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Product Link Product Type: Character Options CoS-Required? No The Domains of Dread are full of all sorts of horror and fantasy tropes: mages trafficking with dark forces, brave paladins doomed to grim ends, cursed lycanthropes who are equal parts victim and victimizer, and how sometimes the...

Same. There is a part of me that is motivated to write a Weekend at Strahd's scenario more in line with what you suggested. It would be for free and not a professional work, but I am concerned it would come off as too much of a "Take That" at the person who wrote the original adventure.

No need to worry about little ol' me, I already read the entire thing!

Product Link Product Type: Character Options, DMing Tools CoS-Required? No Note: As this is an art-free book and this post is lengthy, I’m using portraits from various 3rd Edition Ravenloft products. While horror campaigns shine under scarcity of numbers, the various Castle Ravenloft...

Between the setting’s various appearances across Editions, the reincarnation cycle of Tatyana, and the hordes of deceased adventurers in the March of the Dead, it goes without saying that Strahd Von Zarovich has seen his fair share of strange and interesting people coming into his domain. Now...

Product Link Product Type: Adventure CoS-Required? Yes This is a sourcebook dedicated to fleshing out the famous dinner scene at Castle Ravenloft. But with less eating and more catty infighting and drama. Designed for 4-6 PCs of levels 3rd to 11th, it can occur at virtually any time in Curse...

Dungeons of Drakkenheim is one of my top 3 5e campaigns to run after I finish my current Curse of Strahd campaign. Perhaps not immediately (may switch to something smaller-scale or even another system), but everything from the adventure structure to the plot really speak to me in a way few other...

Product Link Product Type: Adventure CoS-Required? No When it comes to the DM’s Guild, Oliver Clegg is one of the more prolific creators of Ravenloft material. However, he often veers between more serious works or outright parodies suitable for one-shots. Regardless, his books are nothing if...

Product Link Product Type: Adventure CoS-Required? No, but is written with it in mind It’s October, and you know what that means: time for some more reviews of fan-made Ravenloft products! I’m happy to say that people are still churning out interesting content for this setting on the Dungeon...

New review, woohoo! A dark fantasy adventure, just in time for October!

Correct. Specifically the Southlands Player's Guide. There's a playable option for gnolls in DM Guild material for Eberron by Keith Baker. Exploring Eberron specifically, given they can run the gamut of alignments like most other creatures in that world. Midgard gnolls are a martially-inclined...

You're welcome! Back when I initially reviewed this, the book was relatively new on the Guild. Now, it's one of the best-selling third party Dragonlance books on the site, which I'm very heartened to see. Turns out there's huge demand for solo wizard adventures, whodathunkit?

I haven't reviewed any of the Grim Hollow books. As for being a worthwhile purchase, I'd recommend it only if you're a huge fan of new subclasses. The new races are neat, but they're a tiny amount of page content. And the survey of the lands of Etharis are a fraction of what is covered in the...

Let's continue the dark fantasy trend with Dungeons of Drakkenheim!

Another great review, Sparky! I already own and read the book, but still had fun reading your take on it. Of the sample adventures, I like Tavern of the Lost the most. I realize it's more linear and "walled in" than the others, but it has great atmosphere and can be easily put in other...

This also ties in to why I feel that low/no-magic campaigns which attempt to put the PCs "in the muck"* work less well for 5e than 3e. At least with 3rd Edition you had a lot of caster classes, but plenty of alternate classes and archetypes from all manner of sources that you can still have some...

Ravenloft's modular nature in connecting to various campaign worlds is a veritable treasure trove of "put it in X setting" ideas. Beast World's been on my mind on account of them releasing their second KickStarter, and Curse of Strahd because we're around one week from October. I don't know...

Curse of Strahd in the Beast World Source: Mourning Robin by DesuBox The Land of Mists is a drifting island in the Multiverse, the cast-off remains of other planes washing up on its shores. In the most common interpretation it is a demiplane, or a group of demiplanes in the Ethereal Plane or...

One thing I like with the two-page spread art is that it shows that you can have a dark fantasy setting that is still high magic in feel. It's been common for many such settings to go for the low fantasy feel where magic, nonhumans, and the like are rare, often mythical things. And while that...

Making a Far Cry style sandbox with Everyday Heroes is an idea I've been entertaining but am unlikely to write anytime soon given my other responsibilities. It's nice to see someone else thinking the same thing I've been thinking. Don't worry about delayed reviews; I've been there myself. Also...