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by Chaot
Mon Apr 01, 2019 12:22 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: How do you feel about adventures where the PC's must die?
Replies: 3
Views: 1049

Re: How do you feel about adventures where the PC's must die

I used the Horseman stuff from From the Shadows for the start of a game. I specifically told the Players that something like that was going to happen. It worked ok but kind of felt like I was just going through the motions of moving onto the real story. From this point out I will be using those thin...
by Chaot
Mon Jul 03, 2017 7:38 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: How do you portray Van Richten, Watermay-Foxgrove, And VRS?
Replies: 10
Views: 2121

Re: How do you portray Van Richten, Watermay-Foxgrove, And V

In my head, Van Richten is a lot like Kurt Vonnegut. Both amazing writers. Both have seen horror in their lifetime. Both relatively wise men. Van Richten routinely engages with the infernal forces of his world, Vonnegut engages with the eternal foibles of human kind. I think they both have a bit of ...
by Chaot
Sat Jul 01, 2017 1:45 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: One World Ravenloft
Replies: 9
Views: 1956

Re: One World Ravenloft

Right. My Ravenloft is a real world as well. How do you represent this to your players though? One way is to give them a CIA fact book https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook of domains. I don't go that far but I do give the players something like this. http://i78.photobucket.com...
by Chaot
Fri Jun 30, 2017 9:05 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: One World Ravenloft
Replies: 9
Views: 1956

Re: One World Ravenloft

I wouldn't worry too much about creating a timeline that holds hard and fast. Remember that Ravenloft doesn't work like the real world. Realms pop into and out of existence. People living there have an idea of other domains and trade between them. They also know that traveling from domain to domain ...
by Chaot
Fri Jun 30, 2017 9:03 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Unsolved Mysteries: Ravenloft
Replies: 116
Views: 21449

Re: Unsolved Mysteries: Ravenloft

I wouldn't worry too much about creating a timeline that holds hard and fast. Remember that Ravenloft doesn't work like the real world. Realms pop into and out of existence. People living there have an idea of other domains and trade between them. They also know that traveling from domain to domain ...
by Chaot
Fri Jun 30, 2017 8:56 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Alternative Vistani Interpretations?
Replies: 63
Views: 18142

Re: Alternative Vistani Interpretations?

I think treating Vistani as a 'race' is silly. They are a culture of people with traditions and they're not special outside of whatever knowledge they have. If you can throw an evil eye or read the tarroka then it is because you learned it from someone else who can do it. Vistani are just another hu...
by Chaot
Sat Jun 28, 2014 1:51 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: doveloft?
Replies: 13
Views: 3910

Re: doveloft?

Probably a bit like an Ibsen play.
by Chaot
Thu Apr 24, 2014 8:23 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: One Shot Vampire Session?
Replies: 14
Views: 1944

Re: One Shot Vampire Session?

I've done this to great success, though I broke my 'absolutely no bait and switch' rule to do it. In fairness, I had the players roll up secondary PCs. I told them that we would use them on off sessions and warned them in advance that I was going to mess with them. The day came when only two players...
by Chaot
Sun Mar 16, 2014 7:37 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: What's to be done about the languages problem?
Replies: 58
Views: 8544

Re: What's to be done about the languages problem?

My favorite story involves a Barovian PC who could not speak Borcan and was in Borca. Now, 90% of all Borcans can understand Balok, but would not speak it to the rest of the group (who understood it). When he would ask for them to speak Balok, the Borcans tended to say something along the lines of,...
by Chaot
Mon Jan 20, 2014 9:36 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: ravenloftian demi & para-elementals?
Replies: 55
Views: 16860

Re: ravenloftian demi & para-elementals?

To take a page from some pseudoscience, I would look to things like aether, ectoplasm, orgone or miasma for inspiration.
by Chaot
Mon Jan 20, 2014 9:26 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: food based terron track(silly)
Replies: 19
Views: 2545

Re: food based terron track(silly)

I remember that! Man, I haven't thought about that adventure in a while.
by Chaot
Mon Jan 20, 2014 9:19 am
Forum: Role playing games
Topic: Shadows of Esteren
Replies: 17
Views: 10145

Re: Shadows of Esteren

Jester of the FoS wrote:
Chaot wrote:Just got my hard copies of Book 0, Book 1 and Book 2. Seriously beautiful.
Envious. As a Canadian I think I'll be waiting many weeks before mine arrive...
I am very happy that you only had to wait seven days or so. They are lovely, aren't they?
by Chaot
Tue Dec 31, 2013 11:23 pm
Forum: Role playing games
Topic: Shadows of Esteren
Replies: 17
Views: 10145

Re: Shadows of Esteren

Just got my hard copies of Book 0, Book 1 and Book 2. Seriously beautiful.
by Chaot
Mon Dec 23, 2013 10:52 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: accordians in ravenloft?(silly)
Replies: 15
Views: 2759

Re: accordians in ravenloft?(silly)

Powers Check? Accordians are one of the abilities you GAIN when the Dark Powers bless you with awesomeness.

by Chaot
Mon Dec 23, 2013 10:42 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Assault on Castle Ravenloft by my kids! Pic included
Replies: 2
Views: 791

Re: Assault on Castle Ravenloft by my kids! Pic included

Looks like a good time. How did the game end?