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Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
attack roll it makes.
Soul Swap. The carrionette targets a creature it can see within 15 feet of it that is cursed by its Silver Needle. Unless the target is protected by a protection from evil and good
possesses a silver needle that pins its soul to its body. By posing as simple toys or hiding their desires, a carrionette gets close to an unsuspecting victim. It then uses its needle to swap souls
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
court of vampires and ghosts in her palace of ice. Other tales claim that when anyone dies in Lhazaar, Illmarrow chooses whether to take their soul before it passes on to the Keeper and Dolurrh.
But
island domain.
Long ago, it was revealed that the elven line of Vol â a house that practiced the art of necromancy and bore the Dragonmark of Death â was engaged in secret blood rites
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
. In the Land of the Mists, death isnât an escape, but the beginning of a new terror. Soulless Shells. Not every being among the Domains of Dread has a soul. Many inhabitants of each domain are
lives and answers to the mysteries of their home domain. Every playerâs character who was born in a domain is one of these vibrant souls. Death in Ravenloft. When a creature with a soul dies among the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Barovia, that soul remains trapped in Strahdâs domain until it is reincarnated in a newborn. It can take decades for a bodiless soul to find a host, and Barovians who share the same soul over
Souls and Shells Barovians are made of flesh and blood. They are born, they live, they age, and they die. But not all of themâonly about one in every tenâhave souls. When a being with a soul dies in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
Niranjan Darklord: Sarthak Hallmarks: Asceticism, brainwashing, shadows An island chain that once belonged to the domain of Kalakeri, the Ashram of Niranjan was a vibrant vihara, or monastery, for
his victim enter a blissful trance that causes their soul to slip away from their body over the course of days. Sarthak consumes this soul and replaces it with a shadow, leaving the victimâs body under his control.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
escape Strahdâs domain. Made with the bones of the innocent, the hagsâ dream pastries allow Barovians to enter a trance, wherein they can escape to heavenly places full of joy. When adults can no longer
pastries. This is how the hags sow corruption in Strahdâs domain and why they donât take the children by force. The hags are interested only in children who have souls. They prick each child with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
with that of a person elsewhere, perhaps another domain, world, or plane.
2 I have lived many times before, my soul reincarnating each time I die rather than passing on.
3 My consciousness
Echoing Soul Your soul isnât your own or, at least, it wasnât always yours. Whether youâve lived past lives, your soul was swapped into a different body, or you have a link connecting you to another
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
6th Soul of the Forge 8th Divine Strike (1d8) 14th Divine Strike (2d8) 17th Saint of Forge and Fire Domain Spells You gain domain spells at the cleric levels listed in the Forge Domain Spells table
Forge Domain The gods of the forge are patrons of artisans who work with metal, from a humble blacksmith who keeps a village in horseshoes and plow blades to the mighty elf artisan whose diamond
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Priest of Osybus The priests of Osybus are necromancers in the Domain of Dread known as Barovia who once veneratedâand then were betrayed byâa lich of unfathomable ambition and power. The priests
steal the souls of others to fuel their wicked magic. A priest of Osybus contains this soul power in shadowy tattoos, which the priest can draw on to defy death and become an Undead monster. Though
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
called Pharaohâs Rest, the massive pyramid of Pharaoh Ankhtepot. From here, the Darklord can see across much of the domain as he sends agents to hunt the missing piece of his soul.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
fractured soul. As the pharaoh obsesses over his lost treasure and thoughts of escaping his impossibly long undead existence, his servants plague the domain in his name. In hidden tomb-courts, withered
HarâAkir Domain of the Ancient Dead Darklord: Ankhtepot Genre: Dark fantasy Hallmarks: Ancient tombs, desert perils, lost gods, mummies Mist Talismans: Canopic jar, lapis lazuli scarab, scroll of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Cleric Forge Domain 1st Clad in heavy armor, serves a god of the forge or creation Cleric Grave Domain 1st Opposes the blight of undeath Druid Circle of Dreams 2nd Mends wounds, guards the weary, and
