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Dungeons & Dragons Expands Beyond the Gothic Horror in Curse of Strahdwith Van Richten’s Guide to RavenloftD&D Brings Multiple Horror Genres to (Un)Life Including Slasher Horror, Macabre Fairy Tale, and Zombie Apocalypse.
One of the most popular adventures published by D&D in the last few yearswas Curse of Strahd which begins when characters are pulled by creeping mists in to a land called Barovia. But Strahd’s domain is just one of the many Domains of Dread that make up the horror-themed setting of Ravenloft. Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenlof trefreshes the setting by giving Dungeon Masters descriptions of more than 30 Domains of Dread beyond Barovia as well as the tools to create their own horrific stories, including details on each domain’s Darklord, a ready-to-play adventure, new monsters, lineages and sub-classes. Be afraid for Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft to pull D&D fans into the Mists on May 18. “I’m a huge fan of all things horror, so it was an absolute thrill to frame this book around bringing frightening elements like mummy lords, cosmic terrors, and urban legends to more D&D tables,” said Wes Schneider, senior game designer and lead designer of Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft. “Working with exciting new voices in horror and visual artists like D&D concept artist Shawn Wood was essential to make sure we’re updating the aesthetic for today’s fans while staying true to the roots of Ravenloft.”The correspondence of Rudolph Van Richten and other heroes of Ravenloft, like Ezmerelda d’Avenir and the Weathermay-Foxgrove Twins, introduce a new generation of monster hunters to the Lands of the Mists. Some of the Domains of Dread might feel eerily familiar to fans such as Lamordia, which explores the horror of experimentation on creating undead beings from deceased body parts by Dr. Viktra Mordenheim. Other horrors include the surreal, fairytale masquerades of Dementlieu; treachery in the war-torn rain forests of Kalakeri; and the endless zombie hordes of Falkovnia. Van Richten’s Guide includes rules and advice for DMs to create custom domains and Darklordsby portraying established horror tropes or whatever special new blend of terror they can imagine. Players can create more terrifying characters with Dark Gifts that provide roleplaying ties tothe Domains of Dread by bestowing benefits that may have a deadly cost. With Van Richten’s Guide, players can also roll upa dhampir who’s been created by a vampire, a hexblood descended from a hag, or a reborn who’s been brought back from the dead.Two new subclasses further flesh out the options with the College of Spirits for bards and the Undead pact for warlocks, as well as new backgrounds to explore and trinkets to collect. Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft features a cover by Anna Podedworna available everywhere and an alternate cover by Scott M. Fischer only available through game stores.The mists beckon on May 18, 2021! - Ігри
Undying Warlock: "Who are you?"
Undead Warlock: "I'm you, but better."
I just gotta say, I'm glad Todd has decided to continue making videos on D&D stuff on his own channel, I find it more easily to stay engaged when he talks about things than the new cast of DDB
That's because the new DDB spent a third to half their time in each video buttering each other up. And another quarter trying to figure out what they are going to talk about, in the video itself. I couldn't handle the 20 minute videos, with only about 5 minutes of actual content anymore. There's promise of maybe some actual substance there, but it's easy to tell theirs some organization issues.
Todd has this down. He's got a great rhythm, he allows his fanboy-side to gush, which enhances his (and our) enjoyment, while staying on track and covering the subject itself. Todd is that personable, part of the community, trusted old school local business. The local store know one remembers its actual name, it's just, "Go check with Todd, He'll get ya setup, no worries."
The new DDB crew are the really enthusiastic kids that opened the latest cannabis shop in the area. Lots of vim and vigor, just not really sure what in Hell they're actually doing. (Although for that analogy to be correct, it's more like they bought an original shop with an established clientele, but now there's a baker's dozen other similar stores... that are running smoothly.)
It's experience and learning curve. And mostly interim. They still have not found a final replacement for Todd. It's been how long? There's gotta be some snags or disconnects happening further up in the company. Not having a replacement ready to go within a month was a mistake. Not correcting that mistake for so long has now become an error. Their views/interactions are dropping. If they get a capable replacement in place in the next month, they'll still reclaim lost viewers. But, much longer than that, they'll really have to fight to bring the numbers back up.
