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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 7694109" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>I'm not personally familiar with the <em>Dungeons & Dragons</em> comic book line from IDW, but it's relaunching in April with <em>Dungeons & Dragons #1</em>... and it's going to star <em>Baldur's Gate's </em>Minsc and his pet miniature giant space hamster, Boo. In <em>Ravenloft</em>. For those not familiar, Minsc is a ranger from the popular D&D video game series of the late 1990s, and is famous for the line "Go for the eyes, Boo!" <em>Ravenloft</em>, of course, is the setting for the upcoming D&D adventure<em> Curse of Strahd</em>, based on the original AD&D adventure by Tracy and Laura Hickman. An unlikely mix, you might think![PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]110318[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p></p><p></p><p>Minsc and Boo are comedic characters, whereas Ravenloft is not well-known for it's light-hearted jocularity. Comic book writer Jim Zub says that that makes for a great story.[HQ] "Testing his boisterous idealism against the dreary despair inherent in the Ravenloft setting is a fun way to create both humor and dramatic tension. Add in the rest of our Baldur’s Gate adventuring crew, and a new cleric as well, and it becomes a really fun dynamic to work with."[/HQ]</p><p></p><p>The comic book features the heroes getting involved in a[HQ] "nasty caper that involves werewolves, skeletons, vampire servants, and a troublesome relic taken from Ravenloft"[/HQ] before being pulled into the Realm of Terror by the mists. [HQ]"From there it’s just a misty moment away from being pulled into the Realm of Terror..."[/HQ]Interestingly, this is also a very strong implication that Barovia is, indeed, a demiplane in its own right.</p><p></p><p><em>Dungeons & Dragons #1</em> will be available in April, and is written by Jim Zub and Nelson Daniel.</p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[video=youtube;X8lLruVR2zQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8lLruVR2zQ[/video]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 7694109, member: 1"] I'm not personally familiar with the [I]Dungeons & Dragons[/I] comic book line from IDW, but it's relaunching in April with [I]Dungeons & Dragons #1[/I]... and it's going to star [I]Baldur's Gate's [/I]Minsc and his pet miniature giant space hamster, Boo. In [I]Ravenloft[/I]. For those not familiar, Minsc is a ranger from the popular D&D video game series of the late 1990s, and is famous for the line "Go for the eyes, Boo!" [I]Ravenloft[/I], of course, is the setting for the upcoming D&D adventure[I] Curse of Strahd[/I], based on the original AD&D adventure by Tracy and Laura Hickman. An unlikely mix, you might think![PRBREAK][/PRBREAK] [CENTER] [ATTACH=FULL]110318[/ATTACH] [/CENTER] Minsc and Boo are comedic characters, whereas Ravenloft is not well-known for it's light-hearted jocularity. Comic book writer Jim Zub says that that makes for a great story.[HQ] "Testing his boisterous idealism against the dreary despair inherent in the Ravenloft setting is a fun way to create both humor and dramatic tension. Add in the rest of our Baldur’s Gate adventuring crew, and a new cleric as well, and it becomes a really fun dynamic to work with."[/HQ] The comic book features the heroes getting involved in a[HQ] "nasty caper that involves werewolves, skeletons, vampire servants, and a troublesome relic taken from Ravenloft"[/HQ] before being pulled into the Realm of Terror by the mists. [HQ]"From there it’s just a misty moment away from being pulled into the Realm of Terror..."[/HQ]Interestingly, this is also a very strong implication that Barovia is, indeed, a demiplane in its own right. [I]Dungeons & Dragons #1[/I] will be available in April, and is written by Jim Zub and Nelson Daniel. [CENTER] [video=youtube;X8lLruVR2zQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8lLruVR2zQ[/video][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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