User blog comment:Ekreture/The Count of Monte Cristo vs. Count Dracula/@comment-5795750-20140813114015

Have no fear, BG1 to the rescue!

BG1's "Batman existed in the 18th Century? Whodvethunkit?" Edges

I'll just use the format everyone else is using

Intelligence: So it's a Batman-like intelligence and cunning vs intelligence garnered over centuries of experience with vampire hunters as well as other hapless people who stumble onto the place, and yes that intelligence couples itself with Dracula's rather (fake but convincing) human emotional appeal. To me, however that is probably not enough to fool Dantes; most people here are forgetting that he has six months of planning and who knows what he could have done during that time - he could have disguised himself and infiltrated Dracula's castle, learnt it's layout and studied the vampire's habits closely; he could have also consulted a guide/mystic/person about what to do when encountering a vampire such as Dracula. This all evens out somewhat but since the timing of Dantes' planning is sufficient and Dantes' plans are said to never fail, then Dantes just gets the edge here.

EDGE: Count of Monte Cristo

Offensive Capabilities: Dracula, as a vampire, could obviously take the edge here given his wide array of supernatural powers. I will concede that EA may have a point in suggesting that Dracula has had experience fighting with a sword as a human as well as fighting people who are armed with swords without a sword himself but I will point out that despite Dracula's longevity, I doubt he will have come across a sword style that a contemporary genius and skilled combatant like Dantes would swing at him. Other than that...

EDGE: Count Dracula

TBF