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<blockquote data-quote="Jefe Bergenstein" data-source="post: 3967283" data-attributes="member: 31506">This really summarizes everything I loathe about Ravenloft as written. Its the whole &quot;wizard did it&quot; thing with the mists. The whole &quot;weekend in hell&quot; thing always struck me as pretty lame. And this coming from someone who liked Quantum Leap and Sliders.Ravenloft should be its own relatively contained world, and really use its own rules. Unlike Eberron, not everything D&amp;D has a place in Ravenloft. Nothing says gothic horror like a dragonman PC flying around, breathing fire and what not. Actually, come to think of it, that fits in well with the dorkiness of the original Ravenloft module (though better make it a were-dragon to make it extra spooooky!), so I guess it does represent a return to the setting's roots. I prefer my Ravenloft as a horrid world with a veneer of mundane covering it, as opposed to some over the top B movie. In other words, I'd like to see Bleak House kill Death Triumphant and take its stuff. Actually, no... just kill it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jefe Bergenstein, post: 3967283, member: 31506"] This really summarizes everything I loathe about Ravenloft as written. Its the whole "wizard did it" thing with the mists. The whole "weekend in hell" thing always struck me as pretty lame. And this coming from someone who liked Quantum Leap and Sliders. Ravenloft should be its own relatively contained world, and really use its own rules. Unlike Eberron, not everything D&D has a place in Ravenloft. Nothing says gothic horror like a dragonman PC flying around, breathing fire and what not. Actually, come to think of it, that fits in well with the dorkiness of the original Ravenloft module (though better make it a were-dragon to make it extra spooooky!), so I guess it does represent a return to the setting's roots. I prefer my Ravenloft as a horrid world with a veneer of mundane covering it, as opposed to some over the top B movie. In other words, I'd like to see Bleak House kill Death Triumphant and take its stuff. Actually, no... just kill it. [/QUOTE]

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