Sample file Ravenloft Archetypes II: Core Domains Adventurers Guide - Page 1 Ravenloft Archetypes II: The Core Domains Adventurer’s Guide By Jeremy Forbing -CONTENTS- Preface ............................................................................... 0 Famed Personages of Nova Vaasa .............................. 29 Chapter 1: What are the Domains of Dread? ............1 Beasts and Monsters of Nova Vaasa ........................ 29 The Mists ............................................................................. 1 The Sea of Sorrows ....................................................... 30 Where the Mists Do Not Go............................................. 2 Sithicus ......................................................................... 30 The Domains of Dread .................................................... 2 The Guilt of Sithicus ......................................................... 32 Domain Borders ...................................................................... 3 Guilt Lash ................................................................................ 32 The Darklords ................................................................. 3 Cycles of the Black Moon ............................................... 33 Count Strahd Von Zarovich ............................................ 4 The Afflicted Ones .............................................................. 35 Using Curse of Strahd with this Book ........................ 4 Lord Soth and the Blessed Knight ............................. 36 What are the Dark Powers?............................................. 5 Memory Mirror ..................................................................... 36 A Timeline of Barovia and the Domains of Dread ....... 5 Tepest ............................................................................................... 38 A Grand History of the Domains of Dread .............. 5 The Strange Flora of Tepest .......................................... 38 Religion in the Domains of Dread ............................... 10 Spellcasters in Tepest and the Inquisition ........... 40 Bane ............................................................................................ 10 Valachan ....................................................................... 41 Belenus ..................................................................................... 10 Other Lands of the Core .............................................. 43 Ezra .............................................................................................. 11 Chapter 3: Races .......................................................... 44 Anchorites .............................................................................. 12 Humans .......................................................................... 44 Shield of Ezra ........................................................................ 12 Human (Vistani Mystic) ............................................... 44 Hala ............................................................................................ 12 Vistani Sorcerers ................................................................ 45 The Morninglord ................................................................ 13 Human (Marauder) ....................................................... 45 Mother Night ........................................................................ 14 Human (Smallfolk) ...................................................... 46 Spirits of the Elements..................................................... 14 Human (Tainted Aristocrat) ....................................... 46 Yutow ........................................................................................ 14 Human (Urbanite) ......................................................... 47 Chapter 2: Gazetteer of the Core .............................. 15 Human (Wildling) ........................................................ 47 Barovia ........................................................................... 17 Dwarves ......................................................................... 48 Barovia and the Grand Conjunction ......................... 17 Crag Dwarf .................................................................... 48 The Ba’al Verzi ...................................................................... 17 The House of Dilisnya ....................................................... 18 Crag Dwarves of Bluetspur ........................................... 48 Immigrants to Barovia: The Thaani ............................ 19 Elves ............................................................................... 49 Immigrants to Barovia: The Forfarians ................... 19 Dusk Elf ......................................................................... 49 The Unnaturally Long Life and Terrible Undeath of The Magic of the Dusk Elves ........................................ 50 Leo Dilisnya ............................................................................ 19 Dusk Elf Beliefs ................................................................... 50 Falkovnia ....................................................................... 20 Dusk Elf Feats ....................................................................... 51 Hazlan ............................................................................ 22 Dusk Elves of Ravenloft.................................................. 51 Lamordia ........................................................................ 23 Halflings ....................................................................... 52 Science and Magic in Lamordia ..................................... 25 Sunscorched Halfling ................................................. 52 The NocturnalSample Sea ........................................................ 25 Afflicted One .................................................. file...............53 Dragonborn of the Nocturnal Sea ............................ 25 Afflicted Ones in the Domains of Dread ................. 54 Nova Vaasa ..................................................................... 26 Dragonborn ................................................................... 54 Vaasi Horses ......................................................................... 27 Sea Dragonborn (Dragonborn Variant) ..................... 54 Sea Dragonborn Multiclassing .................................... 54 Warlock ............................................................................ 94 Sea Dragonborn in Ravenloft....................................... 55 The Realmbound Tyrant .............................................. 94 Gnomes ........................................................................... 55 Pact of the Gloom ......................................................... 95 Half-Elves ...................................................................... 56 Wizard .............................................................................. 96 Half-Orc ......................................................................... 56 School of Nethermancy .............................................. 96 Caliban (Half-Orc Variant) .......................................... 56 Dusk Elves and Shadow Magic .................................... 96 Tieflings......................................................................... 57 New Class: Metaphysician .......................................... 97 Shadowfell Tiefling (Variant) .................................... 57 Class Features ...................................................................... 98 Metaphysical Archetypes .......................................... 102 New Race: Ravenkin ...................................................... 58 Casting Bonus Action Spells....................................... 102 Chapter 4: Classes ....................................................... 60 Eradicator Barbarian ......................................................................... 60 ................................................................... 102 Path of the Shadowcursed .......................................... 60 Mentalist .................................................................... 104 Bard ................................................................................... 62 Magisteria ................................................................... 105 College of Secrets ......................................................... 62 Mentalist Multiclassing .............................................. 109 What is a Secret Society? ............................................... 62 Savant .......................................................................... 109 Secret Societies of Ravenloft ...................................... 62 Exploits ........................................................................ 112 Cleric ................................................................................. 65 The Challenge of the Savant....................................... 114 Hunting Domain ........................................................... 65 Chapter 5: Secret Societies ........................................ 115 Rulership Domain ......................................................... 66 Using Secret Societies in Your Game ....................... 115 Elemental Domains ...................................................... 67 The Ba’al Verzi ............................................................. 115 Druid ................................................................................