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Dungeon Masters: Ravenloft Play-Along Pack
following spells, requiring no spell components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13):
At Will: Fog Cloud
1/Day: CommandThe Mists separating the Domains of Dread are far from
safe—or empty. Mist horrors are animate clouds of vapor, barely perceptible within the Mists. In the presence of creatures, these vaporous terrors take the shape of their viewers&rsquo
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following spells, requiring no spell components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13):
At Will: Fog Cloud
1/Day: CommandThe Mists separating the Domains of Dread are far from
safe—or empty. Mist horrors are animate clouds of vapor, barely perceptible within the Mists. In the presence of creatures, these vaporous terrors take the shape of their viewers&rsquo
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
consort with Fiends and Undead, and they reject many of the goodly things from their former lives.
Blackguards often adorn their armor and weapons with dread accoutrements or are marked by eerie
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Accoutrement
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Armor etched with stylized depictions of gruesome battles
2
Helm wrought in the shape of a demonic boar
3
Helm wrought to
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
flaws:
Harmed by Running Water. While in running water, Strahd takes 20 acid damage if he ends his turn there, and he can’t use his Change Shape.
Sunlight Hypersensitivity. While in sunlight
, Strahd takes 20 radiant damage at the start of his turn, has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks, and can’t use his Change Shape bonus action.Multiattack. Strahd makes two Death Strike
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
.
Nightmare speakers revel in torturing others, keeping their victims in a constant state of fear and dread. They prefer to terrify rather than kill their opponents. They manipulate communities for
the purpose of acquiring more victims and enjoy the company of Undead.PoisonChange Shape. The yuan-ti transforms into a Medium snake or back into its true form. Its statistics are the same in each form
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
like another creature of her general size and humanoid shape. The illusion ends if the hag takes a bonus action to end it or if she dies.
The changes wrought by this effect fail to hold up to physical
with her.Three Green Hag (Coven Variant);green hags named Dread Morgan, Vile Sazha, and Auntie Greenbones were once rivals who dwelled in an area of the Feywild coterminous with the High Forest. A
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Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in Domain). If Strahd fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Misty Escape. If Strahd drops to 0 Hit Points outside his resting place, he uses Shape-Shift
to become mist (no action required). If he can’t use Shape-Shift, he is destroyed. While Strahd has 0 Hit Points in mist form, he can’t return to his vampire form, and he must reach his
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
. By offering up body and soul to Lolth, they gain tremendous power and a supernatural connection to the ancient spiders of the Demonweb Pits, channeling magic from that dread place.PoisonChange Shape
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Tovag, his Domain of Dread. He can be permanently destroyed only by having a stake driven through his heart and then being beheaded. The stake must be cut from a tree growing in soil from Oerth, Kas&rsquo
Shape bonus action.Multiattack. Kas makes three Vengeful Sword attacks. He can replace one of these attacks with a Bite attack.
