Intentional psychic vampyres usually exist within an astral body after mortal death, and will feed on the force of living person's astral bodies in an attempt to escape the afterlife, or to live forever. Death by psychic vampyrism is rare, but not impossible. If enough of a victim's life force is drawn out, it may cause physical affects which can lead to death. Symptoms of psychic vampyre attacks include fatigue, weakened immune system, dizziness, headaches, and in few cases, dimensia. Dimensia usually follows a severe attack, or multiple ones.
Psychics can sometimes read the deep purple auras which engulf the prey of the vampyre.
People with heightened psychic ability can sense their energy being fed upon, and therefore prevent it. Their is no easy method for protecting one's self from psychic vampyres. Instead, the only way to protect against them is by casting spells to remove them from a home or one's self. But this only drives them to another person. Psychic vampyres are immortal in their mortality.