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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 8583211" data-attributes="member: 7635">It's funny, I don't find Ravenloft hopeless. Well, not any more so than I find the real world hopeless. Some scientists have argued that we are past the point where climate change can be stopped or reversed. Let's pretend this is true for a moment (actual scientific debates don't apply, let's just hypothesize). What do we do if the world we know is doomed? Do you give up? Do you fight to make things a little better? Do you attempt to get all you can before the end comes? Do you speed it along? Do you hold out hope something may yet be done? These are all valid answers to a world without hope. The heroes might not be able to permanently stop Strahd, but they can foil his schemes or provide temporary respite from his evil, even for a short while. That alone is worth the fight.(As an aside: the same nihilism can be applied to other immortal evil beings in the D&D multiverse. Can you ever permanently kill Demogorgon or Vecna or Tiamat? Even if it were possible, would another evil being not take its place? Something to think about when you run Tyranny of Dragons; you've won a battle against Tiamat, but she'll be there long after you're gone still hatching plans...)</blockquote>