Claude's Curse?
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Claude's Curse?
Doing some story notes for one of those inevitably not-going-to-get-off-the-ground "If I ever get around to running a campaign" kind of projects, and realized I couldn't find this anywhere in the 3rd Edition literature...if someone could help me out, I'd be much obliged.
Anyways, apart from being a tremendous jerkwad (and the whole lycanthropy thing), what exactly was the Renier patriarch's curse before Jackie offed him?
Anyways, apart from being a tremendous jerkwad (and the whole lycanthropy thing), what exactly was the Renier patriarch's curse before Jackie offed him?
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Not likely to have been detailed. Claude himself hasn't gotten much more detail than you can find in his Gaz III sidebar. He appears in the Tales of Ravenloft story, Nocturne, but not too actively. His major character trait appears to be "domineering jerk." I'm not going to check the other sources that the Kargatane Catalogue reveals, but here they are if you are interested.
Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp47-49
Domains of Dread - pp47-48
Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens - p81
Tales of Ravenloft:Nocturne - pp100-110
Realm of Terror - p111, p125
I don't expect you'll find it. You've got free rein (free Renier?) to make it up.
Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp47-49
Domains of Dread - pp47-48
Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens - p81
Tales of Ravenloft:Nocturne - pp100-110
Realm of Terror - p111, p125
I don't expect you'll find it. You've got free rein (free Renier?) to make it up.
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It's interesting, but doesn't it contradict what we already know about Claude? LotB claims that his relatives hated him because he was a manipulating SOB who played them all against each other, stringing them along and playing head games and whatnot.
Call me conservative, but I prefer to play within canon as much as possible.
Call me conservative, but I prefer to play within canon as much as possible.
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The Puppeteer must cut the strings
The Orphan Queen must take the throne
The Queen of Orphans calls them home
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But they would say that, wouldn't they?DeepShadow of FoS wrote:It's interesting, but doesn't it contradict what we already know about Claude? LotB claims that his relatives hated him because he was a manipulating SOB who played them all against each other, stringing them along and playing head games and whatnot.
I am actually not super-fond of this idea for a curse, but it certainly could work in concert with his family's (and history's) perception being that he was a manipulative son-of-a-gun to the fam.
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Ah, I'd forgotten LotB as a source for Claude. Never made it into the catalogue. Maybe someday...<foreshadowing....>DeepShadow of FoS wrote:It's interesting, but doesn't it contradict what we already know about Claude? LotB claims....
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How about being unable to identify plots and scemes from family members until they near compleation. If he is aware of his curse it would encourage him to manipulate he family to a staggering degree, after all they can't go after him if they are chasing their own tails. it would also introduce a level of extreame paranoia in his dealing with anyone as they could be a threat he was unaware of from his family.
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