Lightning splits the clouds overhead, casting stark white light across him. It was written by tracy and laura hickman and illustrated by clyde caldwell. So, following the release of the campaign set, it was imperative for tsr to publish new scenarios depicting what ravenloft adventures looked like. I nearly got tripped up on those dang isometric maps a bunch of times. I10 ravenloft ii the house on gryphon hill pdf i ravenloft ii. Introduce your players to the horrors of castle ravenloft with our topdown map pack.
These maps were created for the roll20 module by kristin carlson. Castle ravenloft battle maps dungeon masters guild. The maps of ravenloft are the same, down to the numbering. These monsters are unique to ravenloft modules specifically. Ravenloft, and borrowed heavily for parts of my dragonlance game. Ravenloft includes beautiful isometric maps by dave sutherland which depict an interconnected threedimensional.
I6 ravenloft comes with a double cover module booklet nested inside two covers of maps. Ravenloft 1983 a fight against a cunning vampiric opponent played out across his dungeonlike castle. From the shadows was the third ravenloft adventure published in 1992. In 740 bc, the grand conjunction dissolved the neighboring land of gundarak and caused part of it to be. The bulk of the adventure is set in castle ravenloft, where the. Map 1 to see the relative locations of the town and castle ravenloft. However, there are too many things for the dm to keep track of, which makes it a difficult module to run. Fortunes of ravenloft determines strands goals and the placement of important treasures. Ravenloft i6 original adventure, house of strahd adventure. In 1983, tsr published the module named ravenloft with the module code i6. This is a list of all monsters in ravenloft products. I like referring back to i6 for comparing the 5e text to the 1e maps. Both map and description have the advantage of feeling like a real space, and a mostly logical layout that helps define the uses of. Curse of strahd decent topdown castle ravenloft maps.
Ravenloft is an adventure for 6 to 8 characters of levels 5 to 7. I figured some of you other dms might appreciate the maps so i decided to post them online. Curse of strahd decent topdown castle ravenloft maps reddit. This setting is ravenloft, and it brought true horror and dread to the world of dungeons. Its intended for online play, but it can be printed out and used on the tabletop. Though the ravenloft milieu has kept a lower profile in more recent years, it was nonetheless the inspiration for both expedition to castle ravenloft 2006 and the castle ravenloft board game 2010.
Ravenlofts history stretches back even before that though, to the original i6. It was written by tracy and laura hickman, and includes art by clyde caldwell with maps by david sutherland. Ive got the silver anniversary edition in paper and like to reveal maps to my players on a big screen. I finished drawing a simple 2d map of ravenloft for my curse of strahd campaign. Contentsshow plot curse of strahd is a fairly freeform adventure where the characters are drawn into barovia and must defeat strahd to escape. Ruins of darramoka a new free map for five weeks in a row is ready. A variety of beautifully detailed maps in a muted, illustrative style. Download d amp d 3 5 adventures expedition to castle ravenloft pdf from 58 mb, ravenloft pdf from 3 mb free from tradownload. This printable pdf map can be viewed, downloaded and also printed. If you plan on using this conversion, please purchase the pdf above.
After that, events return, to properly set things on the path for the next adventure. Rq3 from the shadows 2e wizards of the coast ravenloft. Other 4e supplements that can help you run a campaign with that ravenloft feeling are the supplements. Unfortunately the magic that was ravenloft is lost in translation in this installment. I presume these are ok to post up as you can get the handouts from wotc and the 3rd edition maps which are much the same are on wotc website. At the time, tsr was switching their adventure codes every calendar year, rather than keeping them in tune with any. But there is less of it as this house is not the size of the castle from ravenloft. I6 ravenloft converted to 5e in time for halloween.
Its all textbased with some public domain illustrations, and you click on options as you make decisions and roll the dice. Strahd has continued to rule the land and the dour barovian people through a fake line of successive rulers all bearing his name. Fortunes of ravenloft is an imitation ancient gypsy card reading. The i6 version is easier to read, the curse version a bit more artsy, but no real changes have been made. Ra3 touch of death 2e wizards of the coast ravenloft. I know that nearly all the ravenloft adventures are available on pdf. Sadly, it is only released as hardcover with no pdf option. Exploring a castle, as opposed to a more traditional dungeon, is a ravenloft trope going back to i6. Ive run the original castle ravenloft once for my group with mixed success. So i recently got my hands on the 3rd edition update to expedition to castle ravenloft and am thinking about playing it soon. Ravenloft pdf chapter one 6 changes wrought with this.
