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. ’) ‘I actually the lair of a vampire-and then somehow sanctify it, just to aggravate the vampire if nothing else. Unless the estate had some tradition of sanctity attached to it, the priest would have to establish the building as a temple, attract a body of other priests and a congregation, hold services, etc. Then and only then might the building be considered sanctified. (And if you think the vampire in the catacombs would abide that, then you would not last very long in the Land of Mists.) Homes Homes, th3t is, houses or other spaces where individuals or families have their permanent residence, enforce their own restrictions on a vampire. Homes are not actually sanctified places (except in the most unusual of cases) and so give priests or laypersons no benefits when turning or holding at bay vampires and other undead. They do, however, give those within a unique protection against vampires. In short, a vampire is completely unable to enter a home unless invited by a resident; the creature is simply unable to physically enter the residence. A few important notes do apply. First of all, to qualify as a “resident” of a home, a person must have been invited to live there indefinitely. This can be the actual homeowner, the spouse, a relative of the owner, a live-in servant, etc. A guest of the owner does not qualify as a resident. Second, the invitation must be overt, stated in words. An implied invitation, such as an open door, is not sufficient. A single invitation to enter a home will allow the vampire to enter that home but once, immediately after the invitation is extended. The sole exception is if the “man of the house”: the oldest member of the household offers the invitation. If it is the “man of the house” who formally offers the invitation to a vampire, the creature is thereafter always free to enter that VAMPIRES ’a I home without further invitation. Third, just because a vampire is unable to actually enter a house, those within are not totally protected from the creature’s wrath. A vampire has a number of options open to it. For example, it could attempt to charm someone inside the house, or otherwise convince him or her to officially invite the creature to enter. It could summon minions, who are not forbidden to enter the house. Alternatively, it could burn the house to the ground or otherwise force its potential victims to leave the structure. In short, fleeing to one’s home to escape a vampire offers temporary protection at best. In the Land of Mists there are a number of exceptions to the above remarks. Strahd von Zarovich is the absolute ruler of Barovia and thereby owns all properties contained in it. This mighty vampire lord can enter any building or structure that he wishes, simply because he “owns” them all. GFW- Many experts find the statement hard to believe, but it seems that that most vampires, the “lords of the undead,” are unable to physically open the grave, crypt, or other final resting place of another who was interred according to the precepts of the religion the person followed in life. (They can obviously open their own resting-place with impunity.) Although surprising on the surface, when viewed symbolically, this makes perfect sense, An interment site is, in one manner of speaking, the only property owned by its inhabitant, for eternity. And, assuming the deceased was interred with the formality and ritual associated with his or her faith while alive, the interment site is thus sanctified, at least to a degree. For these reasons, a “typical” vampire is unable to enter, break open, or otherwise physically disturb an interment site without the
. . . .. . . .- . . . .. . .. . SECTION, THE FIRST: express permission of the “inhabitant” of the interment site. The restriction (who, obviously, is unable to give it). This does not prevent a vampire from magically animating the inhabitant of a grave, however, and then having the animated corpse break out @emselves “fang fodder.” the charactef then make also does not apply to unfortunates who were interred without benefit of clerical rites and rituals: bodies buried in a mass grave, crimipals who were excommunicated, etc. likki (from the FO~GOITL~ RFALMS’, of one week to prepare. If t is a precious metal, it must d in the interest of colorfu ,, sornerhing like, “Profane Creature of Darkness, in the name of Tom 1
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Page 53 and 54: SECTK~U, THE FIRST: MAGIC AW YAWIRE
Page 55: Even if the vamoire’s Dhvsical ._
Page 59: SECTION, THE FIRST: (Che fiend had
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Page 64 and 65: Generally, a vampire will drain eno
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I One physical characteristic impos
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unable to enter a private dwelling
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I each time they achieve another ca
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How much worse is a vampire who, in
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. ablaze with a profusion of wildfl
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I was lost, but I knew the directio
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j , . ,4' s ' ,%hr blood of my pare
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that were of no discernible monetar
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me, and I fall to all fours. The ho
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m i Character Class Skills Generall
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g transmits the contagion does not
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has a pious ritual that is always u
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4 ignorance may cost them their liv
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c search will reveal that this theo
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flesh golems is 20. Such creatures
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iscussed below. Bear in mind that s
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aordinary abilities listed in es~ai
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Jeffrey's accompanying me on this d
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It is essential that all is in read
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