DOMAINS
1.Souragne (just love monkey island 2 swamps,voodoo,crocodiles,Chickenbone and general atmosphere)
2.Barovia (for reasons of tradition,you know carpathian mountain roads,darkness and fear,amoral vistani,dracula scenery and sentimental ties)
3.Verbrek (just love werewolves-loup garous especially-,moon rituals,their religion and notoriety)
4.Darkon (has everything)
5.Har'rakir (mummy-egyptian thing,contrast to more civilized places)
6.Nova Vaasa ( sentimental reasons from my campaign,love set up)
LORDS
1.Lord Soth (the best just read the novels,also he escaped beautifullyyy)
2.Strahd (same, best after Gary Oldman ever)
3.Anton Misroi (just love his style and personality)
4.Malocchio (spooky and temperamental,VERY EVIL like Azalin,i made him quite more powerful in mine)
5.Ankhtepot (status,he's even mentionned in MONSTROUS MANUAL as the first)
6.Azalin (raw power and cruelty)
NPCs
1.Chickenbone (i love that guy,so does my players' respect shows)
2.Jander Sunstar (i think we all like him a bit)
3.Mrs Haywood (sweet lil' lady where Van Richten gets some books)
4.Dragonov (i liked him in Mordenheim novel and his portraits)
Tired thinking of npcs the best are the ones you create and their are so many that i can't think (Mallistroi is good one now).
Sorry for the length,it seemed a good idea in the beginning
my favorite domains are Barovia, Mordent, Souragne, Bluetspur, the Shadow Rift, and Forlorn.
my favorite darklords are Strahd, Soth, Harkon Lukas, Vecna, Frantisek Markov and the three hags of Tepest.
favorite NPCs would be Inajira, the Gentleman Caller, Lyssa Von Zarovich, Rudolph Van Richten, and Jacqueline Montarri.
Just thought I'd point out that Malocchio is not a darklord. Gabrielle Aderre, his mother, is the darklord of Invidia.
my favorite domains are Barovia, Mordent, Souragne, Bluetspur, the Shadow Rift, and Forlorn.
my favorite darklords are Strahd, Soth, Harkon Lukas, Vecna, Frantisek Markov and the three hags of Tepest.
favorite NPCs would be Inajira, the Gentleman Caller, Lyssa Von Zarovich, Rudolph Van Richten, and Jacqueline Montarri.
What domain is Vecna the darklord of? I wasn't aware he was still in the setting.
What domain is Vecna the darklord of? I wasn't aware he was still in the setting.
His domain is called Cavitius. I believe it's one of the smaller domain floating in the sea of mist.
What domain is Vecna the darklord of? I wasn't aware he was still in the setting.
He isn't anymore. Canon-wise he departed in "Die Vecna Die!". That said, some RL-fans just can't accept that. Which goes to prove that humans can be even more stubborn than the Dark Powers :D
He isn't anymore. Canon-wise he departed in "Die Vecna Die!". That said, some RL-fans just can't accept that. Which goes to prove that humans can be even more stubborn than the Dark Powers :D
I still can't get over how cheesy the title for that adventure was
My favorite domains are
1 Sithicus
2 Barovia
3 Keening
4 Forlorn
5 Lamordia
My favorite darklord are
1 Lord Soth (when he was the darklord of Sithicus)
2 Stratd Von Zarovich
3 Azalin Rex
4 Death
5 Ivana Boritsi
And My favorite NPC are
1 Bloody Cobbler
2 Laurie Waethermay-Foxgrove
3 Gennifer Waethermay-Foxgrove
4 Cian Silverleaf
5 Stefhelm (Chapter 8 in Van Richten`s guide to the Shadow Fey)
Favorite Domains:
1) Barovia
2) Dementlieu
3) Mordent
4) The Nightmare Lands
5) Carnival (it's technically a floating pocket domain)
Favorite Darklords:
1) Count Strahd
2) Azalin
3) Dominic D'Honaire
4) Harkon Lukas
5) Gabrielle Aderre
Finally my favorite non-DL NPCs
1) The Living Brain
2) The Gentleman Caller
3) Rudolph van Richten
4) The mysterious S.
