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To answer the question of "why?" it seems that WotC is trying to do their best to be more sensitive and inclusive while also attempting to fix aspects of Ravenloft that were problematic (though, to be fair, everything is based off classic 19th/20th century novels—how could any of those be ...

I'm kind of curious how Pathfinder is doing since their whole thing had pretty much the whole ruleset up for free on a wiki. I've probably used the wiki much more than the books I physically own since i could search it all at once without pouring through book after book, since it eventually got tot...

Wizards of the Coast moved away from PDFs back in 2009 after the rapid piracy of the PHB2, which they attributed to low sales of their books. (Rather than people not liking 4th Edition.) Weird. I could've sworn that one could purchase official PDFs of 5E materials for awhile. Perhaps I was mistaken...

It seems that starting with Candlekeep, WotC has moved away from downloadable-PDF content. Which makes sense given the extreme ease involved in sharing PDFs.

— onmyoji

I knew there was some intertwining as there were Dilisnyas in Borca. I guess I just always assumed it was AFTER Borca was added to the Core rather than before. Either way, thanks for sure!

— onmyoji

314 BC The War of Silver Knives in Borjia. Borjia is west of Barovia 316 BC Count Barov von Zarovich ends to the War of Silver Knives, but Borjia is weakened 320 BC Tergs invade Barovia and Borjia from the east 325 BC Barovian armies drive back the Tergs from Borjia. 347 BC Last Tergs driven out of...

I do not know if Gundarak even exists in 5e - though by the sound of your post it doesn't. Not that I mind, as Gundar was always bit of 'Budget Strahd'. However this does leave the problem of what to put there if BarateGites reuses the old core. Nope. It doesn't. I was hoping to find it in VRGtR, b...

Gonzoron of the FoS wrote:You could have them be from Borca, I suppose, as Borca (known originally as Borjia) and Barovia have always come from the same world.

I did not know this, but that's really useful. Might I ask more about how/why this connection is so certain?

— onmyoji

Eg: The Wizard of Wines wants a restock of product from Harmonia in Kartakass so the players waner over there without realising they have left one Domain for another, and maybe get involved in some adventures with Mother Fury on the way. One major issue with that is the absence of the Gundarakite t...

Well, it's definitely an ambitious project, but depends exactly on how you want to do it. Keep in mind that if you're only using the newest book, there's actually very little on most of the other domains there. You can find out a whole lot more on the free wiki attached to this site: http://fraterni...

This would kind of go with the idea that they kept adding as plot hooks similar to the Dread Possibilities of 3rd edition RL where for Forgotten Realms they kept hinting that there was a *second* lost enclave of Netherese that was saved by being pulled to some other plane by Selune like Shar helped...

My DM is planning on running it for us starting sometime in the coming months. It'll be a bit of a wait, but I can definitely let you know what he does with it when the time comes.

— onmyoji

It could easily be an unintended reference. But also they know what they're doing. It's hard to ignore that specific phrase when people have already pointed out the Isolde/Carnival connections. And I think more importantly, personally I wouldn't put it past WotC to try to make Feywild "domains&...

Not to hijack Dion's thread too much more, but if you're not familiar with Gothic Earth as a concept, check it out on Misitpedia. It's the setting for the Masque of the Red Death offshoot of Ravenloft, an official sub-setting from 2e and 3e. Canonically, Odiare comes from Gothic Earth's version of ...

kourkenko wrote:So beside the fact the Core was "destroyed", nothing changed ?

Nothing whatsoever. They just didn't want to deal with the responsibility of writing out a combined Core. Complete matter of convenience.

— onmyoji