After the main questline, and after you’ve tired of Fort Dawnguard, just ask Serana to turn you. Note that playing as a Dawnguard member does not mean you can never become a Vampire Lord.

However, you cannot regularly use the powerful Vampire Lord form until after you’ve completed the main questline, or else the Dawnguard members will not accept you. Overall, the physical rewards (weapons, etc) are better if you choose Dawnguard. As a Dawnguard member, you’ll also have access to a few new potential human followers and can hire new husky (dog) followers, which have the properties of a normal dog follower. These helpers don’t count as primary followers, so you keep your primary follower with as well. The skill tree powers are as follows:Ĭhoosing to side with the Dawnguard gives you full access to Fort Dawnguard (which has all the normal amenities of a home base), plus weapons, armor, and spells that are effective against vampires, and the ability to hire Armored Trolls for 500g. This drastically improves the power of beast form. Werewolves now have their own skill trees similar to the new Vampire Lords’. Although normal people will not shun you, any Dawnguard member you run into will attack on sight, even if you aren’t in Vampire Lord form. The disadvantages are that you’re still a vampire, significantly weakened by sunlight and need to feed on people to keep your strength up. Unlike a werewolf, you can shift in and out of this form at will.

The advantage is you can use the awesome new Vampire Lord form, complete with bat teleportation, semi-flight, and its own skill tree. There’s an achievement/trophy to be had if you can bring down one of the latter. Legendary Dragons show up once you’ve hit level 70. If you are at least level 60, Revered Dragons will spawn at random around Skyrim, just like any other dragon. The Dawnguard DLC offers two new dragon breeds.

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