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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 8212184" data-attributes="member: 7635"><p>I asked partially because it's been years since I deep-dived into the lore (and thus memory could be a bit... foggy. I'll stop.) I was under the impression that domain borders were clear and crossing them was akin to crossing the county line or any given political border (barring times when the borders of closed or the Mists want to move you elsewhere) but the discussion about the Sea of Sorrows disappearing when you leave Mordent for Valachan really made me question if I remember it correctly or not. </p><p></p><p>To be honest, they could have fixed the core just as easily as removed it. You only need to make the two seas connect to all the coastal areas (even the ones above Darkon/Below Sithicus), fill the Shadow Rift with a proper landmass domain, and maybe Grand Conjunction a few domains onto/off-of the Core (Sithicus should be gone if Soth isn't there, replace it with Souragne or similar). Give a little more thought to inter-domain things like the calendar, faiths, and technology levels (and perhaps a greater tolerance for fantasy elements like races and magic) and you could have a Core if you wanted it. </p><p></p><p>But I get the reason they went with what they did. It doesn't create a hierarchy of domains (where a domain like Hal-Akir or Souragne is less prominent than Keening or Forlorn just because they are back in the islands section rather than the core) It allows them to add new ones and it allows DMs to pick the ones that interest them (for example, I found the Borca/Dementieu area dreadfully boring with its human-level Darklords and limited monster encounters; I'd gladly swap them out for a domain like Zherstia or the Shadowborn cluster.) </p><p></p><p>Ultimately, not having the Core isn't a dealbreaker for me. I plan on having my Ravenloft game move domains regardless of if it is done via Mist, Shadowfell, or mundane borders. They are keeping the main parts of Ravenloft I love, the funky map isn't one of them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 8212184, member: 7635"] I asked partially because it's been years since I deep-dived into the lore (and thus memory could be a bit... foggy. I'll stop.) I was under the impression that domain borders were clear and crossing them was akin to crossing the county line or any given political border (barring times when the borders of closed or the Mists want to move you elsewhere) but the discussion about the Sea of Sorrows disappearing when you leave Mordent for Valachan really made me question if I remember it correctly or not. To be honest, they could have fixed the core just as easily as removed it. You only need to make the two seas connect to all the coastal areas (even the ones above Darkon/Below Sithicus), fill the Shadow Rift with a proper landmass domain, and maybe Grand Conjunction a few domains onto/off-of the Core (Sithicus should be gone if Soth isn't there, replace it with Souragne or similar). Give a little more thought to inter-domain things like the calendar, faiths, and technology levels (and perhaps a greater tolerance for fantasy elements like races and magic) and you could have a Core if you wanted it. But I get the reason they went with what they did. It doesn't create a hierarchy of domains (where a domain like Hal-Akir or Souragne is less prominent than Keening or Forlorn just because they are back in the islands section rather than the core) It allows them to add new ones and it allows DMs to pick the ones that interest them (for example, I found the Borca/Dementieu area dreadfully boring with its human-level Darklords and limited monster encounters; I'd gladly swap them out for a domain like Zherstia or the Shadowborn cluster.) Ultimately, not having the Core isn't a dealbreaker for me. I plan on having my Ravenloft game move domains regardless of if it is done via Mist, Shadowfell, or mundane borders. They are keeping the main parts of Ravenloft I love, the funky map isn't one of them. [/QUOTE]
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