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Wow that is interesting! Thanks for sharing.

Fair enough. I was really on the fence about this book, even going so far as to warning friends who'd pre-ordered it that I had serious concerns. But upon reading the Table of Contents, some reviews and excerpts, I've been swayed. Perhaps it is because this new version of Ravenloft has lots of...

LOL technically moonlight IS sunlight just reflected off the moon, so TECHNICALLY </nerdy>

It would be cool if the spells could be "re-skinned" as special abilities. I've often wondered at preparing a curated spell list that could reasonably be under the umbrella of heroic abilities.

I never said it was the only rule. I prefaced my post with FOR ME, in response to another post expressing skepticism that this style as a thing at all. I said it was, for me, since the mid-90s. Scaring the players is a valid experience too, of course. I've genuinely creeped out my players...

Honestly I get the impression that it will be easy to modify this new Ravenloft book to better suit your tastes. I'm appreciative of having a refreshing look at the setting, plus some information I'm lacking in my collection (I only own the Realm of Terror AD&D boxed set, plus a handful of Van...

I've been toying with the idea of having a Sanity-like HP system. Based off of one of the "mental" stats (Wisdom, Int or Cha, or maybe just by adding them up to make a pool of points). It could be whittled down like regular HP when first encountering certain types of monsters, suffering Psychic...

I’ve been using this game resolution ideology since Dungeon World was published. Why? It keeps things moving forward and lets me escalate situations with all kinds of bad luck. It’s fun to see players thinking hard when I ask them “sure, you can succeed anyway... if you drop something / make...

This has totally been a thing for me since playing WoD in the 90s and Dark Heresy in the 00s. That is, trying to frighten the characters and not necessarily the players. Part of the fun of playing WFRP 1e was the sardonic black humor at witnessing the miseries of our PCs.

#NotAllCrotcheties LOL I’m turning 40 and I’m excited about this book, preordered and everything. I do miss the old black and white art of Stephen Fabian but that doesn’t really matter. The older writing was kind of dull to me. Am I in love with all of the changes? Of course not, but no one...

Can there just be another thread about the X card so we can talk about Ravenloft again? I’d like to see more discussion about this review (or of other reviews).

Ooh that's cool. I've never attempted a "Groundhog day" themed module or setting before. There may have been some before (I'm sure someone will point out), but this is new to me.

Well I was on the fence about this one but now I’m in. If I want to reintroduce old stuff I can dust off my old books anyway. Some of them have nice maps I can use with this new book. As far as mood... well that’s in the hands of the DM, honestly. I can telegraph whatever I want to the players...

Obviously not anything as extreme as H.R. Giger, but I agree that some art styles seen here "feel" a little too... clean? Safe? Some are great and atmospheric, but that image of Strahd and Azalin (?) just feels cartoony and lacks any of the moody atmosphere I'd expect from Ravenloft books.

For sure, but my admitted straw man was a cheesy way to challenge the idea of completely divorcing class mechanics from class fluff. Like you, I want classes to “mean something” in a setting, even if a player’s personal concept rejects the norm. I just don’t see the point in being a Warlock...

If Warlock is deemed just a pile of mechanics for arcane character concepts, completely divorced from making a pact with some kind of intelligent (or alien) being (ie, drawing power from an ideology, an organization, a personal belief etc...) then why couldn't a character concept who is devoted...

Atheist Clerics ahoy!

I mean, one could refluff patrons as anything because there's literally no mechanical heft to the contract. The D&D Warlock is far from a Faustian bargain at all unless the DM and player come up with something. Warlocks could have pacts with Philosophies, Technology, to their Family, to a...

Narratively, perhaps. But mechanically, only one of the two classes can actually add new spells that they find and add them to their repertoire. The Warlock can do that to a smaller extent if they pick Pact of the Tome and a specific Invocation. And only Rituals, of which there are very few. So...

Ah yes, very true. Again, unless your campaign is Xmen in a Fantasy setting, I guess.