Chapter 3: Ravenloft Adventures - Ravenloft: The Horrors Within

Chapter 3: Ravenloft Adventures. Alanik Ray and Arthur Sedgwick investigate the occult art collection of the Marquis Stezen d'Polarno Drafting frightful encounters, adventures, and campaigns requires deliberate choices that cultivate an atmosphere of dread. This chapter explores how you, the DM, can use the Domains of Dread to create suspense during play and craft terrifying adventures. Campaigns in the Mists The surreal natures of the Domains of Dread, their Darklords, the Mists, and the Dark Powers serve as tools in your frightful adventures. None of them are too important to use, too mysterious to reveal, or too fragile to pit against characters. This section explores how to use the most infamous features of the Domains of Dread to create frightful campaigns. Before preparing horror adventures, review the "Ensuring Fun for All" section of the Dungeon Master's Guide. Creating a Horror Campaign When planning campaigns in Ravenloft, consider the guidance in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master's Guide, along with the following topics. Record the answers to the questions in this section to inspire your campaign. Campaign Characters Characters exploring the Mists are the protagonists of horror stories. Chapter 1 provides advice for players creating such characters, but you should also consider the following questions: Character Origins Do the characters originate from the Domains of Dread, or were they abducted from somewhere else? Context for Surreality Do the characters realize something is strange about the Domains of Dread, or is the Land of the Mists all they've ever known? Scale of Experience Do the characters know about a single domain-perhaps one they all call home-or do they have firsthand experience with multiple domains or other settings? Characters' Significance Why are the characters special? Why did the Dark Powers, a Darklord, or something else take note of them? Consistency of Experience Do the answers to these questions apply to all of the characters? C...