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Okay, so I guess my question is, what makes a doppelganger immune to lycanthropy? I browsed the Dopp netbook and the Zherisia gaz and haven't seen an explanation. In game rules, doppelgangers are Monstrous Humanoids or Monstrosities, depending upon your ruleset. 3e does not give us much description...

By the rules, no. The feat description for spiritual purgative says the secondary subject must be "one capable of being afflicted by the curse". However, the Dark Powers could always make an exception for special circumstances, as always. Alternatively, perhaps the situation becomes one li...

An interesting variant on the Darkonian claiming thing might be to require the foreigner to achieve some kind of blending into Darkonian society, which could be one or a combination of being accepted into the community and/or coming to see one's self as part of the community.

Would it possible for the foreigner to Darkon to have been born in Darkon but raised elsewhere, thereby being immune to Darkon's memory wipes but still be for all other intents and purposes be a foreigner?

Van Richten's Encyclopedia of Darklords and Domains vol 2 added Freehome to Souragne (pop 50 or less, p193). That work also has population and other stats for a lot of canon domains that never received them, including Bakumora (with Kayebo Village), Darani, Estrangia, Grafemotte (w/ the Village of G...

An alternative way to have a more Ravenloft specific undead fiend origin might be to have it be the result of a failed power ritual that killed the fiend, as these effectively bind fiends to the demiplane. Another interesting variant is if the fiend had blood rituals binding mortals to it, but the d...

Planescape introduced the visage, a type of undead fiend specifically created by Orcus:
https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Visage

Speedwagon's Ramblings About Avonleigh Devonshire Pond and Wyndham Lake Both these bodies of water are noted for being highly filthy and, in the case of Devonshire Pond, of having noxious fumes that bubble from its depths that are released into the surroundings. It's toxic enough that Devonshire Po...

Aside from some insights on several of the darklord's origin stories, Everlast's opinions on the darklords all seem more or less the same: a sense of detached pity, but he also displays some hopefulness at their eventual redemption by his "atta-boy" encouragement to adventurers to lead the...

This podcast, https://redcircle.com/shows/the-wonderf ... -darklords discusses making domains taken from various Disney movies, and has corresponding writeups on DM's Guild.

Huh, well I'd think in general that the the DPs in general would ignore most of the banal, small-time con men and hoaxers the likes of which the teen investigators seem to go after. At minimum, I think you'd need them to be more dangerous, even murderous villains like the Spook, Dr. Hugo Strange, or...

The Gazeteers are not for sale on drivethrouRPG? I checked when ordering the campaign setting book. There are some (maybe all I don’t know), but they’re only available as pdfs. None of the official/canon 3e Ravenloft Gazetteers are available on drivethru or DM's Guild. Those gazetteer PDF products ...

Perhaps among the deadliest of plagues to spread in Ravenloft or at least Darkon is the Crimson Death epidemic of autumn 688 BC to the spring of 689 BC, killing an estimate 1 out of every 5 Darkonians. It was a vicious infection that ate away at Strength and Constitution, eventually causing victims ...

On betrayal vs. unholy act, you might consider whatever aspect of violation you feel like the morality in your campaign and the specific act reflects. From your description, it sounds like you're focusing more on how it might affect the wife, so minor betrayal might be more appropriate (as it's affe...

As written, Toben's Hive of Bodies special ability doesn't work across domain borders, so having a village of undead bodies in some place like Keening feels unlikely. His profile in Van Richten's Guide to the Walking Dead suggests he's currently matching wits with Alanik Ray, which would suggest he'...