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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nyeshet" data-source="post: 3109924" data-attributes="member: 18363">Did the original Strahd have levels in Wizard (necromancer or otherwise)? (As I recall, back then foes were typically not given levels in a class, so he likely was not, I presume.)It seems odd to me that - both here and in the Dragon magazine - he has levels of Wizard but not one level of Fighter, as his history states that he had been a warrior / warlord for - what? - about 10-20 years?! Did he forget all that experience when he became a vampire? Perhaps he was level drained so low that he forgot exactly which class levels he was supposed to regain and accidentally / purposefully chose 'wizard' instead?Personally, I think Strahd would have been better stat'ed as a Fighter X/ Wizard X / Eldritch Knight X - using a variant EK that had either a good Will save / poor Fort save or a variant with a medium save for both the Fort and Will saves. (I've never understood why the EK has a poor Will save.) That, I think, might better work with his stated character history. On the other hand, at the least this would drop him to 4th or possibly even 3rd level spells instead of 5th level spells (dependent on how many levels of Ftr he was given; I'd choose 2-3 as he is a long served veterin - compared to 1-2 level warriors that is quite notable in power level, almost certainly worthy of a warlord). How do others feel about this matter? Am I alone in my view that stated character history should be reflected in the stat's, class choice, etc of a N/PC, especially if it lasted years?</blockquote>

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