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It's in Tales of Ravenloft , The Crucible of Rudolph van Richten. Cliff Notes version: Azalin's zombies found Rudolph van Richten outside after dark. After finding out van Richten was pursuing the Vistani who took his son, Azalin sent van Richten along with a shambling mob of undead as escort. He al...

He threw his own curse out after he was cursed by the Vistani, so presumably he didn't fail a Dark Powers Check before he'd even committed it.

For angelic hosts they would be nice, but ideally the angel requires informed consent from the host for a procedure that will literally kill him; we could say that angels refuse to do this to children. I suppose it depends on whether you're going with "the subject dies" or "the subje...

I have to say I like this concept. In my thoughts, a True Innocent would be a shoo-in for an angelic host. I suppose if one wanted to go for things like Carrie or Damien they could also be a shoo-in for demonic possession, though having that as a rule seems very... weird. I don't think I would go th...

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u193/setasouji/richardbutton.jpg Things here were starting to clear up, but they seemed in dire straights in places elsewhere. Mired in this undead carrion, there seemed to be little he could do to stop it. Richard sent his sword in an arc through the air, silver ...

I don't think we're getting a proper introduction, Brangain, so I am afraid you're going to have to get your grandma's message by proxy.

From my understanding of Dark Powers Checks, they are black and white morality imposed on a morally grey world. This means two things: first, a DPC is always considered "wrong", no matter the justifications; second, the DPC is always considered "wrong" regardless of the person co...

One of the Ravenloft corebooks had the Path of the Coward, which slowly turned the transgressor into a craven werejackal. Other suggestions might be some kind of marionette, who can't do anything unless someone else tugs on their strings. An amendment to jamesfirecat's suggestion of ghosts would be ...