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.

 

[Remathilis]

So there are 9 dark gifts, which are now 1st level feats. VRGR had eight. So we are getting at least one more gift. Additionally, Mist Wanderer is now a background, which might connect to the dark gift mist walker.

 

[TravDoc42]

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

Oh jeez, good point!

 

[Dr. Bull]

I looked closely at the DM screen... It looks pretty good!

I'm all about functionality mixed with excellent art. For the past 2 years, I've been using the DM screen for ShadowDark in my D&D games, simply because it is VERY functional. The art is good too.

Who knows? I might switch to this new Ravenloft screen, simply because it is beautiful and it contains the elements that I want in a quick-reference...

- Dr. Bull

 

[GarrettKP]

So there are 9 dark gifts, which are now 1st level feats. VRGR had eight. So we are getting at least one more gift. Additionally, Mist Wanderer is now a background, which might connect to the dark gift mist walker.

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]

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.”

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

The VGR dark gifts are very unbalanced, I think several will need a significant rework to match the power level of feats.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

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.

I would imagine that all the stat blocks from VGR and CoS will be updated to 5.5 in this book. The rest will be mostly dark lords and lovecraft monsters.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

getting cut

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.