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ersatzphil reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Announced, Release Date Scheduled for June 2026 with
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You would need to throw in a bit of Penelope Chrighton-Ward to get their posh English name. -
ersatzphil reacted to Voadam's post in the thread Check Out This Early Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Artwork with Like.
Yeah, attacking Cthulhu physically by ramming a boat into him was what I was referring to. I don't remember anything similar with...
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ersatzphil replied to the thread Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Announced, Release Date Scheduled for June 2026.It hadn’t occurred to me before, but if you gave someone the writing prompt, “What if the Fox sisters were also Nancy Drew’s in D&D?”...
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ersatzphil reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Announced, Release Date Scheduled for June 2026 with Like.
Hooray for diversity of influences!
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ersatzphil reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Announced, Release Date Scheduled for June 2026 with
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Oh god, now I want to create a magocracy domain menaced by a snake-themed lich Dark Lord who is doomed to get defeated by students at a... -
ersatzphil reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread Check Out This Early Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Artwork with Like.
Yeah, “fight” is a bit of a lofty way to describe what they did, for sure! But I assume that’s what @Voadam was referring to. It does...
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ersatzphil replied to the thread Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Announced, Release Date Scheduled for June 2026.It wouldn’t surprise me, but I took them as a reference to the real life fox sisters.
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ersatzphil reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Announced, Release Date Scheduled for June 2026 with Like.
She is likely one of the inspirations behind them, along with other literary mystery-solving children. As well it should be! Creating...
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ersatzphil reacted to Stormonu's post in the thread Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Announced, Release Date Scheduled for June 2026 with Like.
I would not be surprised if the Weathermay-Foxgrove twins were based on her.
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ersatzphil reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread Check Out This Early Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Artwork with Like.
Gustaf Johansen and the crew of the Alert. They ram the ship into his head. Though, he does recover from the damage pretty much instantly.
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ersatzphil replied to the thread Check Out This Early Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Artwork.That's fair. It occurred to me after posting that you could probably argue Legrasse arresting the entirety of the Louisiana cult could...
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ersatzphil reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread Check Out This Early Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Artwork with Like.
Right, so what difference does it make to you if the expression of that theme in Ravenloft has the serial numbers on it or not? Whereas...
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ersatzphil replied to the thread Check Out This Early Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Artwork.In "The Call of Cthulhu"? What protagonist fights Cthulhu directly?
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ersatzphil reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread Check Out This Early Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Artwork with Like.
Because those names mean things, and what they mean is not easily compatible with Ravenloft. Cthulhu lives in the Atlantic Ocean, on...
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ersatzphil reacted to SkidAce's post in the thread Check Out This Early Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Artwork with Like.
Cthulhu seems to "big" to be in Ravenloft (as is commonly depicted). On the other hand, watch the movie Dagon, that's a good depiction...