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Yet they're directly referencing it in Heir of Stradh, they could have gone and done Heir of Nosferatu and done whatever story they wanted to or based the story in Lamordia and gone full steampunk :) Yeah Ravenloft already has a whole lot of alternative places for people to play in without...

While I can sympathise and generally agree with that position, I dont think my issue with this books is an audience issue but rather an issue of Authorial choice. As the example of Frankenstein above and the recent Nosferatu remake show there is an audience for Hammer style Gothic...

TEAM LAKE: KAYAK 2 - SUBJECT: SHADE-9 MISSION: Ride the Rapids – Round Two Water sprayed up over his arms as the kayak shot forward like an arrow loosed from a bowstring, the current clawing at the hull, while their paddles, working in tandem, countered and cut the surging water like well honed...

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Thats more than cake, thats a treat

Team Lake [Subject: Shade-9] Combat Paddling – Engaged Without pause, Shade-9 registered Aywins arcane evocation striking at the sharp rocks, and redirecting their course away from the immediate hazard. Spotting the opening Shade-9 drove his paddle blade in to the churning waters, pulling the...

Vulnerable doesnt mean weak though, Ripley in Aliens and Dutch in Predator are badass but theyre still vulnerable, even Laurie in Halloween is a bit of a badass. Vulnerable just means that you can lose something - life, friends, sanity, your soul. The disturbing revelations you describe is what...

Team Lake: Subject Shade-9 - Lead Kayak: Stern Dexterity check: 1D20+2 = [19]+2 = 21 As the kayak neared the brink of the drop, Shade-9 had shifted his center of mass sternward, bracing low and leaning into the descent. If his calculations were correct the adjustment would ensure a smooth entry...

Player buy in is the bggest factor, players need to accept theyre playing vunerable chatacters in tense situations. The DM provides the tension but its meaningless if the players dont allow themselves to take the ride

The only one I an think of off hand is Wuthering Heights where PC stats are Rage, Despair and Decrepitude.

Baby Franklin gets sent to a distant planet and lands near a small town in Kansas

Shade-9's optics narrowed as he focussed on Loklafd's every movement, shifting his weight low and centered as they approached the waterfall, leaning back to stabilize, his paddle held flat across the bow to brace and balance the craft... bring it on!

Shade-9 matched the cadence of Loklafd's rhythmic paddling mimicking the subtle shifts in balance and stroke length necessary for optimal glide. Without looking over from his stroke the warforged initiated a low vocal exchange: "you are genasi?" he stated to Aywin, his tone inquisitive, not a...

That pretty much covers every single rpg in existence - your edit cuts it down to maybe 90% of them I suppose "its all D&D" is a valid poisition to take would you place Spelljammer as not DnD or is it still Kitchen-Sink High Fantasy?

I thought it was enjoyable, nowhere near as good as Dardevil but infinitely better than Secret Invasion. Its got a young black urban theme which I'm probably not the audience for, but the storytelling doesnt drag on like some ghetto dramas do. So far I'd rank it as maybe on the level of Luke...

Shade-9 readying the kayak with Aywin nodded his agreement, Loklafd was certainly competent on the water, but there was no need for him to accompany their strike team, at least not beyond the river crossing. The warforged set himself the task of adjusting the kayak loads for efficient weight...

Fantasy focussed game with class and level structure and attributes system

Merlin the Wizard was also a half-demon so that trope is much older than Gandalf and how is it better having a party that all have beaks, horns, tusks or scales but who all behave like humans anyway and are all treated like 'normal people' because prejudice doesn't exist even if your granddaddy...

It would be interesting how they work the dual plane mechanics into a DnD adventure, its just a Feyrealm/Shadowfell equivalent with some extra tribe heritages, but what a transformation means in the middle of play could be impactful. I'd still prefer Eldraine

Determining that Cave Team had formed a well rounded unit, Shade-9 turned his focus to the remaining teams. His negotiation and deception protocols were not optimized and self-analysis told him that direct engagement at the Gatehouse or Watchtower was statistically disadvantageous. Thus after...