[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Truper:
Sure. But which of them are also innately etherial, flying, regenerating, cold immune, poison immune, life stealing and immortal, as well as spawning high-quality free troops? Not to mention encumberance 0, and... and... and...

The Vampires that a VQ spawns do not appear in a controllable manner or in very large quantities, even with strong dominion. If anything, they are not nearly as reliably spawned as the PoD's longdead rabble, which, if he parks for a few turns, can grow to be a sizeable mass. If you're using Soul Vortex + Phoenix Pyre, lifestealing isn't even an issue.

And by the way, has anybody else considered the absurdity of flying in a full suit of black steel armor?

Not really. It's not as if Vampires fly by any apparent natural means, as they're clearly not aerodynamic and have no ability to generate lift. Dom2 wouldn't be the only game with flying, armored vampires. I don't even use Black Steel, the spellcasting encumberance imposed would cause her to pass out during prebattle buffing.