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Posted: **Sun Oct 09, 2011 1:46 am**

I started buying myself some TSR Ravenloft books on eBay for my upcoming C&C game so it inspired me to start off this thread. None of the books have arrived yet but if anyone else wants to start discussing it, please do.

Posted: **Sun Oct 09, 2011 2:23 am**

Always been a big Ravenloft fan. One of my funnest campaigns to run started as a Ravenloft game I planned using 1E. The players Tried to throw a cog in my works by making Oriental adventure characters. All samurai, At first I thought about saying no and making them reroll. But at the last moment I let it roll and instead let their battle ship sail into the mists and come out on a strange darkened shore. Its now referred to as "The Samurai in Ravenloft campaign". Some 15 years later its still talked about now and then.

Posted: **Sun Oct 09, 2011 2:31 am**

Ronin77 wrote:Always been a big Ravenloft fan. One of my funnest campaigns to run started as a Ravenloft game I planned using 1E. The players Tried to through a cog in my works by making Oriental adventure characters. All samurai, At first I thought about saying no and making them reroll. But at the last moment I let it roll and instead let their battle ship sail into the mists and come out on a strange darkened shore. Its now referred to as "The Samurai is Ravenloft campaign". Some 15 years later its still talked about now and then.

Well, I could see a game where you mix Ravenloft and Oriental Adventures together...

But yeah, in your case you meant having these samurai types in a setting unfamiliar to them. Sounds pretty cool!

Posted: **Sun Oct 09, 2011 4:44 am**

treant_on_fire wrote:
Ronin77 wrote:Always been a big Ravenloft fan. One of my funnest campaigns to run started as a Ravenloft game I planned using 1E. The players Tried to through a cog in my works by making Oriental adventure characters. All samurai, At first I thought about saying no and making them reroll. But at the last moment I let it roll and instead let their battle ship sail into the mists and come out on a strange darkened shore. Its now referred to as "The Samurai is Ravenloft campaign". Some 15 years later its still talked about now and then.
Well, I could see a game where you mix Ravenloft and Oriental Adventures together...

But yeah, in your case you meant having these samurai types in a setting unfamiliar to them. Sounds pretty cool!

I second that. It's games that do something different that really get players to remember.

Posted: **Sun Oct 09, 2011 2:59 pm**

bc99 wrote:
I second that. It's games that do something different that really get players to remember.

+1 to that.

Posted: **Sun Oct 09, 2011 3:05 pm**

Just for some FYI:

http://www.trolllord.com/siege/7651.html

Posted: **Sun Oct 09, 2011 7:42 pm**

Yup, just gonna mention the Tainted Lands for a C&C take on the world of Ravenloft.

Posted: **Sun Oct 09, 2011 8:19 pm**

I'm reading over tainted lands right now. Gearing up for a little Tainted lands, Freeport crossover.

Posted: **Sun Oct 09, 2011 11:57 pm**

Ronin77 wrote:... One of my funnest campaigns to run started as a Ravenloft game I planned using 1E. The players Tried to through a cog in my works by making Oriental adventure characters. All samurai, At first I thought about saying no and making them reroll. But at the last moment I let it roll and instead let their battle ship sail into the mists and come out on a strange darkened shore. Its now referred to as "The Samurai is Ravenloft campaign". Some 15 years later its still talked about now and then.

Dude, that sounds SO FRINKIN' SWEET!

Posted: **Sun Oct 09, 2011 11:58 pm**

I've actually never ran a Ravenloft campaign, but without my players knowing it, they went through many adventures form ravenloft. Also, as the ravenloft monster books came out they saw quite a bit of use in my homebrew world.

Posted: **Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:58 am**

Ronin77 wrote:I'm reading over tainted lands right now. Gearing up for a little Tainted lands, Freeport crossover.

Neat idea.

~O

Posted: **Mon Oct 10, 2011 3:28 pm**

Posted: **Wed Oct 12, 2011 5:18 am**

clavis123 wrote:Creating a Gothic adaptation of C&C has been an ongoing project of mine. Most of my material should work fairly seamlessly in a Ravenloft Campaign. I will say that the tone of my materials is both more romantic and more grotesque, sexier, more morally ambivalent, and generally more grounded in unexpurgated legend, and the original Gothic novels. They are set in the world of De Sade's “Justine” and Polidori's “The Vampyre”. In terms of movies, they're more Hammer's “The Vampire Lovers” and Ken Ken Russell's “The Devils” than the old Universal monster movies.

