D&D 5E Vecna: Eve of Ruin Coming May 21st!

[Paul Farquhar]

Domain lord. He's too busy with his own corner of Hell to notice Vecna. To be fair, most domain lords are with the possible exception of Strahd and Azalin.

Funny you should mention Azalin. Where has he got to?

 

[Micah Sweet]

Why are you excepting lore IP? You can use any lore you want. There are no lore police who come around checking your home game is lore-compliant.

I've never been comfortable with WotC's recent policy of throwing away decades of story so they can fold, twist, spindle, and mutilate it to fit into their current popularity box. The only 5e setting version I really cared for (out of the ones I care about at all, so not Eberron or the Realms) was Planescape, which to me at least showed a respect for the past.

Also, I really like D&D's old lore, particularly 1e-2e and lore built off it later. I strongly dislike reboots.

 

[Remathilis]

Funny you should mention Azalin. Where has he got to?

I intentionally avoided mentioning him, but if anyone in Ravenloft has a finger on the pulse of the Realm, it was him. They left his disappearance a mystery, but they could easily connect it to Venca if they wanted. After all, he's not running Darkon these days.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I've never been comfortable with WotC's recent policy of throwing away decades of story so they can fold, twist, spindle, and mutilate it to fit into their current popularity box. The only 5e setting version I really cared for (out of the ones I care about at all, so not Eberron or the Realms) was Planescape, which to me at least showed a respect for the past.

Personally, I think they have been too nervous to even gently prod anything, never mind fold, twist, spindle and mutilate, out of fear of fan backlash.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I intentionally avoided mentioning him, but if anyone in Ravenloft has a finger on the pulse of the Realm, it was him. They left his disappearance a mystery, but they could easily connect it to Venca if they wanted. After all, he's not running Darkon these days.

The Ravenloft of VRG cannot be reached from previous versions of lore, and I know that because they didn't even try.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

The Ravenloft of VRG cannot be reached from previous versions of lore, and I know that because they didn't even try.

Sure it can, it's a direct extrapolation of the nightmare Dreamscape depicted in House on Griffin Hill; before the awful Black Box turned it into a Darklord hunting gallery.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Personally, I think they have been too nervous to even gently prod anything, never mind fold, twist, spindle and mutilate, out of fear of fan backlash.

Really? You don't think they've made big changes in classic lore in the last few years? Have you seen VRG? Spelljammer, Dragonlance, and Planescape are also changed (to admittedly a lesser extent). And that doesn't include significant monster lore changes that have been rolling along since Volo's, or possibly the Monster Manual.

 

[Remathilis]

The Ravenloft of VRG cannot be reached from previous versions of lore, and I know that because they didn't even try.

I don't care. I'm assuming Eve of Ruin will reference the current 5e Ravenloft and I'm using the lore from it. Anything not outright contradicted is considered fair game.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Sure it can, it's a direct extrapolation of the nightmare Dreamscape depicted in House on Griffin Hill; before the awful Black Box turned it into a Darklord hunting gallery.

I loved the black box, and the 2e and White Wolf lore that added upon it. If you don't like Ravenloft as a setting (which it wasn't really pre-black box), why do you care at all?

 

[Micah Sweet]

I don't care. I'm assuming Eve of Ruin will reference the current 5e Ravenloft and I'm using the lore from it. Anything not outright contradicted is considered fair game.

The state of the entire setting was outright contradicted!