Todd no longer is beholden to a particular D&D platform, so can speak to general ideals a lot more than before.
I will say also that the staff have only just started at DDB, but I think they’ve got potential.
"more easily" . . . you mean "easier"
When Todd's coverage gets more likes than D&D beyonds.
I can't stand D&D Beyonds content without Todd.
@@Scarab23 I feel bad for Amy because I like her as a person but Todd's just a lot more watchable.
I can’t get behind the new team. I want to, but they just aren’t compelling or captivating personalities.
He has a great voice to listen to.
@@Scarab23 was there a falling out or something? I thought he was with that company. Hell, I thought he was an owner or something.
Time for a Damphir Aarakocra undead warlock: lost its wings in a tragedy. And is seeking revenge against the cause of its flightlessness.
a really good option for bladelocks who don't wanna just go hexblade. I'm gonna see about playing this mixed w my pali in a level 20 one shot
it's pretty crazy. Warlock 14 and Pally 6 is a good spot.
I’m so happy for Todd! I mean, I’m happy for all us Goth DMs, but I’m happy for Todd in particular.
I feel like when Todd talks about dnd its like I’m having a conversation with him, even though it’s just him talking for a few minutes. Love your content keep being awesome!
I'm loving this warlock, I think pairing this with dhampir and phantom rogue and this would be the ultimate undead build.
Some undeads to have as a patron:
- Lich
- Demilich
- Dracolich
- Vampire
- Mummy Lord
- Particularly powerful Revenant
- Death Knight
- Nightwalker
- Skull Lord (basically a three-headed skeleton king in the Shadowfell)
- Just a straight-up Ghost (or similar spectral undead)
Lady Dimitrescu from RE village, that tall sugar mommy as an undead patron would be an interesting one
I always view Patronage as "Who could have their Warlock reach level 20, and still have no fear of crushing them when/if they betrayed you?"
So I mostly look at creatures of CR13+ for Undead and Fiend where there is a chance you could actually meet a statted up version of your Patron. Happily Undead has lots of great options at those levels!
I can't wait to see a Headless Avren, and where is his head, in a fishbowl helmet on top of a mechanical golem. They would make a awesome duo, imagine the possibilities.
Ayy yo, we about to throw hands because I love the fathomless warlock. Although I do like the undead, they are so much better then the undying.
I have this very oddball concept...it starts out as an Undead Warlock, who makes their pact with a lich, in the hopes of "earning" their way into the secret of immortality...
...and then they multiclass into a Glamour Bard, in the hopes of achieving eternal beauty.
All the benefits of being a lich...without the rotting flesh.
Basically, they want their immortality cake...and to eat it, too.
The only give away would be their eyes; when they use their "Form of Dread", their eyes will burn with a cold blue luminescence.
Naturally...this lich would be annoyed that their "pawn" is trying to cheat their way out of the setbacks THEY themselves had to deal with.
The necrotic damage should be allowed to be on all attacks, it's weird to shoot 3 eldritch blasts and only one of them to be necrotic. The double damage should only be allowed on one of the bolts
I would allow that.
Love this subclass. Since it came out, I converted one character from Undying to Undead and have made another 3-4 characters I'm REALLY excited to play with this class.
I've been playing an Undead Warlock in Curse of Strahd. It has been awesome!
Tell us more! How's the campaign shaping up?
@@alexinfinite7142 it has been fun. My dm was concerned about me constantly fearing everything, so we agreed I wouldn't do that. I have been playing as Todd suggested as a Deathkight type player with melee invocations and Eldritch Blast as a nice fallback when I can't get into range. Not sure if we will add the fear mechanic back in since it's now official material, but the character is fun and quite strong.
@@alanrodriguez3011 ah that sounds super fun! So wait, who's the patron?
