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I describe myself as "woke" sometimes. I try to be progressive (or as progressive as a middle-aged white man can be) and definitely encourage D&D products to include diversity. Because everyone should be able to see themselves in the game world and feel welcome in the hobby. D&D s...

The text says "Locals have varied hair colors and a range of skin tones from black to pink, often with reddish undertones." I should've included the next sentence in the text to better illustrate the effort put in to include all. The groundbreak I mentioned earlier. "Celtic and Engli...

The "woke" crowd says skin tone shouldn't matter in a fantasy world because it doesn't necessarily conform to the real world. But, obviously, it does matter in the real world or they wouldn't be putting so much gosh-darn energy into gender- and race- flipping everyone and everything. You ...

The text says "Locals have varied hair colors and a range of skin tones from black to pink, often with reddish undertones." This implies Mordent is the most diverse domain in the book. At least, in regards to skin tone. Culture in this domain isn't bound by skin colour as it often is (ridi...

How can you tell he's black from these pics? His socks?... :mrgreen: Haha Apparently this version of Godefroy was an avid golfer. So, where's his clubs? Actually kinda cool attack now that I thought about it. Spectrally-wicked strikes against slave ghosts and any others unfortunate enough to be aro...

For me, it depends on the themes I want to explore in the campaign or adventure. I've never really viewed Ravenloft as one hundred percent anything but a vehicle for Horror and the Weird. While I do like the worldbuild that it became, I can just as easily play it as a weekend in hell. Together it gi...

I am finally getting around to giving VRGtR a thorough read and have just got into the entry on I'Cath. From other reviews I've read mostly positive things about its new update, so I was going in with some heightened expectation. But after the first two paragraphs I had to stop reading for I was hit...

Requests for QtR 2-9...hmm I'd like to see this community's response dedicated to de-D&Ding Ravenloft. A divorce if you will. Of sorts. What would Ravenloft be if we rewrote the setting into a game that better aligns itself with its (bulk) gothic literature roots? Ordinary people put in extraor...

I hope I didn’t come across as downing the idea or request. That was not my intention. No, I never took it like that at all. Though to be honest with you even if that was your angle I would still appreciate your insights and thoughts. Sometimes ideas are best served by poking and kicking them a bit...

Requests for QtR 2-9...hmm I'd like to see this community's response dedicated to de-D&Ding Ravenloft. A divorce if you will. Of sorts. What would Ravenloft be if we rewrote the setting into a game that better aligns itself with its (bulk) gothic literature roots? Ordinary people put in extraor...

Horrors of the Orient/The East can mean a lot of things, given how wide the Western perception of 'the East' was and still arguably is. The usual interpretation would be something East Asian themed (so China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and Domains inspired by those places like I'Cath, Rokushima Taiyō an...

I invite you to look at the domains' cultural levels. ^^; These domains are specifically - and intentionally - more advanced than the Core and the usual domains. And why not? Not all roleplaying has to take place in the Dung Ages; Ravenloft itself shows us that Renaissance-age domains are well-suit...

Movie theatres are too advanced for RavenLoft. I'd change that to a stage theatrical community. Maybe even allow for the invention of the stage musical. Hang on there. Before we start capping creativity let's give it a think. Ravenloft can steal, hold, create and host any land from anywhere in the ...

Ravenloft would be interesting if it was allowed to breathe outside of the "wholesome" nature of current D&D. I don't mean for mature readers neccessarily, but in a demiplane that houses the worst of the worst in the multiverse, one would expect storylines to push the themes to just a...

I am very familiar with the TSR comics. And although they weren't great, they were Dungeons and Dragons. Vajra Valmeyjar should've been an iconic fighter that got carried over into this new era of D&D fandom, and the recovering alcoholic paladin Priam Agrivar was, and still is, a nice spin on an...