D&D 5E Looking for a generic dark gothic style setting. Not Ravenloft.

[Corpsetaker]

After having watched the Castlevania series I've wanted to run a setting based loosely around the series. I'm looking for a good generic Gothic horror setting. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[guachi]

I can't think of any, though the Grand Duchy of Karameikos from the Known World has some vampire/lycanthrope centered adventures and adventure hooks as the country is vaguely modeled on Eastern Europe.

 

[jayoungr]

Innistrad? Not sure whether that's "generic" enough.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

Mask of the Red Death? To be fair, its our world with fantasy gothic elements and D&D rules, but I think its a pretty fun setting.

 

[Sunseeker]

As far as I am aware, D&D has put most of their gothic horror energy into Ravenloft. Paizo has the Ravenloft-spinoff setting Ustalav (formerly Markovia in the Greater Ravenloft Campaign Setting and now "the rift" thanks to legal issues) check it here. From what I can tell (and I am not as well read on Ustalav as I am on Ravenloft) Ustalav is apparently more "high magic".

My advice? Since I can't find one via google and I assume someone would have done it by now, take a look at all the tips for running and building a gothic horror campaign and simply convert Castlevania to D&D.

Personally, (and this is based on my 2E Ravenloft material) the Greater Ravenloft Campaign Setting has plenty of areas that aren't "Barovia" and don't have anything to do with Strahd, leaving plenty of room for gothic horror adventures in lands the vast majority of players will have never heard of, all with plenty of werewolves, vampires and mad scientists.

 

[Li Shenron]

Why not making your own?

The needed elements are pretty much there in the core books. Work backwards by eliminating what doesn't fit.

 

[Remathilis]

Innistrad? Not sure whether that's "generic" enough.

As far as I am aware, D&D has put most of their gothic horror energy into Ravenloft. Paizo has the Ravenloft-spinoff setting Ustalav (formerly Markovia in the Greater Ravenloft Campaign Setting and now "the rift" thanks to legal issues) check it here. From what I can tell (and I am not as well read on Ustalav as I am on Ravenloft) Ustalav is apparently more "high magic".

Those would have been my votes for "pre-bundled" gothic horror campaign settings.

I'd be more interested in knowing about Markovia/Ustalav and the legal issues involving that. Is there a link discussing it?

 

[Rellott]

The Morgau and Doresh areas of Kobold Press's Midgard setting (not in 5e yet but will be updated/converted soon)? Fat Goblin Games's Shadows over Vathek setting (only in PF but just steal the fluff and use 5e mechanics)?

 

[Ancalagon]

Warhammer frpg - it's not D&D, but you could run it using D&D...

 

[Herobizkit]

It's super-old, but if you can find it, Wormwood: Rifts World Book One has a pretty wacky Gothic flavor. You could easily(?) divorce the mechanics and borrow the juicy bits. Some stuff (specifically symbionts) can be plucked from pre-existing 3e supplements (Complete/Expanded Psionics Handbook, I believe).