D&D 5E Everything We Know About The Ravenloft Book

Here is a list of everything we know so far about the upcoming Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft.

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• May 18th, 256 pages
• 30 domains (with 30 villainous darklords)
• Barovia (Strahd), Dementlieu (twisted fairly tales), Lamordia (flesh golem), Falkovnia (zombies), Kalakeri (Indian folklore, dark rainforests), Valachan (hunting PCs for sport), Lamordia (mad science)
• NPCs include Esmerelda de’Avenir, Weathermay-Foxgrove twins, traveling detective Alanik Ray.
• Large section on setting safe boundaries.
• Dark Gifts are character traits with a cost.
• College of Spirits (bard storytellers who manipulate spirits of folklore) and Undead Patron (warlock) subclasses.
• Dhampir, Reborn, and Hexblood lineages.
• Cultural consultants used.
• Fresh take on Vistani.
• 40 pages of monsters. Also nautical monsters in Sea of Sorrows.
• 20 page adventure called The House of Lament - haunted house, spirits, seances.

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D&D 5E - Full Wraparound Cover Art For Ravenloft

We've seen the cover already, but here's a look at the full wraparound art by Anna Podedworna. https://www.enworld.org/threads/updated-with-cover-the-d-d-book-is-van-richtens-guide-to-ravenloft.678411/ https://www.enworld.org/threads/heres-the-ravenloft-alternate-cover.678414/...

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D&D 5E - Here's the Ravenloft Alternate Cover!

As usual, there is an alternate hobby-store exclusive cover for the upcoming Ravenloft book. Here's a look at it! And here's the full wraparound art. https://www.enworld.org/threads/updated-with-cover-the-d-d-book-is-van-richtens-guide-to-ravenloft.678411/...

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D&D 5E - [Updated with cover!] The D&D Book Is.... Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft!

Yesterday's hints that a new D&D book would be announced today have born fruit -- we now have a product description and a title! It's a Ravenloft setting book, with tools and new rules for horror-themed games, and new horror-themed character options. I'll update this post with a product image as...

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[Whizbang Dustyboots]

If I was doing a female Lear story in 2021, it would be impossible not to draw inspiration from the already over the top Real Housewives shows. It wouldn't take much to make them into supernatural menaces.

 

[Remathilis]

I was really hoping for more lore on the domains, but 90% of the discussion was about using the tools in non-horror games, making your own domains, the genres or horror, safety tools and session zero, and stuff like that. Lamordia got the biggest drop in info (being Wes's example of genre in horror).

Drips and drabs.

 

[overgeeked]

Oh. Wes name dropped Mist Horrors. That's one of the monsters I love. Cannot wait to see what they look like in 5E.

 

[darjr]

 

[darjr]

 

[darjr]

Looks like the May virtual dnd weekend will have AL games in the domains and the House of Lament which, i think, one of the adventures in the book.

A great way to get a sneak peek.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

What unspeakable act that will damn me to the mists do I need to commit to get WotC to release the monster list already?

 

[darjr]

Some minis!

Which are monsters we haven’t heard of yet?

 

[overgeeked]

If you want a ton of cheap zombie minis pick up the boardgame Zombies!!! The box comes with about 100 minis for $24. They also have a Bag-O line where you can get 100 zombies for $13. Normal zombies, dog zombies, Vegas zombies, animal zombies, babe zombies, skeletons, and glow-in-the-dark zombies.

 

[darjr]

This thing!!!! And all together