Editing Books of S (section)

==Book #1: The Book of Souls==
===Ravenloft Content===
'''Art in the Land:'''
Flavored as a dissertation by a Mordentish professor at the domain’s School of Arts, this article discusses some of the Demiplane’s most notable artists and pieces in the fields of painting, sculpture, music, architecture, drama, prose and poetry.

'''The Realms Beyond:'''
Proceeded by fluff in the form of journal entries from Dr. Sean McClintock, a Mordentish alienist, about a telepathic cardsharp named Marcu Vasilis, whose friends were with him as he was sucked into the embrace of the [[Illithid]] God-Brain. This article revamps the AD&D [[psionics]] rules for Ravenloft games by adapting the Transubstitution rules from Van Richten’s Guide to Fiends, giving psychic characters the risk of being increasingly pulled out of their own minds and into Bluetspar.

'''Saga of the Mists: Appendix:'''
An expansion to “Saga in the Mists” (Dragon Magazine #240), which provided rules for playing games of Ravenloft using the Saga rules, but which was printed before the release of “Domains of Dread”. This article adds Saga rules for the missing domains, specifically native heroes and darklords, as well as rules for “Pure” Heroes and for the [[Half-Vistani]] race, and new Roles in the form of the [[Avenger]], [[Anchorite]], [[Arcanist]] and [[Gypsy]].

'''Tarokka Games:'''
Discusses the mechanics needed to play actual card games with the tarokka deck, specifically outlining the games of Darkling, Barovian Mists, Endari-Vitir, Giorgios, Giorgios at the Prastonata, Sciocco, Concime, and Cinque Elementi.

'''Burke & Hare:'''
Two villainous NPCs, inspired by their namesake; evil resurrections turned murderers for profit, who were caught and hanged for their crimes, only to revive as [[ghoul]]s and escape.

'''Keepers of the Coil:'''
Details on a secret society, protectors of a unique shadow-infused iron cobra (assassin golem in the shape of a mechanical cobra) who seek to destroy [[Lord Soth]].

'''Professor Abelhous Nicholsi:'''
A Professor of Biology from the University of now-lost Il Aluk, specializing in botany as it relates to the bizarre and unusual flora of the demiplane.

'''Katarina:'''
A female [[Half-Elf|half-elven]] [[vampire]] who strives to retain her innate goodness in the face of the temptations posed by the demiplane.

'''The Unathorized Biography of the Marquis Stezen D’Polarno:'''
An extensive fluff-piece consisting of an in-verse depiction of the backstory of the Darklord of Ghastria, framed as a story conveyed by his right-hand lacky, the malignant cannibal Baron Camar D’Marosso. it ends with rules for Camar, and for Umbral Gray, a highly toxic paint pigment native to that domain which doubles expertly as a poison.

'''Donovan Kaiser:'''
An odem created from the restless soul of a thieves guild boss murdered by Dominic d’Honaire for refusing to bow to the Darklord’s whims. He now seeks to rebuild his criminal empire and to slay the Mist-touched psychic, a position he is uniquely suited for.

'''La Société de Legerdemain:'''
Details on a Lawful Neutral secret society; although publically they are a group dedicated to the “less artistic” fields of entertainment, predominantly stage magicians, hypnotists and escape artists, in secret they study the occult for personal reasons.

'''Celia Whitmoor:'''
A female adventurer who seeks a cure to the lycanthropic infection that has poisoned her body.

'''The Patchwork Bride:'''
A female Dread [[Flesh Golem]] created by the mad scientist Gerhard Beckmann, who sought to repay the kindness of Dr. Mordenheim had shown him by creating a “new bride” for the doctor. It failed, but the Patchwork Bride is determined to make her “husband” accept her. By any means necessary.

'''Carcharodon Isle:'''
A domain in the sea near Darkon, controlled by two cursed souls; a man who becomes a were-shark of immense size, and his beloved, a former mermaid who becomes a greater seawolf. 

'''Kislova:'''
A quiet land controlled by its Darklord, Baroness Illsabet Obour, a twisted alchemist who murdered her siblings as part of her plan to avenge the domain’s former baron, her father, a brutal and callous tyrant.

'''Vin’Ejal:'''
A wintry, snow-covered domain ruled in secret by a female weresnake.

'''Mask Doppelganger:'''
A new breed of [[doppelganger]], a twisted reptilian humanoid that wears the stolen skin of humanoids as disguises.