a martial arts tradition inspired by the swaying of a drunkard Monk Way of the Kensei 3rd Channels ki through a set of mastered weapons Monk Way of the Sun Soul 3rd Transforms ki into bursts of fire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
causes is never isolated, triggering a tragic chain of events that can throw a family, a community, or a whole domain into anguish. Those investigating the history of a calamity might discover
statistics similar to a succubus/incubus, and no matter how many times itâs defeated, it always returns. Use the Caller to create adventures involving secret histories, domain-spanning conspiracies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
their suffering with the living. Ghost stories touch on fundamental issues of human existence: the nature of the soul, the weighty fact of mortality, and the burden of ancestry and history. Spirits
closure, lingering in a place until they bring about the completion of the work they hoped to accomplish in life. In addition, consider the following genre tropes when creating your haunted domain: All
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
blood of angels
8 The commander of a legion of soul-addicted templars who punish crimes by burning criminals into psychoactive spirit dust
9 An ancient dragon whose godlike magic drains the domain of life
10 A god who killed all their peers and now rules the mortal realm
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
darkness.â Bond. âMy final age will be peaceful, and my domain will know order.â Flaw. âI will cross any boundary, uncover any secret, shred any soul, if it gains me my death.â
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide
continual furnace of creation, a domain of brilliance beyond the ability of mortal eyes to comprehend. It is a vibrant plane, so alive that travelers are empowered by visiting it. The Positive Plane has no
the Positive Plane, though touching this fundamental energy can be just as dangerous as entering the soul-siphoning annihilation of the Negative Plane. Characters who survive an excursion into the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Secret No mortal soul is entirely free of second thoughts or doubt. Even a cleric must grapple with dark desires or the forbidden attraction of turning against the teachings of oneâs deity. If you
cleric is an ordained servant of a particular god and chooses a Divine Domain associated with that deity. The clericâs magic flows from the god or the godâs sacred realm, and often the cleric bears a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Grave Domain Gods of the grave watch over the line between life and death. To these deities, death and the afterlife are a foundational part of the multiverse. To desecrate the peace of the dead is
.
Grave Domain Features Cleric Level Feature 1st Domain Spells, Circle of Mortality, Eyes of the Grave 2nd Channel Divinity: Path to the Grave 6th Sentinel at Deathâs Door 8th Potent Spellcasting 17th
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
entity in all the planes. As the lord of Minauros, Mammon oversees the soul trade. While those who pledge their souls are claimed by the devil they bargained with, lawful evil creatures that arenât
bound by any contract emerge from the River Styx as lemures. Roving bands of soul-mongers patrol the riverâs banks, harvesting the newly created devils. On its arrival, each soul passes through the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
Mists surround each of these island-realms. The bravest souls might creep from one domain to another, but doing so involves considerable danger, and many who enter the Mists are never seen again. 2. The
serve as the prisons of Darklords, villainous beings trapped and tormented by the Dark Powers. The specifics of each domain exist to ironically twist its Darklordâs desires, capturing them and their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
basis for comparison, domain inhabitants call those who speak of other worlds liars. For them, the following topics are standard aspects of life in their home domain or in a broader collection of
domains they call the Land of the Mists. Culture and Technology Each domain boasts its own culture, either drawn from the Material Plane or a parody manufactured to torment a Darklord. As such, a domain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
content to live as toys and seek to escape the confines of their diminutive bodies. Every carrionette possesses a silver needle that pins its soul to its body. By posing as simple toys or hiding
their desires, a carrionette gets close to an unsuspecting victim. It then uses its needle to swap souls with the victim, stealing the victimâs body while trapping the victimâs soul in its own doll-like
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
