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Curse of Strahd - What if Vistani were Teiflings?
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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce Vistani" data-source="post: 6847132" data-attributes="member: 6828930"><p>Just throwing this out there. What if I made the Vistani into Teiflings? </p><p></p><p>Rationale:1 - To diversify the setting - Hey, its 5E! Might as well go whole-hog! A 10-level campaign where all the NPC personalities are human might get a bit dull, no? Given the Vistanis history as both servants and deceivers of Strahd I think Teiflings might be thematically appropriate. </p><p></p><p>2- The Vistani Teiflings would seem more dangerous to the players, and they'd be more obviously distinct from Borovian peasants.</p><p></p><p>3 - Their corrupted demonic bloodline would help explain why Strahd has no desire to feed upon them </p><p></p><p>4 - Political - As a Europeam with a mix of players for across the continent, I am sensitive to the racial implications of the Vistani as Roma stereotypes. This might seem extreme to Americans but if you live in Europe you will have witnessed a lot of outright racism toward Romanian migrants in recent years. Making the Vistani into Teiflings is at least slightly more removed from real world implications. (I mean, you can find latent and symbolic racism in any archetypal fantasy if you look for it.)</p><p></p><p>5 - TBH I've never used Teiflings in a setting before, so... novelty!</p><p></p><p>I realise this is a huge break from Ravenloft orthodoxy and there will probably be people who hate the idea. I'm more interested to hear if anyone thinks its a good idea and if anyone has advise for how best to implement such a change.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce Vistani, post: 6847132, member: 6828930"] Just throwing this out there. What if I made the Vistani into Teiflings? Rationale:1 - To diversify the setting - Hey, its 5E! Might as well go whole-hog! A 10-level campaign where all the NPC personalities are human might get a bit dull, no? Given the Vistanis history as both servants and deceivers of Strahd I think Teiflings might be thematically appropriate. 2- The Vistani Teiflings would seem more dangerous to the players, and they'd be more obviously distinct from Borovian peasants. 3 - Their corrupted demonic bloodline would help explain why Strahd has no desire to feed upon them 4 - Political - As a Europeam with a mix of players for across the continent, I am sensitive to the racial implications of the Vistani as Roma stereotypes. This might seem extreme to Americans but if you live in Europe you will have witnessed a lot of outright racism toward Romanian migrants in recent years. Making the Vistani into Teiflings is at least slightly more removed from real world implications. (I mean, you can find latent and symbolic racism in any archetypal fantasy if you look for it.) 5 - TBH I've never used Teiflings in a setting before, so... novelty! I realise this is a huge break from Ravenloft orthodoxy and there will probably be people who hate the idea. I'm more interested to hear if anyone thinks its a good idea and if anyone has advise for how best to implement such a change. [/QUOTE]
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