Vengeful Sword. Melee Weapon Attack: +15;{"diceNotation":"1d20+15
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Creating a Domain Chris Seaman Domains of Dread might be any size or shape and can draw inspiration from any horror genre Once you’ve developed a terrifying Darklord, start shaping that Darklord’s
unique Domain of Dread. Everything in this realm is inspired by the Darklord’s torment or personalized to it. This section provides guidelines to help you create a suitably terrifying and tragic Domain of Dread.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
: Step 1: Choose Genres. Most Domains of Dread are inspired by the same horror genres that shape their imprisoned Darklord, but feel free to mix in new genre elements. Step 2: Develop Details. What are
Building a Domain Similar to building a Darklord, you can choose or randomly generate prompts from the tables below to flesh out the domain’s details. To build a Domain of Dread, follow these steps
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Domains The Domains of Dread are untold numbers of individual demiplanes hidden in the Shadowfell. Some are created entirely by the Dark Powers, while others the Mists claimed from elsewhere in the
multiverse and bear evidence of other worlds. Domains might change as the Dark Powers find new ways to torment their captives, with domains changing shape, merging, fading away, reappearing, and even
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
holds the worlds of settings like Dragonlance, Eberron, the Forgotten Realms, and Greyhawk. There’s also room for any world your group creates. Magic and physical laws shape this plane’s diverse
worlds. Feywild. This vibrant, idealized realm brims with life and emotion, which are most intense in the realm’s Domains of Delight. Shadowfell. This gloom-haunted realm holds grim wastelands, haunted ruins, and the infamous Domains of Dread.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
you to shape the setting however best serves your adventures. Consider the following setting models for how you might use the Domains of Dread or use your favorite elements from multiple domains
Ravenloft Setting Models What domains compose the Ravenloft setting is up to you. The Domains of Dread have no definitive map or proscribed orientation for how they relate to one another. This allows
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
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
shape your adventures: Escape. Do you want characters to pursue escape from the Domains of Dread? Do they want to leave even if a domain has been their home? Islands or Regions. Does your campaign
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Mist Horror Shapeless Stalker in the Mists Habitat: Any; Treasure: None Irina Nordsol The Mists separating the Domains of Dread are far from safe—or empty. Mist horrors are animate clouds of vapor
, barely perceptible within the Mists. In the presence of creatures, these vaporous terrors take the shape of their viewers’ greatest fears. Such appearances are subjective, and anyone who views a mist
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Using This Book This book explores the Domains of Dread, the mysterious expanses of the Shadowfell that serve as backdrops for excitement and terror. It guides players and Dungeon Masters through the
lineages and backgrounds that provide ominous pasts for any character as well as Dark Gifts and subclasses to shape their fates. Chapter 2 explores how Dungeon Masters can create their own new
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masters: Ravenloft Play-Along Pack
Mist Horror Shapeless Stalker in the Mists Habitat: Any; Treasure: None The Mists separating the Domains of Dread are far from safe—or empty. Mist horrors are animate clouds of vapor, barely
perceptible within the Mists. In the presence of creatures, these vaporous terrors take the shape of their viewers’ greatest fears. Such appearances are subjective, and anyone who views a mist horror sees it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
challenge the sinister forces lurking in the shadows. The Mists of Ravenloft are rising. What mysteries will you discover among the Domains of Dread? What nightmares will you shape? And once you enter the Mists, will you ever escape?
being bound by proximity or politics, the lands of Ravenloft—also known as the Domains of Dread—are mist-bound islands drifting through the boundless gloom of the Shadowfell. Innumerable domains lie
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
a sense of dread. If your character laughs in the face of every danger, they undermine the adventure’s atmosphere. Consider how past events might haunt your character and contribute to the mood of
and how those fears shape your character’s past and present.
Courage isn’t the absence of fear, but how one deals with and overcomes it. Consider this in the context of your character. How might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
favorite prey being the shape-shifters of Oselo. Von Kharkov viewed himself as the domain’s greatest hunter, a title he confirmed every time he slaughtered one of Oselo’s supernatural warriors
that followed, Chakuna burned Castle Pantara and took the former Darklord’s head. Valachan is no mundane land, though. A Domain of Dread demands a Darklord, and Valachan will be ruled only by its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Mists, his own domain, Darkon, took shape around him.
Few understood the nature of the Domains of Dread and the Dark Powers more astutely than Azalin. The lich considered the Dark Powers his personal
Dread. Azalin and Strahd attempted to escape Barovia multiple times, but failure and resentment eventually turned the villains into vicious rivals. When Azalin forsook Castle Ravenloft and reentered the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
their former lives. Blackguards often adorn their armor and weapons with dread accoutrements or are marked by eerie phenomena. You may choose a blackguard’s accoutrement or roll on the Blackguard
Accoutrements table to determine it. Blackguard Accoutrements d8 Accoutrement 1 Armor etched with stylized depictions of gruesome battles 2 Helm wrought in the shape of a demonic boar 3 Helm wrought to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
those in need. These Keepers identify themselves with amulets that mimic the shape of a Barovian relic known as the Holy Symbol of Ravenkind. Both factions maintain a network of trained ravens that send
characters who employ dangerous magic to be threats. Priests of Osybus Goal: Release Strahd von Zarovich
Adventure Themes: Cult rituals, necromancy, secrets of the Domains of Dread
The Priests of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
shape the Darklord’s monstrousness. The “Villain Identities” sections provide options for the Darklord’s primary identity or form while within their domain, while the “Villain Torments” sections
each Domain of Dread. The Dark Powers afford Darklords some control over the Mists bordering their domains. Does your Darklord allow the Mists to function undisturbed, or do the Mists also reflect the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Strahd von Zarovich Martin Mottet
Strahd von Zarovich is the Darklord of Barovia, a Domain of Dread. Little happens there without the Darklord’s knowledge, although Strahd rarely pays
, and Barovia became a Domain of Dread.
