APRIL FOOLS: What we do know about VR Guide to Ravenloft?

[Rock of the Fraternity]

If it is, it's a good one.

[Gonzoron of the FoS]

Joël : the integration of CoS into Barovia expands that land sandbox and is quite well made. Expect some fan favorite returning in 5e.

Did they update the Barovia map to post-GC where we have Teufeldorf, Zeidenberg, and Immol? Or is it basically the same map as in CoS?

— onmyoji

Yes, those are all there, along with a few new additions: Equestria and Canterlot.

[Rock of the Fraternity]

Good job, FoS. You got us.
Hook. Line. Sinker.

[onmyoji]

Joël : the integration of CoS into Barovia expands that land sandbox and is quite well made. Expect some fan favorite returning in 5e.

Did they update the Barovia map to post-GC where we have Teufeldorf, Zeidenberg, and Immol? Or is it basically the same map as in CoS?

— onmyoji

Yes, those are all there, along with a few new additions: Equestria and Canterlot.

Awesome! *pictures Strahd riding in on a flaming Twilight Sparkle*

— onmyoji

[Rock of the Fraternity]

Now I'm imagining him trying to ride Daybreaker... and burning to ashes.
A CE sun goddess still shines brightly.

[Manofevil]

HASBRO revised Ravenloft and they STILL didn't make Pinkie Pie the Darklord of Nova Vassa?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiVzkWnJ_F8

What do we pay these people for?

[onmyoji]

What do we pay these people for?

Our eternal enslavement. Look around with the right eyes and all you'll see is the Core.

— onmyoji

[Joël of the FoS]

OK, we are April 2nd. Of course our "revelations" of yesterday were April Fools jokes!

We are glad to have taken a few in our jokes.

Jester suggested this prank, and me and Ron had fun developing the idea with semi realistic follies. I was sure the Nerf domain would give it away quickly

This isn't in anyway what we FoS think of the new material, as we know few things so far!

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During the day, we removed a few spoiler posts, here they are :

It does feel like an April's Fools joke ngl...

If it is, it's a good one.

Good job, FoS. You got us.
Hook. Line. Sinker.

And I edited one of Mephisto's post to remove the April First spoiler.

[Mephisto of the FoS]

And I edited one of Mephisto's post to remove the April First spoiler.

To tell you the truth when I read this...

A biomancer named Davril, working for Horstmann, crossed sharks with humans to create supersoldiers, but something went wrong and created the zombies, who all have fish branded on their heads instead of hawks.

https://www.amazon.com/Elefun-Friends-S ... B079Z817JG

Now I think you're stretching.... Yes, a few of these domains seem to be cross-promotion with other Hasbro brands, but they seem to be sticking to the most famous ones. The Falkovnian fish motif stuff seems to be good old fashioned Lovecraft. You know, Innsmouth, Deep Ones, Primaprilis, that sort of thing.

It got me thinking that maybe Hasbro IS promoting all the other products through the new book after all.

Hooked

Escaped...

Rehooked

[Gonzoron of the FoS]

Jester suggested this prank, and me and Ron had fun developing the idea with semi realistic follies. I was sure the Nerf domain would give it away quickly

It's funny what will and won't give things away sometimes. I thought for sure my "iron golem disguised as a vardo (i.e. Transformers)" would do it, but in the end it looks like what finally was a bridge too far was the the My Little Pony reference.

Heck, I was worried it would be spoiled right off the bat with Jester's Frozen gag. That was my favorite one actually.

If anyone actually believed the Nerf domain, I would like to thank google translate for the "classic Icelandic body horror film, Mjúkur Svampapúki Elskan".

[Gonzoron of the FoS]

Now I think you're stretching.... Yes, a few of these domains seem to be cross-promotion with other Hasbro brands, but they seem to be sticking to the most famous ones. The Falkovnian fish motif stuff seems to be good old fashioned Lovecraft. You know, Innsmouth, Deep Ones, Primaprilis, that sort of thing.

It got me thinking that maybe Hasbro IS promoting all the other products through the new book after all.

Heh... of note: Prima Aprilis is "April First" in Polish. And Poisson D'avril (Davril) is the "April Fish" in French, the equivalent of April Fools. Wasn't sure if I was tipping the hand too much there, since we've got an international audience here...

Hooked
Escaped...
Rehooked

That's Ravenloft for ya!

[Mephisto of the FoS]

You know, Innsmouth, Deep Ones, Primaprilis
...
of note: Prima Aprilis is "April First" in Polish. And Poisson D'avril (Davril) is the "April Fish" in French, the equivalent of April Fools. Wasn't sure if I was tipping the hand too much there, since we've got an international audience here...

I read Innsmouth, Deep Ones and then Prima something didn't pay attention to that... taking it for some latin reference

Πρωταπριλιά in Greek meaning first day of April.

[Jack the Reaper]

Okay, it was a nice joke (sadly enough, the real changes are not). But did the FoS really get an early copy for reviews, or was it a part of the joke?
If you did, what can you tell about it?

[Gonzoron of the FoS]

Okay, it was a nice joke (sadly enough, the real changes are not). But did the FoS really get an early copy for reviews, or was it a part of the joke?
If you did, what can you tell about it?

We did not, sadly.