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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stumblewyk" data-source="post: 5550842" data-attributes="member: 67606">In 2e Ravenloft days, it wa possible to enter into Ravenloft (which is located in it's own little pocket "dimension") by passing through any kind of barrier.  IIRC, the 2e box set specifically mentions thick fogs, passing under the boughs of menacing trees arched over a road way, or dipping your face into a roadside stream.  The general idea being that it's not just a physical barrier you might pass through.  Much like some of 4e's Feywild crossings.Speaking of 4e, the Manual of the Planes states that the Shadowfell contains a number of pocket "demiplanes", strongly hinting that Ravenloft might lay somewhere within it.All that being said, if you're not interested in introducing planar travel to your game, there's nothing wrong just planting a Germanic/Slavic-style nation within your game world and just calling it Barovia.  But if you want to stick true to previous Ravenloft lore, Barovia lies within the Demiplane of Ravenloft, which lies outside the "standard" physical world.</blockquote>