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Ddoctorhook reacted to Yaarel's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: Heir of Strahd Review with
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Here "Tolkienism" means: the players are invariably 1e Human, Elf, Dwarf, and "Hobbit". The real rebels play a Gnome. -
Ddoctorhook reacted to Scribe's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: Heir of Strahd Review with
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Yaarel's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: Heir of Strahd Review with Like.
Hmmm. When we played 4e, what did my "3e" friends play? ... A kobold, a dragonborn, a dwarf, and a tree. Maybe 1e Tolkienism ceased...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Paragon Lost's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: Heir of Strahd Review with Like.
Cartoony anime style just doesn't do it for me. Barovia should be darker and more gothic in feel and look. I have the same issue with...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: Heir of Strahd Review with Like.
I think this needs to be quoted on the book's cover 😅
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Dire Bare's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: Heir of Strahd Review with Like.
Kinda but not really. Tieflings, orcs, and drow are traditionally "evil" races in D&D, but we left that toxic trope behind quite a...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to nyvinter's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: Heir of Strahd Review with Haha.
I think they were selected because, like it or not, this is the standard D&D party of the 2020s. Homemade world, Forgotten Realms, or...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: Heir of Strahd Review with Like.
How is 5E horrific? Ravenloft is horrific in the same way that the Haunted Mansion is: It's a fun theming atop D&D's heroic fantasy...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Tonguez's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: Heir of Strahd Review with Like.
So is the choice of character species meaningful/impactful to the story in anyway or were they just selected to be edgy? I dont mind...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Dire Bare's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: Heir of Strahd Review with Like.
In the novel, things go sideways pretty much immediately and the party starts out distrustful of each other and at each other's throats...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Yaarel's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: Heir of Strahd Review with Haha.
I havent read the novel, nor have I played Ravenloft setting. But looking at the characters, the Humanoid species are four "Evil...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Tonguez's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: Heir of Strahd Review with Like.
personally I hate the cover - especially the presentation of the 5 characters, it is what is keeping me away from investing in the...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Scribe's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: Heir of Strahd Review with Haha.
Look at the characters!
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Prof_Dogg's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: Heir of Strahd Review with Like.
How is this book horrific?
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Ddoctorhook reacted to nyvinter's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: Heir of Strahd Review with Like.
The Barovian gloom and doom hasn't set in yet.