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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5688909" data-attributes="member: 8835">So this is basically Japanese Ravenloft.  that is a special realm of horror, with a japanese flavor.Is this a D&D fantasy setting (well presumably feudal japan) or a modern setting (ala Buffy goes to Japan)?Having the whole realm be a sinkhole trap is a turn off for me.  I didn't like Ravenloft for that point that it was basically a PC blackhole that you really couldn't escape unless your GM let you.This differrs from regular horror, where most people go on about their lives, and have normal deaths.  But for some reason, the protagonists have become involved with the horror, and it is trying to destroy them.  Success means the PCs can go back to their normal lives (until the next episode when a new horror finds them).the problem with Ravenloft, is your basically screwed.  If you end up there, and somehow survive the current episode, you still haven't escaped and you will be screwed again.In any episodic campaign, the PCs are going to get screwed, but the difference in non-Ravenloftian games, success at the end FEELS like you are free of the problem.  Ravenloft simply means you've lived another day.</blockquote>