Originally Posted by Zerubbabel
Originally Posted by Adgaroth
Originally Posted by Kendaric
Originally Posted by Zerubbabel
Fascinating how close it is, but not enough people have voted.

Also what changes were made to Ravenloft for diversity?

They changed the gender of some Darklords and completely rewrote some of them. For example Falkovnia is now ruled by Vladeska Drakov (in 3.x Falkovnia's ruler was Vlad Drakov), another such change was made to Dementlieu and to a few other domains. It was, at least to me, all extremely heavy-handed and generally not explained with in-setting events. They also changed the Vistani a lot.

All in all, I prefer the 3.x version of the setting.

Let me guess, the Vistani are no longer gypsies that want to steal from you or curse you? xD
The Vistani were kinda a racist caricature though...

So what? Sure, they were based on clichés (like most of the cultures in Ravenloft) but they were thematically fitting and the VR Guide to Vistani gave them a lot of background.

Let's face it, many cultures in fantasy and D&D in particular are caricatures of real world cultures. There's nothing wrong with that, it makes it a lot easier for us to relate to them.