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Back in second Ed, I used a trap based around the spell, "Blastbones" basically, whenever you animate the dead, you cast this spell on them, and whenever destroyed, or sucessfully turned, they explode in a storm of bone fragments, and rotten, decayed flesh. If you want to be really evil, (and who ...

The most insideous trap I encountered was a teleportation trap. Its setup was simple, the party would walk down a corridor, and begin to feel a bit sick, and the corridor would stretch forever without an end. What happens, is the party hits the first part of the trap at the part A which which doesn ...

Okay, I have the curse, and I have the Darklord, one Maelwyne Cymri, King of Llanwern. Now, this is, by decree of the lady I'm running this for, not Ravenloft, so while I'm making it in that style, including the rules, it isn't, strictly speaking, the land itself. No Dark Powers

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As he stands at this moment, I have him having everything made of bone, as that is one of the few materials that will tolerate his touch. In a way, it works to his advantage, as it allows him to get the most out of each corpse--food and raw material. It also gives me an interesting NPC to create ...

That can work! I imagine his castle will have either have constant gangs of workmen about it, or only kept standing due to some unholy power. Thanks!

The black thumb of the Elven vampire is a good idea, except this is a corrupt noble, who isn't likely to care. The animals attacking him might also be good, but Chauntea deals more with plants, and growing things. Good ideas, though!

I'm preparing to run a Ravenloftesque solo for a dear friend of mine online, and I'm working on building the land, using materials scavenged from a number of places. Regards deities, I always use Forgotten Realms ones as a default. In this instance, I Have a Darklord who has been cursed by both ...

I used the Complete Fighter's handbook as a start for my reform efforts. Some of the helmet descriptions, are taken nearly completly from it, as are the penalties.

What got me interested in D&D 12 years ago was my interest in medieval arms and armor, and how they would actually perform in combat. The roleplaying aspect of the whole thing came to me later on. Second Ed was based more off of its wargaming roots, so was pretty accurate when it came to depicting ...

In my final series of armor upgrades for D&D/D20, I'm reforming how the helmet, the piece of armor that, even to this day, has seen the most continous use.

Helmets do two things, regarding game mechanics; they protect the head, and due to their nature reduce perception, expressed as a penalty to ...

For the most part, I was presenting a set of generic rules to be used for any setting, based on the current rules in the DMG. As with anything, however, scarcity determines value, however. I imagine a lot of Mithral would come out of Sithicus.

It certainly gives high level and epic characters something to spend money on. A caveat of the armor system is certain attacks, like ones that deliver disease, and poison, like a werewolf's bite and a giant scorpian sting; if the attack hits, but the initial damage fails to get past the DR of the ...

Ever notice how, by higher level armor becomes less and less effective, until around 12th Lv+ it becomes about as effective as wet cardboard? (Actually, the wet cardboard would be more effective as it would have a lower Armor Check Penalty) I decided to do something about this in my last D&D ...

Since you say that you want Necropolis to be settled I'm going to assume that you have ignored Death and the Shroud etc. If not, the settlers have a nasty problem

Death, and the worst of the negative energy got sucked back to the Negative Energy plane. I'm not telling my PCs that however.... This ...

After much thought on the subject, I'm planning on removing Necropolis from my campaign. It really does little to contribute to the gothic feel of Ravenloft, and nobody is going to be stupid enough to actually enter the place. (At least nobody in my party) In short, it serves no other purpose than ...