Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft is a 5th-edition Dungeons & Dragons sourcebook detailing Ravenloft. It was released on May 18, 2021.
Product Overview[]
“
Explore the horrors of Ravenloft in this campaign sourcebook for the world’s greatest roleplaying game.
Terror stalks the nightmare realms of Ravenloft. No one knows this better than monster scholar Rudolph van Richten. To arm a new generation against the creatures of the night, van Richten has compiled his correspondence and case files into this tome of eerie tales and chilling truths.
- Travel (perhaps even by choice) to Ravenloft's expanded Domains of Dread—each domain with its own unique flavor of horror, thrilling story hooks, and grisly cast of characters
- Craft your own D&D horror settings, add tension with optional rules, and get advice for running a game that's ghastly in all the right ways
- Create characters with lineages tied to vampires, undead, and hags, horror-themed subclasses, the Investigator background, and "Dark Gifts" that may be a double-edged sword
- Unleash nightmarish monsters from an expanded bestiary, and browse a collection of mysterious trinkets
- Explore Ravenloft in the included Dungeons & Dragons adventure—play as a stand-alone adventure or drop it into your current game for a bit of sinister fun
”
Contents[]
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Character Creation
- Haunted Heroes
- Lineages
- Dark Gifts
- Subclass Options
- Backgrounds
- Horror Trinkets
- Chapter 2: Creating Domains of Dread
- Creating a Dark Lord
- Creating a Domain
- Genres of Horror
- Body Horror
- Cosmic Horror
- Dark Fantasy
- Folk Horror
- Ghost Story
- Gothic Horror
- Other Horror Genres
- Chapter 3: Domains of Ravenloft
- Nature of Ravenloft
- The Mists
- Featured Domains
- Nature of Ravenloft
- Chapter 4: Horror Adventures
- Chapter 5: Monsters of Ravenloft
- Appendix: Spirit Board
Index[]
The following index only covers the primary chapters of the book. The adventure "The House of Lament" is indexed separately here.
Characters[]
- Ankhtepot • Ezmerelda d'Avenir • Hazlik • Harkon Lukas • Rudolph van Richten • Jander Sunstar • Savra Sunstar • Tsien Chiang • Strahd von Zarovich
- Referenced only
- Gondegal • Last Passenger • Osybus
Creatures[]
- dhampir • gremishka • human • jiangshi • loup garou • mind flayer • mummy • necrichor • nosferatu • priest of Osybus • purple worm • stone giant • undead • vampire
- Referenced only
- lich
Locations[]
Organizations[]
- Ulmist Inquisition • Vistani
- Referenced only
- Red Wizards
Miscellaneous[]
- Referenced only
- lightning rail • Mourning
Appendix[]
External Links[]
- Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft article at the Forgotten Realms Wiki, a wiki for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting.
- Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft article at the Eberron Wiki, a wiki for the Eberron campaign setting.
- Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft article at Mistipedia, a wiki for the Ravenloft campaign setting run by The Fraternity of Shadows.
Further Readings[]
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References[]
Sources[]
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