Ravenloft Campaign - Revision history

70.88.251.9: /* Altered Skill: Appraise */

2007-10-15T20:34:01Z

Altered Skill: Appraise

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	===Altered Skill: Appraise===		===Altered Skill: Appraise===
	To make Appraise more useful, it now has the following function: With a DC 20 Appraise check, a character may tell if an item is magical. There may be modifiers to the roll for obscurity, etc. This does not tell what type of magic the item has or what school it's of. But it will give a simple Yes-No answer. This use of the skill takes 10 minutes per item--much slower than Detect Magic.		To make Appraise more useful, it now has the following function: With a DC 20 Appraise check, a character may tell if an item is magical. There may be modifiers to the roll for obscurity, etc. This does not tell what type of magic the item has or what school it's of. But it will give a simple Yes-No answer. This use of the skill takes 10 minutes per item--much slower than Detect Magic--and the character must be able to see the item close up and touch it.

	==Available Feats==		==Available Feats==

70.88.251.9: /* Altered Skill: Appraise */

2007-10-15T20:33:28Z

Altered Skill: Appraise

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	===Altered Skill: Appraise===		===Altered Skill: Appraise===
	To make Appraise more useful, it now has the following function: With a DC 20 Appraise check, a character may tell if an item is magical. There may be modifiers to the roll for obscurity, etc. This does not tell what type of magic the item has or what school it's of. But it will give a simple Yes-No answer.		To make Appraise more useful, it now has the following function: With a DC 20 Appraise check, a character may tell if an item is magical. There may be modifiers to the roll for obscurity, etc. This does not tell what type of magic the item has or what school it's of. But it will give a simple Yes-No answer. This use of the skill takes 10 minutes per item--much slower than Detect Magic.

	==Available Feats==		==Available Feats==

70.88.251.9: /* Traits & Flaws */

2007-10-15T20:32:54Z

Traits & Flaws

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	===Flaws===		===Flaws===
	A character may have up to two Flaws, mostly as per the rules on Unearthed Arcana (page 91) and [http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/buildingCharacters/characterFlaws.htm here]. However, instead of each Flaw granting you a feat slot, each Flaw instead grants you one extra Luck point. Flaws are optional, you do not have to take any.		A character may have up to two Flaws, mostly as per the rules on Unearthed Arcana (page 91) and [http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/buildingCharacters/characterFlaws.htm here]. However, instead of each Flaw granting you a feat slot, each Flaw instead grants you one extra Luck point. Flaws are optional, you do not have to take any.

			==Available Skills==
			All of the skills detailed in the PHB are available. Additionally, the Autohypnosis, Knowledge (Psionics) and Psicraft skills from the XPH are available, although note that because of full psionic transparency, the Knowledge (Psionics) and Psicraft skills work exactly as Knowledge (Arcana) and Spellcraft, just with different names. Anytime a skill roll for one of these comes up, the analog skill can also be used.

			===Altered Skill: Appraise===
			To make Appraise more useful, it now has the following function: With a DC 20 Appraise check, a character may tell if an item is magical. There may be modifiers to the roll for obscurity, etc. This does not tell what type of magic the item has or what school it's of. But it will give a simple Yes-No answer.

	==Available Feats==		==Available Feats==

70.88.251.9: /* Acceptance */

2007-10-15T20:27:13Z

Acceptance

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	-6 Race not appearing on the racial list (due to Reincarnation or something)		-6 Race not appearing on the racial list (due to Reincarnation or something)

	~~-2 Visible magic items~~
	-4 Known arcane caster		-4 Known arcane caster
	-4 Known psionic		-4 Known psionic
			-2 Known divine caster with strange faith

	-2 Signs of moderate taint		-2 Signs of moderate taint

70.88.251.9: /* Views on Magic */

2007-10-15T20:25:58Z

Views on Magic

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	===Views on Magic===		===Views on Magic===
	~~Availability~~ of magic items and ~~magical services~~		The people of Barovia are superstitious and distrustful regarding magic. Not only does their religion speak poorly of most magics, but pretty much every instance of magic any of them have ever experienced in their lives--with the exception of a few church-related charms and blessings--has ultimately been harmful. This has resulted in a strong distrust of magic-users, particularly of those whose magics are recognizably non-divine. Known arcane casters and psionicists (which in the eyes of the people of Barovia is just another type of devil-magic) are looked at fearfully and not welcomed into many establishments. Those who would flaunt their power or threaten with it, risk a good old-fashioned mob of villages with torches and pitchforks, looking to burn the warlock into ashes. Divine casters aren't quite as suspect as their other magic-using counterparts, but may still be snubbed if their faith appears significantly different from that of the Morninglord.

