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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
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The next campaign book for 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons is titled
and it’s due out on May 18. The 256-page volume details 30 new and reimagined realms from the Ravenloft multiverse, packaged as micro-settings for your next campaign. Each realm comes complete with its own unique villain for players to fight against, plus heroes new and old to fight alongside.
Fans of the popular
Curse of Strahd campaign will know Ravenloft as the lair of the vampire Strahd von Zharovich, but it’s also the name of an expansive campaign setting published throughout the 1990s.