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<blockquote data-quote="der_kluge" data-source="post: 9371909" data-attributes="member: 945">I wanted to touch on this, because I think it's an important thing to consider. I think the 2e rules, in general, were terrible. I've no interest in recreating that experience. I like 5e, but even 5e rules are overly-powered when it comes to Ravenloft, which is why I'm choosing to use LFG (Low Fantasy Gaming) for my campaign. Even those rules aren't entirely perfect, but they get me very close. One of the things that frustrated me in my last campaign was how easy it is for PCs to acquire magical attacks. The first major villain I had in that campaign was a succubus, which is an easy villain to kill if the entire party has a magic weapon in their hand. In Ravenloft (I'm looking at you, &quot;Sea Wolf&quot;), a werewolf isn't really a threat if the warlock can just shoot magic arrows at it from a circle of darkness with impunity. But I think the other reason why D&amp;D rules don't work super great here is because Ravenloft isn't a high fantasy setting. I wanted my Asylum doctor to use electric shock treatments, and Sea Wolf has a Steamboat in it for crying out loud. I opted for Renaissance-era technology, which makes a lot of this more plausible. While I would imagine that there would be some domains that are much less technologically advanced, the idea that I could have an actual printing press, and ruffled collars is quite appealing for this setting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="der_kluge, post: 9371909, member: 945"] I wanted to touch on this, because I think it's an important thing to consider. I think the 2e rules, in general, were terrible. I've no interest in recreating that experience. I like 5e, but even 5e rules are overly-powered when it comes to Ravenloft, which is why I'm choosing to use LFG (Low Fantasy Gaming) for my campaign. Even those rules aren't entirely perfect, but they get me very close. One of the things that frustrated me in my last campaign was how easy it is for PCs to acquire magical attacks. The first major villain I had in that campaign was a succubus, which is an easy villain to kill if the entire party has a magic weapon in their hand. In Ravenloft (I'm looking at you, "Sea Wolf"), a werewolf isn't really a threat if the warlock can just shoot magic arrows at it from a circle of darkness with impunity. But I think the other reason why D&D rules don't work super great here is because Ravenloft isn't a high fantasy setting. I wanted my Asylum doctor to use electric shock treatments, and Sea Wolf has a Steamboat in it for crying out loud. I opted for Renaissance-era technology, which makes a lot of this more plausible. While I would imagine that there would be some domains that are much less technologically advanced, the idea that I could have an actual printing press, and ruffled collars is quite appealing for this setting. [/QUOTE]

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