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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[Bedrockgames]

What part of gothic horror was Bluetspur again?

Like I said before they veered outside it a bit. But the focus was explicitly gothic and classic horror. Though I will say in terms of its strangeness, it broken and evil landscape it kind of fit (felt a little like Alien or planet of the vampires to me)

 

[Bedrockgames]

He’s pissed his name was taken out of the books. He’s the RPGPundit. He has an axe to grind with WotC. It’s best to ignore him. Look at his username. Go to that company website. Then realize the company mostly just sells RPGPundit’s games. He will literally never stop ranting about anything WotC does.

I am not RPGpundit. I published a book by rpgpundit and I know Pubdit. My website sells, and I publish, Arrows of Indra, which is written by him, the rest of the site is RPGs written by a few by other writers and the rest by me and a core design team. Mostly it is books I wrote with co-authors. These sorts of tactics are getting old.

 

[darjr]

No, you're actually going one worse and accusing some of being critics who are posing as fans, like it's some insidious plot to infiltrate the fandom.

I’m insidious and have infiltrated the fandoms! I’ve been infiltrating D&D (insidiously!) since 1980 as a wee child! Woe be unto those who would deinflitrate me (???!!!!)

 

[dave2008]

We have sales figures already. Granted it’s preorder sales .... but then again it’s freaking fantastic preorder sales.
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Can you remind me when will it actually be in stores/DnD Beyond?

 

[Parmandur]

He’s pissed his name was taken out of the books. He’s the RPGPundit. He has an axe to grind with WotC. It’s best to ignore him. Look at his username. Go to that company website. Then realize the company mostly just sells RPGPundit’s games. He will literally never stop ranting about anything WotC does.

That explains a lot about the side of the conversation I can't see.

 

[overgeeked]

Can you remind me when will actually be in stores/DnD Beyond?

Tuesday 18 May 2021. Four days from now.

 

[dave2008]

Tuesday 18 May 2021. Four days from now.

I think I am the purchase box now. I always like new monsters (and a few here intrigue me) and the Fear, Stress, and Dark Powers (is that the right name - do they have two things names "Dark Powers?") mechanics sound interesting.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Tuesday 18 May 2021. Four days from now.

Make sure your bunkers are well stocked!

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I think I am the purchase box now. I always like new monsters (and a few here intrigue me) and the Fear, Stress, and Dark Powers (is that the right name - do they have two things names "Dark Powers?") mechanics sound interesting.

I think you mean Dark Gifts.

 

[darjr]

I’m really wanting to try a survivors game.