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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Dark Fantasy Settings Sinister individuals leave their marks upon dark fantasy domains, whether as oppressive architecture, unavoidable propaganda, or scars upon an exploited environment
. Alternatively, the setting might exhibit the effects of a disaster—perhaps an event that gave rise to brutal powers. Such scars appear both upon the setting and upon its inhabitants. Dark Fantasy Settings d8
Equipment
Spicule’s vast tome contains secrets concerning celestials and how to use them to fuel dark magic. You must spend 50 hours studying this tome to gain the following benefits:
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parts of Celestials and use them to fuel dark magic. You can harvest a heart, eye, or other useful organ from a Celestial’s corpse with a successful DC 16 Wisdom (Survival) check. You can use a
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
services rendered.
Soul coins are created by Mammon and his greater devils on Minauros, the third layer of the Nine Hells, in a vast chamber where the captured souls of evil mortals are bound into the coins
. These coins are then distributed throughout the Nine Hells to be used for goods and services, infernal deals, dark bargains, and bribes.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
an extended, muscular neck; a smiling face framed by long, pointed ears and lank, dark hair; and bat-like wings are furled against his powerful shoulders. He can assume other forms, however, from the
topped with razors and hooks. Corkscrew towers loom above twisted domes and vast amphitheaters, forming a surreal and disorienting cityscape.
The challenge rating of Fraz-Urb’luu is 24 (62,000
Fraz-Urb'luu
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that of a great gargoyle, some 12 feet tall, with an extended, muscular neck and a smiling face framed by long, pointed ears and lank, dark hair, and bat-like wings are furled against his powerful
hooks. Corkscrew towers loom above twisted domes and vast amphitheaters, just a few examples of the impossible architecture that fills the city.
The challenge rating of Fraz-Urb’luu is 24
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
have been published as official settings for the D&D game. The legends of the Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, Greyhawk, Dark Sun, Mystara, and Eberron settings are woven together in the fabric of the
then add the creatures, places, and magic that make these worlds unique. The worlds of the Dungeons & Dragons game exist within a vast cosmos called the multiverse, connected in strange and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
have been published as official settings for the D&D game. The legends of the Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, Greyhawk, Dark Sun, Mystara, and Eberron settings are woven together in the fabric of the
then add the creatures, places, and magic that make these worlds unique. The worlds of the Dungeons & Dragons game exist within a vast cosmos called the multiverse, connected in strange and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, Greyhawk, Dragonlance, and Mystara don’t stray very far from those assumptions. Settings such as Dark Sun, Eberron, Ravenloft, Spelljammer, and Planescape venture further away from that baseline. As you create your own world, it’s up to you to decide where on the spectrum you want your world to fall.
The Big Picture This book, the Player’s Handbook, and the Monster Manual present the default assumptions for how the worlds of D&D work. Among the established settings of D&D, the Forgotten Realms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
aboard ships that can traverse vast distances by using a magical form of travel known as spelljamming. Before running this adventure, read the Astral Adventurer’s Guide, which contains information about
these settings and how spelljamming works. The adventure assumes the characters have no prior experience with spelljamming—but that is about to change! The information in this book is for the DM’s eyes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
desperate or reluctant heroes resisting evil. Even in the grimmest settings, desperation and hope fan the flames of resistance. Adventure Hooks Plots in dark fantasy adventures range from street-level
distills souls into a powerful wish-granting elixir. 10 An expanding labyrinth has just swallowed another neighborhood. Adventure Settings Evil is entrenched in dark fantasy domains, reflected by
Ancient Deep Dragon
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
shipping business.
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A talented young ranger is kidnapped by a deep dragon who wants a hunting partner.
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A friendly young copper dragon seeks an entourage, hoping to impress the deep dragon
in the center of a vast underground salt lake.
