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I strahd7/24/2023 Strahd, however, I can totally see in that light. Still, it seems a bit too distasteful for Azalin's modus operandi for me. Instead of having any physical cravings himself, he just knows that it's a sensitive issue for living creatures, and there's some shock value if he assaults them on those grounds. That Azalin might have been using that as a way of psychologically breaking down Jadis before sending her on an important mission. The only thing that I could think of to explain this (besides that the author may have made a mistake) is that he was using it as some kind of a test for someone, and we never got to see how it worked out. Vampires are one of the only undead to retain mortal "hungers". Where the lycanthrope is concerned, they didn't hint about it, Strahd himself said so (in that novel).Īnd as far as Azalin is concerned, I have to agree with you. The novel Tower of Doom has Azalin making sexual advances on a female character, which strikes me as being wrong on so many different levels it's hard to describe. Then again, although romance is often invoked in Ravenloft novels, actual sex is clumsily-handled in general. In Vampire of the Mists it's clear that he keeps mistress vampiress slaves in his castle, and also hints that he has sexual relations with a female lycanthrope who stays with him. Strahd's own accounts omit any sort of secondary physical company he may have kept. Good question, I agree with Vallyrah in saying he probably did use dominate. "Act of Ultmate Darkness" - any act where you have a 100% or greater chance of failing a powers check because it's so evilģ. "In my humble opionion" (also IMO - "in my opionion)Ģ. She kissed him back because she was under his magical compulsion (vampire's supernatural ability) to do so.ġ. When you look at how she reacted to everything that was going on around her at that time, it looks like she was (temporarily) under the influence of a dominate effect. I realize that this was of course his version of events, but I believe that she did. Sorry, Strahd, but there's no way in hell that she actually kissed you back. ![]() Propaganda and disinformation probably don't suffice to explain (Sorry, Strahd, but there's no way in hell that she actually kissed you back.) The guy's mind does NOT run on all cylinders, where his fall from grace is concerned. ![]() Strahd professes his "perfect love" for Tatyana one minute and hounds her knowing it'll only get her killed the next he contemptuously burns Sergei's poems in a novel, yet lies weeping atop his murdered brother's sarcophagus in a module. ![]() Strahd's true feelings about his seminal AoUD are so very twisted and conflicted, it's quite unlikely that he even remembers precisely how it happened: his various accounts contradict one another so heavily, propaganda and disinformation probably don't suffice to explain the diversions. There's a good deal of denial at work in his autobiographical recounting of events, too, IMHO. He trusts no one so his paranoia causes him to have contingencies for almost every situation (even the ones he doesn't foresee). The important thing is never to underestimate his intellect. I would read A Vampire in the Mists to get another vision of the Master of Barovia. It does have to have some basis in reality though.Īfter all Strahd being such a self-depreciating fellow would never write a history that paints him in a better light. But it is also Strahd's self-promoting propaganda. But you have to take it with a pinch of salt about its accuracy as Strahd wrote it, so it's obviously going to paint him in a good light. Is the book I, Strahd considered 'canon' in Ravenloft, or is it not? thanks. I, Strahd (A question concerning a book) - Downloaded from the Wizards Community, all coding removed by Solauren I, Strahd (A question concerning a book)
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