Jander Sunstar: Ravenloft (& Potential CoS) NPC - Stat Block Suggestions, Possible Adventures & More

[@philosophicalneanderthal5501]

One of my favorite characters from the original ravenloft lore.

[@DMoftheMists]

He's great, isn't he? Such a great character.

[@Jebbtube]

I'm planning on introducing Jander and his daughter(?) Savra at some point in my campaign. Don't know a ton about her character, so I'm open to suggestions.

[@DMoftheMists]

Yeah, she's his daughter (or "who [he] considers his daughter," to use the exact wording from the book). No, I don't know a ton about her, either (other than what I put in the video). She has the tiniest mention in VRGtR (IIRC) - probably intentionally made as a 'blank slate' type of NPC so that DMs can do their thing and roleplay her however they want. If I find anything substantial on her, I'll let you know.

[@Matanlimer]

Im intending on running Jander in my campaign (which is a continuation of COS) soon, so this vid was nice. As abit of a twist to the multi Jander issue, I fleshed it out further with the idea that his multiple clones are different facets or possibilities for him (essentially "what if's"). As such the party will be sent by Jander and RVR to slay an evil version of Jander ("what if he abandoned his morality and spend his unlife as a vampire lord"). As a further but of complication, the party had Ireena Kolyana as an ally traveling with them - so Jander's reaction ought to be interesting.

[@DMoftheMists]

Thanks! That's such a cool idea! Reminds me of the Domain Jam idea I had and posted in the Ravenloft subreddit, a "what if one version of Jander turned evil and became a Darklord?": www.reddit.com/r/ravenloft/comments/19819mf/homebrew_domain_solicallor_where_the_darklord_is/ Oh yes, gosh, travelling with Ireena/'Anna' would definitely be interesting... 😬

[@Jebbtube]

Jander? I always thought it was pronounced "Yander," like the German pronunciation.

[@DMoftheMists]

I'm pretty sure I looked into it ahead of introducing him in my campaign, and the consensus was Jander with a hard 'J' - but I did see a few people suggest "Yander". I'm not 100% sure TBH. Maybe I'm wrong. A good way to know for sure would be via the audiobook version of Vampire of the Mists - at least I'm hoping they'd get it right (you'd hope so eh?).

[@BarovianBen]

@@DMoftheMistsI finished the book through audible and the narrator there pronounced it with a J

[@DMoftheMists]

Thanks for confirming - I appreciate that. 👍