Anyway here are some of my ideas...
1) A book of detailed maps. What would be really nice is if they included a cloth map like you got with the old Ultima games or with NeverWinter Nights.
2) A book of key NPCs. I know there are stats for domain lords etc. but I would love a 3.5 ed book with the stats for the key NPCs from all the different adventures. Having characters (both good and evil) from each domain is a great way to flesh out the world in more detail. Now I know there are a lot of stats in different books already but I'm talking about one book dedicated to nothing but Ravenloft NPCs similar to the book dedicated to the dark lords.
3) Some new epic adventures in the flavor of the Grand Conjunction series. And for that matter, I would love to see some of the older adventure mods upgraded to 3 ed and re-released.
Anyone else want to add their two cents, if you could have anything you wanted having to do with Ravenloft what would you ask for?
Aside from that, I'm rather content with the various upcoming products. Although, I will say that it seems to me that we're running out of Gothic monsters/undead for the the Weathermay twins to pen VRG's about. So perhaps an alternate kind of series of journals for the girls to write. My vote on that would be "Gennifer and Laurie's Guide to " In which the twins offer maps and details regarding major cities of the Core. List the various inns, taverns, notable buildings and sights to see, etc. Though I despise this next sentence.....Like Volo did in the Realms.
VNM
Originally posted by VNM
... Though I despise this next sentence.....Like Volo did in the Realms.
VNM
Aw, whatever else one may think of FR, the Volo's Guides were pretty nifty. I found the signature recipes of various taverns an especially cute touch if one wanted to actually whip up some 'authentic' cooking!
Perhaps, on the far-outside chance, a cross-company book showing how the Mists can reach out into other realms. Featuring domains or PCs pulled in from other D20 products, like say D&D. Call of Cthulu, Everquest, Warhammer, etc. While it may not be of particular use to those of us using 2e rules, or hard core Mist Dwellers, it would be an interesting curiosity that I would buy if it were put together well.
And if not a full blown novel, I'd definitely be in favor of some anthologies of short stories set in the Domains of Dread. Personally I would go with the anthology. It's always nice to have a mix of authors and styles to choose from.
Other than that, I'm really looking forward to future books like Bloodlines and the Gazzeteer 5. (I'm really curious if the section on Nova Vaasa will have anything in common with some of the ideas I had when I was planning my own similar project for it.)
included Jander.Jezra Wagner 3E, + an adventure featuring Jezra
Midnight Slasher 3E + an adventure featuring the slasher...
Emil Bollenbach
Chicken Bone
Nostalia Romaine
Desmond LaRouche
Andres Duvall
Styrix
Professor Arcanis
Isolde
Drigor?
Can't think of anyone else offhand that hasn't been covered in a Gaz, but there are plenty of other fan favorites. (Although I wouldn't mind a Jackie Montarri adventure, even though she's in Gaz I.)
Another idea could be regional sourcebooks.
Example: a sourcebook for the northwestern part of the core.
- expanded political plotlines, and adventurehooks, for Lamordia, Darkon, Falkovnia and so forth...
- An extended geographical describtion of the areas in questions...
- "Age advancment": Possible technological advancments, and new social structures in the domains. Ie. the effect of railroad in Lamordia. The reformation of Falkovnia as a republic, with chairman Drakov as leader. and so forth...
2) A sequal adventure to Bleak House.
3) Something involving Cavitus, but having Lord Harlon as Darklord (I swear, he is one of my favourite NPC's EVER)
4) A sourcebook to help play the game in differnet time frames, perhaps when there was only a few domains in the Core, detailing the politics of the time.
5) Maps of the major castles and buildings of the Core, including:
Castle Ravenloft
Castle Avernus
Castle Faaerhaven
Venificus
Misericordia
The House of Lament
The Great Cathedral of Levkarest
Chateau Delanuit
Bluebeard's Castle
Guide of the Ages: Different times both past and possible futures with details on different culture levels, more items, and descriptions of dead lords and fallen domains.
Atlas of the Dread Realms: I've been pushing this for a while. A small book of maps and descriptipons possibly paired with a 3.5 DM screen. And since It'd be shrinkwrapped there could be a poster map.
Originally posted by Drinnik Shoehorn
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4) A sourcebook to help play the game in differnet time frames, perhaps when there was only a few domains in the Core, detailing the politics of the time.
Guide of the Ages: Different times both past and possible futures with details on different culture levels, more items, and descriptions of dead lords and fallen domains.
Great idea, this could go well with age advancement.
Another thing missing is old maps from ages past.
Maps when Darkon and Barovia bordered one another, and gundarak's precise borders.
Originally posted by The_Jester
Guide of the Ages: Different times both past and possible futures with details on different culture levels, more items, and descriptions of dead lords and fallen domains.
Good idea!
I found this very annoying at first, you know we like stability in our games, but now its pretty liberating.
Case files of Alanik Ray, or a product devoted to a RL theives guild (Malken's?) would also make me extremely happy.
I have high hopes for Gaz 5 and Bloodlines.
-Eric Gorman
Originally posted by Sir T
I'd like to see a book of NPC's, specificly NPCs that were in the d20 modules so a GM dosent have to do a lot of work to translate them all to 3.5.
Well secrets of the dread realms is out, but I take it you mean something like the old FR - villians and heroes lorebook.
That would be great.
I would like to see the headless horseman again.
An adults only source book for Ravenloft along the same lines might be amusing.
Originally posted by Grimfondle
I loved this book, actually everyone loved it.
An adults only source book for Ravenloft along the same lines might be amusing.
I voted for that too, but it ain't gonna happen. Most of the people behind the Ravenloft products tend to think these books overdo it. But you can alwayz make your own!
More sex, drugs and violence I say! More!
Ravenloft Gazeteers: 50%
A book detailing ages (as proposed by The_Jester)*: 20%
Van Richten´s Guides: 10%
New Children of the Night Series: 10%
Products focused on the creation of adventures: 10%**
* The Gazetteers provides the history, but since The_Jester´s idea caused some good comments I decided to include it in the poll.
**not talking about releasing published adventures.
Seeing more of Antoin Misroi !!!!!! I mean, I completely A-D-O-R-E this guy!! I'm probably his biggest fan to date! IMO, he's one of the most powerful, but unused darklords. His past, his relationship with The Swamp Maiden, everything sets for a great persona... But, it seems that SnS forgot all about him. The guy starred in one module and one novel, and he doesn't even get a niche in Secrets of the Dread Realms! But chickenbone does in DEoD!!! That's not fair :sad: !!!
We want you back, Lord Misroi!! Your huge legion of zombies await your return!!!
Places like Frozen Reaches, Amber Wastes, Steaming Lands, Zherisa, and the Shadowborn cluster will probably get Gaz-ed first before the solo Islands.
However, since squeezing an entire cluster into a single book would be excessive hopefully they'll do two clusters at a time or have a couple Islands with each cluster.
Well, I guess we'll see next year.
So who would need to be in an updated CotN megabook?
The first names that pop to mind are:
Phantom Lover
Headless Horseman
Midnight Slasher
Nostalia Romaine
Maybe even the House of Lament
Also demihuman domain, like sithicus, would be good I mean sithicus is one of the best domain and one of the most dreadful for the pc.
Anywya I really liked the book about the shadow fey and folklore template that you could add to ogre and kobold was also a good idea.
Originally posted by Grimfondle
I loved this book, actually everyone loved it.
I'd have to disagree with you on that one.
Originally posted by The MadStepDad
I voted for that too, but it ain't gonna happen. Most of the people behind the Ravenloft products tend to think these books overdo it.
Now this is something that I agree with.
