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It’s almost time to descend onto the dread demi-plane of Ravenloft and its many realms when
Dungeons & Dragons releases its latest sourcebook,
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft. There’s so much more to the horrors of Ravenloft than what our dear friend Strahd is up to though. io9 has a sneak peek inside just one of those new spooky lands and spoke to senior
D&D game designer Wes Schneider to find out more.
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The new sourcebook lets players venture beyond Strahd Von Zarovich’s lands in the iconic realm of Barovia already well-mined in Fifth Edition’s
D&D’s new Ravenloft book swaps outdated tropes for a high-fantasy approach May 3, 2021, 5:08pm EDT
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Wizards of the Coast is rebooting the many realms of Ravenloft, a classic setting for Dungeons & Dragons. Due out on May 18,
contains more than 30 new Domains of Dread, each with its own darklord for groups to explore together. Lead designer Wes Schneider told Polygon that the goal was to move beyond the derivative tropes that have plagued the Ravenloft setting in the past, while also allowing players to engage with the material from a number of different perspectives.