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Ravenloft

Ravenloft is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. It is an alternate time-space 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. Each domain is tailored to and…

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Designers
Tracy Hickman, Laura Hickman, Bruce Nesmith, Andria Hayday, William W. Connors, Andrew Cermak, John Mangrum, Andrew Wyatt, et al.
Genres
Gothic horror
Publication
1983–2021
Publishers
TSR, Inc · Wizards of the Coast · Swords & Sorcery Studios and Arthaus (White Wolf Publishing imprints)
Systems
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st and 2nd Editions · Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Ed. d20 System · D&D v3.5 · D&D 5th Edition

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Ravenloft

Nodes114
Edges113
Triples307
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017544
Components1

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related to In other media · 39
Ravenloft → April, Ashley Warren, Becca Scott, Christian Hoffer, Coast, ComicBook, Dave Walters, Deejay Knight, Domains, Dragons, Dragons Twitch, Dread, Dungeon Master, Dungeon Masters Guild, Dungeons, Edition Dungeons, Hadeel Al-Massari, Harmonia, In, It
related to Domains of Dread · 33
Ravenloft → All, Barovia, Dark Powers, Darklord, Darklord's, Darklords, David Wise, Domain, Domain's, Domains, Dread, Dread Domains, Each Domain, Edition, Forbes, Grand Conjunction, Kargat, Material Plane, Mordent, Prime Material Plane
related to 5th and 5.5 edition · 31
Ravenloft → Barovia, Charlie Hall, Chris Perkins, Christopher Perkins, Coast, Curse, Dark Powers, Domains, Dragons, Dread, Dungeons, In, Jim Zub, Laura, Laura Hickman, Max Dunbar, Nelson Daniel, October, Polygon, Revamped
related to 3rd and 3.5 edition · 28
Ravenloft → Arthaus, August, Bane, Coast, D-specific, Dragons, Dungeons, Edition, Edition Ravenloft Player's Handbook, In, Instead, June, Lawgiver, Mists, September, Sorcery Studios, Specific, Sword, System Ravenloft Campaign Setting, The
related to 4th edition · 27
Ravenloft → Ari Marmell, Before, Black Crusade, Bluetspur, Clark Ashton Smith, Coast, Darkon, Domains, Dragon, Dragons, Dread, Dungeons, Gen Con, Halloween, In, Lamordia, Lovecraft, Manual, October, Planes
related to Creative origins · 23
Ravenloft → Advanced Dungeons, Back, D's, Dragons, Dungeon, First Edition, Halloween, Hickmans, However, In, It, Laura Hickman, Module I6, Pharaoh, So, Strahd, The, They, Tracy, TSR
related to Vistani · 18
Ravenloft → Curse, Dragons, Dungeons, Evil Eye, Gothic, In, Masque, Mists, Players, Red Death, Romani, Since, Strahd Revamped, The Vistani, Their, They, Van Richten's Guide, Vistani
related to 2nd edition · 15
Ravenloft → AD, Adventure, Best Graphic Presentation, Black Box, Domains, Dread, Edition, Origins Award, Ravenloft Campaign Setting, Realm, Red Box, Roleplaying Game, Supplement, Terror, The
related to Reception · 14
Ravenloft → AD, Azalin Rex, Call, Cthulhu, Darker Days Radio, Forbidden Lore, Forgotten Realms, Game, Rick Swan, Swan, The Created, Though, Vampire, Van Richten's Guide
related to The Dark Powers · 14
Ravenloft → Academic Martine Gjermundsen Ræstad, Bram Stoker's, Dark Powers, Darklord, Darklords, Demiplane, Dracula, Dread, Gothic, Ravenloft Demiplane, The, The Dark Powers, Their, Where

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domains setting dragons edition dungeons dark domain powers wizards coast campaign strahd mists darklord barovia original darklords horror vampire released

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RavenloftDesignersTracy Hickman, Laura Hickman, Bruce Nesmith, Andria Hayday, William W. Connors, Andrew Cermak, John Mangrum, Andrew Wyatt, et al.1.00infobox
RavenloftGenresGothic horror1.00infobox
RavenloftPublication1983–20211.00infobox
RavenloftPublishersTSR, Inc1.00infobox
RavenloftPublishersWizards of the Coast1.00infobox
RavenloftPublishersSwords & Sorcery Studios and Arthaus (White Wolf Publishing imprints)1.00infobox
RavenloftSystemsAdvanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st and 2nd Editions1.00infobox
RavenloftSystemsDungeons & Dragons 3rd Ed. d20 System1.00infobox
RavenloftSystemsD&D v3.51.00infobox
RavenloftSystemsD&D 5th Edition1.00infobox
Ravenloftis acampaign setting for the Dungeons0.90text
Ravenloftis astand-alone supplement set for any D0.90text

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