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Message: <blockquote data-quote="timASW" data-source="post: 6010493" data-attributes="member: 6698787">I loved ravenloft. its probably my favorite published setting of all time. The trick to remember about ravenloft is that its supposed to be classic gothic horror. Most bad guys are human, monsters and even most of the demi-human races are rare in most domains. Most of the time if you  hear about a "monster" of some sort it turns out not to be one, and if it is one theres a lot of research and hunting of the beast rather then just the standard "we walk out into the woods and wait for it to attack us". Thats why most of the critters you associate with ravenloft: werewolves, vampires, etc. Are all found as humans most of the time in human cities. Most of the evil in ravenloft is about human evil. Thats how the darklords came about. They actually explain in the guide that gothic horror is about the creatures you encounter outside being a dark mirror of some horrific aspect of human nature and the "heroes" are supposed to be able to see at least a little bit of a darker path they could have taken (and still could) in each of these situations. Ultimately its really a setting that shines in low magic, heroic tier levels. Outside of that its possible to run but you should be getting more into unraveling the mysteries of the actual fabric of the demiplane. Maybe most importantly none of the natives know that they are living in an evil demi-plane. To them its just the world and its always been that way, and they have gotten very, very good at NOT seeing the monsters in the corner and ignoring the creeping horrors of the world around them. If you play that up right it can actually really add to the creeping horror and weirdness of the world.</blockquote>

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