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by The Arcanist
Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:01 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: 4e Ravenloft Conversion Thread
Replies: 188
Views: 33690

Ok time to beat a dead dragonborn... or horse... or dragonhorse... I think I came up with a good idea to include dragonborn in ravenloft, by adding a new island domain... Domain: Arkhosialoft (Name it what you will) History: In the times of the Arkhosian empire the city of Arkhosialoft was created o...
by The Arcanist
Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:47 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Alien abduction in the demiplane of dread?
Replies: 13
Views: 3218

Just throwing ideas here. You could deal with the brain shortage issue by having the illithids keep and raise stocks of humans and halflings up there in the moon (perhaps a few elves and dwarves as delicacies). Besides the already present misshapen humanoids (cant remember the name) who hide from th...
by The Arcanist
Wed Jun 17, 2009 2:23 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Dwarf Domain
Replies: 17
Views: 5513

In terms of where it is - I like the idea of it being close to Darkon. In fact, it could be politically part of Darkon, or have one stable mistway from there - everyone except the Darklord and Azalin think it's part of Darkon, and it annoys Azalin immensely that there's this little pocket in his co...
by The Arcanist
Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:02 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Sample PC Concepts
Replies: 10
Views: 4136

why stop at classes?

Perhaps a good addition would be to adapt the less traditional races as well, as the half-orc became the caliban in 3.x... So I propose: The Spirit Listener (Deva) - This men and women are far and few in the lands of the core and slightly more common in Rokushima Taiyoo (sp?). The haunted spirit lis...
by The Arcanist
Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:55 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: 4th Edition Classes and Ravenloft
Replies: 18
Views: 4017

Sure you can fit any class into any setting although some will always fit better than others, a druid will surely be more at home at Vorostokov than Dementlieu, but you could fit a Barbarian to Paridon by having a caliban growing in an attic eating fishheads and then escaping from his abusive parent...
by The Arcanist
Thu Jun 04, 2009 3:57 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Who is Elena Faithhold?
Replies: 60
Views: 11512

It would also be interesting to connect her to Tepest, as there seems to already be an inquisition there. How would two inquisitions of different gods deal with each other? The Nidalan and Tepestani inquisitions are both inspired by Belenus. Makes this idea even more do-able. Lol, what is it that B...
by The Arcanist
Thu Jun 04, 2009 3:22 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Valachan Redux
Replies: 37
Views: 8243

Funny I was thinking on how to use Valachan a few days ago and you had a great idea, well I'll throw in my 2 cents. Perhaps he can remain a panther (= black jaguar) who was transformed into a man, but by a cult rather than an evil wizard? Maybe worshippers of Tezcatlipoca transformed him to serve as...
by The Arcanist
Fri Oct 03, 2008 12:44 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: RAVENLOFT IS BACK.
Replies: 160
Views: 26278

But those issues were free, perhaps with the paid issues it wont work the same way, I would say it's worth double checking.
by The Arcanist
Mon Sep 29, 2008 12:38 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Ultimate Ravenloft: Should we?
Replies: 58
Views: 9379

1. Time, Distance, and secrets: My solution is simple. Never say outright what the distances between towns are, how many people dwell in town etc. That is more realistic, in any case - when you go to some town, do you SEE how many people live there? You can see that a town is small, or big, that it...
by The Arcanist
Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:27 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Ultimate Ravenloft: Should we?
Replies: 58
Views: 9379

Not my intention to burn anyone on any stake but I do disagree with several of these points. I think some things need to be "reevaulated" pretty heavily. I think domain borders and closing of them needs to reconsidered (though I know many people feel that way) I've said previously that IMH...
by The Arcanist
Fri Sep 19, 2008 3:42 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Mistopia, the Pearl of Zherisia (Paridon Remake)
Replies: 9
Views: 1799

The other details sound good to me. One question though - why not make this a separate domain instead of a Paridon remake? I wonder about this because darklords, in my opinion, shouldn't be weak and that easily killed unless they encounter another formidable foe or are caught flat-footed (which sho...
by The Arcanist
Thu Sep 18, 2008 6:07 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Mistopia, the Pearl of Zherisia (Paridon Remake)
Replies: 9
Views: 1799

Good ideas here, you are advancing paridon's culture by about a 100 years, just a few comments/questions. *So Sodo is dead now? no more jack the ripper every 13 years? *The mechanichal spider legs seem to me a bit too much, or perhaps it's just the dreaded memories of "wild wild west", if ...
by The Arcanist
Wed Sep 17, 2008 5:45 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: New domain maybe? help!!
Replies: 20
Views: 3350

Actually, no, we are not sure the grandson is dead, just mentioned the possibility that the chief already killed him at least once and he keeps returning in different bodies to torment him to add to wednesday's idea of paranoia in the domain, then just kinda kept working on the combo of possessing g...
by The Arcanist
Wed Sep 17, 2008 4:28 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: New domain maybe? help!!
Replies: 20
Views: 3350

Yeah, that's why I presented it as different options, which could be mixed yeah but dont need to be. Mentioned the scheming nobles because that's the style many people like, personally i find it one of the harder to write and find a group with which you'll pull it off. Feys and werebeasts fitted wit...
by The Arcanist
Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:36 pm
Forum: Community projects
Topic: Ultimate Ravenloft: Global Mechanics
Replies: 22
Views: 20467

It's an interesting idea, how about mixing them? DL's may close their domain or lair. In the campaigns i've played there was never a problem with abusive DM's and darklords closing their borders just to railroad the PC's, but removing that threat would give PC's the chance of trying a quick or long ...