Ravenloft is one of
Dungeons & Dragons’ most iconic settings its go-to source for all things spooky and horrifying. But, as iconic as figures like Strahd Von Zarovich and the gothic lands of Barovia are, they’re only one flavor of horror the plane has to offer. A new
D&D campaign sourcebook wants to open up new avenues for the genre on our tabletops.
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Dungeons & Dragons’ Fifth Edition, due out in May, is called
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft. It’s meant to be a resource for players to run horror-themed adventures across the dread domains of one of the most beloved planes of existence in the game’s fiction: the titular Ravenloft. The locale was first introduced in the
Typically, a
Dungeons & Dragons adventure book is all about creating a world for your heroes to go on epic campaigns detailing the vast settings of places like Eberron or Icewind Dale, or setting up cities like Waterdeep or even the
Magic: The Gatheringland of Ravnica. While its newest adventure revisits a classic
D&D location, it’s doing so to bring something new, and shorter, to the tabletop.
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Dungeons & Dragons’ Fifth Edition,
Candlekeep Mysteries. Named for the infamous magical library citadel on the Sword Coast,
Candlekeep will bring players and dungeon masters new lore and details to set their own adventures in and around one of the greatest resources of knowledge in the Forgotten Realms. But that’s not its core purpose: the whole premise of