Steal this Hook at WotC

[Joël of the FoS]

This month's hook acknowledge the presence of Ravenloft ... as a setting

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/sh/20061004a

Joël

[Lord Soth]

Ah, if only that was an indication that Ravenloft would see publication again. Sadly, though, it's only because Expedition to Castle Ravenloft came out.

[Jack of Tears]

Can't say I'm particularly fond of the Frog hook, as few of the complications and possibilities lend themselves to gothic horror. (dragons, slaad?)

The remaining two were descent, the Ghost hook being the better of the three.

I guess it is a good thing Ravenloft is getting some attention, but I wouldn't become too excited about it.

[Lord Soth]

Can't say I'm particularly fond of the Frog hook, as few of the complications and possibilities lend themselves to gothic horror. (dragons, slaad?)

Isn't there a Slaad running around in Ravenloft? Drigor or something. Though I might be misremembering what kind of demon he is.

[NeoTiamat]

He's a Shator Gehreleth if I remember properly. Slaadi aren't demons per se, and there aren't any in Ravenloft far as I know.

[Jack of Tears]

And they certainly shouldn't be falling from the sky and tossing about the other frogs like kids in a lunchroom food fight.

[Luke Fleeman]

Those are not bad plot hooks, and they work as a way to go from EtCR into a regular Ravenloft campaign for interested DMs. Bravo, I say.

[tec-goblin]

I started a discussion in WotC boards, to show them that there is interest in continuing this.
http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=723232

[Jester of the FoS]

They will. Once a year in October...

[Corrupted_Loremaster]

It's a start. No quite so good a start as we might like, but a start none-the-less.

[Luke Fleeman]

They will. Once a year in October...

If we string together enough Octobers then it may pay off...

[Joël of the FoS]

They will. Once a year in October...

You may have noticed David is our in-house optimist

It's a start. No quite so good a start as we might like, but a start none-the-less.

Indeed. Greyhawk wasn't mentionned, but RL is It might be Halloween, it might be EtCR, but it might also be a fish hook to test the waters.

If EtCR works well, and the novels, we could see a few goodies like that here and there, and minis, and a few other simple things. Maybe a novel.

Then we get the FoS as WotC official fan site of the year, then we get Cermak, Mangrum, Nichols at WotC to head a new wave of books, then we ban Eberron, and then the whole world will play Ravenloft Muhahaha...

*note to self: I feel dizzy. Have I taken my pills this morning?*

[Luke Fleeman]

Ban Eberron? Where does that fit in the plan, and why?

[Jester of the FoS]

I just don't think we should get our hopes up or try to get someone else to publish accesories for the setting. We've seen the result of 'updates' and what Ravenloft would be like in WotC's 3E.

I think we should put the effort into doing it ourselves and supporting the fans . That has proven results.

[ScS of the Fraternity]

Ban Eberron? Where does that fit in the plan, and why?

Shwa?
But banning Eberron is an end in of itself. It is an act of pure good; like saving a bus load of puppies and orphans, or rewinding your video tapes before you return them.