http://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Category%3ADark_DesireCategory:Dark Desire - Revision history2026-10-03T19:50:34ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.0http://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?title=Category:Dark_Desire&diff=141073&oldid=prevThe Lesser Evil at 18:38, 1 October 20172017-10-01T18:38:00Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>However, sometimes the mere will to transgress is enough to unleash evil upon the world. [[Obsession]], desperation for [[power]], [[wrath]], and perhaps most of all, [[hubris]] can have an animating force all its own. Said [[dark desire]] is the [[animating]] force behind [[dread crafting]], particularly the construction of [[dread construct]]s and [[dread golem]]s. A [[dread crafter]]'s passions can replaces great amounts of [[magic]] and [[gold]] to provide the vital spark needed for the [[creation of life]].<ref name="VRMHCI p. 212-213">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium Volume I]] p. 212-213</ref><ref name="RLPHB p. 217-218">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.217-218</ref> However, this comes at great cost in the long run, for a person who builds a golem through obsession makes not a normal golem but one of [[the Created]], dark creatures with eventual predispositions toward [[patricide]].<ref name="VRMHC I p. 257">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium Volume I]] p. 257</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>However, sometimes the mere will to transgress is enough to unleash evil upon the world. [[Obsession]], desperation for [[power]], [[wrath]], and perhaps most of all, [[hubris]] can have an animating force all its own. Said [[dark desire]] is the [[animating]] force behind [[dread crafting]], particularly the construction of [[dread construct]]s and [[dread golem]]s. A [[dread crafter]]'s passions can replaces great amounts of [[magic]] and [[gold]] to provide the vital spark needed for the [[creation of life]].<ref name="VRMHCI p. 212-213">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium Volume I]] p. 212-213</ref><ref name="RLPHB p. 217-218">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.217-218</ref> However, this comes at great cost in the long run, for a person who builds a golem through obsession makes not a normal golem but one of [[the Created]], dark creatures with eventual predispositions toward [[patricide]].<ref name="VRMHC I p. 257">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium Volume I]] p. 257</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the [[Demiplane of Dread]], there are more than just a few souls who will go to great lengths to indulge vile [[passion]]s better left unfulfilled. A [[mage]] will commit may [[transgression]]s to enact the most [[dangerous]] of [[ritual]]s to become a [[lich]].<ref name="VRMHC II p. 105">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter Compendium Volume II]] p. 105</ref> A series of [[evil]] acts may inadvertently bring a [[fiend]] into the world via [[transposition]].<ref name="VRMHC III p. 14-15">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter Compendium Volume IIi]] p. 14-15</ref> And deluded individuals may call upon unsavory entities to quench their thirsts for [[immortality]] by making [[dark pact]]s to become a [[ghost]]<ref name="VRMHC II p. 24-25">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter Compendium Volume II]] p. 24-25</ref> or one of the [[ancient dead]].<ref name="VRMHC II p. 215-216">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter Compendium Volume II]] p. 215-216</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the [[Demiplane of Dread]], there are more than just a few souls who will go to great lengths to indulge vile [[passion]]s better left unfulfilled. A [[mage]] will commit may [[transgression]]s to enact the most [[dangerous]] of [[ritual]]s to become a [[lich]].<ref name="VRMHC II p. 105">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter Compendium Volume II]] p. 105</ref> A series of [[evil]] acts may inadvertently bring a [[fiend]] into the world via [[transposition]].<ref name="VRMHC III p. 14-15">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter Compendium Volume IIi]] p. 14-15</ref> And deluded individuals may call upon unsavory entities to quench their thirsts for [[immortality]] by making [[dark pact]]s to become a [[ghost]]<ref name="VRMHC II p. 24-25">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter Compendium Volume II]] p. 24-25</ref> or one of the [[ancient dead]].<ref name="VRMHC II p. 215-216">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter Compendium Volume II]] p. 215-216<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ref> Dark desire is also a chief cause for the [[Restless Life]] to return from the grave, although some evil doers also purposefully force themselves to become the [[Hungry Dead]].<ref>[[Van Richten's Guide to the Walking Dead]] p. 19</ins></ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>However, sometimes the mere will to transgress is enough to unleash evil upon the world. [[Obsession]], desperation for [[power]], [[wrath]], and perhaps most of all, [[hubris]] can have an animating force all its own. Said [[dark desire]] is the [[animating]] force behind [[dread crafting]], particularly the construction of [[dread construct]]s and [[dread golem]]s. A [[dread crafter]]'s passions can replaces great amounts of [[magic]] and [[gold]] to provide the vital spark needed for the [[creation of life]].