In a war between Vampires and Werewolves, Vampires would win.

Since my oponent is not forcing my side into being comatose during the daytime I think that it is only fair that I do not fully restrict his side to the phases of the moon. I was merely bringing up the variation of only being in werewolf form once a month just as a hypothetical situation. Just to keep going with that situation a slight bit, werewolves may be able to lead perfectly normal human lives during the rest of the month as my oponent has stated so lets be gone with the theory that vampires could track down the werewolves in their human forms and slaughter them while they are weaker. Vampires could still go out reinforcing their numbers throughout the entire month. Laying waste to entire villages, taking humans hostage for blood and otherwise converting them into vampires. This would be a definite advantage in the next battle. As to the scarcity of silver in the world..well I'm just glad that werewolves are not weak to diamonds, now that would be a disadvantage. While it would hurt the vampires to have to gather large amounts of silver in the middle of the war lets assume that they have the knowledge of a war being on the rise. I would assume that the numbers of vampires and werewolves are significantly lower than humans, otherwise we just might have pronounced them as factual creatures by now. So if the vampires had the advantage of time I do not think that searching for enough silver to craft into weapons for its army would be a very difficult task. But lets just say that it is, the vampires only have enough silver to arm a quarter of their forces and they refuse to use firearms ( I could say that they could hire on humans who could use firearms but then again so could he and then we would be off on a wild tangent that we do not need to be on). Unless my oponent has any information indicating that werewolves musculature and skin is too tough for a good hefty sword to slice through, then the vampires do not necessarily need all of the silver in the world. I think we all agree that if your heart is carved out of your chest or your head is chopped clean off then you are good and dead no matter if you are human, vampire, or werewolf. My oponent should be happy that I have said this since many tales of vampires suggest that the only way to truly kill a vampire is a stake to the heart or even burning the entire corpse and scattering the ashes. If vampires can't rely on silver they can certainly rely on swords, maces, and other handheld object. Oh and the werewolves may have atoprophic items to use against my side but what if vampires armed themselves with rye, mistletoe, and mountian ash. Werewolves are believed to be vulnerable to all three and if silver is hard to get ahold of these items are certianly easier to find (well maybe not mountain ash). I do not think that vampires being forced to retreat into their caves or fortresses in the daylight necessarily has to be a disadvantage. I will concede that while the werewolves in beast form do not have to be complete dumb animals and I will also give you that wolves have relatively good night vision. But let us think for a moment. Vampires have bat like qualities. They also live in perpetual darkness whether in their hideaways or outside in the dark of the night. If you are going to say that werewolves have traits that apply to normal wolves you have to grant that vampires are capable of excellent vision in dark places. I propose that the necessity of retreating into their fortresses would help the vampires if you do not force them into being comatose during the daylight hours. Naturally vampires would be prepared for a battle during daylight hours since they know that they cannot be out during the day. They would know their place of dwelling far better than the werewolves and be able to see better in the dark hallways of their fortresses. They would have traps prepared and if the tight spaces of their humble abodes does not give them an advantage it would at least help even the odds. In my last argument I asked about werewolf sleeping habits. With your answer I have deduced that werewolves and vampires both need a realtively human amount of sleep so I have reasoned that sleep periods would not create an advantage for either side so I will not go with that topic any longer until further notice. In conclusion I will say that you cannot use vampires reasoning skills or government against them (at least not at the point of time that we have staged our debate). If we had put this debate at a period before all out war then yes I would grant you that the ability to reason and the establishment of government might get in the vampires ways. But at this stage we are already in war. Whether or not vampire leaders have agendas does not matter. There is only one task and that is to destroy the werewolves. Thus the rulers would lead the vampires to victory and in most cases even participate in the battle. With their knowledge and their hundreds of years of skill they would be excellent warriors and tacticians. That leads me to the topic of reason. Yes werewolves are massive killing machines and excellent hunters. But vampires are not some animal prey. They are not mere meat. They are able to create tactical situations just as any army where as an army of werewolves no matter what their mental capabilities are basically just a mass of beasts bent on destruction. As I stated earlier we are already in all out war and when in a fight vampires would only see werewolves as giant monsters of doom so they would have no qualms about killing them. We are not talking about gassing innocent women and children in the holocaust. We are talking about supernatural creatures at war so the vampires would not feel any remorse for the deaths that they cause. The ability to reason would not hinder them it would help them, help them to see their enemies weaknesses, see the opening for a good stab in one on one combat, see when to retreat, and when to assault.