Here are some Gothic classes:

The Everyman
http://engineoforacles.wordpress.com/20 ... -everyman/

The Libertine
http://engineoforacles.wordpress.com/20 ... ter-class/

The Gypsy
http://engineoforacles.wordpress.com/20 ... campaigns/

The True Innocent
http://engineoforacles.wordpress.com/20 ... campaigns/

The Magician
http://engineoforacles.wordpress.com/20 ... -magician/

The Grave Robber
http://engineoforacles.wordpress.com/20 ... new-class/

The Mad Scientist
http://engineoforacles.wordpress.com/20 ... scientist/

The Bandit
http://engineoforacles.wordpress.com/20 ... d-pirates/

Races that would work in a Gothic campaign:

Vampyre
http://engineoforacles.wordpress.com/20 ... e-vampyre/

Wolfman
http://engineoforacles.wordpress.com/20 ... e-wolfman/

Dhampir
http://engineoforacles.wordpress.com/20 ... -crusades/

Fairy Changeling
http://engineoforacles.wordpress.com/20 ... -crusades/

Cambion
http://engineoforacles.wordpress.com/20 ... -crusades/

Nephil
http://engineoforacles.wordpress.com/20 ... -crusades/

Therianthrope
http://engineoforacles.wordpress.com/2010/09/02/216/

Magic items for Gothic Campaigns:
http://engineoforacles.wordpress.com/20 ... -folklore/
http://engineoforacles.wordpress.com/20 ... -folklore/
http://engineoforacles.wordpress.com/2010/07/24/203/
http://engineoforacles.wordpress.com/20 ... azen-head/

“Spirits of Heaven and Hell” is a full treatment of Angels & Devils:
http://engineoforacles.files.wordpress. ... -hell1.pdf

Rules for Possessor Demons:
http://engineoforacles.wordpress.com/20 ... sor-demon/

And those possessed by Demons:
http://engineoforacles.wordpress.com/20 ... demoniacs/

The "Book of the Restless Dead" is intended for Gothic play:
http://engineoforacles.files.wordpress. ... n-text.pdf

Some spells with Gothic effects:
http://engineoforacles.wordpress.com/20 ... alter-ego/
http://engineoforacles.wordpress.com/20 ... -grimoire/
http://engineoforacles.wordpress.com/20 ... obscurity/
http://engineoforacles.wordpress.com/20 ... wap-heads/

That's pretty extensive, I'll be checking it out, thanks!

Posted: **Wed Oct 12, 2011 10:38 am**

Clavis123, that's an amazing list of resources! Thanks!

I loved the two original Ravenloft modules but somehow when it became an entire campaign setting I lost interest. (Still bought the boxed set and some of the modules, but it just wasn't the same to me.)

I highly enjoyed both Haunted Highlands and Tainted Lands, however, and both are C&C-ready!

Posted: **Wed Oct 12, 2011 10:39 am**

Hey Clavis,
thanks for the link-o-rama!
I love your stuff!

Posted: **Wed Oct 12, 2011 3:09 pm**

I also recommend ssfsx17's recent post "The Order of the Ironhorn Knights", which presents a complete and suitably grotesque set of villains for medieval Gothic play.

His post is here: viewtopic.php?f=28&t=11582

Posted: **Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:03 pm**

I'd be remiss if i didn't mention Hackmaster 4e's Robinloft and Robinloft 2: Tahd's Legacy!

Posted: **Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:44 am**

Tainted Lands (and the neat-o flipbook) on sale: http://www.trolllord.com/catalog/specials.php

Posted: **Thu Oct 13, 2011 3:07 am**

Ravenloft is my all-time favorite setting. It's what got me into RPGs. I'm currently running a campaign online. I've been posting recaps of our sessions here.
The party's about to wrap-up the Night of the Walking Dead module. I was originally going to run a story arch I created, but between the new baby, continuing my education, and other real life stuff I decided to go mainly with published modules. On the list is Castles Forlorn and Expedition to Castle Ravenloft. I've never run either one, but I'm really looking forward to both of them. I've also been throwing around the idea of running the Judges Guild module Tegel Manor.

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