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<blockquote data-quote="Libertad" data-source="post: 8813348" data-attributes="member: 6750502"><p>While I did my best to showcase the lesser-known products on the Dungeon Master’s Guild, my reviews have just barely scratched the surface. Below are other sourcebooks I figured that people will find interesting but which I currently don’t have the time to review. Barring expectations that put up the entire book as a free preview, I own all of the following and either read or skimmed them enough that I feel confident in including them.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.dmsguild.com/product/337328/Allies-Against-the-Night" target="_blank"><strong>Allies Against the Night</strong></a> uses the Sidekick rules from Tasha’s to turn some of the most famous characters in the Demiplane of Dread into adventuring companions for your Mist-delving parties. Includes Curse of Strahd’s Ezmerelda d’Avenir, the elven detective Alanik Ray, S from the 3e Gazetteers, and two versions of Rudolf Van Richten (original Rogue and 5e Cleric) among other options.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.dmsguild.com/product/279708/Barovian-Nights--101-Ravenloft-Encounters" target="_blank"><strong>Barovian Nights 101 Ravenloft Encounters</strong></a> packs a bunch of events and combat encounters for parties to meet during Curse of Strahd. Also includes various prepared spell selections for Strahd and new content such as new Dark Gifts and familiars conjured inside Barovia.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.dmsguild.com/product/357657/The-Book-of-Night--A-Ravenloft-Player-Companion" target="_blank"><strong>The Book of Night: A Ravenloft Player Companion</strong></a> includes over 40 new subclasses themed around the Demiplane of Dread, such as a Tarokka-focused bard, rangers who learn to draw upon the powers of the Mists, and the classic Shadow Dancer rogue!</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.dmsguild.com/product/360044/Darklords-of-Ravenloft" target="_blank"><strong>Darklords of Ravenloft</strong></a> expands upon the darklords in the 2020 Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft, giving them full stat blocks for various tiers of play.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.dmsguild.com/product/350531/Dark-Ritual-in-the-House-on-the-Hill" target="_blank"><strong>Dark Ritual on the House on the Hill</strong></a> is a product I have yet to either read or skim, but the entire book is available as a Full-Size Preview so you can’t go wrong with checking it out.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.dmsguild.com/product/364000/Dread-Metrol-Into-the-Mists--An-Eberron---Ravenloft-Crossover" target="_blank"><strong>Dread Metrol</strong></a> is a domain created by Keith Baker, where the Cyran capital was claimed by the Mists during the Mourning and its queen-turned-darklord wages a futile effort to maintain a hold over a dying city besieged by undead invaders. Personally speaking I’m not as gungho about this (feels too much like 5e Falkovnia), but as Keith Baker has a huge fanbase I still figured to include it.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.dmsguild.com/product/333729/Dreams-of-Solitude-Ravenloft-Campaign" target="_blank"><strong>Dreams of Solitude Ravenloft Campaign</strong></a> is a community project of 30 different adventures for a wide reach of levels.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.dmsguild.com/product/413394/Monster-Hunters-Pocketbook-to-Ravenloft-BUNDLE" target="_blank"><strong>d’Avenir’s and Van Richten’s Pocketbooks to Ravenloft</strong></a> provide new domains and PC options. Like pretty much every other book written by Christian Zeuch, the entire book is also uploaded as a free Full-Size Preview.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.dmsguild.com/product/295377/Masque-of-the-Red-Death-Players-Guide" target="_blank"><strong>Masquerade of the Red Death Player’s Guide</strong></a> updates the Gothic Earth setting to 5th Edition.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.dmsguild.com/product/352670/Mordenkainen-in-Barovia" target="_blank"><strong>Mordenkainen in Barovia</strong></a> provides an alternate stat block for the archmage ally in Curse of Strahd to be suitable as a long-term party member while still capturing the flavor of the character.