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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 8273179" data-attributes="member: 7635">1) they did? The best I got was "the darklord of a domain who can close borders and charm people with his voice is being challenged successfully by a minor NPC with psychic powers." Some people liked the fact that there was a moral quandary with killing charmed guards. I guess nobody ever used villains who can cast charm person before. Nobody has come up with a full throated defense of that domain. Nobody has rebutted with classic adventures (modules or Dungeon) set in it. No one has discussed the intricacies that Domain can provide that no other advanced political domain can. Nobody has claimed Dominic in the same league as Strahd, Azalin, Soth or Mordenheim. Dementieu was a map-filler domain because House on Gryphon Hill had a mesmerist named d'Honaire and they wanted to incorporate that into the larger setting. It's coasted by solely on its placement in the Core while more interesting island domains languished in obscurity. The reason people are upset is because WotC had the gumption to dump a mediocre domain with a problematic darklord for a more fantastical take on the same theme. It's a reaction to the fact it was changed, not if the change was any good. It's the Special Edition mentality; 98% of the changes in Star Wars were for the better (excluding the obvious Greedo shooting first issue) but people hate the SEs because they changed the thing they grew up with and now it's different. Nostalgia is a funny thing. Used right it can invoke feelings of happiness and security. But it can also trap you into rejecting change and fighting against fixes and updates. It demands things never evolve, never grow, and never improve because we love it, warts and all. The fact that WotC has taken the setting back to brass tacks and built it up differently isn't going to matter because it's not 92, that's not Forbidden Lore, and we're not playing AD&D the way we did when Ravenloft first came out.</blockquote>

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