Now the Dark Powers keep Strahd trapped in his realm, tormenting him with his inability to escape for all eternity. He spends his days amusing himself as best
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
with amusing strangers or breaking the spirits of his enemies. During his unnaturally long existence, he has learned many occult secrets and mysteries of the Domains of Dread. Strahd’s dignified
Escape. If Strahd drops to 0 Hit Points outside his resting place, he uses Shape-Shift to become mist (no action required). If he can’t use Shape-Shift, he is destroyed. While Strahd has 0 Hit Points in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
gather around the fire and hear his tale: Stanimir fills his mouth with wine, then spits into the fire. The flames turn from orange to green. As they dance and sway, a dark shape appears in the
bonfire’s core.
“We come from an ancient land whose name is long forgotten—a land of kings. Our enemies forced us from our homes, and now we wander the lost roads.”
The dark shape in the fire takes the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, they gain tremendous power and a supernatural connection to the ancient spiders of the Demonweb Pits, channeling magic from that dread place. Drow Arachnomancer
Medium Humanoid (Elf), Typically
fire, fly, insect plague, invisibility
Bonus Actions
Change Shape (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The drow magically transforms into a Large spider, remaining in that form for up to 1 hour
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
. Nightmare speakers revel in torturing others, keeping their victims in a constant state of fear and dread. They prefer to terrify rather than kill their opponents. They manipulate communities for the
only), mage hand, message, prestidigitation
3/day: suggestion
2/day each: darkness, fear
Bonus Actions
Change Shape. The yuan-ti transforms into a Medium snake or back into its true form. Its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
, and he drinks blood to sow terror rather than for sustenance. If destroyed, Kas revives in 1d100 nights in an unoccupied space in Tovag, his Domain of Dread. He can be permanently destroyed only by
takes 20 radiant damage at the start of his turn, has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks, and can’t use Change Shape.
Actions
Multiattack. Kas makes three Vengeful Sword attacks. He can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
Wizard evoker (see appendix B), directs the brutal combat training here. Six Thayan warriors engage a dread warrior (see appendix B for both stat blocks) and seven skeletons. Lahnis orders the whole
the door the characters use to enter. Kelson is unconscious and stable at 0 hit points. Phaia’s magic is drawing forth from his body a wispy shape that resembles him, and this shape screams in an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
members throughout the multiverse seeking to thwart the work of malevolent cults, reality-defying horrors, and the evil inherent to mortals. Sects of the inquisition exist within the Domains of Dread
turn. Critical Hit: If the target is a shape-shifted creature, it takes an additional 4 (1d8) Slashing damage.
Inquisitor’s Command (Recharge 5–6). Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 16, each creature of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
tremendous power and a supernatural connection to the ancient spiders of the Demonweb Pits, channeling magic from that dread place. Drow mages can be quite learned and skilled in magic. Some of them can
poison
Senses blindsight 10 ft., darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 17
Languages Elvish, Undercommon, can speak with spiders
Challenge 13 (10,000 XP)
Change Shape (Recharges after a Short
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
transported to another plane. After the transfer is complete, at least one anarch must always attend the citadel to maintain its form and shape as well as to utilize the chaos-stuff within. When a citadel is
blot on the natural world. Life, the one thing that can’t be spontaneously created from the stuff of Limbo, is driven away from the location in a wave of dread. Depending on the size of the citadel