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.dmsguild.com/product/376774/One-Night-Strahd" target="_blank"><strong>One Night Strahd</strong></a> is an entirely new mini-campaign inspired by Curse of Strahd.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.dmsguild.com/product/357990/Ravenloft-Players-Compendium" target="_blank"><strong>Ravenloft Player’s Compendium</strong></a> is another PC-centric sourcebook for Ravenloft, with new subclasses, feats, spells, and more.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.dmsguild.com/product/369197/She-is-the-Ancient-A-Genderbent-Curse-of-Strahd" target="_blank"><strong>She Is the Ancient</strong></a> is an alternate take on the Curse of Strahd campaign that alters the genders as well as backstories of a sizable number of characters from that campaign. Notably de-emphasizing Strahd’s sexually preadtor nature towards Ireena and avoiding other problematic tropes in the module.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.dmsguild.com/product/342606/Strahds-Dark-Servants--Monsters-and-Retainers-for-Curse-of-Strahd" target="_blank"><strong>Strahd’s Dark Servants</strong></a> gives 10 new unique minions for the Darklord of Barovia, such as the traveling executioner Scharfrichter or the Dusk Elf hunter the Last Stalker.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.dmsguild.com/product/183530/Tarokka-Deck-Unleashed" target="_blank"><strong>Tarokka Deck Unleashed</strong></a> is a new resource for incorporating the Tarokka Deck into one’s games, making use of the Inspiration system to fuel the drawing of cards with their own unique benefits (and extra ones if your alignment matches that of the drawn card).</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.dmsguild.com/product/377365/The-Cyre-1313-the-Mourning-Rail" target="_blank"><strong>The Cyre 1313, the Mourning Rail</strong></a> Expands upon this Eberron-origin domain from Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft. A domain in a haunted magical train, what more needs to be said?</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.dmsguild.com/product/389818/Van-Richtens-Encyclopedia-of-Darklords--Domains-BUNDLE" target="_blank"><strong>Van Richten’s Encyclopedia of Darklords & Domains</strong></a> is a 2-volume series (this bundle also has the hardcovers, PDFs are cheaper) updating practically every pre-5e Ravenloft domain to 5th Edition. For those who weren’t very impressed by Van Richten’s Guide in 2020, this still has the Core and other 2e/3e chronology intact.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Libertad, post: 8813348, member: 6750502"] While I did my best to showcase the lesser-known products on the Dungeon Master’s Guild, my reviews have just barely scratched the surface. Below are other sourcebooks I figured that people will find interesting but which I currently don’t have the time to review. Barring expectations that put up the entire book as a free preview, I own all of the following and either read or skimmed them enough that I feel confident in including them. [url=https://www.dmsguild.com/product/337328/Allies-Against-the-Night][b]Allies Against the Night[/b][/url] uses the Sidekick rules from Tasha’s to turn some of the most famous characters in the Demiplane of Dread into adventuring companions for your Mist-delving parties. Includes Curse of Strahd’s Ezmerelda d’Avenir, the elven detective Alanik Ray, S from the 3e Gazetteers, and two versions of Rudolf Van Richten (original Rogue and 5e Cleric) among other options. [url=https://www.dmsguild.com/product/279708/Barovian-Nights--101-Ravenloft-Encounters][b]Barovian Nights 101 Ravenloft Encounters[/b][/url] packs a bunch of events and combat encounters for parties to meet during Curse of Strahd. Also includes various prepared spell selections for Strahd and new content such as new Dark Gifts and familiars conjured inside Barovia. [url=https://www.dmsguild.com/product/357657/The-Book-of-Night--A-Ravenloft-Player-Companion][b]The Book of Night: A Ravenloft Player Companion[/b][/url] includes over 40 new subclasses themed around the Demiplane of Dread, such as a Tarokka-focused bard, rangers