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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MechaPilot" data-source="post: 6852863" data-attributes="member: 82779">Now, I don't have the adventure yet, but based on what I've read here, I have to say that I like the changes to Strahd's backstory.I like that his descent into evil is more gradual.  It makes a great deal of sense for it to be that way.  Apart from some truly disturbed individuals, most people don't seek to do what is evil.  Most people try to do what they think is either best or right or necessary for them and theirs.  Along the way, bad choices are made.  Those bad choices have some rewards to them, but they eventually pile up and bury a person under their collective weight.  This philosophy was even reflected in the dark powers checks presented in 2e and 3e Ravenloft.I also think it makes more sense with regard to what the authors have said.  <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?479801-CURSE-OF-STRAHD-S-Foreword-By-Tracy-Hickman" target="_blank">In another thread here</a>, there was part of the introduction for CoS where the authors talk about returning the vampire to his roots as an abusive monster, instead of the misunderstood (and sometimes sparkly, -shudder- ) outsider they are more often represented as today.The one thing I have heard so far that I don't like is the apparent reduction or definition of the dark powers.  As a fan of the broader, multi-domain version of Ravenloft, I prefer the dark powers to be vague and . . . well, powerful.</blockquote>

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