I wonder if they've retconned Lukas to be a werewolf? Verbrek isn't here, and it'd be weird to see a setting based around gothic horror tropes without werewolves.The Dungeons & Dragons team has announced a new horror-themed sourcebook, Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft ( see it at Amazon).Featuring work from authors like Cassandra Khaw, Molly Ostertag, and K. Have wolfweres been given a writeup in 5e? There doesn't seem to be one in the monster section of this book (we do get the loup garou however), yet we've got coverage of Kartakass and Harkon Lukas is still the darklord, and there doesn't seem to be another major lycanthrope-focused domain other than Richemulot which is all about rats. Cut out the adventure, and you can double the size of those writeups, maybe include some more art etc. All the 'additional domains' get half a page each in the book as it stands, which is hardly enough to give the darklord two sentences. You can only squeeze a tiny module into that space, which will be played through in a trice, but it manages to eat vast amounts of space in a book that's meant to be the much-used primary reference for all Ravenloft games. Nearly 10% of the book is devoted to the adventure. It has no re-usability value, no value at all (or even negative value) if you're a player, and especially when this is the only Ravenloft 5e book we're likely to get, it just seem like a waste. (Rant warning) I dunno whether it's just me, but i really really hate it when campaign setting books devote a huge chunk of their pagecount to an adventure. I think Niranjan is new though? Vhage Agency certainly is. They've gone seriously deep in some obscure 2e lore to pull out Klorr and Risibilos. I was very much hoping for some rules support for a more gunpowder-era setting with greater emphasis on firearms and less on heavy armour, which has a long history in Ravenloft, especially given the artwork seems to be trending in that direction too. Hah, I totally called the Eberron train domain! Presumably that two pages about 'Life in the Domains of Dread' is going to be doing a lot of work. I can't see anything at all about deities in the contents. I have no idea who Osybus is, or what an Ulmist Inquisitor is. And i guess you can use Strahd, Godefroy etc as examples for up-powered gothic enemies anyway, and there may be guidelines in the 'Building your own Darklord' bit. I'm a bit sad about that, but i guess it does fit with the 5e philosophy of handcrafting powerful unique monsters rather than constructing them via templates etc. The various age categories of vampires, differing magnitude of ghosts etc didn't make it to the monster list. I assume it'll have a new darklord, there doesn't seem much point to having Kas without Vecna. Even the most jaded D&D player will be completely surprised by them.Ī bit surprised to see Tovag made it to the new edition. Using spells and magic items from CoC also works wonders in throwing D&D players for a loop. There's a lot of amazing monsters to throw at your party. If you're a Ravenloft DM and you want more new nasties to throw at your players, check out Call of Cthulhu. I cannot wait to terrorize my players with that. But I'm not getting that vibe from what we've seen so far.īy the way, the Bagman is fantastic. I sincerely hope the new Ravenloft book pushing the setting more towards horror. Ravenloft is "D&D with a Halloween costume on". Ravenloft is one of my favorite D&D settings. I'm not saying Ravenloft is less than or bad or anything. They're both trying to evoke the thing, but they're not the thing itself. Pointing to Ravenloft and saying horror is akin to pointing to the kid in the mask and saying serial killer. It's not horror, it's "D&D with a Halloween costume on". Now, if you point to that kid and think there's a real supernatural serial killer at your door, you'd be mistaken. It's Halloween and you have a kid at your door wearing an ill-fitting Michael Meyers costume complete with William Shatner mask and one of those plastic knives that has blood dripping down the blade if you hold it just so. I think your previous statement is most apt. A horror comic book is still horror, just as a horror movie is still horror, just as a horror game is still horror. Doesn't matter which medium we're talking about.
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