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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 8272058" data-attributes="member: 7635">As an Eberron fan, I can certainly point out the changes it made: dwarves having ties the the daelkyr, the Mournland no longer negating healing, Lady Vol's name, the expanded presence of dragonborn and tieflings, etc. At least they removed the Nine Hells as a plane and restored the dragonmarks to their proper races. Then again, Eberron didn't need as much work done. It was designed by WotC with modern D&D in mind, not a relic of TSR and 2nd edition. It has a Word of God in Keith Baker, while Ravenloft has changed hands repeatedly during its tenor (resulting in some wildly swingy design choices). To be fair, Dark Sun got the same sort of overhaul in 4e and while it alienated plenty of old guard, it was still considered the best designed 4e era setting by many. And Ravenloft's fan community wasn't monolithic either, plenty of players disavowed the Arthaus stuff and I was privy to many a discussion about how X domain needs to be dropped or heavily redone to fit with modern standards (and ironically, many of them are in VGR, heavily modified like I'Cath, Valachan, or Souragne). WotC didn't decide one day that Ravenloft had issues; fans were telling WotC Ravenloft had issues all over social media, on DMs Guild, and probably in feedback surveys. There will be initial pushback. You will have your initial group of ardents who will not touch that book with an 11-foot pole. You will have some who are resistant to the changes, but come around to it eventually (partially or in total) and you will have fans that adopt it whole-heartedly. I believe that in a few years, 5e Ravenloft will dominate the Ravenloft discussion as the canon on social media. I saw it with the Star Wars Legends/EU divide, or the Old Who/New Who divide. You'll always have hanger-ons, but I feel if the product is good enough, it will see adoption.If not, then in 10 years you'll see the original Ravenloft domains and darklords return and it will be swiftly forgotten about.</blockquote>

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