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[Craig Greeson]

Ed Stark wrote:

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> Some material for BR is being/has been converted for other use.
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> ... material will probably be presented as "core" or "optional" AD&D
> material in the near (next year or the year after) future. We've discussed
> releasing the Cerilian "world" as a sourcebook, the BR domain rules as a
> universal AD&D "kings" system, and we've had other ideas.

Thanks for the update Ed, it's always nice to hear from you. On the
subject of presenting BR material as "core" or "optional", how about the
Shadow World material TSR had planned? Could the Shadow World be presented
as a combination Birthright/Ravenloft product? Perhaps the Shadow World
could be looked at as a parallel "continent" from the standard Ravenloft
Domains of Dread. Everything else about your planned presentation could
stay pretty much the same as intended. I'm not all that familiar with the
Ravenloft setting, but I've seen a number of posts suggesting the SW and RL
have similar "feels".

The adventure that was planned could still start out and end in Cerilia,
hopefully getting some Ravenloft players interested in the best world TSR
has ever produced. Maybe the Shadow World part of Ravenloft is easier to
get into and out of than the core RL domains, encouraging movement between
Cerilia and the SW for RL players. For that matter, I'll bet they'd jump
at the chance to play dark lord regents in the SW........

This, of course, wouldn't be my first choice. The Shadow World would
ideally be presented as a Birthright-only supplement. But if it's a choice
between letting Ravenloft players in on the horrors of the Shadow World or
not getting the information at all, I'd gladly share some of the darkness
with them.

Regards
Craig

[GrimtoothX@aol.co]

In a message dated 9/11/98 1:24:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
cgreeson@ccipost.net writes:

> Thanks for the update Ed, it's always nice to hear from you. On the
> subject of presenting BR material as "core" or "optional", how about the
> Shadow World material TSR had planned? Could the Shadow World be presented
> as a combination Birthright/Ravenloft product? Perhaps the Shadow World
> could be looked at as a parallel "continent" from the standard Ravenloft
> Domains of Dread. Everything else about your planned presentation could
> stay pretty much the same as intended. I'm not all that familiar with the
> Ravenloft setting, but I've seen a number of posts suggesting the SW and RL
> have similar "feels".
>
> The adventure that was planned could still start out and end in Cerilia,
> hopefully getting some Ravenloft players interested in the best world TSR
> has ever produced. Maybe the Shadow World part of Ravenloft is easier to
> get into and out of than the core RL domains, encouraging movement between
> Cerilia and the SW for RL players. For that matter, I'll bet they'd jump
> at the chance to play dark lord regents in the SW........
>
> This, of course, wouldn't be my first choice. The Shadow World would
> ideally be presented as a Birthright-only supplement. But if it's a choice
> between letting Ravenloft players in on the horrors of the Shadow World or
> not getting the information at all, I'd gladly share some of the darkness
> with them.
>
> Regards
> Craig

I have Ravenloft, and it is much too serious for what I seem to have put
together of the Shadowlands. -But- Ravenloft is a strange moving plane of
existance, and has its own laws... In fact, it may and can appear at anytime
anywhere, and its mists may grab adventurers or entire continents and send
them to Ravenloft. It says that the mists are nothing more then that; mists.
They project no aura or magic... I was thinking, that instead of having that,
or in addition to it, there could be gaps in between the mist and the world
they were residing in at that time, that were known as the Shadowlands.
Connects Birthright with Ravenloft... what do you all think?