The Expedition to Castle Ravenloft book I am currently running mentions that a group of witches, with the aide of an Aspect of Chernovog, are attempting to summon Chernovog himself to fight against Strahd. The stat block for the Aspect of Chernovog is given, but not the demon they seek to bargain with. The book seems to just assume that the PCs will thwart the witches, but if they don't get to the summoning in time for the next new moon, or if they decide to help the witches and sign a pact with the daemon, what the hell am I supposed to do?
I can't find a stat block, or even a passing mention of Chernovog in any other 3.5/OGL book. Can anyone find any more information about this guy? or think of an appropriate subsitute I can use?
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Chernovog is a real-world Slavic deity, and to my knowledge has never been included or mentioned in any other official D&D source besides "Expedition".
Historical sources on the demon/deity are very scant (most of them come from Christian scholars who distorted or dismissed the beliefs of the Slavic villagers from whom they heard about Chernovog), although Walt Disney's Fantasia depicts him as a great black horned demon. I suppose you could always use a shadow demon, advancing it by a few HD and increasing its size category to Large.
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If I were to create a "proper" version of Chernovog, I would likely advance the Aspect of Chernovog (page 89) by a large number of HD and add a number of additional abilities with similar themes (enhancing the eldritch blast, etc).
I would then compare the result to the demon lord writeups in Fiendish Codex I (CR 20-25-ish) and Book of Vile Darkness (CR 25-30-ish) to see how it matched up, and tweak as necessary.
Okay, Are's answer was better. *bows*