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Hi, I've been playing RL for years now, my PCs are around 9th/10th level (3.5 ed). All these years I've been quite harsh on them with respect to magic. They don't get many magic items (except for some magic weapons, or potion) and they also don't find many spellbooks/scrolls to get more arcane spel...

True enought. Still, I like to avert the bad seed trope. Some of the Darklords are the bad seed trope by canon, however. I'm not sold that it applies to Ivana. Dominic d'Honaire is definitely a bad seed. Dr. Frantisek Markov tortured animals as a child, which is a huge red flag that he is a bad see...

Ok, this definitely helps clear some stuff up. And yeah, my bad on my part for not being more clear with my question. I guess what I was asking was: is 2e/3e Ivana anything like Ilsabet, and if so, what's the difference between the two? Is 5e Ivana anything like Ilsabet, and if so, what's the diffe...

As depicted in the novel, Ilsabet Obour's character is more deeply embedded in her dynasty, which has ruled Kislova on the Material Plane for many generations. For the most part, her wrath was focused on Baron Peto Casse of Sundel, whom led an invasion to conquer Kislova after Kislova failed an inva...

I'm not terribly familiar with Baron Ludwig, but from what I can gleam of him from looking online is that his main themes harder to find elsewhere in Ravenloft is that he plays up the role of a subservient, upstanding, and loyal vassal to his Good lord while secretly being oppressive and conniving. ...

In Gaz II it was mentioned that for a time the undead were keeping the living as livestock on the Darkonian side of Despondia, though with Azalin's return Death forbids his undead from at least openly living on the Darkonian side (Gaz II p. 62). There may still be some places with captive humans, bu...

Here's a few ideas inspired by the novel Shadowborn: *Kateri's magic sword, Corona, was created from special metal from the Kingdom of Avonleigh and forged into a weapon by the master swordsmiths of a largely undetailed land simply called "the Eastern Kingdom". Here's a couple of ideas: --...

It hasn't been a straightly linear shift. Mid to late 2e gave us things like the Shadow Rift and Necropolis, which 3e inherited. But yes there seemed to be a shift from early 2e mostly as a weekend in hell (however extended) to l in late 2e/3e a place where native born characters could live, startin...

I find this darklord to be one of my favorites among the various fey type villains I've seen in Ravenloft- his background is very poetic and has a lot of nasty details- more than is typical with a fey type darklord- and matches his curse and current goals. If I were to ever port Darkmoon Vale from G...

The line in the Mistipedia refers to Nerull's avatar's involvement in the events of Death Ascendant comes from an intro for outlander PCs to the module. Nerull's avatar is overseeing the binding of spirits into blood blades, as a "small portion of a far-reaching plot"- presumably the Grim ...

The exact specifics of her crimes prior to the Scouring of Arak are left vague, but there's enough that the details can be filled in with a little effort. We know Tristessa was one of the most ardent and influential of the Arak worshipers of the Spider Queen/Lolth, rising through the ranks to become...

Playing with Abu al Mir's background/timeline a bit, you could include his parents (as written, Abu al Mir is but a child in the module, having been born in 725 BC) , though in canon they would allied with Senmet for a single night before being immediately destroyed in the same night with the destru...

I could see the Church of Ezra's rapid spread encouraging the growth of correspondence networks, as with the Knights Templar. Vllad Drakov's rapid sequence of wars over the past century and a half could also provide for some motivation for the development of quicker/easier communication across the C...

A pretty intensive writeup you did there of Lamordia. It's interesting that you had part of the brain imprint be that of Viktor's. I had some similar thoughts- Viktra was on some level Viktor's brain or mind implanted into another body. However, my idea was more Viktor uploading his brain into Artis...

Just as a note, a Lhiannan shee makes a Ravenloft appearance in the Tales of Ravenloft story, "Song Snatchers", if you weren't aware and wanted to look at it for reference. http://fraternityofshadows.com/wiki/Category:Lhiannan_Shee As for the listed contents of the bug box, some of the nam...