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<blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 9372461" data-attributes="member: 52734">As the old adage goes, &quot;if it has hit points, we can kill it.&quot;Ravenloft is about building up to getting to that scene where you get the chance to kill it.&nbsp; The fear and tension is in not knowing what it is that's following you and herding you along, or having an inkling what is after you and successfully tracking down before it strikes first against you.&nbsp; It's about&nbsp; the fiend hitting you when you can't hit it back, and not hitting your hit points but your character's well-being (and ability to control/use your character effectively).&nbsp; Attacking not you, but everyone who could have helped you.&nbsp; Killing not you, but torturing you by killing those around you care about.&nbsp; Taking your best-laid plans and tearing them to shreds.&nbsp; Taking you out of familiar territory and putting you into places that are as deadly, if not deadlier than the opponents you face.&nbsp; If players go toe-to-toe with a stat block, they will destroy it and get some (final) relief.&nbsp; Ravenloft is about making you work hard for that final confrontation.&nbsp; Often, by the time you get to that final encounter, you're in pretty rough shape and what should have been a walk in the park can be a fight for one's life or turning around and running the other way.Sadly, a lot of these 2E adventures fail to do that.&nbsp; They're short stories written for the DM's entertainment and just don't play out with the same aura they're meant to evoke unless the DM is really good about evoking the proper framing to the players (and the players buy in, which I find they tend to be really resistant to).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stormonu, post: 9372461, member: 52734"] As the old adage goes, "if it has hit points, we can kill it." Ravenloft is about building up to getting to that scene [I][B]where[/B] [/I]you get the chance to kill it. The fear and tension is in not knowing what it is that's following you and herding you along, or having an inkling what is after you and successfully tracking down before it strikes first against you. It's about the fiend hitting you when you can't hit it back, and not hitting your hit points but your character's well-being (and ability to control/use your character effectively). Attacking not you, but everyone who could have helped you. Killing not you, but torturing you by killing those around you care about. Taking your best-laid plans and tearing them to shreds. Taking you out of familiar territory and putting you into places that are as deadly, if not deadlier than the opponents you face. If players go toe-to-toe with a stat block, they will destroy it and get some (final) relief. Ravenloft is about making you work [I]hard[/I] for that final confrontation. Often, by the time you get to that final encounter, you're in pretty rough shape and what should have been a walk in the park can be a fight for one's life or turning around and running the other way. Sadly, a lot of these 2E adventures fail to do that. They're short stories written for the DM's entertainment and just don't play out with the same aura they're meant to evoke unless the DM is really good about evoking the proper framing to the players (and the players buy in, which I find they tend to be really resistant to). [/QUOTE]

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