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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 8252537" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>No that isn't it at all. Read the black boxed set again. They are clearly not fans of modern slashers. The reason they don't have slasher, is because they considered it more on the gory, shock end of the horror spectrum (and Ravenloft wasn't about that). Again, I love slashers, but it is obvious many of their oblique criticisms are directed at the likes of Jason. It is very easy to do slasher in Ravenloft using the tools available if you want (all you need is a powerful monster or NPC who has invulnerablitlies, and a powerful knife of some kind: and Guide to the Created made a very good argument for using golems in this way---which I think you can do in Ravenloft). Ravenloft regularly had to deal with the hurdles of characters being more powerful and it suggested many tools and ways of working around those problems. The issue with slashers was a philosophical one, not one of practical need. I think stuff like zombies and serial killers work fine in Ravenloft. It is how you use them more than anything else. I'd be interested for example what Nesmith and Heyday thought of say taking inspiration from Halloween rather than Friday the 13th (as the former relies a lot more on classic techniques of building horror). I can't put words in their mouth (like I said I used to think Ravenloft was shaped by the TSR codes, but I asked someone who was there at the time and they said no). So I am just going by what they wrote and am open to being corrected here. My impression of the slasher thing, just as a fan at the&nbsp; time, was it wasn't until Guide to the Created that a case was made for slashers fitting into Ravenloft (and it was done a particular way)</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 8252537, member: 85555"] No that isn't it at all. Read the black boxed set again. They are clearly not fans of modern slashers. The reason they don't have slasher, is because they considered it more on the gory, shock end of the horror spectrum (and Ravenloft wasn't about that). Again, I love slashers, but it is obvious many of their oblique criticisms are directed at the likes of Jason. It is very easy to do slasher in Ravenloft using the tools available if you want (all you need is a powerful monster or NPC who has invulnerablitlies, and a powerful knife of some kind: and Guide to the Created made a very good argument for using golems in this way---which I think you can do in Ravenloft). Ravenloft regularly had to deal with the hurdles of characters being more powerful and it suggested many tools and ways of working around those problems. The issue with slashers was a philosophical one, not one of practical need. I think stuff like zombies and serial killers work fine in Ravenloft. It is how you use them more than anything else. I'd be interested for example what Nesmith and Heyday thought of say taking inspiration from Halloween rather than Friday the 13th (as the former relies a lot more on classic techniques of building horror). I can't put words in their mouth (like I said I used to think Ravenloft was shaped by the TSR codes, but I asked someone who was there at the time and they said no). So I am just going by what they wrote and am open to being corrected here. My impression of the slasher thing, just as a fan at the time, was it wasn't until Guide to the Created that a case was made for slashers fitting into Ravenloft (and it was done a particular way) [/QUOTE]

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