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Ok, seeing some interesting ideas for the reanimated world. How about that at some point in Ravenloft's history (our equivalent to the year 1000 AD) the apocalypse happened, but in a subtle way. The world ended, Ragnarok came about, the Rapture unfolded, but in a slow manner, and mostly invisible to...

Ironnically with the position combat system, the actions points and the out-of-combat resolution of 4e seem harder to put to a PC game than 3rd edition. I think 4e will pose a greater challenge than the precedent edition to be portray in video game. I had a discussion with a friend who tought the s...

Avonleigh, Nidala etc all kill Tepest and take its stuff Proposed by Nathan of the FOS . Some concerns here...especially with the Darklords and the differing flavours of the Domains despite their connection through Belanus. I would suggest going the whole hog and combining Sithicus rather than Tepe...

Ok guys; at this point we might need to start rethinking the way darklords work. I mean, for Strahd, Azalin and some other powerful darklords, the whole "the Darklord is the Land and the Land is the Darklord" works pretty nice, but for some like Godefroy well, it doesn't fit too well; spec...

I'm not too familiar with the history of Vecna and Kas in Ravenloft; at least I know the somehow left the Mists. Now, the article has very little and vague fluff, and it never mentions where Kas and Vecna went after their epic struggle, just his current whereabouts. Also, I asume that in Ravenloft o...

I'm liking the warden more than the druid. Or at least the shaping aspect. Warden and Beastmaster Ranger have a really good way to handle shifts / companions by dividing them in different types. Druid seems to transform in a generic beast creature and some utility powers let it transform in a generi...

Thanks for the feedback The Vistani was just a random idea that I had. I was also apalled by the halfling Vistani in EtCR. Is just that I thougth it was a nice spin in case someone decided to go along with that book (or if further 4E Ravenloft material gives us more multiracial Vistani) I read some ...

I know 4E is not eveyone's cup of tea but I like it; and since Ravenloft is my favorite setting i have the intention of running some 4E Ravenloft games. Now, the pamphlet is great but i've been brainstorming a lot lately and some ideas have croped up on my head. 0. I would be making something like U...

I was played a Caliban from Port-a-Lucine. He was a rogue but played as a bard (because bard implied magic i didn't want in his backstory). Basically he was the son of a wealthy couple that locked him in the cellar most of his life but still gave him a nice education and mantainance. He had several ...

By the time a party reaches level 20 in a game, you can pretty much see that they would be able to destroy most darklords without losing so much as a healing surge. Actually, I would give the darklords something that totally breaks de rules because its powered by the curse of the dark powers and no...

To weigh in again on Isabella's unsorted lists, I'd give: Azalin - Star or Dark (really it comes down to how you see the character and how many of each type you have) Diamabel - Fey for the day and star for the night, or perhaps star by day and infernal by night. The Lady of Ravens - fey Anton Misr...

While I'm working on that: I agree that Darklords should be a ready source for power. Throwing the ball back in your court: Should the study of the Mists be a Dark Pact, or a Ravenloft-unique Mist Pact? Actually I don't think darklords should be patrons or grant powers to warlocks (at least not mos...

In my upcoming (next year or so) 4E Ravenloft Campaign I plan to nerf the PCs a little (cutting the extended rest mostly) and beef up the entire world. That means that a random villager can be anywhere from lvl 3 to lvl 8 (lvl 1 and 2 are reserved for children and the like, except, you know, the cre...

Actually the book idea seems nice. First of all, it stills keeps the idea of heroes, in the same sense that the investigators who learn a spell in Call of Cthulhu are still heroes. They aren't doing anything wrong per se; they're using the knowledge of the "bad guys" against the bad guys. ...

A group of gentlemen-adventurers decided to burn the wescote manor and hastly leave the haunted place. But the bog had come too close to the building and the foundations survived de fire. Anne Campbell's curse still lingered in the Moor, wich is getting bigger and bigger. Her ultimate goal is to err...