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.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Glad Cthulhu's here but he seems kind of weak for CR25. I feel like there should be a save against Confusion to even look at him.

He's really not. He's powerful and dangerous.

 

[TravDoc42]

Fear the were-rabbit; the celery stalks at midnight!

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That movie haunted my sister's nightmares for a long time I still tease her about it!

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Surprised that, of the examples listed, all but one (nightgaunts, which are Lovecraftian) are reprints from Van Richten's Guide. I don't mind those monsters, but it is a bit odd to see, in my opinion.

VRG had 32 monsters. So we will be getting an extra new 36 monsters at least (including the 17 Dark Lords)

 

[TravDoc42]

VRG had 32 monsters. So we will be getting an extra 36 monsters (including the 17 Dark Lords)

That's a very good point, thanks!! I also means that maybe the Relentless slasher will get art this time, which would be neat!


I have a few older Ravenloft monsters in mind that would be cool to see in this, like the skin thieves (bugbear-like monsters that skin their foes and wear the skins), and brujas (cursēd, Chaotic Good hags who aid travelers in the Mists). And I'm sure they'll add some cool new ones, too!

 

[TravDoc42]

If we see Arak fey in this, I will be so happy. I do not have hopes up, but I adore them! We need more creepy fey, in my opinion!

There's 9 Arak subspecies, one for each alignment, which would be asking a lot... but even just a few would be neat!

Edit: Is Tepest confirmed at all?

 

[Stormonu]

"10 domain denizens for your party to encounter" - so like Van Richten, the Weathermay Twins, Alanik Ray and such? That'd actually be nice, especially if they can be advanced with the sidekick rules to follow the PCs on their journeys.

As far as creatures, maybe we'll get the actual stats for Bagman this time around? Maybe even ..dare I say... Gobylns?

 

[TravDoc42]

As far as creatures, maybe we'll get the actual stats for Bagman this time around? Maybe even ..dare I say... Gobylns?

Oh yeah, the Bagman and goblyn fiasco*. I would love to see them actually get stats, I agree!


*A bit of an exaggeration, but it was upsetting to me.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

brujas (cursēd, Chaotic Good hags who aid travelers in the Mists)

Wow. So, cool idea for a monster, but absolutely no on that name.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

As far as creatures, maybe we'll get the actual stats for Bagman this time around? Maybe even ..dare I say... Gobylns?

I really, really don't want the Bagman to get lost into the mists (!) of history.

 

[JDazzle]

What's the Play-Along pack?