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If we want "fresh and interesting", make a completely new setting, with no ties to the past. And give it a new name. Let's not have these things dancing around in the flayed flesh of the departed.

Exactly. I'd rather seem them mothballed then turned into generic mush.

That's hardly unique to North America. Have a look out the etymology for "Cartagena" is Spain.

The face there is pretty tame, actually. This is more "annoying thumbnail face"

Tolkien's Catholicism and general beliefs are very apparent in the world of Middle Earth, I don't know how you're missing them.

By Greenwood’s own words it’s actually Nicol Williamson’s version from the film Excalibur that Elminster is based on, West Country accent and all.

Problem I have with that is that it is completely different to what happened to every other domain that passed hands. When Invidia went from Bakholis to Gabrielle Aderre, Castle Loupet didn't disappear or turn into a spaceship, it remained pretty much the same. As did Castle Hunadora when...

Yes, 5E seems to have decided D&D is not allowed to make things difficult for players hence why it doesn't really capture Ravenloft as a setting. (Which is a shame, because 5E's de-emphasis on alignment actually should've made it a better fit).

I don't understand how Valachan can be an update to the old one, how does Helbelnik go from a mountainous town to a wrecked ship? It's all moot because CoS explicitly uses a Ravenloft date that sets everything around the time of the Red Box. I suspect what actually happened is that Chris...

I disagree. They are incapable of correctly delivering the themes, mostly due to Jeremy Crawford's heavy-handed "this is what D&D is". It's a refusal to pair settings with rule variations which leads to 5E Ravenloft being not particularly horrific because the rules behind it just aren't...

Love, love these 2E Ravenloft MC Appendicies, and truly are some of the highlights of the setting. Props for the William Conners reference (the true Ravenloft father, sorry Hickman). Rereading this 2E material makes me feel sad about how badly handled this setting has been since about 2005. WotC...

My suggestion is to check out the two Perkins-penned adventures from Dungeon: Umbra and Nemesis. He even added the annoying cant....YOU BERK!

It's actually part of a series: Out of the Fire (Dungeon 1), Out of the Ashes (Issue 17), Old Embers Never Die (Issue 100). My personal opinion is that the first is the best. The resurrection of the dragon Flame gets increasingly convoluted and silly.

Polytheism was traditionally about rituals, which ones worked, how they were meant to be done, which I've never seen D&D even attempt to do. It runs all polytheisms as if they were 19th/20th century Christian priests.

Dragon Mountain in 2E?

In real world, priests are usually tied to a religious tradition rather than a specific deity. Points again for the stupidity of the way D&D polytheism is modelled.

There's plenty when you don't hand out +X magic items like candy. (Seriously, 5E plays better if every magic weapon merely bypasses immunity and adds to damage, not to hit)

Cast it at a high level against high-AC foes and watch it do your work for you no sweat.

Sunless Citadel is best starter adventure I think.