GaxGuy

Is the actual problem to solve that: vampires aren't immune to petrification, or is the actual problem to solve that: an essential item can be lost in an unexpected way? It seems pretty self evident the actual problem to solve is the later. I think vampires should remain subject to petrification. Some vampire storytelling outside D&D even has some failure modes ending in petrification. There doesn't seem to be anything that reasonably says they should not remain subject to petrification. As such, I think making vampires immune to petrification is not a good choice to solve the actual problem to solve, and a solution more directly addressing the actual problem to solve should be found. I'm sorry; I'm just returning to this game after 20 years so I don't know what that is, but other people here have commented on that and I bet people can come up with a great solution. Maybe there's a way that on that vampires "death", the cloak can be created on the floor? It's been 20 years since I knew all this.

I can't see reasonable justification for Stinking Cloud to have a +2 save bonus. It's not supported by AD&D 2e rules other than DM discretion. I'd bet it was originally an error in the data, and beamdog was being generous in figuring the error was in the documentation. Conversely, maybe it's possible the beamdog CEO had inside information that it was deliberate (DM discretion), but my hunch is that's not the case. I think the save bonus should be removed in all cases.