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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8211339" data-attributes="member: 6801228">Guess I should have scrolled to consolidateWhat makes the setting different from Eberron? Is it politics? Constant war? No. What makes Ravenloft unique is the Dark Lords. They are the biggest draw of the setting. Heck, you can't even say horror because with Megacorps and human experimentation and Sarlona, you can have plenty of horror in Eberron too. In fact, Sarlona is perfect for a horror campaign. So, I'm "obsessed" with them fighting Strahd, but these figures are what make the setting unique. No where else has this story of people dragged into repeating their own personal hells for all eternity. But it also means that if they are the draw, you really want to have them felt. If you can go through all of Barovia without even hearing about Strahd... then what makes it different than any other vaguely eastern European setting? I'm not saying it isn't unique, or can't be made unique, if you know the lore... but if I'm taking new players to Barovia, they are expecting to confront Strahd, not something else.It depends on how it is run. A land ruled by Vampires carries with it a lot more notes of potential horror than a land ruled by a military government. The details can increase or decrease that in either direction, but what I was presented with originally (A military dictatorship in a state of constant war, and sometimes they fight someone who raises the dead soldiers as zombies to kill their former allies) isn't really horror. It is a set piece that could go into any fantasy setting.And you can't have that revelation unless you are dealing with people who have no idea what the setting is like. You can't "reveal" that Strahd is a vampire when he is the most famous vampire lord in all of Dungeons and Dragons. The horror is for the players, not the common masses, and the players know what they are getting into. A few places might have fake-outs, but most of them probably don't.Feel free to change the name then, but I never knew either place and the idea of a zombie infested domain intrigues me. If it makes you feel better to alter the name, be my guest.What you see as silly, other people see as part of the horror.</blockquote>

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