Contest: Most Popular Domain.
- Scarycount
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- CorvusCornix
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She's the author of the novel "Scholar of Decay" which takes place in Richemulot - which most seem to count as one of the best Ravenloft novels. To my shame I have to admit it's been standing in my bookshelf, unread, for over a year now...cure wrote: Yes, I too rather like Richemulot, but who is Tanya Huff and what has she contributed to its elaboration?
Also, Tanya Huff wrote a whole bunch of fantasy/horror-novels, so far I've only read "Summon the Keeper", which I found quite disappointing...
And Scarycount, maybe you can find some solace in the fact that Barovia is in almost everybody's list of favorite domains, even if it doesn't always reach the top. We all like it, there's just often a domain we like more
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What if we were to have sort of a "Round Two", where only certain realms continued on (i.e. those with more than one vote).
7 v.s. 5 is (I hate to admit it) a shaky majority. Think maybe in a week we should start a new thread with the remaining contestants?
Mordent: 7
Barovia: 5
Invidia: 3
Richumelot: 3
Kartakass: 2
Darkon: 2
Paridon: 1
Souragne: 1
Borca: 1
Phaerazia: 1
Tepest: 1
Dementlieu: 1
7 v.s. 5 is (I hate to admit it) a shaky majority. Think maybe in a week we should start a new thread with the remaining contestants?
Mordent: 7
Barovia: 5
Invidia: 3
Richumelot: 3
Kartakass: 2
Darkon: 2
Paridon: 1
Souragne: 1
Borca: 1
Phaerazia: 1
Tepest: 1
Dementlieu: 1
Actually, I have read it. It is very good. But it is not at hand just now and I had forgotten the author's name.CorvusCornix wrote:She's the author of the novel "Scholar of Decay" which takes place in Richemulot - which most seem to count as one of the best Ravenloft novels. To my shame I have to admit it's been standing in my bookshelf, unread, for over a year now...cure wrote: Yes, I too rather like Richemulot, but who is Tanya Huff and what has she contributed to its elaboration?
Also, Tanya Huff wrote a whole bunch of fantasy/horror-novels, so far I've only read "Summon the Keeper", which I found quite disappointing...
And Scarycount, maybe you can find some solace in the fact that Barovia is in almost everybody's list of favorite domains, even if it doesn't always reach the top. We all like it, there's just often a domain we like more
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Well, add one more to Barovia. It got it all - cool darklord looming over your shoulder, oppressive atmosphere, and tons of adventure hooks.
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- Scarycount
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I'm really surprised at how well Mordent has done as a domain. Maybe I'm just a 2nd Ed-er, but the domain never really seemed that interesting to me. Perhaps the 3rd Ed Gazetteer treatment made it much more interesting.
Plus, having lived in the UK for 11 years (before my visa expired and the welcome ran out) I can say that the quaint village charm wears off after your 133rd consecutive day of cloud and rain.
Plus, having lived in the UK for 11 years (before my visa expired and the welcome ran out) I can say that the quaint village charm wears off after your 133rd consecutive day of cloud and rain.
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Well, the presence of the W-F Twins gives plenty of adventure hooks (perhaps you end up helping them in an investigation and learning more about monster hunting, or after a particularly notable and successful monster hunt they contact you!), many of the old families/haunted estates have been fleshed out (the Scottmatters have a particularly interesting one), and-- most importantly to those who find some darklords too passive-- Godefroy was made considerably nastier.Scarycount wrote:You are correct. The Gaz made Mordent quite a fascinating place. Having never played 2nd ed., I can't say how much it was improved.
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Yeah... it's always nice to someone like him become more of a people person, isn't it?Brandi wrote:and-- most importantly to those who find some darklords too passive-- Godefroy was made considerably nastier.
[i]Seek not in the shadows, for there ye shall find secrets too terrible for mortal man to bear. [/i]
-Mordentish proverb
-Mordentish proverb
That's true. In the times when I was DMing the heyday of Ravenloft campaigns, the Weathermay twins didn't exist (or they were in their early teens) and the PC's go-to guy was always van Richten instead...Brandi wrote:Well, the presence of the W-F Twins gives plenty of adventure hooks (perhaps you end up helping them in an investigation and learning more about monster hunting, or after a particularly notable and successful monster hunt they contact you!), many of the old families/haunted estates have been fleshed out (the Scottmatters have a particularly interesting one), and-- most importantly to those who find some darklords too passive-- Godefroy was made considerably nastier.Scarycount wrote:You are correct. The Gaz made Mordent quite a fascinating place. Having never played 2nd ed., I can't say how much it was improved.
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I don't get the 'contest' part; is this a contest or a lottery?
*shrug*
Put me down for Nova Vaasa.
*shrug*
Put me down for Nova Vaasa.
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Add horse smuggling on all the frontiers, turn the Dommark into a full-fledged badlands and seat of resistance, stress the tensions between the rival branches of the Church and of course the herseies, and exploit the high-level clerical magic to the fullest, and you have a pretty interesting place without even involving Malken or Tristen.
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