Maybe this is because the environment is leaned strongly towards Europe.

The author uses the standard SRD vampire as the base for the vampire.
The possibilities with Character Law, and a little GM discretion, can
make unique characters not just for the Fantasy Genre, but for all
Genres.

Result: A build was started for only the last change. A lot of the
stuff in the book, despite the name, is not kobold specific.

By absorbing the negative energies of an area and using them as fuel for
their own undead natures, vampires help control the balance between
positive and negative energies.

I've chosen October for my first DaNoFiWriMo, because for the first time
in years I have a whole month with no scheduled training or consulting.
The basis for the game is a Lovecraftian fight against sanity-draining
monsters and other more generic creatures.

I actually like to see old reports, and find something of interest to
think about, and search out more evidence on. This setting will be in my
rotation for years to come.

I use the inverted commas only because the notion that the players are
"good" is not really strong in the game. It also has a fairly logical
explanation of how you get a world with many sentient races existing at
the same time, and shows how poorly they have gotten on over time.

They can be male, female or neither.