Thou hold'st the sun A pris'ner in the yet undawning East, Short'ning his journey between morn and noon […]

An offensive against Germany would require large forces and offered no certain prospect of success. An attack on Austria promised great victories, the destruction of the whole Austrian army and of the Austro-Hungarian state itself, the reordering of half of Europe—and meanwhile Russia would need only small forces to defend herself against the Germans, inflicting on them the disadvantages of poor roads and Russian broad-gauge lines.

I hope the Ravenloftian DM will be able to use the new Darklings to terrify those players who read every Monstrous Compendium and know what every monster does.

Damage: Those with normal, human-like vision are blind