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Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within) and sold him to his death at the hands of the vampire Baron Metus. In the brief time Ez knew Erasmus, the youth spoke lovingly of a different sort of family than the one Ez
’s skillful slaying of monsters and her bravery in the face of supernatural perils have earned her a reputation as a folk hero and Mist wanderer of note. Although her adventures have cost her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Tomb of Horrors Before there was much of anything else in the world of the D&D game, there was the Tomb of Horrors. The first version of the adventure was crafted for Gary Gygax’s personal campaign
in the early 1970s and went on to be featured as the official Dungeons & Dragons event at the original Origins gaming convention in 1975. The first publication of Tomb of Horrors, as a part of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Using This Book This book explores the Domains of Dread and helps you create frightful adventures and heroes ready to confront horrors. It requires the Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, and
adventures. Chapter 2 details prominent Domains of Dread, along with their Darklords and adventures within. Chapter 3 provides tools for Dungeon Masters running horror adventures, including ways to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Shadows of Sithicus
Details
In this and the other adventures in D&D Encounters, many details are left up to the DM to fill in. Use the information about the Dread Domains in Ravenloft: The Horrors Within to add story
elements.
Additionally, each adventure uses a map from the Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Map Pack for the combat encounters.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Adventures in San Citlán Consider the plots on the San Citlán Adventures table when planning adventures in San Citlán. San Citlán Adventures d4 Adventure 1 A revolutionary asks the characters to
rid a mine connected to Los Gavilanes of ankhegs so it can be used to smuggle information out of the city. 2 Intrigued by Marfil Ironworks’ signature magical bodyguards (helmed horrors), a wizard named
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
the following details: Domain. This initial section introduces the domain, its unique horrors, and notable locations. Darklord. The domain’s Darklord, their stat block, effects they create within their
domain, how they close their domain’s borders (see the introduction), and details of their lair appear here. Adventures. This section provides guidance on creating adventures in the domain, a campaign outline, and short adventures. This chapter concludes with an overview of additional domains.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
abilities. This chapter explores ways to help you, the DM, make even the most commonplace monsters more frightening, as well as providing a host of horrors to add to your adventures in the Mists. Darklord Maligno and his carrionette servants ambush
the detectives Alanik Ray and Arthur Sedgwick
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Dagger Danger!
play for levels 1-12!
If you want to dive into a D&D setting, Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn has a whole world to explore!
If spooky games are fun for you and your players, Ravenloft: The Horrors Within offers frightfully good horror-themed inspiration!
their reward for the dagger. Now What?!
If the characters complete this adventure successfully, you have many options to continue their adventures. Here are just a few. All of these are available
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Additional Locations You can turn this adventure into an entire campaign by adding additional locations containing more missing components of the Infernal Machine. Just as the Tomb of Horrors was
repurposed here, you might similarly repurpose other adventures from D&D history or your previous campaigns, manipulating their time lines to create alternative scenarios. So many of the iconic locations
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
nightmares. This chapter explores how to create a character prepared to face the horrors of Ravenloft, while also forging ties to the haunted pedigrees and grim fates common to the Domains of Dread
adventures. Lineages. Consider an origin that ties you to a grim progenitor or inexplicable experience. Lineages can serve as your character’s race or overshadow your previous race. Dark Gifts. Determine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Chapter 8: Adventuring Delving into the ancient Tomb of Horrors, slipping through the back alleys of Waterdeep, hacking a fresh trail through the thick jungles on the Isle of Dread—these are the
things that Dungeons & Dragons adventures are made of. Your character in the game might explore forgotten ruins and uncharted lands, uncover dark secrets and sinister plots, and slay foul monsters. And
