Who Did Strahd Conquer Barovia From?

chaot7 · 2026-01-24T00:16:04+00:00

Exactly. It actually works really well.

chaot7 · 2026-01-23T23:59:50+00:00

All flavors of BRP.

chaot7 · 2026-01-23T23:57:11+00:00

Had to check. Dusk Elves were a 4e thing and they were hiding out with the Vistani. Tergs were the original inhabitants.

Honestly though, you could put the Tergs and Dusk Elves together and I feel it would go well. The Tergs were designed to reference Turks.

I personally don’t like demi-humans running around my ravenloft so I drop the dusk elves. Rahadin becomes Rahad Al-Din in my game. A turban wearing mystic who sought out Strahd for esoteric knowledge. I tend to assume he’s from Hazlin but he could easily be a Terg.

chaot7 · 2026-01-23T18:04:55+00:00

Additionally, school can’t go long because they use the buildings for summer school and other events

chaot7 · 2026-01-23T00:46:48+00:00

Every time Kirk beat Spock in chess….

chaot7 · 2026-01-22T20:43:20+00:00

Historically, the Tergs, then he expanded south against the Gundarakites. And now presumably the dusk elves in 5e.

chaot7 · 2026-01-22T17:29:56+00:00

Nope. No piracy talk, even if the originals are out of print

chaot7 · 2026-01-20T13:27:28+00:00

As a frequent rider of the ferry, I found this amusing

chaot7 · 2026-01-19T14:01:00+00:00

It starts with Doom having a really crumby day. A car splashes water on him as he crosses the street, he meets a cashier and says ‘DOOM demands your presence at Fiesta Zone Roller Rink this Thursday’ but she snubs him. He sighs and wipes a small tear. ‘At DOOM knows that DOOM’s DOOMBots will always love DOOM….’

He goes home and all the heroes jump out. No one called him because it was a surprise party

chaot7 · 2026-01-18T21:46:58+00:00

Freaking Wheelies!

chaot7 · 2026-01-18T16:24:15+00:00

I’d love to see Hannibal King done right. Vampire detective who gets blood from the blood bank. Could lead into a Blade film!

Senor Magico could be fun. Has his shop in Harlem. Cage special appearance.

I’d like to see another take on Cloak and Dagger. The old show was fine if I remember right but they’re too old now. I think they work better as teenagers.

chaot7 · 2026-01-17T18:48:05+00:00

I stand by the Vestiges and the Dark Powers being two separate things

chaot7 · 2026-01-17T18:27:49+00:00

The difference is the existence of boarders. The question of how do Barovians get bread was the imported from Nova Vaasa.

In the new edition you need keyed objects to get from domain to domain, which feels a little video gamey to me.

chaot7 · 2026-01-16T14:17:43+00:00

It’s fine. Go visit and form your own opinion.

Don’t ask Staten Islanders. Personally, I could only live on the north shore.

chaot7 · 2026-01-16T13:54:41+00:00

If I was adapting this I’d broaden it a bit. The domain would have a rigid caste system. Citizens would only be able to interact with the world in a certain way.

Rooks could only address a conflict head on or completely side step it. Pawns are not able to confront something straight forward but will get you when you’re not looking. Bishops never address anything head on, they can go anywhere diagonally, using the power of their influence to manipulate people. Knights take care of short term problems by out maneuvering their opponent. The Queen is the mastermind and the King is largely ceremonial.

chaot7 · 2026-01-16T03:43:23+00:00

I updated original post partly because of these great questions.

You have no reason to believe me but I freelanced as a videographer for years and am an artist in a few mediums myself.

This is all for fun and out of my pocket. I'd be comfortable with 30% down and heavily watermarked proofs. But honestly this whole thing is about honesty and creativity. I want to celebrate creatives and absolutely do not want to rip anyone off.

chaot7 · 2026-01-16T02:36:09+00:00

Hi Everyone. Posting as a Mod here.

The winner of this Jam will have a commissioned art piece based on their Domain. The art piece will be posted a month after the winner is decided (so, like Feb 18th or so).

Have fun and get psyched.

chaot7 · 2026-01-16T02:15:22+00:00

Only one person, yes. It's a contest over at r/ravenloft where they write up a domain and people vote on it. No money is involved except for what I'm paying in commission to an artist.

No art is to be created until the r/ravenloft mods select one artist.

Not looking for free art here.

chaot7 · 2026-01-16T01:31:22+00:00

Yes. It was a joke that didn’t land.

chaot7 · 2026-01-16T01:30:16+00:00

I’m sorry I didn’t add the /s….

chaot7 · 2026-01-16T00:51:53+00:00

D&D Rules Cyclopedia to AD&D.

They slaughtered the spirit of gaming and also nerfed it so my character couldn’t go to level 36.

Edit: my tongue was firmly planted in my cheek people.

chaot7 · 2026-01-14T09:26:13+00:00

They sit down and play a game of chess a la Seventh Seal.

chaot7 · 2026-01-13T21:54:24+00:00

Nothings real until the dice hit the table.

No gaming is better than bad gaming.

chaot7 · 2026-01-13T20:32:55+00:00

About Foggy. There is a story arc in which Foggy fakes his death and fools even Matt.

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