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IIRC I've read someone who raised the possibility that the Gentleman Caller could possibly try and seduce Madame Eva, making her feel young again and therefore making her actually young again, so he could sire on her probably his ultimate offspring, for what it's worth. That’s actually exactly what...

Again, a looot of "traditional, pencil and paper" artists were making the exact same complains about photoshop and digital art. Just because people said it a long time ago doesn't make it not true. Look where it led us - right to the same dang debate from 20-30 years ago! In the end, digi...

As a writer, I can only extrapolate my feelings about AI imagery by comparing it to ChatGPT and other textbots. Basically, if I do the work I expect an attribution at the very least, if not necessarily any remuneration. With my QTR articles I have tried to be very scrupulous with the pictures I use ...

The only map I have from Web of Illusion is one that shows Sri Raji in detail and an inside/outside view of Mahakala that I believe is an exact copy of the cardstock map included in the Black Box. No detailed view of any of the cities.

IanFordam wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2024 12:14 pm Web of Illusion makes reference on p.10 to a "city map of Pakat". Was that map actually included with the module? I bought my copy used, and it doesn't include one.

I'll take a look after I dig my copy out of storage and report back...

Officially, according to page 20 of the Ravenloft PHB , the current year is 758. According to the timeline on Mistipedia, S met the Gentleman Caller in Tepest in 758, so the published Gazetteers haven't pushed the timeline further. The Fraternity netbooks have gone into the early 760s. At what year...

The whole eats-one-person-per-day thing bothers me a bit, but less so upon rereading the relevant section of Web of Illusion . I had been under the impression that there was an ongoing procession of albino elephants carrying victims to Bahru, which rather implied to me that all priestesses of Kali ...

While I agree with you on a technical level, I don't think this view is useful in a meta-game sense. Sri Raji is ostenably the only Indian/Hindu domain PCs will ever visit within the Demiplane, and as such it should be filled with as many exotic wonders as can be packed in. That is impossible thoug...

A main issue we need to be aware of is that India doesn't have one culture. Even Hinduism, as Jeremy16 says is practiced differently in different regions. HOWEVER all of these do not have to come into play for a small area with a canon population of 27,000 people. Even if you balloon it to be like ...

Bonus Issues: 1) The Moon (Or Lack Thereof) – Can we just ignore this? I see no in-story or practical reason why this domain should have no moon. I think this aspect was first mentioned in Web of Illusion , but the only other product I'm aware of that references it is Carnival (in the background se...

I find Sri Raji to be a very interesting land, with much potential. I'm glad to hear you're thinking it deserves an in-depth look. 1. Forget cultural sensitivity. Sri Raji isn't a real place, and none of its inhabitants exist to be offended. 2. The Darklord and his Dark Sisters of Kali control the ...

So two things: About 20 years ago I read a good argument that Spider-Man was about 27 even though he had been around 50 real world years, and while the guy had some good arguments based on when Peter graduated high school, college, and dropped out of grad school, to a large degree it came down to h...

The best, and really only, way to present the caste system is to just present it as it existed and still largely exists IRL. Some people may not like the realities but that's on them alone. It's been a key part of Indian culture for millennia and is also a part of Hinduism itself. To ignore it and ...

According to Web of Illusion , Rudri has a temple on the waterfront of Muladi, and Ratri has a temple in Pakat, beneath which exists a secret temple dedicated to Siva. Moreover, Tvashtri is the primary deity worshipped in Tvashti. In addition, Brahman, Indra, Kali, Puchan, Rudri, Savitri, Siva, Var...

IanFordam wrote: ↑Sat Jul 20, 2024 8:45 am I assume that the timeline stopped advancing in step with the real world after Gaz V was published. I use 760BC as the modern day just to give myself a couple of years' wiggle room.

Also, time is relative.

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