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Would this line of reasoning also exclude Chernavog (from Expedition to Castle Ravenloft)? Baba Zelenna will be most upset...

I assume you're referring to Tser Pool in Expedition to Castle Ravenloft. I've been pronouncing the first two letters just as the first two in tsunami. Sejs has it about right, I think.

That power is indeed on the strong side. The cleric in the first game has Quicken Turning, which makes it a free action so it's even tougher. On the whole I like the power, but you have to be very careful about letting feats and items add to the d6's of damage. For the second game I told...

*Spoilers* Two reasons why I gave him SR: Story internal - Strahd is not a normal vampire. He became one after making a pact with some type of power or deity that seems tied to blood. His vampirism is undiluted and direct from the source....hence he has power that other vampires do not...

*Spoilers* Strahd is not just a straight caster, although he does have 10 levels of necromancer, he is listed as an Augmented Undead. He can certainly hold his own in melee (He drains 2 levels per slam, for instance), although as the players level up that becomes less and less a good idea...

*Possable Spoilers* Sure. In fact, Strahd already has at least one Vile feat, and maybe two (I don't have the book here at work. I flirted briefly with the idea of giving Strahd some Dark Speech powers, but it semed to be a bit much, Strahd is already a very complex character. The module...

Long time coming... So I’m reviving this old thread because I feel I orphaned it. I had some personal issues come up that interfered with my ability and desire to update the thread, or indeed participate on this or any other message-board. However, I am back, more or less. The Ravenloft game...

Three more Some that I own and haven’t seen mentioned here: SenZar – It’s awful. Even the website is bad. Feng Shui – Fast paced and lots of fun. Lacuna – I love this game. Really, really love it…so much so that I write fiction based in the setting.

I can't speak for fusangite, but I always have thought that the PC's are the "stars" and the NPC's are background players. As Stalker0 said in this recent thread about what makes a good GM: "The ability to make every player at the table at some point in the game feel cool and special." I...

As a long-time Greyhawk fan I vote Greyhawk, but with the caveat that WotC actually, oh, I don't know...support it. As it stands right now the defualt setting is a very generic, whitewashed, anemic, pallid, wan, rasping, tottering, clutching, dying version of Greyhawk...but that's just my...

I don't see an option for Talislantian elves...

Made me a better gamer? Yes. Negatively impacted the amount of time I spend at work actually doing my job? Um...[gulp] :heh:

Imagicka, I was going to write my opinions here, but then I read your post which says everything I was going to say only better. Bravo ;)

-Spoilers- Ireena and Ashlyn are interesting NPC’s. They share several things in common within the structure of the module; both want to accompany the characters, both can be used to flush out a small party, and both can be replacement PC’s in the event of a death. Apart from that here are my...

It is of more than passing interest to me how many people (in this thread and elsewhere) ban or otherwise restrict Raise Dead and the like. I realize this topic has probably been discussed to death (pun intended), and most likely the old-timers around here would rather not see the topic...