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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 8840476">Ravenloft isn't as lore heavy as many other settings, in part because its history is very short and its a demiplane. It still had some significant meta plot development but I always felt you could ignore this since the setting was so GM facing (it wasn't the kind of setting where a player was expected to know the details or bring those details to the table, and by its nature, stuff could easily be changed). I do think the lore increased substantially with the Sword and Sorcery books. And I wasn't as into the tone of that lore personally. But I think the way Ravenloft works for most people is they sort of pick a cut off point where they want their lore to begin and end. That said, if you read all the novels, modules and supplements, it does build up a kind of lore. It does have lots of major NPCs, important events, etc. And there was a metaplot (for instance two of my favorite domains, Dorvinia and Borca merged into one during the Grand Conjunction which greatly reshaped Ravenloft). There was a point in my life where I pretty much knew all the information every Ravenloft Novel, boxed set, Van Richten Guide, supplment and the black box, red box and domains of dread. I would never approach something like that now though. It wasn't Realms level lore, but there was a considerable amount by the end of the 90s.</blockquote>