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Chapter 8: Adventuring Delving into the ancient Tomb of Horrors, slipping through the back alleys of Waterdeep, hacking a fresh trail through the thick jungles on the Isle of Dread—these are the
things that Dungeons & Dragons adventures are made of. Your character in the game might explore forgotten ruins and uncharted lands, uncover dark secrets and sinister plots, and slay foul monsters. And if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masters: Zombie Clot Play-Along Pack
Using This Supplement To use this supplement, you need the D&D Beyond Basic Rules (available for free on D&D Beyond). In Appendix A, you’ll find the necessary stat blocks from Ravenloft: The Horrors
adventure already set up—complete with the map, monsters, and tokens ready for your party to play. Want to make it your own? Use those same components (and any others in your collection) to forge entirely new adventures all in Maps VTT.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
and the surrounding lands, tantalizing adventurers who dare face untold horrors for the promise of wealth and magic. Scholars and mages alike seek Netherese knowledge, whether to illuminate history
possible. Hidden in the present day are time gates that lead to ancient Netheril and facilitate these adventures. Additionally, unfettered experimentation with Netherese magic in the past or present
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
find themselves stranded in the gray mists of the Mournland, facing the dangers of a war-ravaged land as they try to find their way back to their original destination. The greatest horrors they are
. Weaving these themes together, or exploring either one in isolation, can give Eberron stories a unique feel. Adventures that take advantage of those themes help to reinforce a sense of place
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
Horrors was born in Gary Gygax’s home campaign and introduced to the world at the first Origins game convention in 1975. Since its original publication in 1978, Tomb of Horrors has risen to legendary
status among D&D players and is generally regarded as one of the greatest adventures of all time.
In the words of its creator, “This is a thinking person’s adventure.” It was designed not for player
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
of additional domains that make up the Domains of Dread. Detail and explore these domains in your adventures as you please, or use them as examples when creating your own domains using the guidance in
chapter 2. Not all domains need to be elaborately detailed settings. As the domains in this section demonstrate, creating a simple concept for a Darklord and the horrors surrounding them can be a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
horrors. The accompanying map shows the Sword Coast region surrounding Phandalin. Several locations of interest are marked, including Underdark locations key to this adventure’s plot. Other parts of the map remain unlabeled, and the adventures that characters find there are yours to design!
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Cosmic Horror Plots Adventures in cosmic horror realms are bleak, desperate affairs where the best one can hope for is to survive relatively intact. There is no stopping the ultimate evil, but
sapient, unholy tome from reaching a group of cultists.
3 Save the inheritors of an ancient sect before they transform into horrors.
4 Stop the sacrifice of a young noble by those who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Credits from the Original Adventures Tomb of Horrors (1978) Design: Gary Gygax
White Plume Mountain (1979) Design: Lawrence Schick
Editing and Suggestions: Mike Carr, Allen Hammack, Harold
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Astarion's Book of Hungers
torments and the horrors of his undead life, Astarion armed himself with sardonic wit, flirtation, and a dark sense of humor. Decades of nocturnal hunts taught Astarion about all facets of vampiric life
wherever you set your Dungeons & Dragons adventures. Employing these details, Astarion fans can adventure alongside their favorite vampire spawn, while all players can discover what lurks in the seediest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Adventures in Lamordia Themes of body horror pervade adventures set in Lamordia. Here characters might become victims of Dr. Mordenheim’s experiments or uncover terrible truths underlying the
, icy Fey spirits, or the Sleeping Beast—feel about the land’s exploitation? The monsters that roam Lamordia are lab-crafted horrors or mutated beasts, but use the statistics of creatures from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
frigid realm. Prison Plane Dawn Carlos Unknown horrors are entrapped in the ice of Carceri No one can leave Carceri easily. Magical efforts to leave the plane by any spell other than Wish simply fail
flows between Carceri and its neighbors, the passage is extremely dangerous, and ferries leading out of Carceri are both rare and expensive. Carceri Adventures Carceri is a sunless plane of despair, of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
servants.
