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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Xaltar" data-source="post: 297531" data-attributes="member: 480">Venus did explain the situation well.  There are a few other details though.The way that Venus was able to stop the transformation was to drink one drop of blood from the Avatar of Lathander.  This was part of Venus's desire to now worship the morning lord.At any time, if Venus is to use his powers for evil intent, including his level drain and domination abilities (in any way shape or form), he would no longer receive the blessing of Lathander that allowed him to keep a good alignment, and to be able to venture out into the sun.  Venus did have an alignment change, I believe from Lawful Neutral to Neutral Good during the transformation after receiving the essence of Lathander's blood.Since I allowed those who were returning from the original Unusual Heroes party to come in at thier current levels, which were 3 to 4 levels higher for the most part, Venus being a Vampire didn't seem to be a problem.  This also meant that I could increase the difficulty of the encounters, and not have to hold back on the true horror that is Rappan Athuk.I usually like to try and allow very different experiences from time to time, and this was one of them.  Interesting drawbacks started to arise the more that we played.  Not being able to cross water was one of those issues.  You may have noticed that the party carried Venus's coffin into the dungeon, and that's because there was a stream that he could not cross on his own.Another issue was Ziona turning undead.  Several times we all cringed and had to check the chart to she if she had blown our undead friend to dust, or at least sent him cowering into the depths of the dungeon on his own.He does smolder in the sun, but it is only mildly painful, he will not burn.  I admit that Venus is the toughest of all the characters that I've seen in a long time.  That's why I implemented the xp. penalty for being reduced to gas during combat.  It happened almost every week at the beginning.  Then Venus rose above that and became a champion in the fight against undead.</blockquote>

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