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Ravenloft is a campaign setting made of lofts and ravens...well, ok, it's a D&D campaign setting that threw away the shiny high fantasy heroism cliches and largely substituted them with 19th century gothic novel material. Ravenloft itself is a demiplane, divided into several domains each ruled by a different lord, inspired by traditional horror tales. | Ravenloft is a campaign setting made of lofts and ravens...well, ok, it's a D&D campaign setting that threw away the shiny high fantasy heroism cliches and largely substituted them with 19th century gothic novel material. Ravenloft itself is a demiplane, divided into several domains each ruled by a different lord, inspired by traditional horror tales. | ||
The first rule of Ravenloft is not to touch anything, ever. It will kill you, rape your corpse and use your soul for thong underwear. | The first rule of Ravenloft is not to touch anything, ever. It will kill you, rape your corpse and use your soul for thong underwear. | ||
The entire plane is composed entirely of innumerable prisons, each one for something that really deserves it, and is caught in some kind of ironic hell as a result. | |||
Basically, every evil deed is punished by karma. This means that it's entirely possible to lie, cheat and steal your way into power, only to find yourself ironically cursed. Standard operating procedure is for you to be cursed to be alone or separated from one specific loved one - a wife, a son, etc. So, yeah. If you like Heathcliff, you'll love Ravenloft. | Basically, every evil deed is punished by karma. This means that it's entirely possible to lie, cheat and steal your way into power, only to find yourself ironically cursed. Standard operating procedure is for you to be cursed to be alone or separated from one specific loved one - a wife, a son, etc. So, yeah. If you like Heathcliff, you'll love Ravenloft. | ||
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Revision as of 21:42, 21 August 2010
Trapped in another world, each area of the world is its own little plane of existence, ruled by the baron! Vampires, ghouls, zombies, wights, undeads, witches, curses and no way out - DUN DUN DUUUUUN
Ravenloft is a campaign setting made of lofts and ravens...well, ok, it's a D&D campaign setting that threw away the shiny high fantasy heroism cliches and largely substituted them with 19th century gothic novel material. Ravenloft itself is a demiplane, divided into several domains each ruled by a different lord, inspired by traditional horror tales. The first rule of Ravenloft is not to touch anything, ever. It will kill you, rape your corpse and use your soul for thong underwear.
The entire plane is composed entirely of innumerable prisons, each one for something that really deserves it, and is caught in some kind of ironic hell as a result.
Basically, every evil deed is punished by karma. This means that it's entirely possible to lie, cheat and steal your way into power, only to find yourself ironically cursed. Standard operating procedure is for you to be cursed to be alone or separated from one specific loved one - a wife, a son, etc. So, yeah. If you like Heathcliff, you'll love Ravenloft.