5) Jacqueline Montarri
6) Professor Pacali and his Pickled Punks
Domains-
1 Hazlan
2 Kartakass
3 Mordent
4 Sourange
5 Richemulot- specifically, in its non-canon alternate guise of Ricoba.
Darklords
1 Soth. All hail buckethead.
2 Harkon Lukas
3 Mordenheim. No, not Adam, Mordenheim. Yes, I know he's not the Darklord in canon... so what?
4 Vlad Drakov- So much fun to hate.
5 Strahd. All the founder of the setting.
NPCs-
1 The Weathermay-Foxgrove Twins (they're one character, as far as I care)
2 Semine
3 Madame Eva
4 The Gentleman Caller
5 George Weathermay
1) Borca: God, I love political intrigue, and especially "poison politics." The thin line between religion as the benefactor and religion as an opiate for the masses and tool of the establishment inherent to the Home Faith is intriguing to me as well.
2) Dementlieu: Much the same reasoning, plus most of my PCs love to hate the French. ;)
3) Odiare: Puppets scare the living crap out of me. My fiancee collects them. I have nightmares. 'Nuff said, I think.
4) Darkon: I love the scope of the realm, and by the time my PCs go there, they usually know enough to not stay long. Inevitably in my Ravenloft campaigns as well, I have a newbie PC who knows nothing about the world and wants to be from a "fantasy country." They usually wind up with a nasty shock. Even sweeter was a newbie PC who was from Darkon and picked the last name "Drakov" because it "sounded cool." :evil glee:
5) Falkovnia: It's my quintessential domain of "man's cruelty to man." Almost all of the evil here is human, and after a few dozen bouts with supernatural horrors of the worst sort, I like to let my PCs see a little of the countryside... with impalements.
Darklords
1) Harkon Lukas: What can I say? He's so damn genial. My PCs learn to love him (or quietly tolerate him as "that one gay bard"), and usually never find out in-character that he's responsible for their screwing. A couple of the newbie PCs from my last game still don't know he's a darklord.
2) Azalin: I love the dusty old galoot. He's massively powerful, brilliantly intelligent, utterly ruthless, and nigh-unkillable. He's Ravenloft's Dr. Doom, and I like them for much the same reasons.
3) Ivana Boritsi: I always found her fascinating, and now that her art actually makes her hot again it's a bonus.
4) Maligno the Carionette: See above. I hate puppets.
5) Gabrielle Aderre: Another hotty, and one with an amazingly rich personality. I also think she's cool for being the first darklord in Ravenloft's history to have even a halfway decent chance of being redeemed.
NPCs
This one's hard because I usually wind up liking my own NPCs better than most of the canon ones.
1) Eleni of Toyalis: Another villainess who tops the charts on both hot and interesting. I like her backstory, I like her attitude, I like her look, and I like the fact that she's actually loyal.
2) The Gentleman Caller: What's up with him? He's one of the great mysteries of the setting, and one I want to see revealed! I have to admit as well, I like the Caller less than I like the possible adventure left in his wake.
3) S: The author of the Doomsday Gazetteers is one of my favorite new characters. I know that she doesn't want to be compared to van Richten by including lots of autobiography in her work, but I would like to know something definite about her. The inference we get from the Gaz's are enough to include her on this list, though.
4) The Living Brain: Creepy and direct. I don't normally care for Mordenheim's FAILURES OF SCIENCE!, but the Brain gives me a really good reason to utilize psionics in Ravenloft, as well as being an interesting twist on the "cunning manipulator" villain archetype.
5) Rudolph van Richten: I like "old and busted" Rudolph better than "perfect crusader" Rudolph any day of the week. He's also nice to have as an example of how you can be a do-gooder in Ravenloft and actually change people's lives for the better as well as surviving a decently long time.
LORD: Azalin, of course.
