Can the space above Ravenloft be its own domain?

[Lord Fyre]

When TSR made Ravenloft its own setting, they created the idea of "domains."

With Starfinder being a "science fantasy" setting, it would be reasonable for a the space above Ravenloft to be its own domain in the Demiplane of Dread.

Your ship finds itself passing through a dark interstellar cloud ...

[Eleanor Ferron]

Our group always house-ruled Bluetspur to be on the moon, so I see no reason why you couldn't have a space domain. It would be a little odd in that it would have borders, perhaps looping back in on itself if you try to escape too far.

[racs333]

As I understood raven loft was essentially in its own pocket dimension, thus any travel to and from even in space would require access to dimensional travel capability and probably not a unlimited world, ie eventually you reach a void wall, essentially the limits of that universe

[Lord Fyre]

racs333 wrote:

As I understood raven loft was essentially in its own pocket dimension, thus any travel to and from even in space would require access to dimensional travel capability and probably not a unlimited world, ie eventually you reach a void wall, essentially the limits of that universe

That would be correct. Thus only the Moon, the main planet itself, and maybe one or two other planets in the system would be available. The stars, while visible, could not be reached.

Attempts to go beyond that result in the ship being turned around and re-entering the same space (Until whatever required exit condition is achieved).

[Cole Deschain]

The Mists might look a little different in space, but they'd still act to limit travel.

[Leliel the 12th]

Of course, this makes me wonder what kind of darklord would have Mist-space domains.

I can easily see a shirren who decided the Swarm had the right idea and tried to assimilate a planet or so into a hive mind (controlled by her, of course..).

[Cyberwolffe]

I was thinking about this last night at work and decided that I would probably set an adventure on a space station probably using DS9 as a floor plan and basing it on the Jason X movie (homicidal maniac roaming a space station and killing people). I need to do a closer look at the Horror Adventures book and see what rules I would want to use and see about adapting them to the Starfinder rules.

[Cole Deschain]

Leliel the 12th wrote:

Of course, this makes me wonder what kind of darklord would have Mist-space domains.

I can easily see a shirren who decided the Swarm had the right idea and tried to assimilate a planet or so into a hive mind (controlled by her, of course..).

As per how Darklords got treated, she'd probably lead a terrifying hive fleet... whose hive mind obeyed her, but she wasn't part of. Ruling perfect, merciless, absolute... and alone in the only ways that matter.

[Lord Fyre]

Cole Deschain wrote:

Leliel the 12th wrote:

Of course, this makes me wonder what kind of darklord would have Mist-space domains.

I can easily see a shirren who decided the Swarm had the right idea and tried to assimilate a planet or so into a hive mind (controlled by her, of course..).

As per how Darklords got treated, she'd probably lead a terrifying hive fleet... whose hive mind obeyed her, but she wasn't part of. Ruling perfect, merciless, absolute... and alone in the only ways that matter.

That would be both awesome and terrifying. ;)

[martinaj]

What about a large colony ship that ran out of fuel and is unable to land, now stuck in orbit over the Core? Darklord could be the ship's captain who snapped under the pressure of rationing supplies and keeping everyone alive and spearheaded a cannibalistic culture aboard the ship that.

Closing the borders could result in an invisible field that causes life-supporting magic and technology to begin to fail, dooming anyone caught inside to perish in the vastness of space.

[Samy]

I could swear that there was a TNG episode where they ran off the left side of the map, only to come around from the right side of the map.

[Cole Deschain]

martinaj wrote:

What about a large colony ship that ran out of fuel and is unable to land, now stuck in orbit over the Core? Darklord could be the ship's captain who snapped under the pressure of rationing supplies and keeping everyone alive and spearheaded a cannibalistic culture aboard the ship that.

Closing the borders could result in an invisible field that causes life-supporting magic and technology to begin to fail, dooming anyone caught inside to perish in the vastness of space.

Closing the borders would be less about killing everyone aboard, and more, "as you leave the airlock, your suit fails. better turn around."