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<blockquote data-quote="M.L. Martin" data-source="post: 4702985" data-attributes="member: 4086">Forked from: <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showpost.php?postid=4701383" target="_blank"> What do you think the new setting will be, from Ampersand? </a>&nbsp; Fear, horror, and powers check rules were attempts to encourage roleplaying, although they may not always have been clear and effective in that regard. And Ravenloft is different enough from 'bog standard D&amp;D' that 4E, with its rigid enforcement of the core D&amp;D experience, may prove an ill fit to the setting.&nbsp; Documenting from Ravenloft: Realm of Terror, affectionately referred to as the &quot;Black Box,&quot; some places where the Land of Mists suffers problems or disconnects with 4E assumptions:&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Commentary: Things not always Working Quite Right is a hallmark of the Ravenloft setting, for better and for worse--and the reliability of character abilities is a hallmark of 4E.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Scales, snouts, tails and horns are, unfortunately, a bit more difficult to disguise--and rather more offputting--than pointed ears.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; More documentation can be added if requested, but I think a case can be made that Ravenloft as a setting is fairly distant from the game play assumed by 4E, and woven into so much of the system. The setting could be plundered for one-shot domains of dread, but as a long-term setting (whether natives or outlanders), a 4E Ravenloft would mean that one or the other would have to change a lot.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="M.L. Martin, post: 4702985, member: 4086"] Forked from: [url=http://www.enworld.org/forum/showpost.php?postid=4701383] What do you think the new setting will be, from Ampersand? [/url] Fear, horror, and powers check rules were attempts to encourage roleplaying, although they may not always have been clear and effective in that regard. And Ravenloft is different enough from 'bog standard D&D' that 4E, with its rigid enforcement of the core D&D experience, may prove an ill fit to the setting. Documenting from [i]Ravenloft: Realm of Terror[/i], affectionately referred to as the "Black Box," some places where the Land of Mists suffers problems or disconnects with 4E assumptions: Commentary: Things not always Working Quite Right is a hallmark of the Ravenloft setting, for better and for worse--and the reliability of character abilities is a hallmark of 4E. Scales, snouts, tails and horns are, unfortunately, a bit more difficult to disguise--and rather more offputting--than pointed ears. More documentation can be added if requested, but I think a case can be made that Ravenloft as a setting is fairly distant from the game play assumed by 4E, and woven into so much of the system. The setting could be plundered for one-shot domains of dread, but as a long-term setting (whether natives or outlanders), a 4E Ravenloft would mean that one or the other would have to change a lot. [/QUOTE]

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