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Jander Sundstar Elf male 8th-level fighter/vampire ARMOR CLASS: 1 MOVE: 18 HIT POINTS: 68 (treat as 13 HD creature) THAC0: 7 NO. OF ATTACKS: 3/2 (as fighter) ALIGNMENT: Chaotic neutral (good tendencies) STR 20, DEX 19, CON 18, INT 19, WIS 16, CHA 18 Weapons of Proficiency: Long bow, dagger, staff, long sword, short sword, whip. Nonweapon Proficiencies: Artistic ability (carving/sculpting), bowyer/fletcher, gaming, reading/ writing (Common, elvish), singing. Equipment: His dagger, full cloak, spare gloves and clothes, carving tools and medium, partially finished works, and sharpened stakes. Magical Items: Short sword +2, and a dagger +1 kept hidden beneath his clothing. Combat/Tactics: Jander’s vampiric form is unique, conforming wholly neither to standard AD&D game rules, nor the RAVENLOFT® setting’s variant rules. Jander’s abilities are summarized below. (Important statistical variants are included in the block of game information at the top of this entry.) He bites his victims, but drains one Constitution point per round rather than draining life (experience) levels. This ability is identical to that possessed by nosferatu vampires, which are described in the MONSTROUS COMPENDIUM: RAVENLOFT Appendix III: Creatures of Darkness. Jander can charm person as a normal vampire, but the victim who looks into his eyes suffers a -4 penalty to the saving throw vs. spell. Jander also can charm a target with his voice alone; no penalty is applied to the target’s save when Jander uses his voice alone to charm. Jander can be struck only by weapons of +3 enchantment or better, he has 25% Magic Resistance, and he regenerates 4 hit points per round. While he still seeks to avoid it, Jander can withstand sunlight for one hour. He is also immune to the effects of running water. Like normal AD&D game vampires, Jander is immune to sleep, charm, and hold and all other mind-affecting spells as well as poison and paralysis. Cold and electrical attacks cause only half normal damage. Finally, Jander also is cursed with the black thumb that all elf vampires share. Any plant that Jander touches to his skin withers and dies. Depending on the size of the plant, the death takes time. (Trees, for example, may take weeks to fully die.) During the withering period, Jander feels the plant’s agony as his own. Fortunately, this curse is not transmitted through fabric, allowing Jander to handle plants and even maintain a garden as long he wears gloves. Jander possesses also all the abilities and vulnerabilities of normal vampires as listed in the MONSTROUS MANUAL tome, except where differences are stated above. These abilities include assuming the form of a large bat or a golden-furred wolf. Brief statistics for these forms are: Dire Wolf: Dmg 2d4, AC2 (6), THAC0 15, MV 18, SZ L, ML 16. Bat: Dmg 2d6, AC 4 (8), THAC0 20, MV Fl 18 (C), SD -3 penalty to opponents’ attack rolls, SZ T, ML 16. If the RAVENLOFT rules are being used to represent Jander’s current status, he possesses all the abilities, immunities, and weaknesses of an eminent vampire. 35
36 Allies/Companions: His lost love Anna (some fragment or aspect of Tatyana), Sasha and Leisl, Rhynn Oriandis, Maia the barmaid. Foes/Enemies: Strahd Von Zarovich, Shakira “The Shark” Khazaar, his former master Cassiar. Appearance: Jander is a fine physical example of a male gold elf. Tall for an elf at 5’9”, he weighs only 130 pounds. His handsome features are sharp, but not feral as so many vampires’ looks become. Hair the color of wheat falls to just beyond Jander’s shoulders, almost covering his pointed ears. His skin is a pale gold, and his large, sad eyes are silver. One of Jander’s hands has been left burned and withered by his contact with a powerful magical item. Jander prefers clothing of strong, primary colors such as red or blue. He often wears a voluminous gray cloak, boots, and his hands are always covered by white leather gloves-due to his scarred hand and his vampiric black thumb power. The cloak can act as an emergency shield from the sun’s light. Personality: For the most part, Jander is a kind and gentle soul who has managed to withstand the horrific transformation into a vampire without losing himself to mindless savagery and evil. Jander cherishes beauty in all forms, whether it’s literature, art, nature, or the shared smiles of a young couple in love. His family name honors the sun, and Jander misses its precious warmth and light very much. However, the animal within Jander can be witnessed at times. When pushed to the brink, either emotionally or physically, Jander succumbs to a berserker rage. He assumes wolf form and attacks anything unfortunate enough to cross his path. He might be able to spare a loved one, but this isn’t a certainty. As time passes, these rages have become less frequent; Jander is becoming more patient. Perhaps this is a result of his undying life; immortality, even a cursed existence such as Jander’s, does grant a new perspective on events and life itself. It should be noted that Jander has never created another vampire and likely never would now, after his experience with Anna. His time in the Demiplane of Dread has dimmed the purity in his soul, but has not extinguished it— at least not yet. Locales Frequented: The Orc’s Head Inn in Mistledale on Faerûn, Castle Ravenloft in Barovia, the domain of Forlorn. History: Jander Sunstar was born on the enchanted isle of Evermeet to gold elf parents. After he’d grown, he traveled to the human-dominated areas of Faerûn in search of adventure. He found more than he ever dreamed of. He became involved in a disaster that turned the community of Merrydale into Daggerdale. A pack of vampires descended on the unsuspecting dale, and Jander was ambushed and betrayed by a friend turned undead after the main battle. His “rebirth” as a vampire is the result of that attack. Jander suffered through 100 years of servitude to the evil vampire who created him and who was his master. Throughout this time however, Jander remained true to himself, never surrendering his soul to the vile creature he’d become. Finally, Jander gained his freedom by destroying his vampire master. Jander eventually settled near the city of Waterdeep, free now but completely alone. That is, until he met and fell passionately in love with Anna, a patient at an insane asylum outside the City of Splendors where he’d occasionally go to feed. When Jander tried to make her his vampiric mate after she’d fallen ill with a fever, she refused his offer and died in his