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I think I might have used a border closure only once, and that was an Island of Terror sealed by the Mists. Try to leave and you just wander back in. I think that no border closures would make for a much more dangerous Falkovnia. And Darkon. And more wars in general, I think. Darklords who are rule...

That may be so. I think some of this shows how he was turned from a caged tiger in the Black Box to a whipping boy in later materials. But suppose the Gold Claw Massacre played out as the official Dorvinian (now Borcan) story goes. Okay, so that means Drakov is well aware that Ivan poisoned his tro...

Actually I was thinking of constructing a timeline with associated campaign maps and maybe adding a few adventure maps/hooks, ala Wrath of the Immortals from the Mystara setting. That might be a bit of a grand ambition, but hey... A few of the situations have struck me as things that PCs might get ...

He has employed alchemists, who are currently (Gaz III) working on "bizarre war machines", and he has an arms deal with Lamordia that has been in existence for "decades". So why not connect the dots? I agree, it doesn't make sense. It's as if outside forces (DMs and game designe...

Also, how do we know Drakov wasn't defeated by border closures? The accounts of some of the failed campaigns sound a lot like border closures were involved, at least to me. Hordes of rats, sudden mass poisonings, scads of undead at the border... Do people in Ravenloft generally understand what a ''...

Hi all! One of the thing that mess me up the most with ravenloft is those holy powerchecks. I like them, but i dont like them. Fact is that player cant play some kind of character because those powercheck wont allow it.. For example a sorcerer who trade parts of his soul with devils to gain powers ...

been thinking about this, and I think he's beyond help, I like the idea of him being left somewhere to become a static hazard, with tralak warnings so Vistani and Troupers alike steer clear. There would need to be some resolution to his sisters condition, my suggestion is that she finally "fad...

Seven months is more than sufficient time for Drakov to act, if he realizes what is going on soon enough. He surely has invasion plans all drawn up for all his neighbors. His forces seem to be a pretty good state of readiness. And the distances to cover are nothing much. I'm not talking about overr...

I do find it interesting that Drakov never made use of the GC, it may be tied to his inability to see the influence of the DPs, which I believe is black box canon. Didn't the Grand Conjunction last for only like a few days, maybe a week at most? Drakov, or any ruler for that matter would need much ...

Alternatively, the Council members who survived may have fled to Richemulot. Richemulot is going to look very interesting in this particular set up if only because it's the equivalent of Switzerland to Vlad's expanding empire, there's just no easy way to conquer it, because RATS RATS RATS RATS, and...

4000 Wererats in Richemulot? Holy smokes! Is that from a GAZ? But later sources do tend to ramp up the population levels, monsters, and magic. 4000 Wererrats is from Gaz 3, I can look up the exact page if you wish. Also I disagree with the argument/concept that border closings are the only reason V...

AN Chapter 10: I really hope he title song I selected for this chapter didn't end up giving away what was going to happen at the end. Phoenix is an amazing (masterwork) gun, but by D&D rules you can't actually make guns magical. I tell a lie you can't “EFFECTIVELY” make a gun magical, and even t...

Monster Party Book Four: I slither like a viper and get you by the neck... Chapter Ten: Please don't be in love with someone else, please don't have somebody waiting on you. Please don't be in love with someone else.... With the group reunited, they retraced their steps back to the larger room up ab...

So...it would be a very, very evil thing for her to infect some former slaves of Falkovnia with this super plague and diplomatically, "demurely" (through a Vlad's eyes only letter with a slightly-off letter seal/signature to prevent political blowback), return them to Drakov in exchange f...

Gondegal is said to travel throughout the Core, so I would imagine he gets people out from time to time. But where? If I remember right Darkon doesn't sit well with him. Mordent is said to be predominantly human. The road to Sithicus is quite the jaunt. Verbrek is...inhospitable. Would Richemulot, ...