prepair yourselves..........dun, dun, dun, dun!!!!!
Ravenloft is making a comeback through wotc......in official splendor! yes, thats right, its happening. Over on the Umbrassa graveland boards, I found this......i've known about it for awhile, and have been to lazy to post it. the link can be found here.
they are releasing some novels, and a new supplement due in for october 10! Rejoice! That will be all.
i just tried it and it worked for me.....maybe you have a problem on your home computer.
Below is the evidence I have gathered and will to use as the rationale of such things:
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Well, if your interested with Ravenloft, check in at the Fraternity of Shadows .
Last I heard Ravenloft was sold off to White wolf. there is already some 3rd or 3.5 edition material available.
That was some time ago Eye ... under White Wolf (or more specifically their Arthause division) there were a large hanful of books producted. Last year, however, WOTC took back rights to Ravenloft with no official intention to continue producing material.
Over the last few months, however, there have been rumors and speculation over the appearance of new books. I stopped following the rumor mill some time back, but if new material has been officially scheduled for release that is good news - I guess.
Since I don't use 3rd edition or its evil child spawn 3.5, new material is only useful so long as it focuses strongly on setting info and doesn't mire itself down with game mechanics. Considering the third edition material I've seen produced so far, I'm not particularly hopeful.
I was pretty pleased with the Gazetteer series Arthaus put out. Those were full of nifty fluff about domains and characters, and only a little bit of rules material.
The supplement, titled Expedition to Castle Ravenloft is due out 10 October 2006.
The novel is due 11 July 2006 and titled Death of a Darklord: The Ravenloft Covenant.
Definately one for my "Horde" and a must read one too.
Thankfully Hamilton is not writing the Expidition text.
I am getting conflicting information from my sources.
One tells me it is a reprint, another tells me it is a revised printing to launch a series, someone different tells me it will be completely new.
Since I do not own the original, it will find a home on my shelf.
The other novel;
had this:
Sure hope this is a NEW story completely. Not a reprint. Not an update. New and original!
Though I'll note that the posts I read over at LKH's forums seems to indicate this is in fact a reprint. It has yet to be confirmed though...
I second the motion and move for a vote...
I do hope it is a new story, even a sequel would be welcome so long as it is an original tale.
If it is not a reprint, they should have used a different title or something more elaborate than The Ravenloft Covenant to indicate some kind of original or chronicle/sequel/series status on the end of a book with a used title.
The supplement, titled Expedition to Castle Ravenloft is due out 10 October 2006.
In the catalog now.
It will be a hardcover 224 page adventure anthology.
Just the thing for a return to its roots.
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That first book cover is the same art as used on the Planescape adventure "Harbringer House" if I am not mistaken :shock:
You're not mistaken. It's all slanty, reversed, and monochrome now, but it's the same succubus (Nari, in the original). And, in fact, that's Harbinger House itself in the background. Looks like they're doing this on the cheap.
The Laurell K. Hamilton book is a reprint, not anything new. They just realized they were sitting on the rights to a book by an author that has become pretty popular in the interim (although they're using it as an platform for rereleasing two other Ravenloft books, too).
*blink*
Wait-a-minute... I thought you people were indulging in a moment of satire... *blinking again - tries not to picture any of the Dark Lords of Ravenloft in compromising positions... fails*
