Ravenloft Dungeon Master's Guide

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This is a collection of campaign advice, new rules, and techniques for creating an atmosphere of horror in your Ravenloft games. The book uses the 3.5 D&D revised rules.

Product Information

Authors: Brain Campbell, Carla Hollar, Rucht Lilavivat, John W. Mangrum, Anthony Pryor, Peter Woodworth, Andrew Wyatt Type: DM Guide Format: 240 pages, hardback Release date: July 2003

Summary of content

  • Chapter One: Techniques of Terror (Crossover campaigns – weekend in hell, creating atmosphere, 13 dramatic techniques, pacing, cut scenes, music)
  • Chapter Two: The World and its Horrors (Creating domains of darkness, Where shadows dwell: communities of Ravenloft, sinkholes of evil, sample NPCs, psionics, psilich)
  • Chapter Three: Structuring the campaign (starting realm, secrets, type of adventurers, foes type)
  • Chapter Four: Parting the Mists (Telling the future: tarokka and dikesha)
  • Chapter Five: Magic in Ravenloft (Magic items, Cursed items of Ravenloft)