Castlevania RPG setting

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>>55382955
Europe was in an uproar. Tales of monsters and demonic beasts trickled back to Rome. Creatures roamed the countryside of the castle, slaughtering the villagers and desecrating the land. Yet oddly enough, no Turkish sorcery had been brought to bear that night as the Vatican feared.
The speaker was soon identified: Count Dracula Vlad Tepes, Voivode of Wallachia. Christian astrologers determined that the Count had not lied: though the silhouetted castle maintained the everlasting Walpurgisnacht over Romania, it somehow stole the bulk of the Ottoman magical strength. It seemed that the monsters ravaging Wallachia were a terrible byproduct of the Voivode's pact. In saving the greater bulk of Christendom, he had cursed his own homeland with death and destruction.
The Papal debates were furious but secret. On the 7th Day, the Vatican declared Count Dracula a Saint and canonised him for the martyring of his own immortal soul. The Order of the Dragon was instated, a band of knights dispatched to Wallachia to cull the monsters and learn of the power within Saint Dracula's Castle.
But Evil is not idle, and the Devil does not make bargains against his favour. The Ottoman hordes are scheming something to turn the tides and resume their pillaging of the West. While nobody can tell what witchcraft and devilry they hope to amass, it is clear that St Dracula's Castle is the lynchpin of their plans.

>>55382962
On another front, the ratfolk of Cathay in the Far East marshall their verminous brethren under transcontinental tunnels. Though trade with the ratfolk was tolerated at the best of times, it seems that they were in league with the Devil the entire time.
Plagues and pestilences break out through the Cities of the West seemingly at random. When the cause was narrowed down to the traitorous verminpeople, the Vatican decreed an order of extermination against them.
It would seem that the filthy Rats, though under the command of the Devil, are not allied with the Ottomans. Indeed, there have been recorded instances of the creatures casting their terrible filthmagicks on the Turks. While this is something not unpleasant for the Church, it must be remembered that all Cathans are by nature foul and treacherous.

Worse still: the ratfolk are joining the race for Castle Dracula.

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>>55383014
There are dark powers to be harnessed and used against the forces of Satan within the Castle. At what cost, nobody knows. But St Dracula has paid the ultimate price with his own soul, and it is up to you and your fellows amongst the Order of the Dragon to ensure that his sacrifice is not in vain.

With holy might and hymnal prayers, you must fend off not only the rampaging monsters, but the Ottomans and Cathans. Beware their sorcerous might; under the Walpurgisnacht moon, their power is amplified a hundredfold. Faith must be your shield, and conviction your sword. You have been given the reliquaries of saints and other precious artifacts to aid you on your quest. For the survival of the faithful and the entirety of Christendom, you cannot afford to fail.

God wills it.

Ok, and?

What's your point?

>>55383081
Obviously to set up some kind of Castlevania RPG Setting. You know, like the title. No need to be a wanker.

>>55383123
Well it sounds fucking retarded.

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I guess something interesting could be that we already have a large array of monsters and bosses to draw upon. No need to make it a pure dungeon crawl, but it very well could be. Other NPCs could be related to your PCs, treasure hunters, etc. There's a lot of wiggle room because the Devil did it.

I like Dracula as the final authority over evil and monsters. Someone the literal Devil and an avatar of Death are just mere servants. THE Dark Lord, with capital letters, who has the power of domination over all the wicked, tainted souls.

>>55383396
That could work too. Big reveals where Dracula is the big bad could work too.
>constantly excuse the evil vibes coming off Drac as a result of the pact
>nonstop whitewashing
>in truth, he dominated the Devil for his own gain

>>55383436
>the Devil is not happy about this
>that's where all the edgelord vampire hunters with demonic magic are coming from

>>55383528
Devil offers PCs power. The price is to defeat Dracula. This obviously seems like the Devil trying to trick them into defeating the Saint, and nobody believes him when he says Drac is the true threat.

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Isn't that more or less Ravenholm/Curse of Strahd?