D&D 5E (2024) Ravenloft: The Horrors Within preorder page lists the book's contents

You can now pre-order preorder Ravenloft: The Horrors Within over on D&D Beyond--the ultimate bundle costs $149.99, while the book alone comes in at $59.00. There are pages for the new DM screen, map pack, and Tarokka cards as well. The pre-order page lists the book's contents.

• 16 Domains of Dread, including the new cosmic horror domain Innsmouth.
• 17 Darklords for your party to face or flee from, equipped with challenging stat blocks.
• 7 subclasses (including the new Reanimator and Hollow Warden), 4 species, 4 backgrounds, 2 Origin feats, and 9 Dark Gifts for building tortured protagonists.
• 10 genres of horror from gothic to dark fantasy.
• A bestiary of 41 monstrosities and 10 domain denizens for your party to encounter.
• 47 maps and 28 digital quickplay maps for Maps VTT.
• Digital Pre-order Bonus: the Mists of Ravenloft Digital Dice Set, Ravenloft Play-Along Pack, and D&D Encounters: Shadows of Sithicus mini-adventure.

Tonight, your party’s greatest nightmare... is the one you create.

Bring fear to the table with the Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Ultimate Bundle, the complete horror toolkit with everything you need to create a personalized horror campaign – and strike fear into the hearts of your players.

The Ultimate Bundle includes:

• Physical and digital versions of Ravenloft: The Horrors Within, containing 16 Domains of Dread, 17 Darklords, 7 subclasses, 4 species, 4 backgrounds, 11 feats, 68 monsters and 47 maps including 28 digital quickplay maps for Maps VTT.
• Physical Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Tarokka Deck for weaving terrifying twists into your campaign with 54 fully illustrated cards.
• Physical Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Dungeon Master’s Screen for keeping your plans enshrouded in mystery.
• Physical and digital versions of the Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Map Pack for plotting out eerie encounters for your party.
• Digital Pre-order Bonus: the Mists of Ravenloft Digital Dice Set, Ravenloft Play-Along Pack, and D&D Encounters: Shadows of Sithicus mini-adventure.

 

[Charlaquin]

So, sounds like very much a VRGtR Redux. But, it does sound like they’re addressing two of the criticisms of VRGtR, by including stat blocks for the dark lords this time and one-shot adventures to run in the Domains. Cool!

 

[Stormonu]

Hmmmm….a Shadows of Sithicus mini-adventure.

My dilemma here is buying this or seeing what Beadle and Grimm comes up with.

Why not both?

A lot of this sounds like it's likely going to be a rehash of Van Richten's in the genre & domains, so I'm not so sure I'm going to end up picking this up. For me, It'll come down to what monsters it's going to have (including Dark Lord stat blocks ....). The fewer overlap on the monsters with Van Richten's, the better as I'm still using plenty of 2014 stuff.

 

[VashVet]

Why not both?

Haha, because my wallet might hate me if I do that.

 

[occam]

My dilemma here is buying this or seeing what Beadle and Grimm comes up with.

Beadle & Grimm has now announced a Silver Edition:

Ravenloft: The Horrors Within - Strahd's Silver Edition (D&D) – Beadle & Grimm's Pandemonium Warehouse

The Mists of Ravenloft are calling. Ravenloft: The Horrors Within is the definitive guide to Strahd's Barovia and the Domains of Dread. These grim netherworlds compose the Ravenloft setting and are horrific backdrops for Dungeons & Dragons adventures steeped in fear. Built for you, the DM that...

beadleandgrimms.com

Strahd’s Silver Edition Contents:

• The complete Ravenloft: The Horrors Within book, broken down into smaller booklets, to help you organize your adventures
• Tarroka Deck - our Edition includes D&D’s fortune-telling card deck
• Level 5 Bonus Adventure set in Barovia, only found in Strahd's Silver Edition - answer Van Richten's call to put a powerful undead force to rest by bringing a murderer to justice
• 17 Oversized Encounter Cards - epic cards for all of the Darklords of the Dread Domains
• 37 Standard Encounter Cards - for new monsters found in the Appendix
• 16 Battle Maps of key adventure locations - gridded for minis, use these to play out battles with the domains' most memorable foes
• 22 Domain and Area Maps (8.5x11”) - the ultimate exploration aids
• Cthulhu Mist Talisman - wear this heavy metal skull & tentacle amulet around your neck... or share with your foolhardy mist travelers
• 11 In-world handouts - use these gorgeous handouts to summon your players to one of the many adventures presented in The Horrors Within, including one for the Bonus Adventure
• 11 Dark Gift and Magic Item Cards - there's nothing like handing a physical card to a player when they discover a never-before-seen magic item... or make an insidious deal with a Darklord or some other malevolent force
• Haunted Bastion Player Aid - this fully-mapped haunted church Bastion was created exclusively for Strahd's Silver Edition and allows your players to track elements and upgrades

 

[bedir than]

Hmmmm….a Shadows of Sithicus mini-adventure.

Soth imagery explained.

The Season of Champions mystery remains

 

[Remathilis]

Soth imagery explained.

The Season of Champions mystery remains

Well just keep arguing about it until the Sun has set and the sky is Dark I guess...

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

16 Domains of Dread, including the new cosmic horror domain Innsmouth.

Well, that's certainly on the nose.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Anyone want to do a head to head comparison between this list and Van Richten's Guide?

 

[MonsterEnvy]

The Beadle and Grim's page gives a preview of two monsters

 

[mamba]

Hmmmm….a Shadows of Sithicus mini-adventure.

My dilemma here is buying this or seeing what Beadle and Grimm comes up with.

you could always just get the digital version on DDB