Are vampires considered undead?

[RingleToo]

For the purposes of the AA's Blessed Armament and Protection from Undead do vampires count as undead? I was told that vampires do not count which just doesn't make any sense to me. For that matter, what about the Holy Strike line, does that work against vampires?

[Mabes]

For holy strike line, yes they are considered undead (you can see it does the nuke dmg twice).  Not sure about for blessed armament and protection, though I would think yes, however have not heard for sure or not.

[TheLopper]

<p>Well, they kind of aren't undead, because they never really died!</p>

[Lydiae]

Bram Stoker invented the term un-dead as his original title for <i>Dracula</i>...

[RingleToo]

<p>Traditionally, dying is part and parcel of being turned into a vampire. Off the top of my head, I can't think of any stories where it isn't. </p><p>Now, if EQII lore has a different take on how one becomes a vampire, I have no idea. In fact, I think I'll ask that question over in the Lore forum. Would be interesting to know if there's a different approach.</p>