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I'm searching for high level (or high CR) NPCs and monsters from Ravenloft canon and semi-canon(i.e. the netbooks). 2E and 3E.

For example in the Falkovia Gaz there's General Falkführer Pol Amarant an Ari1/Ftr15/Rog4 and the director of the Stangengrad Military Academy.

Do you guys recall any others? Let's say CL(CR) 15+
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I assume you don't mean to include darklords? Because that would be quite a few right there...
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Yes, no darklords please!

Another example would be Bonespur a halfvistani Thief(Bountyhunter) 17 from 2E's Thoughts of Darkness.

Falkovnia has a lot of medium to high level NPCs listed in the GAZ: lots of Fighters 10+, a Rank 4 ancient dead Rogue 16 and Vladimir Ludzig a vampyre Ari3/Ftr10 (don't these stats differ from his stats from somewhere eles?)

And then there is of course our favorite Monster Hunter Ivan Dragonov, who is a Rgr17 Mountain(?) Loupgarou in the Lamordia Gaz. He was Rgr20 in 2E's Champions of the Mists though!
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Post by Gonzoron of the FoS »

In ToD Bonespur is a 17th level "Bounty Hunter" with theif skills, so I guess he's a theif.

I don't think there are 3e stats for Ludzig outside of Gaz II. In 2e he's a standard vampyre.

Off the top of my head, there's Gondegal (Gaz II, Ftr10/KoS6) and Lord Balfour (Wiz18, VRA)
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Ivan Dragonov is 20th level in 2ed and I think he was lowered to 15th level in 3ed (Check Gaz II). That's still pretty high.
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Dragonov is a Rgr17 in a sidebar in the Lamordia Gaz. Perhaps he got severaly drained??? Many of the other Champions of the Mists went up a level. (Weathermay, Gondegal) others otoh didn't (Tara Kolyana, Alanik Ray).

gonzoron wrote:In ToD Bonespur is a 17th level "Bounty Hunter" with theif skills, so I guess he's a theif.

I don't think there are 3e stats for Ludzig outside of Gaz II. In 2e he's a standard vampyre.
Yup Bounty Hunter is a thief kit. See also my edited post above... Green Giants conversion on the WotC boards is quite good.

About the vampyre I believe I did mistake him with another one. Isn't there another Vampyre Ftr (with dark sunglasses) in one of the 3E books named Ludwig/Lupzig or something like that? I believe he's lower level and has Weapon Focus(claws).


Here are a few from LotB:
Rodjan Dilisnya ex-Pal3/Blackguard10/Ftr2
Sir Viktor Helsinger Ftr12/Raptor Knight4 (also from Falkovnia)
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Post by Scipion_Emilien »

There is the pope of the lawgiver who is lvl 16.
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Hah! Found that Ludzig fellow.

In Gaz2 on page 149 his stablock has him a Ftr6 vampyre but in the sidebar for Lekar on p.106 he's an Ari3/Ftr10 ! (The errata says to take the Ftr6 build.)

Gaz 3's Mordent entry also yields another high-leveller:
Sir Samuel Cosse Ftr6/Rog2/Lpl9 the leader of the Lamplighters and Sheriff Owen Finhallen (Ftr9/Lpl6, though his build needs adjustmen as he can't qualify for the Lamplighter prc with Ftr9... a few levels of urban ranger might be appropriate here) another Lamplighter and the chief of the watch in Mordent.

and a few more:
Viktor Mordenheim Exp 15 (though I would probably update him with the Scientist class from LotB)

Mousespeaker Exp12/Wiz3 (sage), a resident of Silbervas
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Scipion_Emilien wrote:There is the pope of the lawgiver who is lvl 16.
Sources?
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Post by Scipion_Emilien »

Gaz 5 p. 127

The Himmeslk Naeve Pieter Jergaar (clr of the lawgiver 16)

There his too the Pave Haakon Aramsen who is the leader of the church in Hazlan. (clr of the lawgiver lvl 15)

source Gaz 1 p. 53
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Post by Nathan of the FoS »

Another one from Falkovnia--Marcos Vedarrak, Fighter 6/Enchanter 10, appears in the Book of Sacrifices.

Yeah, I wrote him up. Ya wanna make somethin' of it? ;)
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Post by The Giamarga »

Sure. Give me netbook NPCs too...

From the WotC duplicate thread:
Estiban " the gentleman rouge" CR 15
Jander Sunstar male elven eminent vampire CR 20
Sheriff von Zarovich CR 15

These three are from the Champions of Darkness book
EDIT: And don't forget Hebi-no-onna

and

Dr Van Richten - CR 15 Human Expert 5/Rogue 5/Scholar 5

High Master Illithid - 20th Level Illithid Metapsionicist
and if we're counting CL15 instead of CR:
Alair Descant "Baron Morte" Ari5/Mpl5/Prp5 from CoD


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Post by The Giamarga »

About the vampyre Vladimir Ludzig again. Are there any 2E sources for him ?
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The Giamarga wrote:About the vampyre Vladimir Ludzig again. Are there any 2E sources for him ?
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Thanks. Now if you can also tell me where to find the normal stats of a Vampyre I could compare those two entries and decide if I like the 3E Ftr6 version or if I should make up Ari3/Ftr10 stats for him.(which probably fit better with his backstory)
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