Yuan ti in Ravenloft

Jack the Reaper · Post by **Jack the Reaper** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:17 am

Hi everybody,

Does anyone have material, articles or ideas about using yuan ti in Ravenloft? I think they have great potential, but haven't found any reference to their presence in the Lands of the Mists.

Yours truly,
Jack the Reaper

PS Is there anyone here who still remembers me from the good old days on the RL mailing list, about 12 years ago?

Jester of the FoS · Post by **Jester of the FoS** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:42 am

I know there was a yuan-ti mentioned in the RL DMG, but other than that I cannot think of any references.

I can see them working well in the Land of the Mists. Snake cults and serpent worshippers spring to mind, as do the more jungle-like domains. I'd cast them as humans who are slowly being altered by the Mists and Dark Powers and/or black magics. A spiritual cult with a giant snake statue in its base they pray too for power. Maybe a fallen thieves guild.

Mortavius · Post by **Mortavius** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:51 am

Heyas Jack (yes, I remember you),

I also cannot recall anything about Yuan-ti in Ravenloft, but off the top of my head I would think they would also work well in the Steaming Lands cluster, or even in the Amber Wastes. A cult could easily be worshipping Set in Har'Akir, this ties them into Ravenloft's religious customs, rather than importing some outsider deity.

Rock of the Fraternity · Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:58 am

If we're talking snake cults, it might be better to have them worshipping Apophis in the Amber Wastes.

DocBeard · Post by **DocBeard** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:25 pm

They might make a good replacement for the Marikiths in Timor, too, if you don't feel like using them.

Gonzoron of the FoS · Post by **Gonzoron of the FoS** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:47 pm

Nope, I don't recall any references to them.

But yes, I remember you. Good to see you around again... Welcome!

The Giamarga · Post by **The Giamarga** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:59 pm

We recently discussed the Sleeping Beast of Lamordia, for which i would find a cult of snake people very fitting. A Deep Ones analog so to speak.

They should also fit in Rokushyima Tayoo or better even into Sri Raji.

Mangrum's Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror has a few entires for them here.

High Priest Mikhal · Post by **High Priest Mikhal** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:13 pm

The yuan-ti in question was a half-fiend pureblood ghoul lord who lords over an oasis, convinced he's the incarnation of his god (I can't remember which one, but I know it was Akiri; maybe Set or Apep).

DocBeard · Post by **DocBeard** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:51 pm

Is there a lost of links to those teeny tiny tale things?

NeoTiamat · Post by **NeoTiamat** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:04 pm

As an alternative to snake cults and degenerate worshippers (though that's certainly the dominant role), lone Yuan-ti can make for interesting tempter/seducer characters.

The idea is to hearken back to the old idea of the Serpent as tempter, and have a Yuan-Ti as a somewhat less mystical version of Inajira or a Leanansidhe (I'm mixing references horribly here, aren't I?).

In this case, the narrative focus of the story isn't so much on the Yuan-Ti as on its victims, with the Yuan-Ti becoming a tool for someone's temptation, degradation, (and unless the PCs stop it), destruction.

Drinnik Shoehorn · Post by **Drinnik Shoehorn** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:37 pm

I thought there were Yuan-Ti cults in Sri Raji?

Gonzoron of the FoS · Post by **Gonzoron of the FoS** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:02 pm

DocBeard wrote:Is there a lost of links to those teeny tiny tale things?

Just do a search for "teeny tiny tales" and select "search for all terms." It should bring them all up. Those were fun. good times... good times...

Catman Jim · Post by **Catman Jim** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:26 pm

Jack the Reaper wrote:PS Is there anyone here who still remembers me from the good old days on the RL mailing list, about 12 years ago?

The Mists never really let us go, we always end up back in Ravenloft. Good to hear from you again, Jack! Has it really been so long?

cure · Post by **cure** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:12 pm

Nova Vaasa has a significant snake population and a climate that would square with Lovecraft's snake people stories.

Jack the Reaper · Post by **Jack the Reaper** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:53 am

Thanks for all the replies. I came up with this topic because I acquired "Serpent Realms" (of the Forgotten Realms), which describes the societies of snakelike and reptilian creatures in the Realms, and I pondered how could they fit into RL. Anyone got this product?

Now I also remember that in CotN:Werebeasts, there is that snake woman Shenaya, who is the daughter of some mysterious snake-fellow. Maybe it could be the link to the yuan-ti.
Also in the late Kargatane site there was a list of Dungeon adventures of RL. and they mentioned there an adventure named "The Slave Vats of the Yuan Ti" (IIRC), which is originally set in the realms, but they said is very appropriate in mood for RL. Anyone knows this?

Yours truly,
Jack the Reaper

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