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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 8269550" data-attributes="member: 7635"><p>[QUOTE="Urriak Uruk, post: 8269523, member: 7015558] To respond to your solid complaint, that these changes disregard some of the established Ravenloft lore... I largely believe it doesn't really matter. Do you really <em>need </em>a canon explanation for why Viktor Mordenheim is suddenly Viktra Mordenheim? Is it really so bad you don't have one? Can you not make one up yourself? Is it really disrespectful to the original writing to change it without explaining?</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Part of it is that they are selling a new version of a setting that hasn't seen licenced support in over a decade and official in-house design since the late 90s. There are players who weren't born when Domains of Dread was published. They don't give a flying fig how Victor and Viktra are related. And wasting limited page count explaining that evolution is a waste. Sure, us old grgonards would be tickled to know what happened to Adam and Victor, but their fates don't impact Lamordia now. And to a new fan, Victor might mean as much to them as Barov Von Zarovich does.</p><p></p><p>Plus, in an RPG, it gives us some options. Is Viktra Victor's soul in a new body, his descendant, an alternative timeline, or an echo distorted? Did Azalin break Ravenloft causing these alternate domains or is he victim to it? Is this the real timeline or is the original one real? What if the Dark Powers just got bored and rearranged the pieces on the board thus proving thier unknowable power and motives? Like the Lady of Pain's origin or the Day of Mourning, any answer the DM wants to provide is the cannon one.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 8269550, member: 7635"] [QUOTE="Urriak Uruk, post: 8269523, member: 7015558] To respond to your solid complaint, that these changes disregard some of the established Ravenloft lore... I largely believe it doesn't really matter. Do you really [I]need [/I]a canon explanation for why Viktor Mordenheim is suddenly Viktra Mordenheim? Is it really so bad you don't have one? Can you not make one up yourself? Is it really disrespectful to the original writing to change it without explaining?[/QUOTE] Part of it is that they are selling a new version of a setting that hasn't seen licenced support in over a decade and official in-house design since the late 90s. There are players who weren't born when Domains of Dread was published. They don't give a flying fig how Victor and Viktra are related. And wasting limited page count explaining that evolution is a waste. Sure, us old grgonards would be tickled to know what happened to Adam and Victor, but their fates don't impact Lamordia now. And to a new fan, Victor might mean as much to them as Barov Von Zarovich does. Plus, in an RPG, it gives us some options. Is Viktra Victor's soul in a new body, his descendant, an alternative timeline, or an echo distorted? Did Azalin break Ravenloft causing these alternate domains or is he victim to it? Is this the real timeline or is the original one real? What if the Dark Powers just got bored and rearranged the pieces on the board thus proving thier unknowable power and motives? Like the Lady of Pain's origin or the Day of Mourning, any answer the DM wants to provide is the cannon one. [/QUOTE]
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