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Another thing that might make it more palatable would be pitching it as a Heroes of Horror adventure rather than a Ravenloft adventure, as that's a relatively new suppliment and could benefit from exploration. Duh, I didn't even think of pitching it as a Heroes of Horror tie-in. Thanks all!
Not sure if this is the correct forum to ask this question. I have an adventure moving into the "ready to query" stage. However, a few of the monsters involved are taken from the Denizens of Darkness sourcebook for Ravenloft. While the adventure setting is generic, the adventure does have an obvious horror theme going on. I wouldn't have thought about pitching the adventure before, but with Ravenloft reverting back to WotC I was curious if creatures from that setting would be accepted? Or, should I just play it safe and re-tool a few of the monsters from MM 1 - 3? Much thanks.
This is just something that is bound to happen with the amount of submissions they receive. I've been down that road before. 98% of the time its just a coincidence.
Does anyone know if Wizards of the Coast is planning on releasing a Special Edition Leather-bound Monster Manual to complete the set? I personally would like to have all three in the leather bound versions and am currently holding off purchasing the revised Monster Manual for this reason. I know it would cost some serious coin, but I would like to see the leather bound book be some "Monsterous Tome" combining the monsters from MM 1,2,and 3... Yea, I know, it would clock it at about 80 bucks... But, might as well go for broke if you're going to make it! :)
I can't remember the names of them, but there was an old D&D adventure based on the Lewis Carrol Looking Glass stories... They were very cool and made for some very interesting games. If you are looking for older Ravenloft adventures, try to find a copy of the Dungeon Magazine adventure "Bane of the Shadowborn". I run this game with EVERY group I start with. That vile evil sword, Ebonbane, has claimed at least one PC every single time... In fact, he/it has become the driving villain in my current Ravenloft arch... Not bad for a 10+ year old Dungeon adventure!
If you simply wish to inject some horror or create a more "horrific" setting within your own game, then Heroes of Horror is a well written and highly useful book. However, I think that if you already own the Ravenloft DMG (not so much the Ravenloft PHB) then Heroes of Horror will feel painfully redundant. (As it did for me). As someone who has been running Ravenloft since the first boxset, Heroes of Horror wasn't needed. Still, a very well made book and high quality.
It seems like the main complaint (apart from folks not being able to connect to a guy who has a few extra zeroes in his bank account, which I DO understand) is that folks feel cheated that some "unusable" material is in the magazine. I do wonder if the article would be better received in Dragon magazine? Would folks feel less cheated if Dungeon was a "stat / rules" only magazine, while Dragon had a little more of the "D&D Community" writing; including "Wil Save"? Is there any form of editorial columns (apart from the opening page) that would NOT make us gamers feel cheated out of our hard earned (and quickly spent) Dungeon dollar? |