Deep Dragon Lairs
Deep dragons make their lairs in the recesses of the Underdark, often near the settlements of people with whom they have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
their work in the Underdark, but shadows are shadows wherever they occur. As a Gloom Stalker ranger, you find solace and refuge in dark alleys, dimly lit back rooms, and the shadowy corners of any
A Wide Range of Talents No matter whether a ranger ranges in the crowded city streets, the trackless wilderness, or the most desolate and confounding planes, all ranger archetypes can find a place in
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
are their own thriving ecosystem. As a ranger who spends part of your time in urban settings, you quickly learn to seek out the companionship of some of the many beasts that inhabit those settings
that follows a regular route across the land.
5 A temple built to honor a dark god, long abandoned.
6 The final resting place of the ranger who trained you.
7 The shady market known
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Dark Fantasy Torments For Darklords in dark fantasy settings, power is at the root of their suffering. Perhaps their rise to dominance led them to sacrifice what mattered to them most, or they
secretly seek to be rid of their might but fear being without it. Dark Fantasy Torments d8 Torment
1 The Darklord’s regime is fraught with spies and saboteurs, increasing the Darklord’s paranoia
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Dragonmarked Characters Here are examples of characters with this mark. Outlander Ranger. You’re a courier who specializes in dangerous deliveries to exotic locations. Your assignments take you into
the wilds, the Mournland, and worse. Hopefully you have a team of capable friends! Rogue Urchin. You grew up as a foundling in the worst slums of Sharn. For you, the city is a vast vertical jungle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
similar to settings that appear in your Darklord’s past, or take inspiration from the Settings tables in the “Genres of Horror” section later in this chapter. Combine Locations and Visceral Details
creations of the Dark Powers and the domain is the only reality they know, but what logical and psychological leaps might an outsider need to make to sleep at night?
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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The serpent creatures known as yuan-ti are all that remains of an ancient, decadent human empire. Ages ago their dark gods taught them profane, cannibalistic rituals to mix their flesh
primordial world heeded the prayers of these people and hissed dark demands into their ears. The people tainted their souls by performing human sacrifices in the name of the gods, debased their flesh by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Dark Powers Control All. Sinister entities known as the Dark Powers manipulate the Domains of Dread and all who dwell within. Immortal, unknowable, and omnipotent, the Dark Powers revel in sowing
terror and subtly manipulating their captives over the course of generations. 3. Domains Imprison Darklords. Ravenloft’s demiplanes range in size from solitary structures to vast regions. These domains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Commune with Nature Level 5 Divination (Druid, Ranger) Casting Time: 1 minute or Ritual
Range: Self
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
You commune with nature spirits and gain knowledge
of the surrounding area. In the outdoors, the spell gives you knowledge of the area within 3 miles of you. In caves and other natural underground settings, the radius is limited to 300 feet. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Commune with Nature Level 5 Divination (Druid, Ranger) Casting Time: 1 minute or Ritual
Range: Self
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
You commune with nature spirits and gain knowledge
of the surrounding area. In the outdoors, the spell gives you knowledge of the area within 3 miles of you. In caves and other natural underground settings, the radius is limited to 300 feet. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
D&D settings are somewhere between those two extremes: worlds of medieval high fantasy with knights and castles, as well as elven cities, dwarven mines, and fearsome monsters. The world of the
. Rogues prowl the dark alleyways of teeming cities such as Neverwinter and Baldur’s Gate. Clerics in the service of gods wield mace and spell, questing against the terrifying powers that threaten the land
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
dead but also causes creatures that were previously raised from the dead to wither and die. The source of this death curse lies in a trap-riddled tomb hidden beneath a lost city in the depths of a vast
, impassable mountains, and belching volcanoes. You can substitute a different jungle setting, changing location names as needed. Alternative D&D settings include the Amedio Jungle of Oerth, the Savage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
vast, sunless sea that’s home to aboleths and kuo-toa The Wilderness Not all monsters lurk underground. Many of them inhabit deserts, mountains, swamps, canyons, forests, and other natural settings
dungeon, images of dark cells with iron bars and shackles spring to mind. In the D&D game, the word “dungeon” takes on a broader meaning to include any enclosed, monster-infested location. Most dungeons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Body Horror Adventure Sites Body horror is exceptionally unnerving in juxtaposition with mundane settings, particularly in places where the characters are isolated from help, treatment, or
cavernous gut of a dead, multi-eyed behemoth
4 An inn in the valley, its insides dark and smoke-drowned
5 An asylum, abandoned save for vermin
6 A cave system, slick and comprised
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
roots of the game. Here you’ll find a dark, gritty world of evil sorcerers and decadent cities, where the protagonists are motivated more by greed and self-interest than by altruistic virtue. Fighter
civilization, and wizards are the classic villains of these settings. Magic items are therefore rare and often dangerous. Certain Dungeons & Dragons novels follow in the footsteps of classic sword-and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
tunnels and vast caverns carved by howling winds. It is cold, noisy, and mostly dark. Wind quickly extinguishes nonmagical open flames, such as torches and campfires. Spoken conversation is possible only by yelling, and then only to a maximum distance of 10 feet.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
place where evil lurks in the shadows. So you sneak around in the dark? You know most everything but humans can see in the dark, right? We all see you. Tiptoeing doesn’t turn you invisible.
