PLAYER'S GUIDE TO RAVENLOFT: NOW IN 4E! (09-05-09)

[tec-goblin]

This thread will track the progress of the Player's Guide to Ravenloft.

The following entries have been finalized and are now officially in the Guide:

-Core, the
----Great Houses sidebar (very brief summary of LotB)
-Clusters, with a one-paragraph summary on:
----Amber Wastes
----Frozen Reaches
----Shadowlands
----Verdurous Lands
----Zherisia
----(Burning Peaks feats sidebar)
-Created, the
-Cults of Light
----Ancestral Choir
----Belenus
----Divinity of Mankind
----Morninglord
----Osiris
----Ra
----Tvashtri
-Cults of Shadow
----Erlin
----Eternal Order
----Kali
----Set
----Spider Queen
----Wolf God
----Yutow
----Zhakata
-Ezra
-Kalidnay
-Magical Traditions, with a one-paragraph summary on:
----Arcane
----Divine
----Incarnum*
----Pact
----Shadow
----Truename
----Witchcraft
-Shadow Fey
-Vistani
-Vampires

The following are submissions by other authors; finalization will be approved for entry only when the final format is reviewed by the authors themselves:

--History of the World
--Mists, the


The following are still being written:

-Ancient Dead, the
-Carnival
-Fiends and Celestials
-Ghosts
-Great Upheaval, the
-Hags
-Hala
-Islands
----Bluetspur
----G'Henna
----Odiare
----Rokushima Taiyoo
----Souragne
-Lawgiver, the
-Liches
-Nightmare Court, the
-Outlanders
-Organizations
----Kargat, the
----Knights of the Circle
----Fraternity of Shadows
----Noble Brotherhood of Assassins
----Order of the Guardians
-Planes and the Realms Beyond (rewrite)
-Society and Status
-Walking Dead, the
-Werebeasts

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Has it been moved to another sub-forum? What is happening with this project?

No, it's headed by Dion and he is still working on it

Joël

Joël wrote : Now don't ask me why my message is inserted here I probably used the wrong mod button ! [/b][/i]

[Dion of the Fraternity]

March 15, 2007
Update:

A supplementary chapter will be added to the Player's Guide to Ravenloft describing domains which were mentioned in 2e products, presented in the format presented in the Ravenloft Player's Handbook. The following will be added into this supplementary chapter:

-I'Cath
-Kalidnay (already placed!)
-Nosos
-Staunton Bluffs

Notes:
--The Burning Peaks cluster will NOT be included in this supplementary chapter for various reasons, the most important being it was destroyed before D&D went 3e. However, a Player's supplement on feats from the Burning Peaks has been added into the "Clusters" entry.
--Floating domains will for the time being not be added into this supplementary chapter.
--It would be wonderful if anyone has read "Baroness of Blood" and could help out in detailing Kislova more; I understand an entry exists in Book of Souls.
--I would LOVE to have an entry on Malosia, but I guess the entirety of the new domain will have to remain secret long after the Player's Guide will have been released.

[WolfKook]

A supplementary chapter will be added to the Player's Guide to Ravenloft describing domains which were mentioned in 2e products, presented in the format presented in the Ravenloft Player's Handbook.

If the PGtRL will be released after June 23, could I suggest that the winner of the Best Fan-Made Domain could also be included? It could make for a good first prize

Also, do you plan to sever Kalidnay's ties to DS? Even as a long-time DS fan, I would prefer Kalidnay to be more of a RL domain and less of a DS city-state.

[Dion of the Fraternity]

If the PGtRL will be released after June 23, could I suggest that the winner of the Best Fan-Made Domain could also be included? It could make for a good first prize.

I'll see what I can do, although it might find its way into the appendix. True to the fact the Player's Guide will be released sometime in the Summer.

Also, do you plan to sever Kalidnay's ties to DS? Even as a long-time DS fan, I would prefer Kalidnay to be more of a RL domain and less of a DS city-state.

Kalidnay will continue to be the bastard son of two worlds (Athas and Ravenloft) , but the only references to Athas in the entry will be the subtitle ("Dark Suns and Dragon Kings") and the language spoken (Athasian). Other than that no references to the Dark Sun setting will be included, and will retain its Ravenloft feel.

Personally, I see Kalidnay as a miniature version of the kingdom of Arrakeen in Frank Herbert's "Children of Dune," where Paul and Alia rule the desert planet.



See? That's Kalid-Ma's palace to the left, Thakok-An's palace to the right, and Kalidnay City all around!

[WolfKook]

Sweet! It even has the arena for gladiatorial games! Really like your interpretation...

[Gwenfloor]

Why is the Church of Yutow a Cult of Shadow?

[Le Noir Faineant]

-Staunton Bluffs

Shall I write that chapter? - If it's not more than a page, I can do it.

[Dion of the Fraternity]

Why is the Church of Yutow a Cult of Shadow?

As far as the summary of it goes in Gaz4, it's not really a religion that teaches hope and all that, so it's classified there.

Which reminds me:

Update May 18, 2007

The following cults have been added:

-The Ancestral Choir (in Cults of Light)
-Erlin (in Cults of Shadow)

[tec-goblin]

Ok, cheers for Incarnum .

[The Nightmare Man]

-Nightmare Court, the

Oh, if I only had the time... I'd offer some assistance on this.

As it is, I'm looking forward to this section in particular.

[Le Noir Faineant]

-Nightmare Court, the

Oh, if I only had the time... I'd offer some assistance on this.

As it is, I'm looking forward to this section in particular.

Hello! It's been quite a while, hasn't it?

[The Nightmare Man]

Greetings Rafael.

Heh. I didn't think anybody would remember me... 'tis been so long.

[Dion of the Fraternity]

June 8, 2007
Update:

The entry "Planes and the Realms Outside" has been added, detailing how Ravenloft fits in the greater universe.

And yes, there will be an Eberron reference.

[The Nightmare Man]

Hmmm... It'll be interesting to see what you come up with for this. The world of Eberron is not directly connected to the core D&D cosmology [as Keith Baker has said]. Thus, the Great Wheel is an entirely different cosmological framework to that which was presented in the Eberron Campaign Setting.

If there is to be a connection between the two settings... it may have to involve Sigil, since the City of Doors, according to Rich Baker, occupies it's own separate planar environment in the Great Wheel [in 3e] and could, theoretically, allow travellers from other settings to crossover into the Great Wheel.

[Archedius]

keep it up- can't wait to hand out copies to the newer players in my campaigns.