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Message: <blockquote data-quote="evilbob" data-source="post: 6852989" data-attributes="member: 9789">More random thoughts:Another thing that's a little irksome is how many times "and then they all went mad and killed each other" is used to explain why there's none of the original inhabitants of some place.  I know it happens two or three times, and I want to say more than that.  Honestly it just feels like shoddy writing to me, and while I can forgive it once (for "atmosphere") more than once is tiresome.Thinking a bit more about the 3rd gem from the winery, the book mentions it was stolen "10 years ago" but none of the other villains make much sense as culprits.  Only the witch and her druid pals want them.  The third one would almost have to be an accident.  Oh - actually the two-headed guy from the monastery wouldn't be a bad choice.  Maybe one time he snuck away and stole the gem because he thought he could use it to make wine for himself, although he clearly doesn't understand how and then later maybe he just forgot he had it.  It doesn't fit his character to really ever leave the monastery, but it's less of a stretch than some of the others.One thing I give the book some credit for is the inclusion of non-hetero relationships.  There is one specifically gay relationship that gets called out, and Strahd himself is specifically very open in his preferences.  He has at least one male consort and the language about how he may be interested in a party member is deliberately neutral.  Granted that's two out of like hundreds, but having more than zero is certainly progress.The book also does a great job with gender equality, but even the original 1983 version had Ireena as a bad-ass and a good chunk of the non-title major characters were female.</blockquote>

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