So if I understand, even if you mortally wound one side of the vampire "card", the vampire can escape destruction by virtue of retreating into the other form. But won't their damage be retained when they go back to the form they were wounded in? Could you not kill a vampire just by wounding both f
While the other side is "face down" it will regenerate so long as the "showing face" takes in enough blood.
If the "showing face" is "destroyed" the vampire will try to find another vessel for its spirit in this world. If it can't, or if both faces are destroyed (usually only possible by taking damage from holy weapons) then the vampire will lose its grip on this world and return to the darkness.
If the "showing face" is "destroyed" the vampire will try to find another vessel for its spirit in this world. If it can't, or if both faces are destroyed (usually only possible by taking damage from holy weapons) then the vampire will lose its grip on this world and return to the darkness.