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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 8279420" data-attributes="member: 48965">Again I disagree... after coming into contact with the mythos many of the character's are coping with mental issues and the impact of that revelation.  Is it stark-raving, insane in your face madness that Lovecraft stories allude to... no and I'm glad it's not.  It's a more nuanced and subtle treatment of madness and questioning one's sanity.I agree it's pulp (but still cosmic horror) but these are more frail/complex heroes, physically and mentally, than say Conan.  Conan wouldn't have give a second thought to what happens to Letitia in the mansion with the spell that creates an illusion of Tic... but it haunts her mentally, even after she's out of the immediate danger and affects her relationship with Tic.  Dianna's interaction with the Picanninny Demons leave her forever scarred and changed to the point that her final action in the final episode when juxtaposed against the fact that she is a child... it's quite simply horrifying when you think about it.We sure do infer alot that reinforces our own already established viewpoints.  I would say it's not referenced because it's in the DMG so people are aware of it and there's no need to waste space reiterating or repeating it... but I'm not a WotC designer or developer for the book so I don't actually know and speculation of this sort serves no purpose in my mind.Again not necessarily, you're assuming based on exactly zero knowledge of what went on behind the scenes with the book.  Again for all we know space was tight and stuff was already cut... so why use it repeating something that's in the corebooks?EDIT: I'm curious does the Ravenloft book spend time giving specific horror mechanics for each of the genres it covers?</blockquote>

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