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<blockquote data-quote="JEB" data-source="post: 8241749" data-attributes="member: 10148">Sounds like a completely different domain, &quot;Cinderella meets Poe's Masque of the Red Death&quot; as they put it. Which makes one wonder why they didn't... create a completely different domain.I mean, new Dementlieu sounds interesting, in and of itself, with well-thought-out theming. Seems like a nice addition to Ravenloft's landscape. I also like that they're retaining the &quot;false history&quot; concept.But presumably the point of reviving an old setting is to use the old stuff, which they don't appear to be here, except for a few names and it being French-themed. (In fact, it sounds like they didn't think much of classic Dementlieu.)They do describe this Dementlieu as &quot;evolved&quot;, so maybe we'll get some backstory explaining how classic Dementlieu became new Dementlieu. Overall, though, at this point it sounds a lot more like 5E Ravenloft is a reboot.Other thoughts:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">5E Ravenloft is definitely going for &quot;weekend in hell&quot; rather than &quot;cohesive horror-world&quot;, as expected. It is the most usable and marketable approach.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">I wonder if the three hags are the former darklords of Tepest, and if new Dementlieu is kind of a merger with that domain. (If not, this seems like a clear indicator that Tepest isn't going to be returning for 5E; not gonna have two domains with hag covens in a prominent role.)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">I always assumed it was pronounced &quot;day-mon-loo&quot;, not &quot;dem-ent-lee-oo&quot;. (Google Translate says it should be pronounced &quot;duh-mon-lee-oo&quot;. And that it means &quot;godless&quot;.)</li>
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[QUOTE="JEB, post: 8241749, member: 10148"] Sounds like a completely different domain, "Cinderella meets Poe's Masque of the Red Death" as they put it. Which makes one wonder why they didn't... create a completely different domain. I mean, new Dementlieu sounds interesting, in and of itself, with well-thought-out theming. Seems like a nice addition to Ravenloft's landscape. I also like that they're retaining the "false history" concept. But presumably the point of reviving an old setting is to use the old stuff, which they don't appear to be here, except for a few names and it being French-themed. (In fact, it sounds like they didn't think much of classic Dementlieu.) They do describe this Dementlieu as "evolved", so maybe we'll get some backstory explaining how classic Dementlieu became new Dementlieu. Overall, though, at this point it sounds a lot more like 5E Ravenloft is a reboot. Other thoughts: [LIST] [*]5E Ravenloft is definitely going for "weekend in hell" rather than "cohesive horror-world", as expected. It is the most usable and marketable approach. [*]I wonder if the three hags are the former darklords of Tepest, and if new Dementlieu is kind of a merger with that domain. (If not, this seems like a clear indicator that Tepest isn't going to be returning for 5E; not gonna have two domains with hag covens in a prominent role.) [*]I always assumed it was pronounced "day-mon-loo", not "dem-ent-lee-oo". (Google Translate says it [I]should[/I] be pronounced "duh-mon-lee-oo". And that it means "godless".) [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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