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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ccs" data-source="post: 7183773" data-attributes="member: 6803664">Compared to stuff from previous editions the current crop IS pretty smooth....Just because there's a man-eating plant lurking in the basement doesn't mean that there has to be some connection to the previous occupants or their goings on.And sure, a baby ghost animated flesh golem might be a really cool concept.  But have you read the stat block for a flesh golem?  The XP is the same as a Shambling Mound, but a 2nd or 3rd lv party will have one helluva time even phasing the golem.  It's IMMUNE to non-magical weapons that aren't made of adamantine, has advantage on all saves vs spells/magic effects, is medium sized, and moves at '30/round.  So not only won't your party be likely to hurt it, they won't likely be outrunning it either....    Well, on this I agree.  Ravenloft, as the one off vampire castle adventure is pretty awesome.  But Ravenloft/5e Barovia as a demi-plane of dread setting, is a steaming pile of nonsensical crap.  It's like a guided boat ride through Halloween Land.It was bad in 2e/3x with different realms dedicated to different horror movies/stories.  Now it's even worse as all that crap has been squished into this 1 little mountain valley of horror. When we played it, after awhile my character began commenting on the continuous ridiculousness being encountered.  The DM was trying t run a "serious" game.  And I'm convincing the other players that it's not real, that it's just a dream....    You know what's going to happen?  You're going to spend a lot of effort crafting your own version of perfect.  And it'll seem great.  Until later when you re-read some part of it, or a player points something out, & you realize that YOU have included some oddity, or omitted some detail, that you'd have criticized WoTC for.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Yeah, yeah, I hear you thinking "That won't happen to me!"</blockquote>

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