'''The Ecology of the Poltergeist:'''
A fluff piece, framed as a report by Van Richten, discussing the nature of poltergeists in the Demiplane of Dread.

'''Foul Rat:'''
A species of gargantuan, disease-carrying rats.

'''Doom Locusts:'''
Twisted magical beings that manifest to plague an area due to be visited by some terrible imminent catastrophe.

'''Van Richten’s Notes on the Ravenkin:'''
A fluff piece, framed as a report by Van Richten, discussing the Ravenkin, shapeshifting ravens who are the only species of benevolent [[therianthrope]]s native to the Land of Mists.

'''War Wraiths:'''
A breed of deadly incorporeal undead birthed from battlefields.

'''Voodan Zombie:'''
Humans mind-controlled into a zombie-like state of mindless slavery by angry or malevolent voodan shamans.

'''Weapons of Sacrifice:'''
A set of magical weapons that will drain life from the wielder in order to empower themselves to hurt creatures that would normally require potent magical weapons to harm.

'''Tarokka Deck of Many Things:'''
A Ravenloftian take on the classic [[Deck of Many Things]].

'''Into the Mists:'''
Assorted new class kits themed for use in Ravenloft campaigns; the Graverobber (thief kit), the Somniomancer (psionicist kit), the Storyteller (bard), the Vampire Slayer (warrior), the Were-Mage (mage), the Witch Hunter (priest), and the Jinx’d.

'''Beasts at Heart:'''
Rules for playing [[therianthrope|were-beast]] PCs in Ravenloft.

'''The Making of Men:'''
Rules for playing [[Broken One]] PCs in Ravenloft.

'''Out of the Mists:'''
Assorted kits for villainous NPCs in Ravenloft campaigns; the Beyond (psionicist), the Dark Clown (bard), the False One (priest), the Genius (wizard), the Seductor (bard), and the Witch of the Mists (wizard).

===Masque of the Red Death Content===
'''Harry Kirkland:'''
A highly obnoxious NPC, a reporter for the disreputable occult magazine “The Ghastly Ghoulee” who will make the party’s life a misery by attempting to involve himself in their adventures in order to “get the big scoop”, all the while destroying their reputation without even trying.

'''Mysterious Stranger:'''
A brief blurb on an enigmatic assistant NPC that a DM can use to help a party out if they are in dire need.

'''William Kemmler:'''
An axe-wielding serial killer, resurrected as a revenant by the Red Death upon his execution by electric chair and set free to terrorize the world.

'''The Sentinel Order:'''
A secret society of benevolent occultists striving to protect the world from the depredations of the Red Death and its agents.

'''Gothic New York:'''
Details on New York City in the Gothic Earth.

'''The Spear of Destiny:'''
Gothic Earth stats for the most legendary of Christian relics.

'''Archeologist:'''
A new kit for the Tradesman class in Gothic Earth. Representing a serious scientific scholar of the past, this kit grants an increased affinity for Ancient Languages at the cost of it being more expensive to take other forms of Arcane non-weapon proficiency.

'''Antiquarian:'''
A new kit for the Adept class in Gothic Earth. Representing archaeologists who stumbled upon ancient secrets relating to magic, they have an easier time translating ancient spells and learning from them, but are more vulnerable to spellcasting corruption.

'''Alienist:'''
A new kit for the Tradesman class in Gothic Earth. Representing the budding development of professional psychiatrists, with some skills in hypnotism.

'''Jewel Thief:'''
A new kit for the Tradesman class in Gothic Earth. A particularly glamorous and elite form of thief.

'''Fiction:'''
Two stories are presented as part of the Introduction, Interlude and Conclusion, the first giving way to the second halfway through the interlude. The first story is Ravenloft themed and the second is set on Gothic Earth.

The first story revolves around a band of Kargatane agents attempting to penetrate the libraries of Castle Avitus whilst Azalin lies dormant in the wake of the Requiem. Only one agent survives, only to learn that he is not who he thought he was, but a victim of Darkon’s memory-altering powers. After he learns this, the ghostly librarian kills him.

The second story features an incredulous Bram Stoker trying to turn down a novel submission that refers to the “Demiplane of Dread”. Unbeknownst to him, the woman who approaches him is a servitor of Madrigore, a fiend who was imprisoned in the Mists for a time but who has now escaped and seeks to make a home for himself, having subsumed the body of Aleister Crowley.