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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 4665699" data-attributes="member: 7635"><p>I had two points. Hopelessness/DP and Artificiality. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Mordentshire is my favorite domain for that reason. While a few "Evil Political Lord" domains are fun, I much prefer the domains where the monster is subtle or not in power to the ones where the Darklord rule it with full power. Though the latter has its merits for storytelling too.</p><p></p><p>The one time we ran a long-term RL game, we spent a large amount of the time in Mordent as home base. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Still, Gundarak is proof of going from bad to worse. Sure, the heroes slew Gundarak and did something good (One less bloodsucker) but in the end they did something far worse (making it part of Barovia). </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sure, the stability of the core is there (Even Azalin's ascension only splintered Darkon, not removed it) but supposedly any evil person COULD (and evil PCs often do) create there own domain. Oh, and the idea of Mists so thick they magically hid an ocean is still hard to swallow. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Bad choice then. (My RL is a bit rusty). I typically disliked border-crossing because some of them are very restrictive (Strahd's choking fog) and the primary use of Border Crossing is to railroad PCs so that they cannot escape. Sure, isolation is important to Gothic, but a lot of old RL modules used them as a kludge to "finish the module or else". </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Good. Its a start. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That's what I'm going on about. I'd like to see more common binding. More inter-domain religions, for example. Something to make it feel like if you walked the core, you'd get some sense this world has a common bond. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sure, you average potato-farmer doesn't know or care much about his village, but that's not true across the board. You can't tell me the more enlightened domains like Lamordia doesn't have a bit more scientific curiosity? </p><p></p><p>---</p><p></p><p>As you said, we'll never agree on exact details. Despite my arguments, I DO like Ravenloft, but I have a hard time using it for long term because of my points.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 4665699, member: 7635"] I had two points. Hopelessness/DP and Artificiality. Mordentshire is my favorite domain for that reason. While a few "Evil Political Lord" domains are fun, I much prefer the domains where the monster is subtle or not in power to the ones where the Darklord rule it with full power. Though the latter has its merits for storytelling too. The one time we ran a long-term RL game, we spent a large amount of the time in Mordent as home base. Still, Gundarak is proof of going from bad to worse. Sure, the heroes slew Gundarak and did something good (One less bloodsucker) but in the end they did something far worse (making it part of Barovia). Sure, the stability of the core is there (Even Azalin's ascension only splintered Darkon, not removed it) but supposedly any evil person COULD (and evil PCs often do) create there own domain. Oh, and the idea of Mists so thick they magically hid an ocean is still hard to swallow. Bad choice then. (My RL is a bit rusty). I typically disliked border-crossing because some of them are very restrictive (Strahd's choking fog) and the primary use of Border Crossing is to railroad PCs so that they cannot escape. Sure, isolation is important to Gothic, but a lot of old RL modules used them as a kludge to "finish the module or else". Good. Its a start. :-) That's what I'm going on about. I'd like to see more common binding. More inter-domain religions, for example. Something to make it feel like if you walked the core, you'd get some sense this world has a common bond. Sure, you average potato-farmer doesn't know or care much about his village, but that's not true across the board. You can't tell me the more enlightened domains like Lamordia doesn't have a bit more scientific curiosity? --- As you said, we'll never agree on exact details. Despite my arguments, I DO like Ravenloft, but I have a hard time using it for long term because of my points. [/QUOTE]
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