![]() 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. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.I, Strahd (A question concerning a book) - Downloaded from the Wizards Community, all coding removed by Solauren I, Strahd (A question concerning a book) Though this novel lacks the baroque sensuality of Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire or the streetwise humor of the author's own The Vampire Files, it is an exciting and original vampire tale.Ĭopyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. Elrod's strong prose and excellent pacing are not diminished by being confined to the boundaries of a pre-established universe. Although certain events and characters are depicted differently in all three novels, this is not a failing, necessarily, if readers keep in mind that this book is part of TSR's Dungeons & Dragons gaming world, in which each session at the gameboard produces varying scenarios. While this volume follows Vampire of the Mists (by Christie Golden) and Knight of the Black Rose (by James Lowder), the narrative's events seem to pre-date those of Golden's story. He tells of fratricide, suicide, treachery and a horrible curse connected to his beloved Tatyana. Strahd relates how he conquered the realm of Barovia, and how he became a vampire to win the love of his brother's wife, Tatyana. The third entry in TSR/Ravenloft's "open-ended series of Gothic horror tales," this is a chilling, dark fantasy again featuring powerful vampire Count Strahd Von Zarovich.
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