@@alexinfinite7142 dm is having fun with me so he told me the dark powers are where I'm getting my abilities, but during the campaign, he had Strahd bring up that he is the one giving me these powers. Could be a lie since Strahd and my warlock have a very contentious, smack talking rapport. We are currently level 7 so it won't be too long before we find out exactly what's what.
@@alanrodriguez3011 oh man that's so great! Ahhh ok let us now how things turn out. Good luck with Strahd. He's a slippery one!
My first idea for a PC was a undead warlock pirate. He died at sea and made a deal with davey jones and now is part of his undead crew
Nice job Todd! I will not Sh** talk D&D Beyond’s new crew, but I do miss your style and insight when I view their content. Really enjoying your channel, and when you and Megan combo a topic, you both do a wonderful job!
Dhampir Undead Warlock...done
it would be interesting to have strahd as your patron in a curse of strahd campaign
so happy Todd is doing DnD content on his own. +1
Todd, I'm loving all the Ravenloft content from the Raven Loft :D
Only 5 more days...
Great video. Thank you
If there is one thing I'd change first about warlocks in the next edition is making the pacts matter more, example thier spell lists should be directly related to thier patron and should be just know spells and pact boons. Another thing is I would change spell casting to be a choose the current limited spell slots or a lot of lower level slots and no spells past 5th
So excited, preordered with local game store!!
I'm glad it wasn't lost in the shadows, still I would prefer the necrotic damage change to be on all and give the bonus for only once per turn, to give more that "saturated with evil energy" concept, but maybe that would too strong with the regen at higher level? Anyway glad it's here and definitely going to play it
Ooo this subclass is going to be fun
I'd probably run it with pact of the blade, to improve on it's tankiness.
That said, I am looking forward to their rendition of Ravenloft for 5e. I was playing this setting when it came out in the 90's. It was a spectacular environment to play in, with a strong edge of horror to it.
You can never go wrong with pact of the tome, but it is a good blade-lock choice that isn't Hexblade.
Well... I definitely need this, the carnival will help, more information on Ravenloft. I also have two ideas for individual domains of Dread for my Urban Fantasy setting soo bonus.
This is the Warlock that I’ve been trying to create and play since 5e came out. I’m *super* excited about it!
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For the GM who loves in use PC backstories Reborn Lineage, Undead Warlock. Lich Patron who suddenly woke to find themselves bursting out of a shallow grave with no knowledge of their past life. Lots of the campaign is getting the Group to do the Lich's dirty work
Undying Warlock: Who are you?
Undead Warlock: I'm You but not useless!
I'm gonna play a (proto) lich: Reborn shadow sorcerer/undead warlock.
I miss you Todd 🤗
Half Orc Undead Warlock/Barbarian... so many d12’s on a Greataxe hit!
Warlocks are so fun.
Should you replace any Undying Warlock with an Undead Warlock? Currently running one in a level 7-8 campaign and it would seem too cheesy to just break the game like that hahaha, is there any lore/substance that tell those two apart?
It is one of the coolest warlocks in flavor, but sadly it sounds like they didnt fix any of the problems i had with the UA. the extra damage was fine, its comparable to a hexblade's curse and it didnt need nerfed. the exploding is fine but 1d4 short rest abilities are wonky, and projecting your spirit causes too many ruling questions (what happens if the spirit and body are both in an AOE, does your spirit have the same AC as you if your AC comes from armor, can you use magical items your body had, etc.)
Going to make an archaeologist who made a pact with a mummy
Would the capstone health transfer apply to either inflict wounds or vampiric touch?
Sadly, the 'spirit projection' feature requires concentration, so spells that require concentration (like vampiric touch) won't work, inflict wounds does though, and certain cantrips can pretty much duplicate vampiric touch (maybe even be a little better), Chill touch at 14th Ievel does 3D8 necrotic damage, it's necromancy (there is a thing about spirit projection and necromancy spells), you can add an extra damage die (3D8 is now 4D8) it has 120ft range and they can't regain HP for a round, and you heal for half damage dealt, vampiric touch is concentration, has a range of touch, and dies 5D6 at 5th level, and you heal for half damage dealt.
