User blog:ManlikeCrawdad/Sudden Vampire Syndrome

Okay, I understand that you can be bitten by a vampire during melee combat and not notice that you have contracted Sanguinare Vampiris until it's too late. I get that.

But what if you're ambling along, enjoying the bright sunny day, shooting wolves and bandits and generally having a grand ole time, and suddenly the screen flares yellow and you get a message "your vampire blood boils in the sunlight"? This has been happening to me recently (the past couple of days), and I'm not finding any explanation.

A reload of a save prior to this bizarre Sudden Vampire Syndrome (SVS, I call it) shows no signs of disease or vampiric powers; nothing to indicate that moments later, my blood, suddenly vampiric, will be boiling in the sunlight. No vampire powers, no messages about strange hungers as the sun sets.

Again, a check of Active Effects prior to this happening shows nothing in the red; no Sanguinare Vampiris, no weakness to fire. Nothing. Not even girl cooties.

Anyone else encounter this? Am I missing something?