As I've said, I'm good with either, but I would slightly prefer Pathfinder.
I am a huge Ravenloft fanatic and initially came to these boards looking for a Ravenloft or Carrion Crown game. I have DM'd in Ravenloft extensively and can really bring colorful characters to the table if chosen.
I would really prefer a Pathfinder game but could go back to older rules if I had to. The original Ravenloft was AD&D (2nd edition) and the ruleset had gotten pretty complex by the time the module came out. It ws never 1st edition (boxed set) DnD. Ravenloft has editions for AD&D, 3.0 and 3.5 and the kargatane may have upgraded it to Pathfinder, I haven't checked. Either way, a 3.5 to 3.75 jump is pretty easy to make.
Either way though, it's all the same to me. I just want to play Ravenloft. Here is a character I made for a recently defunct Ravenloft and I would either make a similar wizard or a warrior type cleric when you open your recruiting thread.
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According to The Fount of All Knowledge, the original Ravenloft module was 1e, and I think that's one of DM C's options for running.
The vast majority of people seem to favor pathfinder, so that's the system we'll be going with.
Now of course, I need to work on the conversion a bit, so I ask that everyone be patient. until recruiting opens up.
Emerelda- The Kargatane has been shut down, I've been visiting The Fraternity of Shadows lately.
I will be adopting elements from 3.5 Sword and Sorcery Ravenloft rules in the adaptation of this module, and I will be pulling mostly from the I6 module, with a few bits and pieces from House of Strahd and Expedition to Castle Ravenloft.
I will post a new recruiting thread when everything is getting close to launch. (In retrospect, I probably should have possed this in Online Campaign - Discussion, but no matter now)
thanks again for the input, and look to the recruiting thread posted soon.
Also, I am curious for any suggestions on how to adapt the Fortunes of Ravenloft aspect of the original quest to PBP. I would like to keep things random, as intended, but pulling off a fortune reading seems daunting. (And I'll be using the Ravenloft Tarokka deck, not a deck of cards or the Harrow deck)
It what way does it seem daunting?
its such a visual and striking experience when pulled off right, I'm not sure how I see it working in a text game. I guess I can just draw the cards and use image links so the players can get the flavorful images.
maybe I'm over-thinking it.
The image links and a solid, atmospheric description will work wonderfully. The player getting the reading will be entranced and the others will be eager to be next. This kind of individual attention works great in a PBP setting. The slower pace means, surprisingly, that players are much less susceptible to the boredom that would plague a live game.
I always thought that House of Strahd was the best of the editions of this storyline. It added the unique elements of dark powers, expanded mythos, etc... while not getting lost in some of the muck of 3rd ed.
I'd be willing to play 2nd ed at its base, or conversion to pathfinder.
Dice rolling might be the best way to simulate the reading here on the forums. Assign the cards a value, then roll dice to determine what cards are drawn. "Ah, a 12! The Raven!" As for images, I think I saw some on Fraternity of Shadows...
Last time I played a Ravenloft game the GM didn't realize how much gunpowder my Gunslinger had stockpiled in his portable hole.
I ended up planting charges in the catacombs beneath Castle Ravenloft and bringing down half of it.
I promise not to do that in this game. :D
I'll keep watching this thread. I'll probably submit a PC once the recruitment thread goes up.
I would love to play (would have loved to run I6 itself most of all, just to say "I've been there"). I only know bits about Ravenloft, like the secret powers who rule it are the only gods there, really. Would it be possible to play some psychotically murderous crusader paladin? Like a full on zealot from the First Crusade? Paladins have to be LG, and Ravenloft is a setting designed to mess with people who try to be good, right? So this guy would just get more and more zealous and rigid, all the while believing he was doing the right thing because he hadn't been stripped of his powers.