arms. Stricken with despair, rage, and grief, Jander swore revenge on whomever or whatever had caused Anna’s madness. This vow the dark powers of the Demiplane of Dread heard, bringing him into the lands of the RAVENLOFT campaign setting. This occurred in the year 1098 DR. There he came into contact and conflict with another vampire, one Count Strahd Von Zarovich. By the time their tale ended more than 25 years later, Jander hated the darklord of Barovia with all his heart. With the aid of two brave villagers, Jander tried to end Strahd’s evil existence, even offering Lathander his unlife in exchange. Strahd and Jander survived the confrontation, but both were sorely wounded. Believing himself to be dying, Jander asked his friends to help him watch the sun come up-to see the face of Lathander—one more time. As Jander discovered, his love Anna was once known in Barovia as Tatyana, the lady love of Strahd’s brother, Sergei. Strahd murdered Sergei and drove Tatyana to madness in his attempt to make the lovely woman his own. Tatyana hurled herself off a cliff and plunged into the Mists. While Strahd was paying for his crimes for eternity, Tatyana, or some fraction of her, came to the Realms. There she was placed in the asylum where Jander later found her and came to care so deeply for her.
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Page 4 and 5: Table of Contents INTRODUCTION . .
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Page 12 and 13: mation of one so young by his foes.
Page 14 and 15: lose and will close with enemies if
Page 16 and 17: .dark leather armor, and a deep cri
Page 18 and 19: leader, a 15th-level mage named Cur
Page 20 and 21: to seduce Deirdre to the cause of s
Page 22 and 23: Morkai. Dendybar is next seen when
Page 24 and 25: Personality: Once spurned by all he
Page 26 and 27: childhood incorporated into her as
Page 28 and 29: the god Oghma to have Rinda the scr
Page 30 and 31: Halaster Blackcloak Human male 30th
Page 32 and 33: Sources: Ruins of Undermountain, St
Page 34 and 35: Personality: Hobarth is petty, crue
Page 38 and 39: Rumors have reached certain Faerûn
Page 40 and 41: Kaverin Ebonhand Human male 11th-le
Page 42 and 43: Kierkan Rufo Vampire; formerly a hu
Page 44 and 45: History: Kymil was responsible for
Page 46 and 47: King Manferic III Lich; formerly a
Page 48 and 49: sistance (if any) and a -4 penalty
Page 50 and 51: Equipment: Both before and after he
Page 52 and 53: Personality: He seems to be a simpl
Page 54 and 55: Sememmon Human male 15th-level mage
Page 56 and 57: Magical Items: Szass Tam has access
Page 58 and 59: Appearance: Victor Dhostar is in hi
Page 60 and 61: hands-once the wand that controlled
Page 62 and 63: are controlled by the phaerimm that
Page 64 and 65: Chosen One Result of Thayan magic C
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Page 68 and 69: Errtu A Balor tanar’ri CLIMATE/TE
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Page 76 and 77: The Blood Riders (Blood Warriors) C
Page 78 and 79: After leaving the Flight, Mist sett
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Page 82 and 83: Deities of both good and evil play
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The Shadevari are beasts from the l
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The Xanthar's Thieves' Guild may be
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The human assassin Artemis Entreri
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What is it about the pursuit of mag
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An evil gnoll lies dead at the feet
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Kierkan Rufo, the former priest now
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Habitat/Society: Small groups of pt
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Shadowmasters, a.k.a. the Malaugrym
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Below are a few shadowmasters known
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while unlikely, the possibility tha
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“promoted” to become a pit fien
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ound. A yochlol must eat at least e
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might. Tremendous amounts of treasu
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Special Equipment: Jaylnfein’s co
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The Kraken Society Enemies of the N
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Leaders/Important NPCs: Undarl (NE
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VIII. Shapechange?: 1d10 1-3 Shapec
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Thayan culture, such as it is, make
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quer Rashemen. Nevron’s legions a
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The Zhentarim The Black Network Org
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While Darkhold’s public purpose i
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Magical Items & Spells Many of the
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The trigger activating a given dagg
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centrating, the arachnids are free
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directly into Thay to gather intell
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Special Wizard spells Some of the w
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The spell can be cast only in darkn
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This spell creates a burning lance
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e used by the creature. A ghoul can
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Nybor’s Gentle Reminder (Enchantm
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Ray of Ondovir (Enchantment/Charm)
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Transport (Alteration) Level: 7 Ran
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at -4; others within the radius sav
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Decay (Alteration) Level: 3 Sphere:
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Rising Rot (Evocation Necromancy) L
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slip into a coma, lose 4d4 hit poin
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Zin-Carla (Necromancy) Level: 7 Sph
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Novels & Short Stories All Shadows
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