Gloom
Stalker Features Ranger Level Feature 3rd Gloom Stalker Magic, Dread Ambusher, Umbral Sight 7th Iron Mind 11th Stalker’s Flurry 15th Shadowy Dodge Gloom Stalker Magic Starting at 3rd level, you learn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
abandoned. The best-known worlds in the multiverse are the ones that have been published as official campaign settings for the D&D game over the years — Greyhawk, Blackmoor, Dragonlance, the Forgotten
Realms, Mystara, Birthright, Dark Sun, and Eberron, among others. Each of these worlds boasts its own cast of heroic adventurers and scheming villains, its own ancient ruins and forgotten artifacts, its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
played host to a vast number of game products, novels, video games, and more, making it one of the most widely visited fantasy settings ever created. The lost portals to the Realms have returned and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Hollow Warden (Ranger) Draw on the Might of Ancient Wild Terrors Audy Ravindra Hollow Warden Ranger Legends tell that the most ancient and bloodthirsty terrors lurk deep within the old places of the
earth. Hollow Wardens venerate and draw power from such beings, transforming themselves into merciless and monstrous guardians that stalk jagged coastlines, steep mountain crags, and other dark and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
moon), which he blamed for his father’s untimely death. Consumed with bitterness, the Dark Ranger, as Vanrak came to be known, secretly embraced Selûne’s sister: Shar, the Lady of Loss. By the Year of
, and murder. The Lords ordered the immediate capture of the Dark Ranger, but by the time the City Watch had breached the gates of his villa, Vanrak and his followers had already fled through a secret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
your needs, which has the added benefit of challenging your players’ expectations. The D&D Settings table describes several established campaign settings. D&D Settings Setting Description Dark Sun
material about the campaign setting, other than what you create for yourself. Whether you create a setting from scratch or borrow elements from established settings, the result needs to resonate with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
who refuse mercy or righteousness Ranger Gloom Stalker 3rd Unafraid of the dark, relentlessly stalks and ambushes foes Ranger Horizon Walker 3rd Finds portals to other worlds and channels planar
magic Ranger Monster Slayer 3rd Hunts down creatures of the night and wielders of grim magic Rogue Inquisitive 3rd Roots out secrets, akin to a masterful detective Rogue Mastermind 3rd A master tactician
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Cosmic Horror Ivan Shavrin Cosmic horror revolves around the fear of personal insignificance. The genre, inspired by stories of the Cthulhu Mythos, is predicated on the idea of entities so vast and
us human. Choose from or roll on the Cosmic Horror Plots table to inspire your cosmic horror adventures. Cosmic Horror Plots 1d10 Adventure Hook 1 A child has gone missing in the impossibly vast
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
or endeavoring to mount a rescue themselves. Alternatively, adventures might have an investigative feel, requiring the heroes to uncover the dark secret that lies beneath the mundane. Adventure Hooks
infestation uses the townsfolk as incubators for giant insects. 10 Something is stealing the tongues of the city guards. Adventure Settings Body horror can occur anywhere, from mundane settings to