Simon Belmont comes to D&D...

Aaron L · Sep 8, 2003

Oh my goodness, if you only got to Richter in SOTN, that's less than halfway through the game!

jarlaxlecq · Sep 8, 2003

The Blue Elf said:
The upside down Castle?

yeah you can get there holy glasses from maria in the Center of the castle, with them equiped when you fighter Richter you'll see a globe flooting over his head. Destroy the globe and you'll free Richter from his mental domination. At that point you get into the inverted castle, its exactly like the 1st castle execpt everything is upside down. that and the monsters are alot harder. there is a total of 200+% to the game. your not even half way there. go to http://www.classicgaming.com/castlevania/dungeon.htm to get the lo down on all things castlevania

Klaatu B. Nikto · Sep 8, 2003

Nifelhein said:
Also on the Nes game Castlevania 3 (the best I have played) you could choose between a dead Vampire Hunter who was a ghost, Alucard, the son of Dracula and Grant, a "humanoid" whose powers were walking on walls and ceilings... Gant was a corrupted servant of dracula that would join you after you defeated him. The game was a Belmont and alternating to one of the allies. The vampire hunetr used a macec if I remember correctly, grant used a knife/dagger and alucard used magic from his cape.

By the way SoN truly rocks, no belmont heroism at all!! (look my sign!)

Was the vamp hunter a spellcaster? I remember someone could cast (I think) lighting, cold and fire spells and was armed with a quarterstaff. Or was he (she?) the fourth character?

Symphony was great! Good mood music too.

Green Knight · Sep 8, 2003

Ravellion said:
I have been corrputed by the Captain N cartoons, and can't envison Belmont as a heroic character anymore.

Rav

While I generally liked that cartoon, I REALLY hated Simon Belmont's portrayal, since I loved Castlevania II so much (The atmosphere projected by that game is probably also why I love the Ravenloft setting so much).

Nifelhein · Sep 8, 2003

Klaatu B. Nikto said:
Was the vamp hunter a spellcaster? I remember someone could cast (I think) lighting, cold and fire spells and was armed with a quarterstaff. Or was he (she?) the fourth character?

Symphony was great! Good mood music too.

Not a spellcaster truly but instead of the common items (dagger, holy water, boomerang and the such) he would have other items, tomes which would give him fire spell, ice and the like...

I don't remember very well since it has been many years since I last played it and I hate not having a game pad for those emulators...

Bran Blackbyrd · Sep 8, 2003

Sypha Belnades, the spellcaster, was not dead, she was turned into stone by a cyclops (you gained her as a character if you defeated it).

Lightning was the best, even though it looked nothing like lightning... If you had ice in that level with the river you could freeze the whole thing.

If you beat the game with her as the support character you "find out" that Sypha is a woman, and she hooks up with Trevor. The game and instruction booklet both tried to mislead you into thinking she was a he, but since I wasn't familiar with all of the fey nancy boys in anime at the time, I had her pegged as a gal from the start.

That and any D&D geek worth their salt would figure Sypha for a female name, though I've seen the Japanese give male/female characters some pretty strange names for their gender.

Dark Psion · Sep 8, 2003

Ahhh, the game that never ends. Everytime I think I have finaly found EVERYTHING in this game. I'll play it again and find a new item or ability of an item.

This is the best Castlevania site I know of and can provide the basis for creating a D&D version.

http://www.classicgaming.com/castlevania/dungeon.htm

Nifelhein · Sep 8, 2003

Bran Blackbyrd said:
Sypha Belnades, the spellcaster, was not dead, she was turned into stone by a cyclops (you gained her as a character if you defeated it).

Lightning was the best, even though it looked nothing like lightning... If you had ice in that level with the river you could freeze the whole thing.

If you beat the game with her as the support character you "find out" that Sypha is a woman, and she hooks up with Trevor. The game and instruction booklet both tried to mislead you into thinking she was a he, but since I wasn't familiar with all of the fey nancy boys in anime at the time, I had her pegged as a gal from the start.

That and any D&D geek worth their salt would figure Sypha for a female name, though I've seen the Japanese give male/female characters some pretty strange names for their gender.

Thanks for the help here, reading has made my memory full of long gone scenes... ah... just one problem so far... now I wanna play it again start to end with everyone and I remember that this game was the one I had most problem on defeating dracula...

Castlevania d20? Hmm... would make for a nice work, not a game unto it self, just a reading of Castlevania on d20 system... should we try to create a group to try it????

I had done a file related to Castlevania:SoN, not sure it complete but I can mail anyne interested, just ask! (too big to attach)

Robbert Raets · Sep 8, 2003

Ravellion said:
I have been corrputed by the Captain N cartoons, and can't envison Belmont as a heroic character anymore.

Rav

ACK!! Don't mention that travesty!

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