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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Argus Decimus Mokira" data-source="post: 720759" data-attributes="member: 10239">HeyRuddy Van Richten met his demise in the Bleak House module.  This was a boxed set containing three seperate adventures concerning past foes of the good doktor allying to finally dispose of him.  There are four different endings to the adventure, one of which hints that van Richten will be reborn/reincarnated to stand with the forces of light during the prophesized Time of Unparalelled Darkness (the ending relies on the use of the tarokka deck, a plot device included in the original Ravenloft boxed set that vaguely resembles a real-world Tarot deck).  IMO the adventure itself reeks ... it involves liberal plot railroading, one of the aforementioned ghost-in-every-room haunted houses, and, perhaps the worst offence of a Ravenloft campaign (though the most frequent in 2nd edition) a crummy dungeon crawl.  The first third of the adventure, however, is absolutely brilliant, involving the PCs being trapped in an insane asylum, treated by a twisted psychologist (in the game he's a vampire <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes    :rolleyes:"  data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />  I changed that for my campaign).  Using the tarokka deck was also very cool, though it took me awhile to learn how to palm cards so I could get the ending I wanted <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> As far as the twins, they are continuing van Richtens work, as seen in the recent addition to the Ravenloft line (van Richten's Guide to the Walking Dead).  The great thing about these books is that they give you game rules while forwarding the campaign time/plotlines.  The twins have taken over the publishing business, using their small amount of monster-hunting knowledge and a large amount of correspondence with van Richten's previous acquaintances ... it's a good read.  Hope I was of help.Later-Matt</blockquote>

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