NPC: An old caliban, that began with my player party and lost some of his...pieces... and now is running a small tavern in the downtown of RESTENFORD ;)
01-Sebua
02-Necropolis
03-Barovia
04-Borca
05-Kalidnay
06-Rokushima Taiyoo
07-Souragne
08-G'Henna
09-Dementlieu
10-Mordent
Same list, but with the BoS___ domains included:
01-Sebua
02-Necropolis
03-Igid Rabi-i
04-Barovia
05-Mictlan
06-Borca
07-Kislova
08-Tsuu-Y-Teke
09-Kalidnay
10-Rokushima Taiyoo
My favorite darklords:
01-Ivana Boritsi
02-Anton Misroi
03-Inza Magdova Kulchevich
04-The Lady of Ravens
05-Yagno Petrovna
06-Gabrielle Aderre
07-Elena Faith-Hold
08-Pharaoh Anhktepot
09-Diamabel
10-Daimyo Shinpi Haki
My favorite NPC's:
01-the eccentric crew of the Midway Haven Observatory
02-The White Rose of Sithicus
03-That mummy in "Touch of Death" whose name escapes me.
04-Rudolph van Richten
05-Gennifer Weathermay-Foxgrove
06-Jander Sunstar
07-Larissa Snowmane
08-The Midnight Slasher
09-Nostalia Romaine
10-Rudolph von Aubrecker
I did like the religious aspects that the realm could offer and both Darklords made hefty donations to the local knightly order, who did everyone the service of ridding the land of fiends.
Decadent entertainment is certainly the order of the day in Borca. I still remember the look on a players face when he was offered the choice of how a debtor should be executed. He opted for stoning in the end. I remember he made an off hand comment about being lawful neutral (to the other players) and then asked for more wine. I thought he handled the decision rather well.
It was very good wine.
Domains:
1. Invidia
2. Vorostokov
3. Tepest
4. Arak
5. Darkon
Dark Lords:
1. Gabby Aderre
2. Davion
3. Mara
4. The headless Horseman
5. Gregor Zolnik
NPC's:
1. The Gentleman Caller
2. Lady Kazandra
3. Loht
4. George Weathermay
5. The Weathermay-Foxgrove twins
I still can't get over how cheesy the title for that adventure was
Wasn't it the sequel of the Module called "Vecna Lives!" or something. In that case It's kind of funny.
"Vecna Lives!"
"DIE VECNA! DIE!"
1. Barovia - It brought me to the setting back in the late 80's.
2. Vorostokov - Snowy winter domains are just too excellent.
3. Valachan - Love it due to changes I've made
4. Tepest - Backwoods witch hunts! Can't beat that!
5. Sithicus - See reason #3
6. Mordent - See reason #3
Favourite Darklords:
1. Count Strahd von Zarovich - The progenitor. All hail!
2. Harkon Lukas - Being a singer, I have a soft spot for musical characters.
3. The Headless Horseman - Quintessential gothic horror.
4. The Lady of Ravens - Boundless possibilities
5. Lord Soth - I've been a big fan since the Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy.
6. The Fallen - Darklord of my own design
7. The Black Pope - Darklord of my own design.
Favourite NPC's:
1. Gennifer and Laurie Weathermay-Foxgrove
2. Lady Kazandra
3. Cian Silverleaf
4. Dr. Rudolph van Richten
5. My own myriad NPC's
Of my favorite darklords, I have always liked Azalin the most. Strahd, Soth, and Anhktepot are other firm favorites.
Favorite Domain:
Barovia,
Tepest,
Nova Vaasa (Lots of activity and have yet to use Malken. I just don't find him interesting)
Richemulot (All of those empty streets, lead to so much trouble and have so much potential).
Darkon (why not.)
Favorite Darklords
Strahd Von Zarvovich (I've never had so much fun with an NPC)
The Three Hags (They scare the hell out of my players)
Azalin (I've used him only twice, but I like reading what he has to say)
Favorite Cannon NPCs
Ratic Ubel (The only one I've ever used)