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.

 

[TravDoc42]

Sithicus may end up being "DLC."

I really hope that isn't the case!

 

[TravDoc42]

Carnival was a domain in 2e and Isode was it's Lord. The difference was she was mysterious and never seen, whereas with Nepenthe she is allowed to be a tortured hero rather than a fallen angel.

Ohh, good to know! Thanks, I must've misread something!

 

[Remathilis]

Ohh, good to know! Thanks, I must've misread something!

It was touched on the 2e product Carnival (it was one of the last 2e Ravenloft products). The idea was that most people thought it was just a traveling show and it isn't until the very last page of the supplement that the Dark Lord is revealed. The 5e version doesn't hide it's domain status but does still hide the dark lord via the bait and switch.

 

[Parmandur]

The Foundry preview also lists out the ten genrea the book will detail somehow:

"10 genres of horror: body horror, cosmic horror, dark fantasy, folk horror, ghost stories, gothic horror, disaster horror, occult detective stories, psychological horror, and slasher horror."

 

[TravDoc42]

Sithicus may end up being "DLC."

I just noticed that the D&D Beyond order screen for the book mentions a "New domain". If that singular phrasing is intentional, I bet that means Innsmouth, and thus that Sithicus is DLC.

That may change my plans somewhat.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Sithicus not being in the core book would be weird, given that Soth's art is prominently part of this year's road map and they're using Sithicus to promote the book.

"Oops, your death knight is in another castle" would be a weird mistake from a team that seems to be doing a lot better than the prior regime.

 

[Davy Greenwind]

Sithicus not being in the core book would be weird, given that Soth's art is prominently part of this year's road map and they're using Sithicus to promote the book.

"Oops, your death knight is in another castle" would be a weird mistake from a team that seems to be doing a lot better than the prior regime.

The reason I think Sithicus might be DLC is because the "D&D Encounters: Shadows of Sithicus mini-adventure" is listed as a digital pre-order bonus. But, it could also be additional adventure content for a Domain that is included in the book. I guess we won't know until the table of contents leak.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I bet that means Innsmouth, and thus that Sithicus is DLC.

Sithicus isn’t a new domain, it’s an old domain that wasn’t in VGR. Innsmouth is new - it has never been in any previous product.

They are putting Soth front and centre in the marketing, and we have seen his page. He isn’t not going to be in the book, and therefore his domain is in too.

The “adventure” like most preorder stuff, will be a 3 page bit of fluff.

 

[TravDoc42]

Sithicus isn’t a new domain, it’s an old domain that wasn’t in VGR. Innsmouth is new - it has never been in any previous product.

Ohh, good point! I didn't think of that, my bad!!

 

[Paul Farquhar]

slasher horror

occult detective stories

These two are interesting, the only domain labelled slasher in VGR was Valachan, and occult detective stories was the Varge Agency (which I think was cool, but it wasn’t really fleshed out). I ran a slasher in the Carnival though, and I guess occult detectives might be found in Innsmouth.