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Message: <blockquote data-quote="QuentinGeorge" data-source="post: 8094810" data-attributes="member: 20990"><p>With all due respect, the Hickmans are not at the centre of Ravenloft. They wrote the original novels, but once it became a setting in 2nd edition and outgrew its Dracula pastiche beginnings they had nothing more to do with it. Ravenloft the setting was driven by Bruce Nesmith, Andria Hayday, William W Conners, Steve Miller and the rest of the Kargat. Hickman created a lich named "Azalin" in Ravenloft II: House of Gryphon Hill, but the Kargat gave him his history, personality and character. Powers checks, the concept of domains and darklords, Rudolph van Richten - all of this was post Hickman. I know Wizards of the Coast seems to have decided from 3rd edition onwards that Ravenloft was Strahd and Barovia and not much more, but there really was a very rich and detailed setting there and giving Hickman sole credit for it is a very strange thing to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>