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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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 Posted - 28 Mar 2008 : 15:20:54
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Originally posted by Bakra
You are trying to make me cry?
It almost worked. 
Of course, the 3e RAVENLOFT material has plenty of "holes" in the planar framework that supports it. Enough, perhaps, to suggest the possibility that the Headless Horseman may have visited a Realms-like world within the cosmology that contains the Domain of Dread. 
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 28 Mar 2008 : 15:24:28
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Bakra
Hey Wooly,
The Mists of Raveloft reached into other lands, the darklords were unable to tell the Mists where to go. The Horseman was the only one who could literally travel to other lands. But I understand what you are telling me.
So a Waterdeep griffon rider who lost his head during the Time of Troubles while fighting the undead would be more acceptable correct?
Darklords can't direct the Mists where to go, but as I recall, it said in the original boxed set that when conjunctions happened, even they could escape from Ravenloft by leaving the area before it went back to the Demiplane of Dread.
That is essentially correct.
It should also be noted however, that conjunctions between the Domains of Dread and other Material Planes, are extremely rare occurences. |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 30 Mar 2008 : 06:06:36
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-Maybe Malar and Yeengy are one and the same now?
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"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
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ShepherdGunn
Seeker
USA
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Posted - 31 Mar 2008 : 08:03:49
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The hook is interesting. I may use it, but I'm not sure. The problem with it is, the Headless Horseman has been played so many times in so many ways, it's hard to come up with an "original" take on it. I'm not saying it's impossible, just difficult. I'm not too keen on it myself, mind you, but I think it would make sense that there would be a Headless Horseman in the Realms. Decapitation is a primordial fear, and a common punishment, as well as a fatal battle wound. In a magic rich environment, with or without the Mists of Ravenloft, I would expect there to be regular "embodiments" of key, ingrained, concepts. After all, in a way, isn't that what the Gods are supposed to be?
I don't think there needed to be a Realms-Lore article about it, IMO. I always figured things like the Headless Horseman and the Jersey Devil were things left for the DM to flesh out in their game as "side-quests". |
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