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by The Lesser Evil
Fri Mar 03, 2023 8:30 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Children of the Night: Walking Dead
Replies: 35
Views: 2367

Re: Children of the Night: Walking Dead

Ideally, you'd want to have at least one of each of the three subtypes of the Walking Dead. Several Restless and Hungry Dead examples have been provided, so I'd like to see one the exemplifies the terror of the Obedient Dead: -a minion of some kind (a mercenary, hitman, assassin, or perhaps even a f...
by The Lesser Evil
Tue Feb 28, 2023 1:55 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: The Black Vault Haul
Replies: 85
Views: 611421

Re: The Black Vault Haul

On the item's reported destroyed discussion, the continued existence of Peace's Pin implies at least one of the stolen items escaped destruction. The pin's description in Dragon 272 mentions that it was pocketed by one of Dr. VR's fellow vault raiders and given to a lover. Thereby, we know that at l...
by The Lesser Evil
Tue Feb 28, 2023 12:43 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: ultimate Helm
Replies: 23
Views: 2455

Re: ultimate Helm

My memories of the Cloakmaster series are a bit spotty, but weren't there numerous ultimate helms and only one true Ultimate Helm? I seem to recall a space-dragon character had an ultimate helm and was hoping that she could claim the Spelljammer, but the book suggested it wouldn't have worked. No, ...
by The Lesser Evil
Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:32 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: The Black Vault Haul
Replies: 85
Views: 611421

Re: The Black Vault Haul

Peace's Pin was actually detailed in canon. https://www.fraternityofshadows.com/wiki/Peace%27s_Pin
by The Lesser Evil
Sat Feb 04, 2023 11:24 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Publication in the Domains of Dread
Replies: 8
Views: 623

Re: Publication in the Domains of Dread

Vecna had a scriptorium operated by several zombie scribes in Cavitius (Die Vecna Die p. 77) He does?! Checks copy of Die Vecna Die oh wow he really does! That has soooo many opportunities. Vecna could publish so many foul texts or debilitating secrets with that, all he needs is a courier service t...
by The Lesser Evil
Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:56 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Publication in the Domains of Dread
Replies: 8
Views: 623

Re: Publication in the Domains of Dread

Gaz III (p. 30) mentions a haunted printing press in Chateaufaux as of 746 BC, printing perverse messages in the dead of night to make its owner Jules D'Aubigne abandon and brick up his home where it was held. The appropriately if uncreatively named Printer's Shop is a print shop in Paridon and also...
by The Lesser Evil
Fri Jan 27, 2023 11:30 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Children of the Night: Giants
Replies: 45
Views: 10947

Re: Children of the Night: Giants

Giants more than a lot of creatures will be dependent upon their environments for horror, particularly with spaces that can obscure their forms. Giant redwood forests, snow drifts, sand dunes, briny swamps, misty mountains, even dark waters, all might give the characters a brief glimpse of the giant...
by The Lesser Evil
Thu Jan 05, 2023 7:20 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: The Church of Zhakata and heresy of the Provider
Replies: 21
Views: 1214

Re: The Church of Zhakata and heresy of the Provider

The notion that light is gradually disappearing from the material world to return to its origin is a bit frightening. It implies we who are still here are left with ever more evil and ever less good... There's the seed for a Ravenloft domain / cosmlogy in there, I think. The Church of the Lawgiver ...
by The Lesser Evil
Thu Jan 05, 2023 7:02 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Favorite Non-Darklord NPCs
Replies: 18
Views: 1052

Re: Favorite Non-Darklord NPCs

Dr. Gregorian Illhousen was a favorite of mine, for a few reasons. He's a good example of how non-adventurers can make a big difference. He has several interesting storylines. Independent of them, I found he was, as an oneirologist and an expert on the maladies of the mind, easy to slot into a coupl...
by The Lesser Evil
Fri Dec 30, 2022 7:01 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Paths of Corruption
Replies: 4
Views: 455

Re: Paths of Corruption

I wouldn't imagine that the Dark Powers would give somebody a pass and allow their corruption to be slowed b/c the individual in question was not picky in the ways of sin. I COULD see them afflicting the individual with a jigsaw puzzle like path of corruption reflecting the patchwork nature of the t...
by The Lesser Evil
Fri Nov 11, 2022 12:51 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Heroes and Villains
Replies: 9
Views: 746

Re: Heroes and Villains

Here's a go for Irik and Azalin in Darkon: In Darkon, we could have a reversal of Irik and Firan/Azalin. Actually, we could have both Iriks be more villainous. The brother Irik could've been the one to lead young Firan astray in the demon summoning. Firan went along with it for a while, but realizin...
by The Lesser Evil
Mon Sep 12, 2022 7:59 am
Forum: Gothic Earth Board
Topic: Why are the Darklords well known?
Replies: 5
Views: 4711

Re: Why are the Darklords well known?

Is it established that the fictional works featuring them exist in GE? I don't recall that. I would tend to say no they don't. You don't see Barovians reading "I, Strahd" and "Vampire of the Mists". Similarly, Bram Stoker's Dracula shouldn't exist in Gothic Earth for foes of act...
by The Lesser Evil
Fri Aug 26, 2022 5:29 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Norse or Viking theme Domain
Replies: 3
Views: 528

Re: Norse or Viking theme Domain

There was the Northlands from USS 2002 and 2003, in the netbooks section.

Edit: The Frat's Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer had elements of this in Graben Island, especially in its history/false history.
by The Lesser Evil
Tue Aug 23, 2022 10:47 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Fitting Ogresh into Ravenloft?
Replies: 4
Views: 637

Re: Fitting Ogresh into Ravenloft?

Giants are relatively rare in Ravenloft, appearing in Daglan (various types, although dissolved in canon), Invidia (mostly ogres, ettins, and giant-kin), Hazlan and Sithicus (ogres both), Monadhan (death giants) and Kalakeri (stone giants). If they were violently inclined, I could have seen them wor...
by The Lesser Evil
Fri Jul 22, 2022 12:44 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Culinary dark lords?
Replies: 12
Views: 1488

Re: Culinary dark lords?

Cockaigne of medieval folklore might serve as a basis for this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockaigne