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<blockquote data-quote="Shemeska" data-source="post: 4633133" data-attributes="member: 11697">Since it seems to have been given the 4e borg assimilation treatment, I really doubt that we'll ever see a formal Ravenloft setting from WotC anytime soon. And if we do see it, given 4e's track record thus far with established settings, it'll see major -major- changes.To endulge in some hyperbole on some level, Ravenloft and Planescape have in many ways like stolen, high end cars taken to a chop shop, had good parts gutted from their original systems, seen other parts welded roughly into place, their interior changed with the leather seats removed for some aftermarket vinyl, and maybe some spinner wheels. The end result has elements of the original but has so many changes it isn't really the same vehicle anymore, nor does it drive the same way, nor does it have the aesthetic feel of the original.But I might be wrong. Maybe WotC's design crew will have an epiphany and release a setting that has 4e adapted to serve it, rather than having a setting turned inside out to accomodate everything in the 4e default. But for Ravenloft they have a rather high bar to hit given the original 2e books and then the 3e Arthaus material (to say nothing of the awesome stuff released by FoS, etc).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shemeska, post: 4633133, member: 11697"] Since it seems to have been given the 4e borg assimilation treatment, I really doubt that we'll ever see a formal Ravenloft setting from WotC anytime soon. And if we do see it, given 4e's track record thus far with established settings, it'll see major -major- changes. To endulge in some hyperbole on some level, Ravenloft and Planescape have in many ways like stolen, high end cars taken to a chop shop, had good parts gutted from their original systems, seen other parts welded roughly into place, their interior changed with the leather seats removed for some aftermarket vinyl, and maybe some spinner wheels. The end result has elements of the original but has so many changes it isn't really the same vehicle anymore, nor does it drive the same way, nor does it have the aesthetic feel of the original. But I might be wrong. Maybe WotC's design crew will have an epiphany and release a setting that has 4e adapted to serve it, rather than having a setting turned inside out to accomodate everything in the 4e default. But for Ravenloft they have a rather high bar to hit given the original 2e books and then the 3e Arthaus material (to say nothing of the awesome stuff released by FoS, etc). [/QUOTE]

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