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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Irda Ranger" data-source="post: 4669845" data-attributes="member: 1003">I agree. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek!    :o"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" />  Actually, it wasn't even a rules discussion. It was just a Setting debate, like whether or not Elminster is a Mary Sue. Naturally it was a disaster. Well, live and learn.Hmmm .... I think I see what you're getting at, but it's also a little vague. It doesn't offer the potential Ravenloft DM much guidance on how to write RL quests or run an RL campaign.  Should we presume that the choice is "To be a source of light when all the surrounding paths are shrouded in darkness" or focus on the choice between light and giving in to the darkness? Or something else entirely?When I'm writing a Core D&D quest I always make sure there's monsters to kill and stuff to take. When I write a Dark Sun adventure I make a special note of water sources and food supplies - and who (or what) else is competing for them. Etc. Because that's the focus of those types of adventures. If the meta-point of RL adventures is making choices, what sort or choices? What metric do we use to measure RL adventures as a success (besides "Did the players have fun?")?Yeah, totally. But if (as you said) the meta-plot of an RL campaign is "A few good scares and a life of paths chosen." then that meta-plot can be accomplished in any Domain. That's all I meant. Of course the Domain you're in will effect the details.This is really good. "The story of a man ..."I need to think more though about how to incorporate this into a pithy "Kill things and take their stuff" type motto for RL.That's a fair cop. I've read the RLCS and several novels, but haven't DMed it much. I ran a few adventures in high school (using AD&D 2e) but now that I'm back into D&D (thanks to 4e) I'd like to take another stab at it.  I guess I felt that way because of how the CS focused on the Darklords.  But that's a side discussion (let's not go there again! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />). I also sort of assumed that it would always be obvious which Domain you're in, but not necessarily, obviously. Depends on how active the local Darklord is ...</blockquote>

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