Hypnosis

"Look at me, Dearie. Be in my eyes. Be in me."

- Drusilla

Hypnosis was a psychic ability to mesmerize and influence the minds of other beings, allowing the hypnotist to exert certain control over the victim's actions as well as altering their perceptions. Certain vampires, such as The Master, Drusilla and Dracula were particularly adept at hypnosis, and employed it to gain advantage over their enemies.

The Master
"Come here."

- The Master

The Master was capable of exerting hypnotic influence over his victims. As demonstrated during his fight with Buffy Summers, the Master paralyzed her body with a simple wave of his arm and hand, not requiring to speak to her or see into her eyes. After mesmerizing her, the Master bit her. The second time they fought, however, Buffy was capable of breaking free of the Master's influence and killed him.

Drusilla
"Look at me... be in me... See with your heart."

- Drusilla

Though a capable and strong fighter, Drusilla employed hypnosis to gain the upper hand against certain foes. During her fight with Kendra, Drusilla grabbed the Slayer by the neck and mesmerized her by staring into her eyes and speaking to her. This allowed Drusilla to place Kendra in a trance-like state and slit her throat with a single fingernail.

Hours later, Drusilla employed her hypnotic powers once again. In order to extract information from Rupert Giles, Drusilla, after reading his mind, looked into the Watcher's eyes and spoke to him. After covering his eyes with her fingers, Drusilla altered Giles' visual and auditory perceptions, making him believe he was speaking to Jenny Calendar.

Dracula
"Pull your hair back."

- Dracula

Dracula employed his mind control powers in two ways. One was to influence the minds of certain humans to turn them into his servants, as he did with Xander Harris. He also employed his powers on his female victims in order to influence their actions, to lure them and make them desire him.