Vampiric is still good for all the times you aren't using spirit projection though, you can add an extra damage die from the 'grave touched' trait, effectively using a 5th level spell slot to cast it at 6th level with all the benefits, you're doing 6D6 necrotic instead of 5D6 which means you heal just that little bit more.
you definitely have to be smart when picking spells for your undead warlock, you need to think ahead with your spell choices without crippling yourself in the immediate.
Would grave touched's extra damage work for all of Magic Missile's damaging missiles, as it's a single attack roll?
There is no attack roll with magic missile.
Was that a Johnny Dangerously reference?
Does anyone know where the art at 0:43 is from?
Probably the book it comes in, aka Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft
There is some new evocations?
All warlocks are good because the baseline class is so great. I am not 100% sold on this being tankier than fiend but I will agree the flavor for a CoS game to be amazing. Maybe you are a warlock of azalin here to spy on strahd? How cool is that
Finally
Reborn aarakokra + lvl 10 undead warlock + pact of the blade = prinny
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Be cool if make pact with headless horseman like being and basically look like maybe Ghost Rider from Marvel
I'm really dissapointed by the 6th level feature change. Only doing it once per turn on something that also has to be an attack roll feels restrictive. I'd rather them just have done away with the damage die entirely and make it so we can turn any damage we deal necrotic like a mini order of scribes
How is it now that you do dnd stuff independent from the larger company?
He doesn't work for fandom (the ones behind dndbeyond) any longer.
you forget the Hexblade its more tanker than the undead warlock
As close as we can get to playing Ghost Rider
I would ask my DM to replace false life with another option, as it is a superfluous spell. With limited spell selections, if given the choice between false life and armor of agathys - and especially with the false life invocation also available - false life on the spell list is just purely dumb.
The false life invocation sucks, you cast it at base level and I don't think you even learn the spell proper, False life isn't bad, Armor of Agathys is better (you can learn false life with the 'shadow touched' feat and save a learned spell for something else), but even Armor of Agathys isn't as good for an undead warlock as it is for others, the damage is good but the temp HP is pointless really since you get a decent amount of temp HP from Form of Dread, if you get into melee a lot 'Spirit Shroud' is better I think.
@@thefracturedbutwhole5475 The false life invocation is frankly amazing at levels 2-5. Turn your effective hitpoints in every encounter into fighter or better for free. Dum dums always seem to forget that you get to pick and replace invocations all the time. When you get it, it is top of the line. When its no longer as big of a bump, you replace it. Learn how warlocks work.
Would a Fairy Undead Warlock be a Will-‘O-Wisp? 😁
This warlock seems so sweet, glad they nerfed that necrotic damage ability, it was a lil bit too much.
I'm enjoying your coverage so much btw! Feels like old times, like Todd Talks with a mix of the interview but more of yourself and your opinion in these. Idk, it's charming, keep up the good work
This subclass feels like a total bust for me. How can you have an udead patron and be unable to make undead????
Screw DnD for canning you Todd; you deserved better!!
Ghost rider
Hahahaha been keeping this quiet for months once you get the spirit form if you just so happened to have taken the pact of the tome and got ritual spells you could take Meld into Stone...... FOOLS! have fun not dying and tormenting your DM
My bug question is: What exactly has been changed, mechanically speaking, between the UA version and the soon-to-be printed version in Ravenloft?
As it stood, the UA version was not very impressive and had some significant issues with it. Too many for me to mention in a short comment post.
I'll reserve judgment until I look at the class in the book. But as it stands, this doesn't look like a very good class, mechanically speaking. And as a big fan of Warlocks, that kind of concerns me.
So you get to 1 HP and you get an exhaustion AND you cant do so for 1d4 days ... talk about lame and weak ... this is appsered the Celestial warlock does more than that and get half hit points and can do it every day.
the 1d4 long rest is really REALLY bad I hate how they are still sticking to that.