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<blockquote data-quote="Levistus's_Leviathan" data-source="post: 8615347" data-attributes="member: 7023887"><p>I love this book. Sure, there are a few changes from how Ravenloft was in previous editions, but most of them are fairly minor/unimportant to the setting and easy to undo if you really want to. The monsters, Dark Gifts, player options, and official explanations for the Domains of Dread in 5e are well worth buying if you like Ravenloft. </p><p></p><p>There's only one displacer beast kitten, and you are not required to talk your way out of any encounter. There are violent and nonviolent solutions to every encounter, enemy, and NPC that you encounter in the adventure. </p><p></p><p>Fizban's gives dragons more to do than just be the big flying lizards that they're so often portrayed as. The monsters in this book are really well designed (compared to the Monster Manual's stat blocks, at least), the player options are great, and they changed the lore of the dragons to make them much more interesting than they were before. </p><p></p><p>Pretty accurate. The book is primarily an adventure with barely any setting information out side of the campus. This one is kind of a meh book, IMO. </p><p></p><p>You don't have to be to enjoy this book. I'm not, but I think that it's one of the better D&D adventures in this edition. Not as good as Curse of Strahd or Tomb of Annihilation, but definitely better than Princes of the Apocalypse, Tyranny of Dragons, or Storm King's Thunder. </p><p></p><p>Not at all. From what we've seen, some of the adventures are actually quite dark, and while the book is colorful, that doesn't mean that it's "adorable" or "cuddly". There's an adventure focusing around racism, one focusing around a cult, another focusing around the Dia de los Muertos in a D&D setting, and so on. There are a few more fluffy aspects of it, but from what's been released about it so far, it's definitely not just "cuddly kittens and adorableness".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Levistus's_Leviathan, post: 8615347, member: 7023887"] I love this book. Sure, there are a few changes from how Ravenloft was in previous editions, but most of them are fairly minor/unimportant to the setting and easy to undo if you really want to. The monsters, Dark Gifts, player options, and official explanations for the Domains of Dread in 5e are well worth buying if you like Ravenloft. There's only one displacer beast kitten, and you are not required to talk your way out of any encounter. There are violent and nonviolent solutions to every encounter, enemy, and NPC that you encounter in the adventure. Fizban's gives dragons more to do than just be the big flying lizards that they're so often portrayed as. The monsters in this book are really well designed (compared to the Monster Manual's stat blocks, at least), the player options are great, and they changed the lore of the dragons to make them much more interesting than they were before. Pretty accurate. The book is primarily an adventure with barely any setting information out side of the campus. This one is kind of a meh book, IMO. You don't have to be to enjoy this book. I'm not, but I think that it's one of the better D&D adventures in this edition. Not as good as Curse of Strahd or Tomb of Annihilation, but definitely better than Princes of the Apocalypse, Tyranny of Dragons, or Storm King's Thunder. Not at all. From what we've seen, some of the adventures are actually quite dark, and while the book is colorful, that doesn't mean that it's "adorable" or "cuddly". There's an adventure focusing around racism, one focusing around a cult, another focusing around the Dia de los Muertos in a D&D setting, and so on. There are a few more fluffy aspects of it, but from what's been released about it so far, it's definitely not just "cuddly kittens and adorableness". [/QUOTE]
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