The location of three essential magic items tome of strahd, sunsword, and the holy symbol of ravenkind, the identity of an npc ally, and the location of strahd. There were only two previous adventures that hinted at how to play this sort of game, i6. Like that module, this adventure is a classic gothic horror story. There have also continued to be sporadic ravenloft tiein products since 2005, including the castle ravenloft board game, which was the.
It consisted of a 32page book, with separate maps that detailed locations in the adventure scenario. Though the ravenloft milieu has kept a lower profile in more recent years, it was nonetheless the inspiration for both expedition to castle ravenloft. There are a lot of highly varied battlegrounds with different levels, which promise. I10 the house on gryphon hill falls very short of the iconic i6 ravenloft module. One setting, though, decided to go in a very different directions. Unfortunately didnt have time to remove all the annotations. I6 ravenloftunder raging stormclouds, a lone figure stands silhouetted against the ancient walls of castle ravenloft. What i do not like about the house on gryphon hill.
Feast of goblyns had been fairly traditional medieval horror, in the manner of i6. The house and maps and room descriptions are comparable to the original module. The language, balok, seems to be a slavic type of language. This 32page booklet had two outer folders containing maps by. Partly because it has some definite tournament style.
Ravenloft 1983, but ship of horror had gone a bit further afield with a nautical horror adventure. It was written by husbandwife duo tracy and laura hickman, with art by clyde caldwell and maps by david sutherland iii. You have managed to confuse me here, i have the original i6 ravenloft which has the isometric maps but iirc easy to convert to square grid and expedition to caste ravenloft which is for 3. Make your job easier with adobe acrobat dc, the trusted pdf. It is an alternate timespace existence known as a pocket dimension or demiplane, called the demiplane of dread, which consists of a collection of land pieces called domains, brought together by a mysterious force known only as the dark powers. This map is easily accessible and can be incorporated into any of your personal uses. Manual, regardless of whether that pc passes a mental check or not. I have a question about the original castle ravenloft maps in topdown. View, download or print this castle ravenloft map pdf completely free. Jul 11, 2019 i10 ravenloft ii the house on gryphon hill pdf i ravenloft ii. Ra1 feast of goblyns 2e wizards of the coast ravenloft.
Traps, secret doors, and map keys are all hidden from players view, on the gm info overlay. Maps the core keys for all maps northern core southern core sea of sorrows nocturnal sea bluetspur ghenna. I plan on ripping, burning and otherwise damaging the maps before giving them out so things arent too easy for my players. This article has been updated since its original version published in november 2012. The master of ravenloft is having guests for dinner and you are invited. You might start there, it shouldnt be too difficult to convert to 3. I enjoyed a lot of the creatures and flavor from the 2ed. The tail end of the adventure moves from events to delves, in the form of an extensive trek through castle avernus thats reminiscent of the adventure through castle ravenloft in i6. The shadowfell gloomwrought and beyond and the book of vile darkness.
The adventure, the saints tomb, is a gamebookstyle adventure, meaning that you make a character sheet, roll your own dice though 2 of each are supplied inbrowser, keep up with your inventory, spells, and hp, and are on your honor to be honest. This card reading can add a great deal of flavor to your game, and makes ravenloft different when you play it again. Rm4 house of strahd 2e wizards of the coast ravenloft. Are there any normal maps available for this module. A cold, bitter wind spins dead leaves around him, billowing his cape in the darkness. This map can be downloaded in seconds along with the other valuable charts we provide. Ravenloft collectors guide morrus unofficial tabletop. When i ran cos a couple years ago, i spent the better part of 3 days drawing out the castle ravenloft maps on 1 grid flipchart paper. If the task of the ravenloft adventures was to reveal the possibilities of that setting, they were doing their job in spades. From 26 mb ravenloft 3 5 legacy of the blood great families of the core pdf. The most amazing element of eve of sorrows is that its heavily focused on time travel and time travel at its most timeywimey. This book presents an expanded, revised version of the original adventure module i6. From the shadows 1992, by bruce nesmith, is the sixth ravenloft adventure. Use this map for your own personal use completely free.
It does not resemble any real or mystical fortune telling process. Ravenlofts writers or map designers at least have considered a party that wants to abseil through windows or shimmy up and down chimneys. The terrain is mountainous and forested, winters are cold. Instead of sword and sandals, it went for howling wolves and the children of the night.