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by Big Mac
Sun Aug 23, 2026 7:23 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Mistspace - Pondering a Spelljammer crossover
Replies: 21
Views: 25536

Re: Mistspace - Pondering a Spelljammer crossover

There's also a canon example of a (mostly) Hotel California sphere in Spelljammer, since the Astromundi Cluster can only be departed by living ships. If a DM were so inclined, "Ravenspace" could appear to be a similar sphere with some mysterious requirement for departure that nobody's able to ...
by Big Mac
Sun Aug 23, 2026 7:17 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Mistspace - Pondering a Spelljammer crossover
Replies: 21
Views: 25536

Re: Mistspace - Pondering a Spelljammer crossover

The whole thing with connectivity is a key part of Spelljammer. You could do a "Mistspace" that does not have it, but you would essentially be creating an isolated system.

I think that this is one of the fundamental tensions that would need to be addressed in any coordinated crossover: Just as ...
by Big Mac
Sun Aug 23, 2026 5:54 pm
Forum: Rules and Trouble Shooting
Topic: Reporting Spam
Replies: 298
Views: 570377

Re: Reporting Spam

This is not urgent (as you have your memberlist and member profiles locked down to non-logged in users) but you have 22 pages of zero post members on your forums, some of whom seem to be profile spammers (who have put URLs in the "website" field of their profiles).

Here is an example of an account ...
by Big Mac
Sun Aug 23, 2026 4:10 pm
Forum: Rules and Trouble Shooting
Topic: Reaching out to The Piazza for aid?
Replies: 7
Views: 1234

Re: Reaching out to The Piazza for aid?

Years ago, that forum dealt with bot flood problems like with that (well before the flood of AI generated accounts and easier techniques though). To my awareness, there hasn't been anything massive since (besides outside bot attacks trying to scrape the forums). Would it be worth reaching out to ...
by Big Mac
Fri Dec 05, 2025 1:09 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Do you have a "doorway page" for Quoth the Raven #32?
Replies: 4
Views: 3295

Re: Do you have a "doorway page" for Quoth the Raven #32?

We are not lazy, but busy :)

That is why I have only a link to Qtr32 :wifred:

Joël

Well how about I edit the link (in my place) to your QtR 32 is out! announcement thread (which I presume will turn back into a regular thread with the same URL later)?

Maybe that can get you one or two forum ...
by Big Mac
Thu Dec 04, 2025 7:54 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Mistspace - Pondering a Spelljammer crossover
Replies: 21
Views: 25536

Re: Mistspace - Pondering a Spelljammer crossover

For the Darklord, I'd suggest that you check the lore/story of the original four Phantasy Star games for inspiration. I think the idea of a darklord that is basically a (imprisoned) star/sun or black hole may solve the issues of having a typical humanoid darklord who could just escape with a ...
by Big Mac
Thu Dec 04, 2025 7:46 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Mistspace - Pondering a Spelljammer crossover
Replies: 21
Views: 25536

Re: Mistspace - Pondering a Spelljammer crossover

To be clear, I was not advocating for stealing Andru directly. He's needed on the Rock of Bral! I was pondering whether Spelljammer canon features some historical rival (named or otherwise) who might have gone even further than Andru in their bid for power and thus been claimed by the Mists.

I ...
by Big Mac
Thu Dec 04, 2025 7:05 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Mistspace - Pondering a Spelljammer crossover
Replies: 21
Views: 25536

Re: Mistspace - Pondering a Spelljammer crossover

The Spelljammer can THEORETICALLY pierce the mists. It would be an amazing twist if the Fool was literally a Darklord. Making him a Van Reisse like figure is always a cool interpretation.

The Spelljammer could probably escape, if it wanted to. That is why I suggested a Smalljammer sacrificing ...
by Big Mac
Thu Dec 04, 2025 6:22 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Quoth the Raven #32 Reaction Thread
Replies: 84
Views: 67466

Re: Quoth the Raven #32 Reaction Thread

Wow! More free content than you can shake a stick at! :shock:

Hey! I think I've seen you on ThePiazza forums! If so, then welcome!

Yep. I used to be on the Wizards COMmunity Boards (aka Gleemax) but a Mystara fan called Havard pursuaded me to set up an account on The Piazza. Now I'm an admin ...
by Big Mac
Thu Dec 04, 2025 5:59 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Mistspace - Pondering a Spelljammer crossover
Replies: 21
Views: 25536

Re: Mistspace - Pondering a Spelljammer crossover

I do like the idea of a Dread Spelljammer being the prison-lair of the "main" darklord of Mistspace. The trick might be finding a way to distinguish them sufficiently from Pieter/Pietra van Reise. I've never read "The Legend of the Spelljammer" to know whether there are any good hooks to twist ...
by Big Mac
Wed Dec 03, 2025 8:47 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Mistspace - Pondering a Spelljammer crossover
Replies: 21
Views: 25536

Re: Mistspace - Pondering a Spelljammer crossover

After reading this, my first thought is to make the Darklord someone who already has a history of unwarranted overkill, a history of being trapped in a limited area, and a history of trying to break the rules only to fail. The Darklord of Mistspace should be The Fool, trapped on a Dread Spelljammer ...
by Big Mac
Wed Dec 03, 2025 7:56 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Mistspace - Pondering a Spelljammer crossover
Replies: 21
Views: 25536

Re: Mistspace - Pondering a Spelljammer crossover

So, I will admit part of this is because of an ambitious crossover I want to do with The Piazza/Wildspace Magazine Team in the future. Big Mac, the lead editor, certainly seemed interested. But, I've had an idea of merging the logic of Spelljammer and Ravenloft through a unique cluster that evoked ...
by Big Mac
Tue Dec 02, 2025 3:11 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Quoth the Raven #32 Reaction Thread
Replies: 84
Views: 67466

Re: Quoth the Raven #32 Reaction Thread

Wow! More free content than you can shake a stick at! :shock:
by Big Mac
Tue Dec 02, 2025 2:38 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Do you have a "doorway page" for Quoth the Raven #32?
Replies: 4
Views: 3295

Do you have a "doorway page" for Quoth the Raven #32?

Hi,

I've got someone talking about Quoth the Raven #32 in another place, but the link is a deeplink to the PDF.

I looked to see if you had a "doorway page" for the issue, so I could maybe get you a link (in the place I moderate) that might get some folks to sign up here, but I can't seem to find ...
by Big Mac
Thu Oct 31, 2024 6:45 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Qtr 31 release! (Halloween 2024)
Replies: 15
Views: 31820

Re: Qtr 31 release! (Halloween 2024)

Wow! 409 pages!

Not as big as last time, but still pretty massive!