Am I the only one who writes their own? Is this an art form I should write a guide book for?
Grimfondle
Matter of fact, Grim. You can find a detailed article on that exact thing over at the Fraternity site.
You. Are not. Alone...
Well, the modules for Ravenloft tend to be pretty good, all in all.
And anybody here create new domain? I like creating domain who dont have a "gothic" horror feel but more an "ancient" horror feel(a la burning peeks) or a Cthulu feel or simply at twisted versions of children story(you know snow white and alice in wonderland can be quite disturbing) And does somebody sometime do more gory adventure you know quest that feel like cannibal holocaust or texas chainsaw massacre(I actually like using cannibals in my quest they are more scarry than vampires...and kobolds, especially halfling cannibals)?
I almost always use vampires and werewolves in my Ravenloft campaigns... once or twice. Usually, I prefer more human villains or more subtle supernatural horrors.
Hida Jiremi
(Jeremy Puckett)
Originally posted by MozartSmozart
That's right Grimfondle you are, in fact, the only person alive who is capable of writing your own adventures in Ravenloft. Please write a guide for us so that we may cease running the same modules over and over again and write our own stuff.
Though I, of course, appreciate your sarcasm (and i do). My question still holds. In particular i thought Feast Of Goblyns and Ship of Horrors were very poor. Vecna Reborn, was OK, Tough of Death had some good bits, but I found Out of the Shadows and Roots of Evil pretty dull.
After that I stopped getting the modules and just wrote my own.
But a lot of people seem to run these old modules so it got me wondering.
As for the guide book idea...that was tongue in cheek, albeit a dead tongue in a purple cheek (the ravenloft DMG does the job
)Even if you never intend to run Feast of Goblyns, look what you get from that module: fully detailed maps of Skald and Harmonia, great NPC's like Dr. Dominiani, and a feel for Harkon and his land that just couldn't be captured in the little blurb in the Black Box. The Evil Eye might as well be called "The Karina Gazetteer".
Granted, some modules are quite lame and you seem to have hit on several of them. Ship of Horror is one of my least faves. Touch of Death bores me as well. But then you've got greats like The Evil Eye and Night of the Walking Dead, which you've missed out on.
And I'm a firm believer that even the worst module can be salvaged into a good adventure by a persistant DM. And usually in much less time than making up your own adventure from scratch.
Originally posted by Grimfondle
Though I, of course, appreciate your sarcasm (and i do). My question still holds. In particular i thought Feast Of Goblyns and Ship of Horrors were very poor. Vecna Reborn, was OK, Tough of Death had some good bits, but I found Out of the Shadows and Roots of Evil pretty dull.
After that I stopped getting the modules and just wrote my own.
But a lot of people seem to run these old modules so it got me wondering.
As for the guide book idea...that was tongue in cheek, albeit a dead tongue in a purple cheek (the ravenloft DMG does the job
Simple Answer: If you like writing your own modules noone is stopping you from doing that. If others like running pre-written modules there is nothing wrong with them doing such.
Bottom line: What you do does not effect them and what they do should not effect you. The things you like they may not like. The things they like you may not like.
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Anyway, your question DOESN'T still stand. Lots of people run their own adventures. You are not alone. You may now rest easy.
Originally posted by MozartSmozart
Anyway, your question DOESN'T still stand. Lots of people run their own adventures. You are not alone. You may now rest easy.
Thank goodness for that.