Book of Vile Darkness Preview

[Phaezen]

Curses and diseases in today's Book of Vile Darkness preview.

Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Article (Creating Vile Encounters)

They give the werewolf curse as a sample, and I like it. Bonus points for roleplaying elements required to remove the curse.

 

[LurkAway]

They give the werewolf curse as a sample, and I like it. Bonus points for roleplaying elements required to remove the curse.

I don't like Stage 2 and 3 -- it's silly to me. It has no real reference to werewolf literature, it's a giveaway that the character is cursed with something, and stage 3 is a bizarre knee-jerk reaction (literally, like giving the PC like a hammer to the knee).

 

[Phaezen]

I don't like Stage 2 and 3 -- it's silly to me. It has no real reference to werewolf literature, it's a giveaway that the character is cursed with something, and stage 3 is a bizarre knee-jerk reaction (literally, like giving the PC like a hammer to the knee).

I rather like them, lycanthropy is associated with beserk madness, and a character lashing out to those close to him when he gets hurt/hit is nice.

I can see the reason they have gone for allies rather than creatures as the target of the cursed character lashing out, the curse needs to be a hinderance, not something the party can use to up damage...

 

[Wepwawet]

Crypt Thing?!

Man, they did ran out of names for new stuff.
That's a sign that this edition is getting splat bloated hehehe

 

[LurkAway]

I rather like them, lycanthropy is associated with beserk madness, and a character lashing out to those close to him when he gets hurt/hit is nice.

Maybe, but considering the predictable/reliabilty of it all, it seems more like a strange automoton (dare I say boardgame-y?) motion, the exact opposite of berserk madness.

I'm imagining a Three Stooges scene where Larry punches Curly who kicks Moe, and they keep doing it over and over like clockwork.

 

[Phaezen]

Crypt Thing?!

Man, they did ran out of names for new stuff.
That's a sign that this edition is getting splat bloated hehehe

Crypt Thing is a second edition monster, possibly earlier

 

[Klaus]

Crypt Thing is a second edition monster, possibly earlier

AD&D 1e Fiend Folio.

 

[the Jester]

Crypt Thing?!

Man, they did ran out of names for new stuff.
That's a sign that this edition is getting splat bloated hehehe

Young'uns these days.

Seriously though, I like all the stuff in that preview article. BoVD looks like a good RBDM resource!

 

[Phaezen]

AD&D 1e Fiend Folio.

Thanks, I thought it might have been a Fiend Folio critter

 

[Incenjucar]

The end stages of these diseases are basically "You don't get to play that character until they're cured." That strikes me as just really really annoying.