Boss encounters?

[partouf]

I think the game can benefit from some kind of boss encounter mechanic.

These would probably be preprogrammed 12x12 areas with another vampire that doesn't like you being in their city. Or maybe a vampire hunter or priest that have special abilities to try and kill you (crosses, stakes, garlic?).

Bosses should have self-healing like humans have when they are near churches.

[hawnsbrix]

Boss arenas can provide the gimmicks that involve the boss healing or whatever imo. They could possibly kill or sacrifice hapless bystanders or hostages at certain points in a fight.

An arena could be tactically littered with tiles that do something if the boss was to walk over them.
In the same vein; they could use area denial as some form of attack. I.e. a row of tiles changes color for a certain time and damages the player if they are on them.