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Mischief wrote:https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/featur ... ty-and-dnd

Kind of an odd context for the announcement to be sure, but I'll quote the relevant:

Curse of Strahd included a people known as the Vistani and featured the Vistani heroine Ezmerelda. Regrettably, their depiction echoes some stereotypes associated with the Romani people in the real world. To rectify that, we’ve not only made changes to Curse of Strahd, but in two upcoming books, we will also show—working with a Romani consultant—the Vistani in a way that doesn’t rely on reductive tropes.

And to address the article, the Vistani were copied from Dracula which in turn was based on very unflattering depictions of the Slovaks and the Romani - typical for literature of the time but not worth defending or imitating in the modern era. 3.5e did a pretty decent overhaul, but made them more like some sort of noble-savage Jedi. 5e was a step backwards for the Vistani to be honest. The writers should have paid more attention to the 3.5e Ravenloft products. (I wish they paid any attention to the 3.5e products...) I'm planning on doing a Vistani reboot myself to solve the Arturi Ezmerelda contradiction, one tribe's worth, which hopefully will be done in time for October.

As for the rest of it, the divorce between character design and mechanics continues. Pathfinder 2e did a pretty good job with the heritages system. Calling it now, next edition character creation will be picking a starter feat/profession and race traits will be fluff for the most part.

Five wrote:Did it again...

I'll save this spot for a future post that actually is related to the topic. Least I can do.

Could Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden perhaps feature Vistani?

I thought I read that one of the devs (Perkins?) mentioned something like "If you liked CoS then you're going to love the next project I'm working on". And with the horror hype that is attached to Icewind Dale, could the Vistani/a Vistani be our Crypt Keeper for 5E?

Five wrote:Could Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden perhaps feature Vistani?

I thought I read that one of the devs (Perkins?) mentioned something like "If you liked CoS then you're going to love the next project I'm working on". And with the horror hype that is attached to Icewind Dale, could the Vistani/a Vistani be our Crypt Keeper for 5E?