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

Remathilis · 2026-04-14T12:26:14+0100

GarrettKP said:
Think it’s confirmed all 4 subclasses have either an origin feat (one of the two new ones or one from the PHB, idk which) OR you can sub in a dark gift in place of your origin feat. I doubt any of the 4 have a mandated dark gift va just “pick one.”

Paul Farquhar said:
Mist Walker may just be an Origin Feat now, rather than a dark gift.

This is my thought. Mist walker could lose the kiss/curse feature and just be the second origin feat. That would make two new dark gifts. Assuming the other originals all return.

DEFCON 1 · 2026-04-14T13:46:00+0100

If (general) you think they are selling you the same thing twice, just don't buy it. No one is required to buy every product.

Davy Greenwind · 2026-04-14T14:19:58+0100

Paul Farquhar said:
Not describing a domain in a specific book is not "cutting" it. The upcoming Guide to the Dalelands is not cutting the rest of the Forgotten Realms.

I mean cut from the book, not from existence

Paul Farquhar · 2026-04-14T14:51:16+0100

Davy Greenwind said:
I mean cut from the book, not from existence

Which is still incorrect. In order for something to be cut, it must have first been in. This book contains a selection of domains. Some are new, some are old, some were in VGR, some were not. But there is no evidence that anything that was at some point planned to be in was cut.

GarrettKP · 2026-04-14T15:02:29+0100

Remathilis said:
This is my thought. Mist walker could lose the kiss/curse feature and just be the second origin feat. That would make two new dark gifts. Assuming the other originals all return.

I guess it is possible. We know one of the two origin feats based on the preview pages (Sharp Eye, found on the Investigator).

Davy Greenwind · 2026-04-14T15:02:50+0100

Paul Farquhar said:
Which is still incorrect. In order for something to be cut, it must have first been in. This book contains a selection of domains. Some are new, some are old, some were in VGR, some were not. But there is no evidence that anything that was at some point planned to be in was cut.

VGR was most likely their starting point, the way 2014 PHB was the starting point for the 2024 PHB. But anyway, this is just semantics. If you prefer, I could say "Two Domains of Dread which were fully detailed in VGR, the previous Ravenloft product, may not appear in this new Ravenloft product, or may appear with less details in a different section of the book."

Remathilis · 2026-04-14T15:40:22+0100

GarrettKP said:
I guess it is possible. We know one of the two origin feats based on the preview pages (Sharp Eye, found on the Investigator).

That leaves other three backgrounds (spirit medium, haunted one, and mist wanderer) to either reuse the two origin feats or use PHB origin feats. Both are possible. I'm just seeing a lot of crossover between the mist wanderer background and mist walker dark gift, enough to possibly link them.

We'll see when preview season starts

GarrettKP · 2026-04-14T15:55:10+0100

Remathilis said:
That leaves other three backgrounds (spirit medium, haunted one, and mist wanderer) to either reuse the two origin feats or use PHB origin feats. Both are possible. I'm just seeing a lot of crossover between the mist wanderer background and mist walker dark gift, enough to possibly link them.

We'll see when preview season starts

I just think the Mist Walker Dark Gift is too powerful to be an “origin” feat. But we will see sooner than later now.

JDazzle · 2026-04-14T18:51:54+0100

Paul Farquhar said:
Not describing a domain in a specific book is not "cutting" it. The upcoming Guide to the Dalelands is not cutting the rest of the Forgotten Realms.

I mean, if you look at the history of Ravenloft campaign settings, all domains listed usually indicates that they are still in the Mists (Domain of Dread, etc) and a domain disappearing or not being mentioned typically means it has been released, lost, merged with another, etc.
So, based on this history of Ravenloft campaigns, if it's not listed there it is very likely that it is "cut" in the most literal sense

Paul Farquhar · 2026-04-14T19:02:28+0100

JDazzle said:
I mean, if you look at the history of Ravenloft campaign settings, all domains listed usually indicates that they are still in the Mists (Domain of Dread, etc) and a domain disappearing or not being mentioned typically means it has been released, lost, merged with another, etc.
So, based on this history of Ravenloft campaigns, if it's not listed there it is very likely that it is "cut" in the most literal sense

This is, frankly, nonsense.