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I used "the Mortal ruleset" (Aka, the base mechanics) of the 3rd Edition of Exalted to run Ravenloft campaigns for quite a few years. Under the glitz and glamor of the Exalted, the actual mechanical ruleset is quite grim-and-gritty: combat hurts , since the game uses a Wound Track (with pe...

>Anyway, it got me thinking, how do other DMs handle this in their games? Because I used to run Ravenloft campaigns using the Exalted ruleset (underneath the glitz and glamor of the Exalted, the rulesets base mechanics are actually quite grim-and-gritty), in which 'everyone" was presumed to be ...

I am always a little leery of "exposes" on the filthiness of people of the past. There is a lot of myths about the past that are, by and large, not true, or so exaggerated that they might as well be false. For example: How many people here think that "people didn't drink water and dra...

I was rereading through the r/ravenloft subreddit, and I came across this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/ravenloft/comments/qq9wnc/how_to_maintain_a_horror_campaign_long_term/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ravenloft/comments/nj84wc/horror_vs_grimdark/ and some of the posters there came up with a good p...

It's a book with so much diversity it becomes exclusionary rather than inclusionary, For me, it isn't so much that I feel "excluded". It is just that much of the diversity feels incredibly performative, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKxpwlKRQ2U akin to JK Rowling before she metaphorical...

I describe myself as "woke" sometimes. I try to be progressive (or as progressive as a middle-aged white man can be) and definitely encourage D&D products to include diversity. Because everyone should be able to see themselves in the game world and feel welcome in the hobby. D&D s...

alhoon wrote:How can you tell he's black from these pics?

Black people and white people (and Asians and Native Americans, all ethnic groups) have different facial structures.

Requests for QtR 2-9...hmm I'd like to see this community's response dedicated to de-D&Ding Ravenloft. A divorce if you will. Of sorts. What would Ravenloft be if we rewrote the setting into a game that better aligns itself with its (bulk) gothic literature roots? Ordinary people put in extraor...