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It Depends on the Darklord Not all Darklords are also the temporal rulers of their Domains (though some are), and not all of them reveal or flaunt their true natures. Indeed, some Darklords are deliberately denied political rulership of their domains (such as the Darklord Adam) as a way to isolate them and make them lonely. Of those who conceal their true ...

Resolve the Dramatic Conflict Whether this will work for you depends entirely on your GM and how he sees the Ravenloft setting. One interpretation is that people are drawn through the mists to take part in a mystery play that shows them and the Lord the consequences of that Lord's evil. The only way out of a domain in this case is to finish the play. A ...

This requires answering a few other, related questions So I wanted to first spend some time declaring my sources: namely, the 2e books Ravenloft Campaign Setting, Darklords, and Islands of Terror, a selection of Ravenloft novels (including Carnival of Fear, Dance of Death, and others whose titles escape me), the 2e and 3.X Dungeon Master's Guide, the 3.X ...

I'm afraid there's just no way for a party to escape Ravenloft if their DM doesn't want them to leave. There are no mechanics that could get you out of there without your DM's approval, and, in game, there are no known and not even remotely reliable methods - no spells, no special abilities, no nothing - that would work. There might be portals back to your ...

The villagers of Barovia definitely know what he is: if you look at the letter from the Burgomaster to the PCs, published in the House of Strahd adventure, it says: "[my daughter] has been bitten by a creature calling its race "vampyr". For over 400 years, he has drained this land of the lifeblood of its people..." They also recognise him as a threat ...

It depends on the kind of Domain you're dealing with There are two significant classes of Domain in Ravenloft - Core domains, and Islands of Terror. Let's address Core domains first. Core Domains Core domains are part of the so-called Core (Ravenloft Campaign Setting), a continent in Ravenloft composed of many Domains that are all connected to each other ...

The former, that is, yes, you can cross the borders as long as the Lord of the realm hasn't decided to close them. (There might be exceptions, of course, but this is a strong general tendency.) However, even so the crossing is not necessarily an easy thing to accomplish. Notably, the Mists may always descend and lead you astray to wherever "they" please, ...

I can provide a half answer: No there aren't official rules. If I recall correctly Ravenloft was an OGL product and since the hexblade was not covered in the OGL there could not be any official support. From reading the Wikipedia entry on Ravenloft it sounds like Arthaus had to excise a fair amount of setting material initially due to licensing issues with ...

I'm currently running Ravenloft for 4e. Basically, I've taken the 3.5 Expedition to Castle Ravenloft and made notes on sheet paper and wrote up the game as usual in wordpad for my game. I'm 2 sessions into it and it's growing great. The hardest part is learning the story. After that, it's easy stuff. I have plenty of notes typed out in RTF. I plan on ...

The closest I've found for 4th edition is a fan creation on a Ravenloft fansite named Fraternity of Shadows. The homepage has a link to their Library. In there, you will see Jester's 4th edition Ravenloft, which includes a DMG, Player's Guide and Monster Manual. There is also a cheat sheet and an update sheet.