades, though. In the end, I finished one blood pool short of “Feeling Parched” as I had to drink a health potion to be able to kill the last lvl9 monster. After all, the run turned out to be much easier than I had expected. I didn’t even notice the Platemail until I had the boss down to its third form. A Shade must have blinked onto the tile with the shop. (I have no idea whether that is even possible, but that is my version of the story and I’ll stick to it.

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