There are enemy versions of skills, which don't necessarily have the same requirements and effects. Normally melee attacks are restricted to a height difference equal to the character height, but I'm not sure if there are any restrictions besides the total distance for teleporting attacks.
Source Vampirism can fail on targets that do not have enough free source to collect; I'm not sure if there should be a specific error in that case. It shouldn't always fail, though.
If you are playing on PC, please email supportdos2@larian.com with a save where this can be reproduced (or a Dropbox or Google drive link, etc). If you are using any non-Larian mods, also include a list of those enabled and/or the modsettings.lsx file from your profile folder.
Each save is a folder in the '..\Documents\Larian Studios\Divinity Original Sin 2 Definitive Edition\PlayerProfiles\<ProfileName>\Savegames\Story' folder.
In Windows Explorer you can zip a file or folder by right clicking on it/them and selecting 'Send To | Compressed (zipped) Folder' (and similarly in OSX/Finder).
PS4 saves can be sent, as well, but they would need to be transferred to a USB flash drive first.
In the Saved Data in System Storage section of the Settings menu, click Copy to USB Storage Device, select the relevant save(s) and Copy. From there you can zip the files, then copy to email or upload somewhere and provide a link.