who learn to draw upon the powers of the Mists, and the classic Shadow Dancer rogue! [url=https://www.dmsguild.com/product/360044/Darklords-of-Ravenloft][b]Darklords of Ravenloft[/b][/url] expands upon the darklords in the 2020 Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft, giving them full stat blocks for various tiers of play. [url=https://www.dmsguild.com/product/350531/Dark-Ritual-in-the-House-on-the-Hill][b]Dark Ritual on the House on the Hill[/b][/url] is a product I have yet to either read or skim, but the entire book is available as a Full-Size Preview so you can’t go wrong with checking it out. [url=https://www.dmsguild.com/product/364000/Dread-Metrol-Into-the-Mists--An-Eberron---Ravenloft-Crossover][b]Dread Metrol[/b][/url] is a domain created by Keith Baker, where the Cyran capital was claimed by the Mists during the Mourning and its queen-turned-darklord wages a futile effort to maintain a hold over a dying city besieged by undead invaders. Personally speaking I’m not as gungho about this (feels too much like 5e Falkovnia), but as Keith Baker has a huge fanbase I still figured to include it. [url=https://www.dmsguild.com/product/333729/Dreams-of-Solitude-Ravenloft-Campaign][b]Dreams of Solitude Ravenloft Campaign[/b][/url] is a community project of 30 different adventures for a wide reach of levels. [url=https://www.dmsguild.com/product/413394/Monster-Hunters-Pocketbook-to-Ravenloft-BUNDLE][b]d’Avenir’s and Van Richten’s Pocketbooks to Ravenloft[/b][/url] provide new domains and PC options. Like pretty much every other book written by Christian Zeuch, the entire book is also uploaded as a free Full-Size Preview. [url=https://www.dmsguild.com/product/295377/Masque-of-the-Red-Death-Players-Guide][b]Masquerade of the Red Death Player’s Guide[/b][/url] updates the Gothic Earth setting to 5th Edition. [url=https://www.dmsguild.com/product/352670/Mordenkainen-in-Barovia][b]Mordenkainen in Barovia[/b][/url] provides an alternate stat block for the archmage ally in Curse of Strahd to be suitable as a long-term party member while still capturing the flavor of the character. [url=https://www.dmsguild.com/product/376774/One-Night-Strahd][b]One Night Strahd[/b][/url] is an entirely new mini-campaign inspired by Curse of Strahd. [url=https://www.dmsguild.com/product/357990/Ravenloft-Players-Compendium][b]Ravenloft Player’s Compendium[/b][/url] is another PC-centric sourcebook for Ravenloft, with new subclasses, feats, spells, and more. [url=https://www.dmsguild.com/product/369197/She-is-the-Ancient-A-Genderbent-Curse-of-Strahd][b]She Is the Ancient[/b][/url] is an alternate take on the Curse of Strahd campaign that alters the genders as well as backstories of a sizable number of characters from that campaign. Notably de-emphasizing Strahd’s sexually preadtor nature towards Ireena and avoiding other problematic tropes in the module. [url=https://www.dmsguild.com/product/342606/Strahds-Dark-Servants--Monsters-and-Retainers-for-Curse-of-Strahd][b]Strahd’s Dark Servants[/b][/url] gives 10 new unique minions for the Darklord of Barovia, such as the traveling executioner Scharfrichter or the Dusk Elf hunter the Last Stalker. [url=https://www.dmsguild.com/product/183530/Tarokka-Deck-Unleashed][b]Tarokka Deck Unleashed[/b][/url] is a new resource for incorporating the Tarokka Deck into one’s games, making use of the Inspiration system to fuel the drawing of cards with their own unique benefits (and extra ones if your alignment matches that of the drawn card). [url=https://www.dmsguild.com/product/377365/The-Cyre-1313-the-Mourning-Rail][b]The Cyre 1313, the Mourning Rail[/b][/url] Expands upon this Eberron-origin domain from Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft. A domain in a haunted magical train, what more needs to be said? [url=https://www.dmsguild.com/product/389818/Van-Richtens-Encyclopedia-of-Darklords--Domains-BUNDLE][b]Van Richten’s Encyclopedia of Darklords & Domains[/b][/url] is a 2-volume series (this bundle also has the hardcovers, PDFs are cheaper) updating practically every pre-5e Ravenloft domain to 5th Edition. For those who weren’t very impressed by Van Richten’s Guide in 2020, this still has the Core and other 2e/3e chronology intact. [/QUOTE]
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