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[CoS] Ecology and Economy of Ravenloft/Barovia
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<blockquote data-quote="Pauper" data-source="post: 7409291" data-attributes="member: 17607"><p>Note that this answer works great if you want the underlying reality to reflect the AD&D/D&D 3E Ravenloft campaign setting lore.</p><p></p><p>However, there have been persistent rumors that the Hickmans were never fond of the Ravenloft campaign setting. Chris Perkins, in designing Curse of Strahd, has changed enough of the details of the setting (for the purpose of creating a "blood-stained love letter to the Hickmans", in his words) so that the foundational lore of the Ravenloft setting doesn't really apply -- Perkins defines the Dark Powers, for example, as just as much prisoners of Barovia as Strahd himself.</p><p></p><p>There are lots of ways to use the lore of the campaign setting to justify the current state of Barovia -- you've done so yourself. I'm just not sure how much of that lore remains applicable to the version of Barovia presented in Curse of Strahd.</p><p></p><p>The Barovia of Curse of Strahd is not a world that exists outside of the story presented in the adventure. In this, Curse of Strahd is not that different from the other hardcover 5E adventures, which are far more interested in presenting their locations as suitable for a specific adventure story than they are in presenting them as functioning, vibrant worlds where many different adventures can take place.</p><p></p><p>--</p><p>Pauper</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pauper, post: 7409291, member: 17607"] Note that this answer works great if you want the underlying reality to reflect the AD&D/D&D 3E Ravenloft campaign setting lore. However, there have been persistent rumors that the Hickmans were never fond of the Ravenloft campaign setting. Chris Perkins, in designing Curse of Strahd, has changed enough of the details of the setting (for the purpose of creating a "blood-stained love letter to the Hickmans", in his words) so that the foundational lore of the Ravenloft setting doesn't really apply -- Perkins defines the Dark Powers, for example, as just as much prisoners of Barovia as Strahd himself. There are lots of ways to use the lore of the campaign setting to justify the current state of Barovia -- you've done so yourself. I'm just not sure how much of that lore remains applicable to the version of Barovia presented in Curse of Strahd. The Barovia of Curse of Strahd is not a world that exists outside of the story presented in the adventure. In this, Curse of Strahd is not that different from the other hardcover 5E adventures, which are far more interested in presenting their locations as suitable for a specific adventure story than they are in presenting them as functioning, vibrant worlds where many different adventures can take place. -- Pauper [/QUOTE]
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