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[irdeggman]

Are you saying that there are no halflings left living in the Shadow World? I don't recall reading anything implying that they have all left the Shadow World only that the ones in Cerilia did.

[kgauck]

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From: "Stephen Starfox" <stephen_starfox@YAHOO.SE>
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 9:21 AM

> Shadow World adventures can also be nice. Basically, you can
> stage anything there. Some real-world places and events can
> have reflections in the Shadow World, and that includes places
> and events in the past. That way, it is possible to use the SW as
> a stage to stage reenactments of historical events.

An idea I got from this post was to have the PC`s experience important
events by watching the shadow versions unfold, and then returning to see the
aftermath of the the more familiar Cerilian side events. In Cerilia, much
talk of noble purpose, duty, honor but the players see the shadow side, much
giving in to base emotions, hate, revenge, and malice. Very much the two
sides of the same coin kind of thing.

Kenneth Gauck
kgauck@mchsi.com

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[morgramen]

Originally posted by kgauck

An idea I got from this post was to have the PC`s experience important
events by watching the shadow versions unfold, and then returning to see the
aftermath of the the more familiar Cerilian side events.

This is a *VERY* cool idea! Upon return to Cerilia, the ruins they witnessed in the S.W. are all about them, but the cause/instigator(s) might have been quite different. If the players are new to the S.W. they might easily be lead to believe that the Real World events mirrored the S.W.s exactley, and thus cause all sorts of misunderstandings.

"What are you talking about??? Avan never attacked Endier... "

Lots of potnetial here for messing with the player's minds.

As for S.W. Ravenloft conversions, I've been slowly trying to do something with the "Shadow Rift" adventure. I figured I could change the Erlking in there into the Rhoubhe elves and turn the "Shadow Rift" itself into the Rhoubhe Valley. Those cool litle evil faries on the cover (can't recall what they're called) make wicked Unseelie.

[Lord Grave]

> Are you saying that there are no halflings left living in
> the Shadow World? I don`t recall reading anything implying
> that they have all left the Shadow World only that the ones
> in Cerilia did.

So, the evil Halflings in the sphere in Baldur`s Gate 2 could be the
ones from Shadow World? I thought they were from Athas, but Athasian
Halflings are really not evil.

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[AnakinMiller]

> So, the evil Halflings in the sphere in Baldur`s Gate 2 could be the
> ones from Shadow World? I thought they were from Athas, but Athasian
> Halflings are really not evil.

Athasian are not evil... Feral yes, evil no. They have no qualms about
eating other intelligient races. They are degenerate and feral.
Personally the coolest version of halflings I`ve run across in DnD yet :)

-Anakin Miller

"Our Freedom will come at the cost of our lives" -Collin Brooke at the
Battle of Endletrop

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