Yes, you can, well at least the Borca parts:alhoon wrote:Thanks Ryan!
Now, if it's not much to ask... could we get a hint of what else was cut from Gaz IV?
Ryan Naylor wrote:Almost all of the dread possibilities were cut from the Invidian gazetteer because of the space constraints in Gaz IV. A lot of good material was lost because of that, from all 5 domains.Resonant Curse wrote:Do you happen to know why he didn't really get a mention as being back among the unliving in the gazeteers? You would think several of the nearby Darklords would take notice of something like that. Or that his plans would be worth mentioning.
Officially, he was a human eminent vampire Ari6/Ftr10, NE, but had amnesia due to his time as a skeleton, and basically roamed the wilderness as not much more than a beast. "His mind is as cruel as ever, but preoccupied with seething revenge and hazy fever-dreams of the past. He remembers nothing specific of his circumstances, except that he was once a great ruler, and was toppled by a traitor named “Dominiani.” "
Ryan Naylor wrote:I would like to point out that Gundar can still be older than Strahd while being an ancient vampire.
I'd also like to point out that an ancient vampire and an Ancient vampire are not always the same thing.
Thanks for that tidbit!Officially, he was a human eminent vampire Ari6/Ftr10, NE, but had amnesia due to his time as a skeleton, and basically roamed the wilderness as not much more than a beast. "His mind is as cruel as ever, but preoccupied with seething revenge and hazy fever-dreams of the past. He remembers nothing specific of his circumstances, except that he was once a great ruler, and was toppled by a traitor named “Dominiani.” "
Figured as much. Even as I typed I was trying to remember how old Strahd was when he penned that part of his diary. The issue is he could have been ten years into vampirism or 300. I have a feeling it was a bit more of his own ego working than his knowledge of Van Richten's work.The Giamarga wrote:For Strahd it works out for both iirc. As noted he will be Eminent in 851. I think i used the 3E vampire age categories there (not sure if the differ from the 2E ones)
Interestingly Kas is/was the oldest vampire resp. age categories.
So Strahd's mental breakdown will be in 100 years or so then? I know times are rough, but hey at least he survived the Time of Unparalleled Darkness!alhoon wrote:Strahd likes to over-simply stuff. For example, He's intricately bonded to the land, he's not the land. And he's not the land outside of Barovia. As such, when he claims to be ancient, he probably refers as being older than any human.
Although I pictured this: 851 BC, Barovia, Castle Ravenloft. An assortment of gargoyles, vampire spawns and a few bizzare creatures created with Strahd's malferic meld wait in the courtyard. Strahd appears on the balcony and declares to thunderous applaud of his minions:
"I'm the Eminent, I'm the land"
I checked the 3.5e Monster Manual and confirmed it's 10 and 10. I found the 3E version here, which confirms that 20 and 20 is a holdover from 3E. Going through RL statblocks is hard work.