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I don't know that that's ever happened. The 1E/2E changeover was accomplished with no events, not even on the level of Greyhawk's Fate of Istus module. The Fifth Age and the changeover to the SAGA System came after Dragons of Summer Flame was written and turned in with no input from anyone on...

Also, * Dusk elves. Dusk elves everywhere, whereas elves have been virtually unknown to 2E/3E Barovians. *. Nothing wrong with doing a revamp of I6 that doesn't hold to the setting's canon--I had no issues with Expedition to Castle Ravenloft as such (the missing ending, on the other...

Indeed, Hickman is on record as actively disliking the Ravenloft setting, and not just because they borrowed Lord Soth from Dragonlance. Part of it was that it was 'too depressing and hopeless,' which makes it ironic that CoS is in some ways the darkest iteration of Barovia yet with all the...

Crazy theory: Does '3 settings' necessarily mean '3 products'? I'd say Dark Sun is a pretty safe bet for one, but I wouldn't be surprised if they do a Spelljammer/Planescape hybridization that 'technically' counts as both while being a single product or branding item.

I used to be a fan, but I came to the conclusion that what I loved about the setting either had been lost or wasn't really there to begin with. Ah, well. All things pass. Given how disappointed I was in the handling of Ravenloft in CoS, I'd suggest that everyone hoping for any setting revival...

They've done it for every edition except 4th, so there's definitely precedent. The big question is, can they get Weis & Hickman on board with it? While they don't own the rights, the past has shown that you're not going to get fans on board if they don't give it their blessing. Weis has been...

The Great American Witch may be one of the first RPGs to treat Jack Chick as a legitimate source of background. ;) :p Seriously, "Mary doctrine is just repackaged Isis worship" is a staple of the more fringe branch of anti-Catholic polemics.

It came out in August/September 1996, just before TSR went under. Great system and setting wasted on an unappreciative franchise and fan base. :)

Note that 'older' here applies to all pre-5E products, as far as I can tell.

The script for "The Ring of Dreams" (by Michael Halperin) can be found in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: The Complete Minicomics Collection. Lord Masque's origin is mentioned in the Trivia section of He-Man.org, while Granamyr's background is confirmed in He-Man and She-Ra: A Complete...

An unproduced mini-comic, "The Ring of Dreams," was set to include a glabrezu, which I believe is a creature unique to D&D. Also, several of DiTillio's RPG campaigns and writings influenced his MotU work--the villain Lord Masque from "House of Shokoti, Part I" came from one of his campaigns...

So, are we setting up for PCs allying with freedom-fighting demons against tyrannical angels?

I know him because this isn't the first time he's been written up in RPG terms … you can find him in Michael Surbrook's Larger Than Life, available in HERO System, Savage Worlds, and Mutants & Masterminds 3E editions. :)

A 'hot take' that came to me today and that seems apropos to this article: Gygax made a mistake when he made full-spectrum spellcasters a PC option, one that has been compounded by further developments.

It has more or less turned out that way. :) Given the swings of the editions and WotC's general relation to the game's history, I've been predicting that 6E will be my dream game but will be designed, announced, and then cancelled before release as being 'a betrayal of the game's legacy,' and 7E...

Good. Glad you and everyone else enjoyed it. It just rubbed me the wrong way due to my own peculiarities, which is one of the many reasons I'm not part of WotC's target audience anymore. (But then, my relationship to D&D has always been ... idiosyncratic, not being a real fan of 1E/OSR...

I'm too attached to the 2nd Edition setting, and the changes and additions felt gratuitous (e.g., dusk elves and Mordenkainen), contrived (Madam Eva as Strahd's half-sister), and/or overly bleak (large numbers of soulless Barovians), and a read through suggested little worth mining.

5E lost me, Curse of Strahd (the only 5E product I've bought) alienated me to the point I'm planning to sell it ... yeah, I'm pretty sure I'm not the target audience anymore.

You've got Casting the Runes on there twice too. :)

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