He got his hands chopped off and Manfred likely attacked him in an isolated place, so he probably just bleeded to death. And he would be dead of old age anyway.
Maybe because she's afraid there's hidden spells on the door?
Huh, wiki page says that's from 8th edition Vampire Counts, but that's definitely not right.
You've also got the Money vote infiltrating two other categories.
A sword is not very suitable for breaking down doors.
And that's not even including materials like sawdust and embalming fluids, running water and Warpstone, though carrying and making use of such materials would be rather more questionable in practicality and, in the case of the last, ethics and safety. There's also the possibility that the vampire you're facing is compelled to count things they see, so you can buy whole minutes of time to regroup in the middle of combat if you've got a pouch full of copper coins, pebbles or the like, as the vampire will either fail to resist the urge to count and sort them, losing track of all sense of the world around them until they're finished, or they'll have to retreat/fight while constantly distracted by their presence.
I read the Marienburg section and stopped after that. I really didn't like the whole thing. It just wasn't giving me good vibes. I don't really think I'd read it, more like skim through sections of it.
To be fair, these materials should resonate with Shyish, so there is a bit of logic there.