<ref name="VRMHCI p. 212-213">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium Volume I]] p. 212-213</ref><ref name="RLPHB p. 217-218">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.217-218</ref> However, this comes at great cost in the long run, for a person who builds a golem through obsession makes not a normal golem but one of [[the Created]], dark creatures with eventual predispositions toward [[patricide]].<ref name="VRMHC I p. 257">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium Volume I]] p. 257</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>However, sometimes the mere will to transgress is enough to unleash evil upon the world. [[Obsession]], desperation for [[power]], [[wrath]], and perhaps most of all, [[hubris]] can have an animating force all its own. Said [[dark desire]] is the [[animating]] force behind [[dread crafting]], particularly the construction of [[dread construct]]s and [[dread golem]]s. A [[dread crafter]]'s passions can replaces great amounts of [[magic]] and [[gold]] to provide the vital spark needed for the [[creation of life]].<ref name="VRMHCI p. 212-213">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium Volume I]] p. 212-213</ref><ref name="RLPHB p. 217-218">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.217-218</ref> However, this comes at great cost in the long run, for a person who builds a golem through obsession makes not a normal golem but one of [[the Created]], dark creatures with eventual predispositions toward [[patricide]].<ref name="VRMHC I p. 257">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium Volume I]] p. 257</ref></div></td></tr>
</table>The Lesser Evilhttp://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?title=Category:Dark_Desire&diff=118776&oldid=prevThe Lesser Evil at 13:52, 6 May 20162016-05-06T13:52:47Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Dark desire is not only capable of bringing monsters to life, it can can also warp the self. Thirst for power or boon unrequited may bring a person to enact upon long-repressed desires through evil deed, perhaps as an act of impotent [[rage]] or a cry for help. However, acting upon these dark desires will only [[curse]] such an actor to become a [[Self-Induced Maledictive Lycanthrope]]<ref name="VRMHC I p. 118">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium Volume I]] p. 118</ref> [[The Dark Powers]] may also fulfill the [[deadly desire]]s of one who seeks to become a [[vampire]] or [[curse]] those whom merely seek eternal life to become these parasitic [[undead]].<ref name="VRMHC I p. 82">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium Volume I]] p. 82</ref> Such is the case of [[Strahd von Zarovich]], who sought immortality alone but was granted a tainted version of what he wished.<ref>[[Realm of Terror]] (Black Boxed Set) p. 27</ref> Those who embrace their dark gifts may become the most powerful of vampires. Regardless, those who walk down the dark path do so at great personal cost: the loss of their humanity<ref>[[Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium III]] p. 53</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Dark desire is not only capable of bringing monsters to life, it can can also warp the self. Thirst for power or boon unrequited may bring a person to enact upon long-repressed desires through evil deed, perhaps as an act of impotent [[rage]] or a cry for help. However, acting upon these dark desires will only [[curse]] such an actor to become a [[Self-Induced Maledictive Lycanthrope]]<ref name="VRMHC I p. 118">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium Volume I]] p. 118</ref> [[The Dark Powers]] may also fulfill the [[deadly desire]]s of one who seeks to become a [[vampire]] or [[curse]] those whom merely seek eternal life to become these parasitic [[undead]].<ref name="VRMHC I p. 82">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium Volume I]] p. 82<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ref><ref name="RLMCIII p. 53">[[Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium III]] p. 53</ins></ref> Such is the case of [[Strahd von Zarovich]], who sought immortality alone but was granted a tainted version of what he wished.<ref>[[Realm of Terror]] (Black Boxed Set) p. 27</ref> Those who embrace their dark gifts may become the most powerful of vampires. Regardless, those who walk down the dark path do so at great personal cost: the loss of their humanity<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins><ref <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">name="RLMCIII p. 53"</ins>>[[Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium III]] p. 53</ref></div></td></tr>