			Surprisingly or unsurprisingly, despite most magic being taboo, there is a significant trade in the village of magic items. Most of these are of the good-luck charm or fertility charm variety. And most aren't really magical. Nevertheless, superstition runs strong and these are sought-after items. There is even a small potion shop in town that does a decent business selling potions--some of which work as intended. This is the one and only shop in town that deals in magic (not counting the village church, which offer a few low-level blessings and so on to members).

	===Non-Human Races===		===Non-Human Races===

70.88.251.9: /* Religion */

2007-10-15T19:30:51Z

Religion

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	===Religion===		===Religion===
			The people of Barovia follow the cult of the Morninglord--a luminous sylvan entity whose face is smeared with blood. The cult of the Morninglord was founded some 200 years ago in Barovia; the founder claimed that the Morninglord appeared to him as a boy and protected him from the dark menaces of the Barovian night. Since that time the religion has become the sole one in the village. It teaches that better times will come as long as people have hope. It also teaches that the enemies of the Morninglord have the ability to offer mortals pacts for magic power, which results in the spread of sickness and corruption among humanity. Any magic not of origin with the Morninglord is suspect.

	===Views on Magic===		===Views on Magic===

70.88.251.9: /* Culture */

2007-10-15T18:56:51Z

Culture

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	===Culture===		===Culture===
	The local culture in Barovia in many ways resembles traditional Eastern European culture. People live clustered away in villages, each of which has a burgomaster. People dress in drab colors, eat boiled foods and tend small gardens of cabbage and ~~harbs~~.		The local culture in Barovia in many ways resembles traditional Eastern European culture. People live clustered away in villages, each of which has a burgomaster. People dress in drab colors, eat boiled foods and tend small gardens of cabbage and herbs.

	===Religion===		===Religion===

70.88.251.9: /* Culture */

2007-10-15T18:56:34Z

Culture

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	===Culture===		===Culture===
	Eastern European, ~~Other Races~~, ~~Vistani~~		The local culture in Barovia in many ways resembles traditional Eastern European culture. People live clustered away in villages, each of which has a burgomaster. People dress in drab colors, eat boiled foods and tend small gardens of cabbage and harbs.

	===Religion===		===Religion===

70.88.251.9: /* Castle Ravenloft */

2007-10-15T16:57:16Z

Castle Ravenloft

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	===Castle Ravenloft===		===Castle Ravenloft===
	~~About~~ Strahd		Standing on a fortified peak overlooking Barovia is Castle Ravenloft, home to Barovia's current ruler Count Strahd von Zarovich. The castle is solid stone, tall and foreboding. No one who enters exists its grounds alive, safe for Strahn himself and his trusted allies. All manner of rumors persist about what goes on there. The von Zarovich lineage has ruled Barovia for generations upon generations, going back perhaps half a millennium. Once the whole von Zarovich family resided in the castle, but one by one they died out. Today it is just Strahd, called "the Devil Strahd" by the fearful inhabitants of Barovia.

	===Culture===		===Culture===

70.88.251.9: /* The Vistani */

2007-10-15T15:48:55Z

The Vistani

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	===The Vistani===		===The Vistani===
			The Vistani are people like gypsies are in stereotypes. They are not part of the Barovia community and maintain their own camp somewhere out there in the Svalich Woods. They're also the only people to have gone through the mists and entered or left the lands of Barovia within the last three generations--the means of which is a secret they guard greedily. Otherwise, the Vistani are known for occasional trade and their ability to tell fortunates. They are also feared for their ability to curse people who cross them.

	===Castle Ravenloft===		===Castle Ravenloft===