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WOTC next adventure Ravenloft?

Started by Omega, December 14, 2015, 07:49:31 AM

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crkrueger

#45
January 18, 2016, 04:42:45 PM
For character levels 1-10.  So does that mean you're gonna get from 1st to 10th in one frickin adventure.  If this is just Ravenloft rehashed, that's pretty damn fast, the play area of the original wasn't anywhere near that big.
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Christopher Brady

#46
January 18, 2016, 04:49:11 PM
Quote from: CRKrueger;874136For character levels 1-10.  So does that mean you're gonna get from 1st to 10th in one frickin adventure.  If this is just Ravenloft rehashed, that's pretty damn fast, the play area of the original wasn't anywhere near that big.

Out of the Abyss is 1-15, if anything this is slower paced for the same amount of time.
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Warthur

#47
January 18, 2016, 05:06:52 PM
Quote from: CRKrueger;874136For character levels 1-10.  So does that mean you're gonna get from 1st to 10th in one frickin adventure.  If this is just Ravenloft rehashed, that's pretty damn fast, the play area of the original wasn't anywhere near that big.

Word is that this time the adventure is going to offer a lot more detail and depth on Barovia itself.
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Necrozius

#48
January 18, 2016, 07:26:53 PM
I'm glad that I was wrong! Looking forward to this.

And for the Tarokka deck. I've been searching for the first one for a while now: can't seem to get my hands on them!!

Omega

#49
January 22, 2016, 05:27:02 AM
Quote from: CRKrueger;874136For character levels 1-10.  So does that mean you're gonna get from 1st to 10th in one frickin adventure.  If this is just Ravenloft rehashed, that's pretty damn fast, the play area of the original wasn't anywhere near that big.

On 5e you level up from 1-5 relatively quick. Then it slows down more and more at each tier. If there is alot of talking going on. And there likely is. Then the whole campaign could take a good while. Hoard of the Dragon Queen got the party to just short of level 10. And that took quite a few sessions.

Saplatt

#50
January 22, 2016, 08:39:50 AM
Quote from: Necrozius;874189I'm glad that I was wrong! Looking forward to this.

And for the Tarokka deck. I've been searching for the first one for a while now: can't seem to get my hands on them!!

I'm underwhelmed with the art for the new deck, but I do have the old one around here somewhere. Are they the same in terms of number and names?

Bedrockbrendan

#51
January 22, 2016, 08:47:37 AM
Quote from: Saplatt;874799I'm underwhelmed with the art for the new deck, but I do have the old one around here somewhere. Are they the same in terms of number and names?

It looks pretty good to me. The Fabian art was something special, but he left on very bad terms I believe. I do miss that aesthetic for the setting though.

Armchair Gamer

#52
January 22, 2016, 09:44:52 AM
Quote from: Saplatt;874799I'm underwhelmed with the art for the new deck, but I do have the old one around here somewhere. Are they the same in terms of number and names?

Aside from an allergy to gendered language and changing Esper to Seer, the deck structure is identical to the 2E deck. ( And nearly identical to the 3E deck, but that deck dropped Esper and added Hero.)

Warthur

#53
January 22, 2016, 12:58:16 PM
Regardless of how you feel about gendered language in general, avoiding it for the purpose of the deck makes sense; "Monarch" is specific enough to be a meaningful symbol but is broad enough to apply to a range of people in a range of situations, and making it gender-neutral enhances the latter quality compared to "King/Queen" without undermining the former.
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Simlasa

#54
January 22, 2016, 01:38:49 PM
Quote from: Warthur;874830"Monarch" is specific enough to be a meaningful symbol but is broad enough to apply to a range of people in a range of situations, and making it gender-neutral enhances the latter quality compared to "King/Queen" without undermining the former.
'King' and 'Queen' are more illustrative and romantic than 'Monarch' though... as are 'Emperor' and 'Empress' in the RW Tarot.

Armchair Gamer

#55
January 22, 2016, 03:39:43 PM
Quote from: Warthur;874830Regardless of how you feel about gendered language in general, avoiding it for the purpose of the deck makes sense; "Monarch" is specific enough to be a meaningful symbol but is broad enough to apply to a range of people in a range of situations, and making it gender-neutral enhances the latter quality compared to "King/Queen" without undermining the former.

True. But the imagery hasn't changed, only the words. "Hooded Man" is now "Hooded One", "Guildsman" is "Guild Member", "Hangman" is "Executioner" and " Temptress" is "Tempter", but all the images are fundamentally the same for those cards

It is a change and a noticeable pattern; beyond that, make of it what you will.

Shipyard Locked

#56
January 22, 2016, 05:07:35 PM
Quote from: Simlasa;874839'King' and 'Queen' are more illustrative and romantic than 'Monarch' though... as are 'Emperor' and 'Empress' in the RW Tarot.

I dunno, I think 'monarch' has a nice abstract grandeur to it, and even a faint villainy about it that works for the setting.

Warthur

#57
January 22, 2016, 08:09:37 PM
Quote from: Armchair Gamer;874854True. But the imagery hasn't changed, only the words. "Hooded Man" is now "Hooded One", "Guildsman" is "Guild Member", "Hangman" is "Executioner" and " Temptress" is "Tempter", but all the images are fundamentally the same for those cards

It is a change and a noticeable pattern; beyond that, make of it what you will.
Huh, that does seem kind of pointless. Still, a tarokka deck's a tarokka deck, and since my 2E one went walkabout this will be useful for me even if they never put out more 5E Ravenloft stuff.
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rawma

#58
January 22, 2016, 10:36:20 PM
Quote from: Armchair Gamer;874854"Hooded Man" is now "Hooded One", "Guildsman" is "Guild Member", "Hangman" is "Executioner" and " Temptress" is "Tempter", but all the images are fundamentally the same for those cards

"Temptress" has different connotations than "Tempter". The others seem about the same, and "Executioner" is perhaps even better for being a little more general.

yosemitemike

#59
January 23, 2016, 01:59:05 AM
Quote from: Necrozius;874189I'm glad that I was wrong! Looking forward to this.

And for the Tarokka deck. I've been searching for the first one for a while now: can't seem to get my hands on them!!

They are around but even used ones go for an insane amount of money.  It would actually be cheaper for me to go to deviantart and commission a full set with one of a kind, original art than it would be to buy one of those.
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