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.

 

[Davy Greenwind]

So we have confirmed:

• Barovia
• Borca
• Falkovia
• Innsmouth
• Sithicus
• Valachan
• Lamordia
• Hazlan
• Har'Akir
• Tepest (darklord art)
• Kalakeri (darklord art)
• Darkon (B&G map)
• Mordent (B&G Map)

That's 13 confirmed. The ones from VGR not confirmed are Dementlieu, Bluetspur, Carnival, iCath, Kartakass, and Richemulot. If I was betting man, Dementleu, Kartakass, and Richemulot get the last three slots and Bluestpur, iCath and the Carnival sit this one out. It also means the only new domains are Innsmouth and Sithicus.

There was some I'Cath art floating around somewhere...

 

[Remathilis]

There was some I'Cath art floating around somewhere...

I saw the jiangshi got updated art. I'm assuming its just an updated monster rather than for iCath. If it is, then I think Richemulot gets backburnered.

 

[Davy Greenwind]

I saw the jiangshi got updated art. I'm assuming its just an updated monster rather than for iCath. If it is, then I think Richemulot gets backburnered.

Yeah, that was it. Maybe it is just the monster. Because, after all, the ones that aren't getting the full treatment can still show up in the "Other Domains" section

 

[Remathilis]

Reddit said Sadria D'Honoraire is confirmed via art, and both the Loup Garou and the Jiangshi got art. So 50/50 on Kartakass and iCath..

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I think one of the pseudo-French domains is more likely to not be covered, probably the Covid domain, rather than iCath, which at least is distinctively unlike any other domain.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I think one of the pseudo-French domains is more likely to not be covered, probably the Covid domain, rather than iCath, which at least is distinctively unlike any other domain.

Yeah, the COVID domain, even at the time, felt aggressively on the nose.

 

[Remathilis]

Yeah, the COVID domain, even at the time, felt aggressively on the nose.

I mean, the original Richemulot was basically Borca-but-wererats. The plague domain was at least original.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I mean, the original Richemulot was basically Borca-but-wererats. The plague domain was at least original.

Yes, but I don't think any content meant to be evergreen, like D&D books, should be so dated, so quickly.

 

[Remathilis]

Yes, but I don't think any content meant to be evergreen, like D&D books, should be so dated, so quickly.

Well it's not like Covid was the first major pandemic. Outbreaks of Cholera, TB and plague were massive in the old world and sadly not uncommon today. Bad knowledge of disease lead to a lot of horror tropes from vampires to plague doctors. But I understand a lot of people lived though the trauma of the covid lockdowns and aren't quick to want to replicate it in their games. Maybe a little too close to home.

But man, you can get a LOT of potential hooks for Richemulot just by reading accounts of the Black Death in places like Venice or the terror of Poveglia Island. But you make one offhand reference to wearing a mask and everyone calls it the covid domain...

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Well it's not like Covid was the first major pandemic. Outbreaks of Cholera, TB and plague were massive in the old world and sadly not uncommon today. Bad knowledge of disease lead to a lot of horror tropes from vampires to plague doctors. But I understand a lot of people lived though the trauma of the covid lockdowns and aren't quick to want to replicate it in their games. Maybe a little too close to home.

But man, you can get a LOT of potential hooks for Richemulot just by reading accounts of the Black Death in places like Venice or the terror of Poveglia Island. But you make one offhand reference to wearing a mask and everyone calls it the covid domain...

VGR came out in 2021, but there is a roughly two year cycle on these things, so it may have been written in 2019, before Covid, inspired by the Black Death and Poe. It may have been just bad timing.