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by Malus Black
Sat Dec 02, 2006 12:57 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Howls in the night
Replies: 22
Views: 4380

Malus can you help me in updating this hound to 3rd ed, and what about the Moor Hound? Certainly, but I seem to recall that there's some sort of copyright restrictions on this kind of stuff. That could just be my faulty memory, so I'd be grateful if someone could confirm or deny my suspicions (pref...
by Malus Black
Fri Dec 01, 2006 4:54 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Howls in the night
Replies: 22
Views: 4380

Correct me if I'm wrong, but shamblers are plants, yes? So they probably wouldn't need to worry about breathing. But the grapple idea is decidedly interesting. Y'know, that's what I thought, too. But, according to the SRD , "plants breathe and eat, but do not sleep." 'Course, if this part...
by Malus Black
Fri Dec 01, 2006 4:36 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Howls in the night
Replies: 22
Views: 4380

Thanks Malus. Did u ever adapted this module for 3ed? Yeah, I did, back when I planned to run it for my current group. It didn't really take much work, as the hounds aren't the most complex creatures to update. I think that some shambling mounds can be lethal in a bog (nearly invisible in such area...
by Malus Black
Fri Dec 01, 2006 11:23 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Howls in the night
Replies: 22
Views: 4380

Well, there's quite a lot of countryside (or forest, if you go through Verbrek) between Invidia and Mordent, so they're unlikely to go there out of wanderlust. The best way to get PCs anywhere is to put something they need there, or have them chase someone there. Since you're going to use Toben the ...
by Malus Black
Thu Nov 30, 2006 2:29 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Fill my plot hole :)
Replies: 28
Views: 5937

gonzoron wrote:But unless I find reason to believe otherwise, I think I'll be using (along with the decoy vampire trick, and possibly the kidnapped NPC trick) a bastellus with Eagle's Splendor, an incorporeal Cloak of Charisma +6, and the Heighten Spell-Like Ability feat. :)
What? No Ability Focus feat?
by Malus Black
Wed Nov 29, 2006 1:25 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: New Ravenloft DM - advice requested
Replies: 17
Views: 4186

If you want more, go find the thread about the best modules; some good suggestions in there, too. also, if you need a 3E conversion for the Effigy of Ivan Szimin, ask me. I've done one for my own campaign. Alex After perusing the "Best Modules" thread, I went and purchased the "Evil ...
by Malus Black
Wed Nov 29, 2006 12:33 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: New Ravenloft DM - advice requested
Replies: 17
Views: 4186

Hi DM van Helsing, you might want to check the Ravenloft Dungeon Master's Guide for details on Krofberg, a small village in Barovia that might have a little werebeast problem in the very immediate future... :) Apart from that, if you happen to stumble over the old netbook "Haunted Sites",...
by Malus Black
Wed Nov 29, 2006 12:01 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Fill my plot hole :)
Replies: 28
Views: 5937

You could always hit them with a trap of beefed-up drow poison; unconsciousness/unconsciousness 2d4 hours sounds rather good. The problem is that it's only DC 13, and by the time PCs are taking on vampires, they're generally unlikely to fail. You could have vermin with Con-damaging poison attack the...
by Malus Black
Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:45 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Master Herbalist class
Replies: 7
Views: 2072

The more I think about it, the more I lean toward something like Jasper's idea. (...) I should probably just extend that to a Brew Herbal Potion feat. Tradeoff the benefit of being non-magical with the requirement to make Prof. (herbalism) checks to succeed. I'll allow her to learn new formulas wit...
by Malus Black
Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:22 pm
Forum: Role playing games
Topic: me as a Servant of the Rilmani
Replies: 24
Views: 7370

I like the Scroll of Return if it is useable by any nonevil character. What black box are you meaning and for what edition of ADandD is it for? And can you post the details from the black box for the Scroll of Return? The Black Box is the nickname for the original 1990 Ravenloft Campaign Setting . ...
by Malus Black
Mon Nov 27, 2006 3:29 pm
Forum: Role playing games
Topic: me as a Servant of the Rilmani
Replies: 24
Views: 7370

Back in 2nd Ed. I had a Valkyrie stuck in the Demiplane and she was only released when she was about to have her soul eaten. Odin was willing to allow her to remain imprisoned to respect the unspoken pact, but was unwilling to see her destroyed so he reached in and plucked her soul out just before ...
by Malus Black
Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:06 pm
Forum: Role playing games
Topic: me as a Servant of the Rilmani
Replies: 24
Views: 7370

What Malus said. Also, if the DPs want to, i think (can't remember), that they can block these too? That's pretty much up to the DM, although certain things are beyond their purview, like Malocchio Aderre's Teleport ability. Also, the Black Box mentions that, "in rare cases, a greater power ma...
by Malus Black
Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:28 pm
Forum: Gothic Earth Board
Topic: Want a reference of the MotRD book
Replies: 2
Views: 2411

I don't know if it's the same book, but the library at my old school had a book by John Peacock which covered clothing from ancient Egypt to modern times, with clear, simple illustrations from different countries and social classes. It also had a brief description of what the individual articles of ...
by Malus Black
Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:23 am
Forum: Role playing games
Topic: me as a Servant of the Rilmani
Replies: 24
Views: 7370

There are several methods of escaping (after all, early Ravenloft adventures were designed around the weekend in hell formula, which generally ended with the outlander PCs getting back to their world). First of all, there are a few permanent portals (sort of, anyway. Even permanent portals generally...
by Malus Black
Sun Nov 26, 2006 3:54 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Castle Avernus
Replies: 5
Views: 1488

The adventure From the Shadows is mainly a long dungeon crawl through Castle Avernus, and it's available from Wizards' downloads page.