New to Ravenloft? Or new to our forum? introduce yourself!

[Gonzoron of the FoS]

-Wanders in from a nearby fog bank- Oh, hey guys. Got lost for a couple years there. Life, it can be a pain, huh? But I'm back, hopefully semi-regularly. Who here remembers me?

I do! Welcome back! (no one ever escapes forever...)

[Chaot]

Hello everyone.

Sorta new to Ravenloft and I've been using the FoS site for the wealth of information that it has. Oddly, I hadn't realized that these boards were still active. Here I am to make introductions.

I was exposed to Ravenloft back in my AD&D days but didn't really connect with it. It wasn't until much later that I gave it a serious look. I don't know if he has a presence over here, but it was a fellow who goes by the handle of Armchair Gamer at RPGNet who I blame for my current RL obsession. I now run a game of RL using the BRP system and am having a blast with it. Much of what I've done is contained with two threads over on RPGNet.

In short, I am looking forward to RL discussions here and I'll see you around the boards.

[Matthew L. Martin]

Glad to see you over here, Chaot!

Matthew "Armchair Gamer" Martin

[Chaot]

Excellent to see you good sir. I, of course, blame all of this on you.

[Gonzoron of the FoS]

Welcome, Chaot! Maybe we'll have to publicize the forums better somehow. Good to have you here. thanks for roping him in, MLM.

[Chaot]

Howdy, and thanks!

While advertising is always a good thing, I'm not sure my lack of knowledge of the forum here isn't rather due to a critical lack of perception on my part.

[Satyrwyld]

Hi there! New to the forum, but been a fan of Ravenloft since it came out. My local gaming friends hold the setting in contempt ("What's the point of a setting that has monsters you can't kill?") and I found the forums while searching for an online game. I'm conversant with all editions, and I'll settle for anything (even good old Basic!) if it gets me my Ravenloft fix.

[Gonzoron of the FoS]

welcome Satyrwyld. A shame about your friends, but we're here for you. Next time ask them how many of them have killed the Tarrasque?

[Chaot]

My local gaming friends hold the setting in contempt

They're obviously changelings or mad cultists. Keep an eye on them.

[Satyrwyld]

My local gaming friends hold the setting in contempt

They're obviously changelings or mad cultists. Keep an eye on them.

Nah, not cultists, they hate Call of Cthulhu too. For much the same reason.

welcome Satyrwyld. A shame about your friends, but we're here for you. Next time ask them how many of them have killed the Tarrasque?

Considering I keep getting roped into the GM seat, and I have issues with crowdsourced uberbuilds, I can comfortably say none of them.

So I'm poking around, but I'm not seeing a section to solicit online gaming. Is there such a beast?

[Chaot]

It looks like you want to check out Café de Nuit at the bottom of the forum under Roleplaying Boards. But I'm not sure if people just post there or also recruit there.

[Gonzoron of the FoS]

It looks like you want to check out Café de Nuit at the bottom of the forum under Roleplaying Boards. But I'm not sure if people just post there or also recruit there.

That's correct. What you're looking for there is this thread:
http://fraternityofshadows.com/forum/vi ... f=7&t=8140

[Satyrwyld]

Thank you most graciously. I have no idea why I did not expect there to be a recruitment thread there.

[Zilfer]

Welcome! may the fraternity of the onyx urroburos be blessed by your presence that you never leave.....

[HuManBing]

My local gaming friends hold the setting in contempt ("What's the point of a setting that has monsters you can't kill?")

To be fair, Ravenloft is probably one of the more challenging campaign settings to run, for a GM. Most of the usual GM mistakes (railroading, "me vs. them" mentality, Mary Sue characters) are bad enough in Greyhawk or a generic setting, but they can get really obnoxiously bad in Ravenloft, where much of the setting's flavor derives from having the deck stacked against the PCs in the first place.

Hopefully, this site will give you enough tips and tricks so you'll be able to change their minds. In the hands of a good GM and with players who happily buy into the central mood of the setting, it can be a frightfully fun campaign setting...!