Editing Van Richten (section)

==5E==
5th edition gives him a cameo in [[Curse of Strahd]] under the pseudonym of "Rictavio", with several changes to his backstory. Notably, he now is fully aware of his curse and did not entirely wipe out the Vistani clan who kidnapped his son. Indeed, one of them later met with him to admit her own misgivings about the clan's actions and served as his apprentice for a time.

This turned out to only by the first of the retcons; in the 5e Ravenloft campaign splat, "Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft", he's not only still alive and an active monster hunter (though the [[Weathermay-Foxgrove Twins]] and newcomer [[Ezmerelda d'Avenir]] are still around), but his son Erasmus became a non-malevolent [[ghost]] after his death and has been guiding & assisting his father in his monster-hunting career. Which means the whole "all monsters that weren't Always Evil in D&D become Always Evil in Ravenloft" rule has been officially dropped, too. However, Van Richten is still cursed, despite the [[Radanavich]]es being neither [[Vistani]] nor killed, and so he's actually unaware that Erasmus is benignly haunting him. He's also unaware that his wife has ''also'' come back as non-evil ghost and has fallen into the clutches of the sister of Baron Metus... oh, and apparently Baron Metus ''wasn't'' a baron, he just liked to pretend that because [[derp|"Baron" is his ''first name'']].