A guide to random tools for running and playing in Ravenloft and other horror-based D&D adventures.
5E D&D Tools Guides - NPCs & Encounters | Dungeons & Traps | Treasure & Items | Player Characters | Ravenloft | Theros | World Building | pdfs on DM's Guild
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Starting Points
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There are other generator guides for general horror, dark fantasy
For encounter ideas I have encounters in shadowfell terrain
Ravenloft & the Domains of Dread
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One of the first themed adventures for dark fantasy was Ravenloft, which grew into a setting and has returned for fifth edition with Van Richten.
For new ideas try 100 new darklords and domains.
Characters
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You might want some names for Ravenloft or Goth sounding vampire names.
For 5e support take a look at 100 horror trinkets or spooky trinkets
You might find a use for a deck of Tarot Cards
Strahd and other Vampires
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Curse of Strahd is the best-known vampire adventure for fifth edition
To support it there is collection of tables from Curse of Strahd, a Curse of Strahd encounter generator and a Fortunes generator for different setups of Curse of Strahd
For more vampire specific tools try vampire descriptions with magical abilities, vampire names, Graveyard Names
Random PDFs of Ravenloft and Horror
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For random tables in pdf format there is a DM's Guild collection of extra encounters for curse of Strahd
Next are a series of random tables for gothic horror - Ravenloft Tables
Last are two of mine, Spooky Encounters and Spooky Trinkets
Ravenloft tool recommendations
I'll keep this guide updated so please suggest D&D generators in the comments or over at the rpg_generators subreddit
