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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dimitri Mazieres" data-source="post: 4662639" data-attributes="member: 9260">These statements sum up quite nicely what Ravenloft is for me.It seems to me that the popular conception of Ravenloft runs along the "weekend in hell" model (which was certainly the main scope of the setting's first editions) but, as it has been stated before, I think it's much more rewarding to run a campaign with native characters, with the focus of said campaign being the struggle against apparent overwhelming odds. Of course, for it to be successful there should be hope, and the perspective of achieving something. Maybe not totally vanquishing the enemy, but at least halting it, and sparing as many souls as possible.To finish this post, I will leave you with a portion of the introduction from the 2e accessory Champions of the Mists, which I think it further illustrates the point:</blockquote>