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Moreover, his domain being a large melting pot of different cultures already fits with his past, both as the ruler of a vast empire and someone who sacraficed his own family for power. I think the Darkonese being aware that there's no real "native" Darkonian, just people who immigrated a ...

In gaz 3 there is a city in Richemulot named after a saint, and I can't think where else but the church of Ezra this saint could have come from. IIRC, S wrote that no church of which she's aware knows who "St. Ronges" is. YDRC! :D Here's the quote (and there's a reason I'm citing it...): ...

Oooh, a list thread! I'll contribute a few: Darkon : Azalin is unable to learn any new magic (including spells, magical knowledge, and so on--not sure to what extent that would stretch to knowledge about magic but without direct practical applications). An appropriate curse for a lich, who after all...

And as Vorostokov teaches us, the ecology of any given domain functions The Way The Dark Powers Want It To. Either that or the Mists are constantly reaching out to other worlds and constantly bringing in a supply of such life as couldn't otherwise be sustained in the environment. I mean, hey, if the...

Okay, I went and dug out my Gaz. II. When in doubt, consult the books. Rotipher was right; Darkonese is the language and Darkonian the possessive for the population as well as for goods/customs/other objects and concepts...at least, since the Gazetteer was published. Before then, who knows? :) Now, ...

One point brought to the fore by Gaz. II is that Darkonians actually are aware of the fact that their nation has the memory draining effect, and one of the shadows lurking in the back of the minds of natives is whether or not everything they remember is real. (They don't talk about it openly, but it...

Some new ones: Draga Salt-Biter King Crocodile Lemot Sediam Juste Diambel (you know, IoT was pretty much infected with the Undying Soul bug). I would further suggest that Adam come off the list. He and Mordenheim aren't impossible--you just have to kill both of them simultaneously (in 2E, I'd guess ...

That's a great point on the development of Ravenloft as a genuine (fictional) world in which people actually (fictionally) live as opposed to being plot artifacts. The Ravenloft locals originally existed, after all, to serve as victims, to serve as examples of What Could Happen in other respects (&q...

My bad about the animal HD. Still, let's go with ranger 17: if any monster-hunter in Ravenloft does merit epic status, Dragonov is it, and a single-class build suits his straightforward personality. And he did manage to fight Adam to a draw (okay, yes, he was losing before the game was called on ac...

What I don't like are the Draga Salt-Biters and Harkon Lukases of Ravenloft, which are purely corporeal creatures that the Dark Powers give a cheap out essentially just because they're darklords. Whoa, now. Just because they're darklords? You mean, the most central and iconic characters? The ones w...

Okay, Vechor is the very embodiment of Dali's mad, surrealistic vision of the universe. By the way, were you actually going to make a wish?

I wish I didn't have these horrible, nagging doubts that my punchlines didn't make any sense.

I don't really see the tension between "Undying Soul" and the rejuvenation power of a ghost (or similar creature), honestly. Ghosts, after all, are dead . And unlike corporeal undead such as zombies and vampires, which essentially have their "life force" tying body to soul replac...

Granted! The Dark Powers alter your thoughts so that you no longer believe that human brains are appropriate mind-flayer fodder. Since those also lacking that belief no longer disagree with you, they suffer no pain. However, several of your fellow illithids now look at you quite askanse when you sug...

Hm...Page Three reminds me of a thread we had around here, a few months back, in which we were discussing the Barovians' lack of knowledge of vampires. Sister Tara's "What manner of beast...?" line reminded me strongly of that. I didn't, of course, jump to the conclusion that one of the Mo...

Sorcerer could work very well. Perhaps this is a case where the conversion needs to stray form the original stats. It sure would explain her crappy spell selection with only detection spells. (BTW there is a PrC called Divine Oracle which is accessible to arcane casters at CL5, needs 8 ranks either...