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Maybe this will help me, because I am unaware of what actually constitutes what you call the classic horror subgenre. Is it just older stories and films? Far as my study and experience with horror stories, classic is not one of the typical subgenres. And to me classic could mean something...

See? I never saw Ravenloft as focused. It always looked to me as mish-mosh of different horror movies stories. From the outset of our use of the 'setting' we just picked whichever realm we wanted to play in at the time, and that was it. Either we resolved whatever story (usually in some tragic...

And that is your opinion. Dark Fantasy to me is totally interesting, and probably where I would enjoy most of my campaigns and adventures taking place in. Have the Gothic. Have the stuff that is clearly some other references to older, and newer horror stories/films. Have the Dark Fantasy...

Sure. I am 100% A-OK with there being some realms that are Gothic or classic horror (which honestly, I dislike that term. Asking different people will no doubt give you different results of classic horror). Though I think there should be a multitude of different feels in all of Ravenloft, not...

Then you know how it feels like.

It can be rooted in whatever you like. Why can't they revisit, revive, and rework it to in some cases still use gothic roots, but also branch out to other styles of horror? Ones that aren't a century old.

I stopped at the dear lord part frankly. I am not saying you (general you) cannot enjoy older material. I am stating that in the current climate, and with the age skew of players, compounded with wanting new (likely younger) players, they have to do something. They can't keep the same style...

Because that is one of their product lines? Because vampires somehow have never really gone out of style? (The same being said for zombie hordes.) Because they still want some more grim dark, terror filled worlds for players to experience? I doubt the reason is because we MUST have gothic...

I mean. That is fine, for then. A majority of people playing then had seen and experienced gothic horror, or classic horror in the normal pace of consuming media. With a widening selection of horror amongst a throng of genre's, where the current trend doesn't seem to be Gothic horror, this...

Orcs: 1) Meh, I like them better as they have developed. And frankly, I never even played the game when they were depicted as having pig faces. Just knew it was that way once. 2) I mean sure. If that floats your boat. Honestly, if you like pig faces, just make your orcs have pig faces...

I think it would work fine. As others said, you can convert ones that want to convert, or ones that see pragmatic advantages to it, but there should be those that simple don't want to. Maybe even some that feign conversion and report it to others, actual powerful devotees of Llolth. Throw...

I know. I have played classic and it was an interesting trip down memory lane, but you do tend to miss some of the quality of life stuff that came in the expansions. The other problem is that I have less time than when I was in college. It was lightning in a bottle. I'd never be able to commit...

Because you repeated it several times, that there was a woman writer on this project. And when it was said way back in the past posts that this does really mean anything important to the topic of some of that project detailing a tendency toward certain tropes, it seemingly fell on deaf ears. As...

Meh. Not worth the effort. -deleted-

I don't know man. Having a woman writer does really amount to much. She has bosses, and the editor has bosses, and those bosses have bosses, and could easily influence what ends up in the product. That and being the squeaky wheel when you are one of the only women among an industry of men has to...

I agree that not only is it just there as a lazy curse, but pretty boring. I don't run Ravenloft often, but after reading more about her and seeing the blandness of it, I probably wouldn't ever try to touch upon the domain. Hopefully, it gets rewrote in that upcoming product and some new and...

Well color me interested. And as for whatever weird WoW lore debate is going on, I am pretty fine with the job they have done. Lore isn't what chased me away. Less time, and the removal of skill trees is why I stopped. Sigh... I really really like skill trees people.

Yeah, I realized after I posted...

For you perhaps. Though I image, the quality of the writing is not what made that a 'quality' book for those that do enjoy it. Different strokes for different folks.

There are bold swordsmen and old swordsmen, but there are not old, bold, swordsman. If I find my character taking a dirt nap, it is probably due to mine/his, life choices. If nothing can be done to revive said character, then I will simple work with the DM to reroll and get back into the...