she could be turned into a vampire, the burgomaster of Berez, Lazlo Ulrich, with the aid of a local priest named Brother Grigor, killed Marina to save her soul from damnation. Enraged, Strahd slew the
time crafting and animating scarecrows to hunt down and kill the ravens and the wereravens that infest Strahdâs domain. When she isnât working evil magic, Baba Lysaga sacrifices beasts to Mother
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
The Huntersâ Role Once you know the form of Pharaoh Ankhtepotâs ka, determine how the characters become involved with the hunt for it. Events might make finding the soul to be in the charactersâ best
his own ka, making this revelation part of any successful hunt. Roll or choose an option from the Hunt for the Ka table to determine what form the domain-spanning quest takes. Hunt for the Ka d6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. When Strahd died and became a vampire, Vladimirâs knights should have gone to their everlasting rest, but their spirits couldnât leave Strahdâs domain. They marched to Castle Ravenloft and were
described in the Monster Manual, has a year to achieve its revenge before its body crumbles to dust and its soul enters the afterlife. In Barovia, however, a revenant can remain in its body indefinitely, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
Slaughter, magic pools can heal creatures that drink from them. In the Golem Laboratories, no Red Wizard will enter the glowing green archways. In the Mastersâ Domain, the Temples of Despair are used
for the torture and execution of those who oppose Szass Tam. In the Mastersâ Domain, necromancy can be reshaped to restore life. In the Ooze Grottos, the power of the white pillar can heal or harm
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
when featuring Ez in an adventure: Ez discovers an incarnation of the tragic soul Tatyana (detailed in the âBaroviaâ domain). While investigating ways to keep her safe, she accidentally alerts Strahdâs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
gods. As he stood before them in death, the immortals forsook him, cursing him and denying him entry to the afterlife. Instead, they returned him to the world, but stripped away a piece of his soul
, and he answered with certainty. Granted new freedom by the Dark Powers, Ankhtepot emerged from his crypt into the domain of HarâAkir. In this new land, Ankhtepot found a pious people devoted to the same
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
characters closer to sealing Ankhtepotâs doom or their own. âThe Darklordâs Soulâ below provides ideas for running adventures focused on Ankhtepotâs obsession, while the HarâAkir Adventures table suggests
other plots that might unfold in this domain. HarâAkir Adventures d8 Adventure
1 The priests of Ese seek adventurers to retrieve someone they condemned from the Labyrinth.
2 The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
others say that Phenax first emerged from the Underworld here, and his path could be retraced back into Erebosâs domain. Myth of Tymaret the Murder King
When Phenax made his escape from the Underworld
, there was one witness to his escape, an unremarkable soul called Tymaret. Sharing what heâd seen with the god of the dead, Tymaret received a cursed blessing from Erebos: he would be restored to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
across Avernus â a domain rife with tortured souls, warmongers, and devils eager to tempt would-be heroes into soul-corrupting deals. The more time she spends with the characters, the more Lulu begins
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide
, supported by mercenaries enforcing their tyrannical rule Iuz Iuz (cambion demigod) The monster-infested domain of the demonic dictator, steeped in wickedness Nyr Dyv â The Lake of Unknown Depths
, naming his domain after himself. These lands are so despoiled and dangerous that the otherwise fierce nomads of the Hunting Lands and Wegwiur pass through the Cold Marshes rather than enter the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
Mastersâ Domain This sector is the central sanctum of the Red Wizards in charge of the Doomvault. Locations in the Mastersâ Domain are identified on map 5.5. Map 5.5: Masterâs Domain Temples of
black gate.
Phaia, Red Wizard Necromancer Creatures. Phaia, a Red Wizard necromancer (see appendix B), is drawing the soul from Kelson Darktreader, a male half-elf lying on a stone table farthest from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
and manipulated by those of sufficient will. A powerful soul might be able to dominate demons, retrieve weapons of the Blood War to use in mortal conflicts, or discover spells known only in the Abyss
out of existence or connecting to different layers at random. Rituals exist that travelers can use to attune a portal to a certain domain. However, the exact specifications of such a ritual vary for