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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 8250155" data-attributes="member: 7635">Black Dice Society episode 3: Light Spoilers.We spend the entire episode in the Carnival. Its remarkably faithful to the 2e version all things considered; Isode and "the Caller" backstory included. There is a lot more inner-discussions to pad the runtime.Something I didn't mention last time: they travel through the Mists from when they are going to the Carnival. When they approach the Misty borders, the fog seems to thin out and create a path or road. The immediate area around them appears to be similar but indistinct terrain, but beyond the path, the Mists get noticeably thicker and its hard to make out what is there. The group travels from one domain to another fairly seamlessly, thought the cannot account for how long the travel took.  The Mists seem ever-present on the borders of the carnival at all times, but the borders ebb-and-flow some. If anyone is wondering what domain cross-travel is going to look like in the Post-Core setting, be prepared for a lot of paths through the Mists...Its implied the Mists respond better to some people than to others, but they respond best to purpose.The Weathermay-Foxgrove twins are referenced as monster hunters. They are supposed to be important to this story.Pickled Punks and a Brain-in-a-Jar feature as foes. Possibly from the book, since the DM has to "look up" the stats.Nahara (the reborn aasimar) is a undeath warlock. She uses her Form of Dread, which seems similar to match the UA's ability.Oh, we're going to Falkovia next. Looks like we will get a preview of the zombie domain. (It appears they started in Falkovia as well, since they were beset by zombies at the end of episode one).***Nine hours in, we're still at drip-drip status for clues. Its a fun listen (it takes me three days to listen to 3 hours, my attention span can't binge-listen to this) but I think now that we are going to a domain with confirmed changes, we'll get a better feel for how much BDS is doing its own thing vs. using the revisions from VRGtR. The zombie hordes in Falkvoia seemed on-point from the new VRG, but the Carnival, Ezra, Darkon, and Soth elements feel like they could have been ripped from '97's Domains of Dread with light modification and nobody would have batted an eye. Assuming this is all cannon from the new book, I think the new Ravenloft will still retain much of its 90's era lore after all.</blockquote>

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