Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:34 am
What follows is my review of the domains in the Evaluation Form 1. This is entirely my opinion, and I'm interested in seeing what others think about those domains:
Agonia
Dargon Blackburn is an interesting character, but not enough to justify an entire domain built around him. Apart from the idea on truenames, which could be further explored in RL, the domain lacks any distinctive features that make it stand out from the existing domains.
Eligibility: 1 out of 5
Farelle
Could be included, but somehow Jack Karn competes with Harkon Lukas, and Lukas definitely wins. Besides, Farelle's fast cultural and physical expansion represents a potential problem in the campaign.
Eligibility: 2 out of 5
Hibernate
A vampire, an aristocrat, a demon cultist and a high-class prostitute, Elizabeth just seems to be all over the place, with no consistent personality or backstory. The exploration of sex and its horror seems interesting, but again, Elizabeth isn't centered enough about that to make the domain consistent.
Eligibility: 2 out of 5
Solanica
A domain where everybody's wealthy or can get a lot of money easily would certainly create an unbalance in the power structure of the entire setting. The domain's inclusion is dangerous for the campaign.
Eligibility: 1 out of 5
Virisa
The first domain I would really consider for inclusion, though I'd work somehow in the darklord's backstory before doing so. Something has to be made to keep Lord Willem from being compared to Vlad Drakov. Perhaps he could be made into a Ghoul Lord?
Eligibility: 4 out of 5
Agonia
Dargon Blackburn is an interesting character, but not enough to justify an entire domain built around him. Apart from the idea on truenames, which could be further explored in RL, the domain lacks any distinctive features that make it stand out from the existing domains.
Eligibility: 1 out of 5
Farelle
Could be included, but somehow Jack Karn competes with Harkon Lukas, and Lukas definitely wins. Besides, Farelle's fast cultural and physical expansion represents a potential problem in the campaign.
Eligibility: 2 out of 5
Hibernate
A vampire, an aristocrat, a demon cultist and a high-class prostitute, Elizabeth just seems to be all over the place, with no consistent personality or backstory. The exploration of sex and its horror seems interesting, but again, Elizabeth isn't centered enough about that to make the domain consistent.
Eligibility: 2 out of 5
Solanica
A domain where everybody's wealthy or can get a lot of money easily would certainly create an unbalance in the power structure of the entire setting. The domain's inclusion is dangerous for the campaign.
Eligibility: 1 out of 5
Virisa
The first domain I would really consider for inclusion, though I'd work somehow in the darklord's backstory before doing so. Something has to be made to keep Lord Willem from being compared to Vlad Drakov. Perhaps he could be made into a Ghoul Lord?
Eligibility: 4 out of 5