Canyon Shrine Adventures A journey into a canyon where Mogis is worshiped can be an adventure full of unspeakable horrors. A group of characters could come to a canyon shrine as armed escorts
catoblepas or a chimera. The Canyon Shrine Adventures table offers ideas for adventures in such a place.
(DAARKEN) Canyon Shrine Adventures d10 Adventure Goal
1 Survive a journey through the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
, but the antagonists the characters face are concrete, fallible people. Villain Identities Cosmic horror villains often perpetrate horrors as they strive for outcomes they can’t articulate. Choose from
. Cosmic Horror Adventures Adventures in cosmic horror realms are bleak, desperate affairs, where the best one can hope for is to survive relatively intact. There is no stopping the ultimate evil, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Domain Details To reinforce the types of horror your adventures explore and give domains their own malicious personalities, consider these setting elements. Sylvain Sarrailh Those who enter the
think about adventures in a domain as explorations of a Darklord’s identity. For example, Barovia’s gothic horror themes include deception, oppression, and predation, all of which are aspects of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Tales from the Yawning Portal The adventures in this book consist of classic dungeons, which you can use to expand the possibilities for adventuring in the Dreadwood and the Hool Marshes. The Sunless
prowess and recruits them to lead an expedition to defeat giants that are despoiling realms in the western mountains. If the characters succeed, they become trusted allies of the crown. The Tomb of Horrors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Describing Horror The horrors populating your adventures can take endless forms, whether they be foes, impending events, or magical forces. Rather than just naming what the terrible thing is, inspire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Horror in Mordent Adventures in Mordent often include the following elements. The Apparatus Wilfred is obsessed with control over the dead and the living. He knows where the magical device known as
of Heroes Despite the horrors lurking in Mordent, the domain hosts several quiet, relatively peaceful communities. Characters from Mordent might have had relatively peaceful, mundane lives before
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
and west, which they hope to achieve through the marriage of Countess Belissica Gellor to Byron Lorinar, eldest son of Duke Jalken Lorinar. Eastern Flanaess Adventures The story of the Eastern Flanaess
halflings as well as humans, while those in the Hestmark Highlands include dwarves and gnomes. Tomb of Horrors. Deep within the Vast Swamp is the sinister Tomb of Horrors—a labyrinthine crypt filled with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
retreat. If a great champion of Iroas loses their moral compass amid the horrors of war and commits atrocities in the name of victory, Iroas himself will send heroes to stop the fallen champion. The
retinue lack subtlety and excel in physical combat. Adventures that bring characters into conflict with Iroas’s agents might pit them against monsters such as these. The Iroas’s Monsters table presents
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
adventures. 6. Heroes Confront Horrors. Ravenloft is not a land of heroes. Few seek out danger in the Mists or challenge Darklords. Fear and forces within characters themselves—potentially in the form
, but they also collect characters to participate in specific terrifying adventures. Ravenloft can claim a soul for one night of terror or for an inescapable nightmare, whichever suits the needs of your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
something else take note of them? Consistency of Experience. Do the answers to these questions apply to all of the characters? Campaign Themes Explore the types of horror adventures you’re interested in by
Setting Models” later in this chapter details ways to shape the setting to suit your adventures. Review that section and the following questions as you consider how the nature of the Domains of Dread might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
anywhere and anytime she can’t. The Nylea’s Quests table suggests a few adventures the god’s champions might involve themselves in. Nylea’s Quests d6 Adventure Goal
1 Free a hydra that has
been captured and imprisoned in a menagerie.
2 Investigate reports of unnatural horrors infesting the Nessian Wood.
3 Plant a golden acorn in a distant grove guarded by monsters.
4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Horror in Kartakass Kartakan adventures often include the following elements. Harkon’s Curse Harkon Lukas can create a copy of his signature necklace once per month on the night of the full moon
Harkon in his plots and knows many of the Darklord’s secrets, so Harkon compensates him well. Traces of Terror Kartakass’s charm masks its horrors. Roll on or choose a result from the Kartakass Sights