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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dimitri Mazieres" data-source="post: 4750164" data-attributes="member: 9260">Here's my opinion on the books I have from your list:RAVENLOFT Islands of Terror [RR4] - An interesting accessory for new Ravenloft domains: Nidala, Wildlands, Scaena, I'Cath, Saragoss, Timor, Pharazia, Stauton Bluffs and Nosos. Given that you already have Domains of Dread, its usefulness would be reduced to a bit more (if somewhat dated) information on domains that you mostly have access to, and a couple of new one (Wildlands, Staunton Bluffs).I wouldn't place it among my top options, if I were you.RAVENLOFT Van Richten's Guide to the Vistani - Excellent accessory! One of the best VR Guides, IMO, along with Vampires, Ghosts and Fiends. It takes the basic concept of the VRGuides (describing a monster in detail, and adding new options to surprise your players with), and applies it to the Vistani race, describing the different tribes and powers associated to them. If you like the Vistani, or the idea of mysterious gypsies for your campaign, it's an excellent choice.Btw, if you like the Van Richten's Guide line, you could consider hunting down the Van Richten's Hunter Compendiums, which compiles all 8 original guides in three tomes, with an entirely new guide on witches (hags, witches and warlocks).RAVENLOFT Champions of the Mist - Another excellent Ravenloft accessory, which I really welcomed back in the 2e days. As already said, it provides Ravenloft-specific player kits which, while some of them are underpowered, they all convey great flavor.  It also has NPCs entries for many good or neutral aligned well-known characters, which can be used as allies (a nice change from the typical antagonists entries found on RL products at the time).RAVENLOFT The Shadow Rift - Great, weird adventure in the Shadow Rift, the land of the Arak (Shadow Elves - but not those from Mystara/Hollow World). I really like it, and it has a final battle of epic proportions (and maybe consequences!). I would recommend getting also the adventure Servants of Darkness, which can be used as a prelude for this one (there are a few recurring characters).RAVENLOFT Carnival - I can't recommend this book highly enough. It's just plain excellent, even if only to read through. It details the secret society known as The Carnival (which doubles as a, well, carnival <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />) as recounted by three (IIRC) different NPCs from it, with appropriate sidebars for game information. It's only shortcoming is being just 64-page long. Really, really awesome.Btw, if you need further information on other Ravenloft products, you should check the <a href="http://www.fraternityofshadows.com/DrawingRoom.html" target="_blank">Fraternity of Shadow's Reviews page</a>. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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