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So what do we call this crazy place? (all editions)

Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 8:56 pm
by Dark Angel
It goes by many names: The Misty Realm, the Land of the Mists, the Demiplane of Dread, and so on, but what would a common person/scholar/noble person refer to all the lands of Ravenloft as a collective? Even referring to it as the 'Core' and the 'Islands' sound more game mechanical than it should.

I understand the foreign nature of everything where lands appear out of thin air and anything else beyond that is a misty haze, the major (and minor) shifts in the geography, and the multitude of unnatural things that pervade many aspects of a person's life, but does that take away the fact that the land itself cannot be named?

In short, has anyone give a name (like a continental term) to the Core of Ravenloft?

Re: So what do we call this crazy place? (all editions)

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 9:20 am
by Quinntonia
I simply have the Ravenloft natives refer to it as "the world."

Re: So what do we call this crazy place? (all editions)

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 10:39 am
by Gonzoron of the FoS
Yup, The World, or The Lands of the Mists suffice for me. I try not to use the terms Core and Islands (or Clusters) in-game, though I might slip occasionally.

Re: So what do we call this crazy place? (all editions)

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 11:10 am
by brilliantlight
Gonzoron of the FoS wrote:Yup, The World, or The Lands of the Mists suffice for me. I try not to use the terms Core and Islands (or Clusters) in-game, though I might slip occasionally.
Same here, one thing I try to avoid is calling it Ravenloft as that is a castle in Bavoria and nothing more to the natives. I have slipped up once or twice though.

Re: So what do we call this crazy place? (all editions)

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 11:43 am
by Don Fernando
I use "The Core" for the main lands. But never used islands for all other domains. Just thier proper names.

Re: So what do we call this crazy place? (all editions)

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 11:57 am
by jamesfirecat
Don Fernando wrote:I use "The Core" for the main lands. But never used islands for all other domains. Just thier proper names.
Same here, the only time I'd use "Island" is if it actually geographically appropriate IE "After the Grand Conjunction Markovia became an island." and never use the expression "Islands of Terror" in character.

Re: So what do we call this crazy place? (all editions)

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 7:51 pm
by Hamiclar
The red book has labeled it as the continent of discontent.

Re: So what do we call this crazy place? (all editions)

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 10:40 pm
by Dion of the Fraternity
I named it Susan. It won't make a difference in the grand scheme of things, anyway.

Re: So what do we call this crazy place? (all editions)

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 11:47 pm
by Dark Angel
Dion of the Fraternity wrote:I named it Susan. It won't make a difference in the grand scheme of things, anyway.
Dion, was that a Tick reference? Regardless, you are one of the more intriguing people I have ever dealt with...

Re: So what do we call this crazy place? (all editions)

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 10:26 am
by Don Fernando
Dion of the Fraternity wrote:I named it Susan. It won't make a difference in the grand scheme of things, anyway.
You don't take her out for a date from time to time, do you?