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</table>The Lesser Evilhttp://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?title=Category:Dark_Desire&diff=118775&oldid=prevThe Lesser Evil at 13:47, 6 May 20162016-05-06T13:47:19Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Dark desire is not only capable of bringing monsters to life, it can can also warp the self. Thirst for power or boon unrequited may bring a person to enact upon long-repressed desires through evil deed, perhaps as an act of impotent [[rage]] or a cry for help. However, acting upon these dark desires will only [[curse]] such an actor to become a [[Self-Induced Maledictive Lycanthrope]]<ref name="VRMHC I p. 118">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium Volume I]] p. 118</ref> [[The Dark Powers]] may also fulfill the [[deadly desire]]s of one who seeks to become a [[vampire]] or [[curse]] those whom merely seek eternal life to become these parasitic [[undead]].<ref name="VRMHC I p. 82">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium Volume I]] p. 82</ref> Such is the case of [[Strahd von Zarovich]], who sought immortality alone but was granted a tainted version of what he wished.<ref>[[Realm of Terror]] (Black Boxed Set) p. 27</ref> Those who embrace their dark gifts may become the most powerful of vampires. Regardless, those who walk down the dark path do so at great personal cost: the loss of their humanity<ref>[[Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium III]] p. 53</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Dark desire is not only capable of bringing monsters to life, it can can also warp the self. Thirst for power or boon unrequited may bring a person to enact upon long-repressed desires through evil deed, perhaps as an act of impotent [[rage]] or a cry for help. However, acting upon these dark desires will only [[curse]] such an actor to become a [[Self-Induced Maledictive Lycanthrope]]<ref name="VRMHC I p. 118">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium Volume I]] p. 118</ref> [[The Dark Powers]] may also fulfill the [[deadly desire]]s of one who seeks to become a [[vampire]] or [[curse]] those whom merely seek eternal life to become these parasitic [[undead]].<ref name="VRMHC I p. 82">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium Volume I]] p. 82</ref> Such is the case of [[Strahd von Zarovich]], who sought immortality alone but was granted a tainted version of what he wished.<ref>[[Realm of Terror]] (Black Boxed Set) p. 27</ref> Those who embrace their dark gifts may become the most powerful of vampires. Regardless, those who walk down the dark path do so at great personal cost: the loss of their humanity<ref>[[Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium III]] p. 53</ref></div></td></tr>
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</table>The Lesser Evilhttp://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?title=Category:Dark_Desire&diff=118770&oldid=prevThe Lesser Evil at 13:44, 6 May 20162016-05-06T13:44:32Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the [[Demiplane of Dread]], there are more than just a few souls who will go to great lengths to indulge vile [[passion]]s better left unfulfilled. A [[mage]] will commit may [[transgression]]s to enact the most [[dangerous]] of [[ritual]]s to become a [[lich]].<ref name="VRMHC II p. 105">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter Compendium Volume II]] p. 105</ref> A series of [[evil]] acts may inadvertently bring a [[fiend]] into the world via [[transposition]].<ref name="VRMHC III p. 14-15">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter Compendium Volume <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">II</del>]] p. 14-15</ref> And deluded individuals may call upon unsavory entities to quench their thirsts for [[immortality]] by making [[dark pact]]s to become a [[ghost]]<ref name="VRMHC II p. 24-25">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter Compendium Volume II]] p. 24-25</ref> or one of the [[ancient dead]].<ref name="VRMHC II p. 215-216">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter Compendium Volume II]] p. 215-216</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the [[Demiplane of Dread]], there are more than just a few souls who will go to great lengths to indulge vile [[passion]]s better left unfulfilled. A [[mage]] will commit may [[transgression]]s to enact the most [[dangerous]] of [[ritual]]s to become a [[lich]].<ref name="VRMHC II p. 105">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter Compendium Volume II]] p. 105</ref> A series of [[evil]] acts may inadvertently bring a [[fiend]] into the world via [[transposition]].<ref name="VRMHC III p. 14-15">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter Compendium Volume <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">IIi</ins>]] p. 14-15</ref> And deluded individuals may call upon unsavory entities to quench their thirsts for [[immortality]] by making [[dark pact]]s to become a [[ghost]]<ref name="VRMHC II p. 24-25">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter Compendium Volume II]] p. 24-25</ref> or one of the [[ancient dead]].<ref name="VRMHC II p. 215-216">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter Compendium Volume II]] p. 215-216</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>However, sometimes the mere will to transgress is enough to unleash evil upon the world. [[Obsession]], desperation for [[power]], [[wrath]], and perhaps most of all, [[hubris]] can have an animating force all its own. Said [[dark desire]] is the [[animating]] force behind [[dread crafting]], particularly the construction of [[dread construct]]s and [[dread golem]]s. A [[dread crafter]]'s passions can replaces great amounts of [[magic]] and [[gold]] to provide the vital spark needed for the [[creation of life]].<ref name="VRMHCI p. 212-213">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium Volume I]] p. 212-213</ref><ref name="RLPHB p. 217-218">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.217-218</ref> However, this comes at great cost in the long run, for a person who builds a golem through obsession makes not a normal golem but one of [[the Created]], dark creatures with eventual predispositions toward [[patricide]].<ref name="VRMHC I p. 257">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium Volume I]] p. 257</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>However, sometimes the mere will to transgress is enough to unleash evil upon the world. [[Obsession]], desperation for [[power]], [[wrath]], and perhaps most of all, [[hubris]] can have an animating force all its own. Said [[dark desire]] is the [[animating]] force behind [[dread crafting]], particularly the construction of [[dread construct]]s and [[dread golem]]s. A [[dread crafter]]'s passions can replaces great amounts of [[magic]] and [[gold]] to provide the vital spark needed for the [[creation of life]].<ref name="VRMHCI p. 212-213">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium Volume I]] p. 212-213</ref><ref name="RLPHB p. 217-218">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.217-218</ref> However, this comes at great cost in the long run, for a person who builds a golem through obsession makes not a normal golem but one of [[the Created]], dark creatures with eventual predispositions toward [[patricide]].<ref name="VRMHC I p. 257">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium Volume I]] p. 257</ref></div></td></tr>
</table>The Lesser Evilhttp://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?title=Category:Dark_Desire&diff=118767&oldid=prevThe Lesser Evil at 13:42, 6 May 20162016-05-06T13:42:13Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the [[Demiplane of Dread]], there are more than just a few souls who will go to great lengths to indulge vile [[passion]]s better left unfulfilled. A [[mage]] will commit may [[transgression]]s to enact the most [[dangerous]] of [[ritual]]s to become a [[lich]]. A series of [[evil]] acts may inadvertently bring a [[fiend]] into the world via [[transposition]]. And deluded individuals may call upon unsavory entities to quench their thirsts for [[immortality]] by making [[dark pact]]s to become a [[ghost]] or one of the [[ancient dead]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the [[Demiplane of Dread]], there are more than just a few souls who will go to great lengths to indulge vile [[passion]]s better left unfulfilled. A [[mage]] will commit may [[transgression]]s to enact the most [[dangerous]] of [[ritual]]s to become a [[lich]].<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><ref name="VRMHC II p. 105">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter Compendium Volume II]] p. 105</ref> </ins>A series of [[evil]] acts may inadvertently bring a [[fiend]] into the world via [[transposition]].<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><ref name="VRMHC III p. 14-15">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter Compendium Volume II]] p. 14-15</ref> </ins>And deluded individuals may call upon unsavory entities to quench their thirsts for [[immortality]] by making [[dark pact]]s to become a [[ghost]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><ref name="VRMHC II p. 24-25">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter Compendium Volume II]] p. 24-25</ref> </ins>or one of the [[ancient dead]].<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><ref name="VRMHC II p. 215-216">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter Compendium Volume II]] p. 215-216</ref></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>However, sometimes the mere will to transgress is enough to unleash evil upon the world. [[Obsession]], desperation for [[power]], [[wrath]], and perhaps most of all, [[hubris]] can have an animating force all its own. Said [[dark desire]] is the [[animating]] force behind [[dread crafting]], particularly the construction of [[dread construct]]s and [[dread golem]]s. A [[dread crafter]]'s passions can replaces great amounts of [[magic]] and [[gold]] to provide the vital spark needed for the [[creation of life]].<ref name="<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">VRMHCIII </del>p. 212-213">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter Compendium Volume <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">III</del>]] p. 212-213</ref><ref name="RLPHB p. 217-218">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.217-218</ref> However, this comes at great cost in the long run, for a person who builds a golem through obsession makes not a normal golem but one of [[the Created]], dark creatures with eventual predispositions toward [[patricide]].<ref name="VRMHC <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">III </del>p. 257">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter Compendium Volume <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">III</del>]] p. 257</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>However, sometimes the mere will to transgress is enough to unleash evil upon the world. [[Obsession]], desperation for [[power]], [[wrath]], and perhaps most of all, [[hubris]] can have an animating force all its own. Said [[dark desire]] is the [[animating]] force behind [[dread crafting]], particularly the construction of [[dread construct]]s and [[dread golem]]s. A [[dread crafter]]'s passions can replaces great amounts of [[magic]] and [[gold]] to provide the vital spark needed for the [[creation of life]].<ref name="<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">VRMHCI </ins>p. 212-213">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'s </ins>Compendium Volume <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">I</ins>]] p. 212-213</ref><ref name="RLPHB p. 217-218">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.217-218</ref> However, this comes at great cost in the long run, for a person who builds a golem through obsession makes not a normal golem but one of [[the Created]], dark creatures with eventual predispositions toward [[patricide]].<ref name="VRMHC <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">I </ins>p. 257">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'s </ins>Compendium Volume <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">I</ins>]] p. 257</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Dark desire is not only capable of bringing monsters to life, it can can also warp the self. Thirst for power or boon unrequited may bring a person to enact upon long-repressed desires through evil deed, perhaps as an act of impotent [[rage]] or a cry for help. However, acting upon these dark desires will only [[curse]] such an actor to become a [[Self-Induced Maledictive Lycanthrope]]<ref name="VRMHC I p. 118">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter Compendium Volume I]] p. 118</ref> [[The Dark Powers]] may also fulfill the [[deadly desire]]s of one who seeks to become a [[vampire]] or [[curse]] those whom merely seek eternal life to become these parasitic [[undead]].<ref name="VRMHC <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">III </del>p. 82">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter Compendium Volume <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">III</del>]] p. 82</ref> Such is the case of [[Strahd von Zarovich]], who sought immortality alone but was granted a tainted version of what he wished.<ref>[[Realm of Terror]] (Black Boxed Set) p. 27</ref> Those who embrace their dark gifts may become the most powerful of vampires. Regardless, those who walk down the dark path do so at great personal cost: the loss of their humanity<ref>[[Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium III]] p. 53</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Dark desire is not only capable of bringing monsters to life, it can can also warp the self. Thirst for power or boon unrequited may bring a person to enact upon long-repressed desires through evil deed, perhaps as an act of impotent [[rage]] or a cry for help. However, acting upon these dark desires will only [[curse]] such an actor to become a [[Self-Induced Maledictive Lycanthrope]]<ref name="VRMHC I p. 118">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'s </ins>Compendium Volume I]] p. 118</ref> [[The Dark Powers]] may also fulfill the [[deadly desire]]s of one who seeks to become a [[vampire]] or [[curse]] those whom merely seek eternal life to become these parasitic [[undead]].<ref name="VRMHC <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">I </ins>p. 82">[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'s </ins>Compendium Volume <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">I</ins>]] p. 82</ref> Such is the case of [[Strahd von Zarovich]], who sought immortality alone but was granted a tainted version of what he wished.<ref>[[Realm of Terror]] (Black Boxed Set) p. 27</ref> Those who embrace their dark gifts may become the most powerful of vampires. Regardless, those who walk down the dark path do so at great personal cost: the loss of their humanity<ref>[[Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium III]] p. 53</ref></div></td></tr>
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</table>The Lesser Evilhttp://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?title=Category:Dark_Desire&diff=118766&oldid=prevThe Lesser Evil at 13:31, 6 May 20162016-05-06T13:31:38Z<p></p>
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</table>The Lesser Evilhttp://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?title=Category:Dark_Desire&diff=114164&oldid=prevThe Lesser Evil at 17:13, 19 March 20162016-03-19T17:13:13Z<p></p>
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</table>The Lesser Evilhttp://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?title=Category:Dark_Desire&diff=33837&oldid=prevCure at 18:38, 17 April 20102010-04-17T18:38:19Z<p></p>
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</table>Curehttp://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?title=Category:Dark_Desire&diff=33831&oldid=prevCure at 18:32, 17 April 20102010-04-17T18:32:50Z<p></p>
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