Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft Preview - Exploring THE CARNIVAL - D&D Beyond
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Amy Dallen, Joe Starr & Michael Galvis preview The Carnival. This traveling domain promises a wonderland where any dream is possible but in the Land of the Mists nothing is beyond suspicion. Sinister forces travel in the Carnivals wake forcing the troupers to keep moving, lest they endangers the lands they visit.
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Their excitement was awesome to watch, can't wait to read it once it's out!
"Eeeexcaaallibuuuurrrr..."
You did not disappoint me, Joe.
With that carnival it seems that..
"Something wicked this way comes"
I can't wait to see what people come up with along that line.
That’s also the back of the book tag line for The Wild Beyond the Witchlight.
Black Dice Society really showed me how cool this book could be.
I need to make time to watch that eventually. This book has been interesting to me from a world-building perspective for a while.
Whoever decided to hire amy needs a raise
💸💸💎🦄
She has an amazing energy!
this is going to be one of my fav domains. i've been planning a one day in horrorland inspired one shot for this dread domain
Yeah, pretty pumped for this one
There are a few episodes of some shows I'm thinking of with it.
@@JerodLycett oh for sure there are a few idea i have right now. can't wait to start reading it. and i cant wait for the Adventures League one shots to start turning up.
A sentient Excalibur...?
MY LEGEND BEGINS IN THE 12TH CENTURY
(ﺧ益ﺨ)
I’m going to Californiaaaa
This carnival is giving me Something Wicked This Way Comes vibes.
Yesss
Lol the vampire story reminds me of Armand from interview with a vampire "they're vampires pretending to be humans pretending to be vampires"
The Dark Lord of a Carnival is named Nepenthe? That is amazing. I love that so much.
Wizards of the Coast does like to go somewhat obscure for their references.
It is Isolde. Nepenthe is her sentient light sword
The Carnival is one of the settings of Black Dice Society, and it just screams fun. I have to stop watching it because it gives me ideas of what to put my players through. But don't let that stop YOU from watching that show on Thursday nights before Critical Role.
If you’re a Black Dice fan, eyes here this week...
Ideas are good things though, then you never have to worry about not knowing what to do. The book will help things further I'm sure.
@@JerodLycett what I'm saying is that my mind goes away from the phenomenal show, and into what I would do behind the screen.
I have to shut off my DM brain. And it's hard.
Haven’t been so excited since Tasha’s. I can’t fng wait for this book. I’ve never anticipated a fricken book like this! Hell if it weren’t for dungeons and dragons,I’d never even read in the first place.
It’s a real real good one
@@DnDBeyond it’s honest to God as if I were given the authority with Wizards to have my own source book written. That’s what this book is in my head already..
@@DnDBeyond question. How do you guys feel about a new book based loosely on the Dark Sun? Just putting this out there..that’d be amazing. :p
The fact that it *has* to travel... Having a time limit only adds to the dread. Nothing's scarier than a deadline 😂
I can think of something scarier... *shudders* being late to a deadline...
Secretly tracking time as a DM is the best.
@@JerodLycett But far less terrifying for your players! If they know they don't have time to stop and think or rest... That's PRESSURE.
@@CameronRPowell Oh see what I do is casually mention it once, like on the flyer that brings them to it "Three days only!". It's up to them to remember beyond that.
It's funny, but Carnival might have the most first and third party support of all the Domains of Dread. All of the Grim Hollow stuff and any pdf or art book about Innistrad can be used to spice up just about any domain. The Carnival specifically gets a lot of extra support if you own the Heckna! book or have read through the Rakdos section of Guildmaster's guide to Ravnica.
And who's to say there's only one Carnival wandering through the mists.
Oh, but what if there wasn't? Imagine two showing up and competing?
Just two? I was thinking six. The one detailed in Van Richten's. Another run by a Tiefling planeswalker born on Innistrad who ended up on Ravnica, joined the Rakdos Circus, and has taken his show on the multi planar road. A third run by an undead warlock ringmaster whose patron is literally Jack Skellington. A fourth that is lifted straight from the Heckna book. And at least two that are really just roving bands of thieves that all share the Mist Walker Dark Gift that lets them wander the mists freely, but gives them levels of exhaustion if they stay in one place too long.
It could even be the case that all or most of the Ringmasters of each Carnival know each other and meet up in a mist shrouded clearing once every few days or weeks to compare notes, spy on Dread Lords, talk about which domain borders are closed and how to bypass their borders, and exchange secrets or info about any new groups that got sucked into the mists.
I am a heckna backer it's not coming out till next year have to wait 17 months to get my book so don't hold your breath
The way Amy says “spoooooky” at the beginning of this video is why I’m in love with her. 😍
I imagine your characters are walking down the road to a town when a piece of paper, blown by a wind, gets blown up against a character’s leg. When the pick it up and look at it, they hear a very faint sound of carnival music, as if it’s blown along by the wind and then it’s gone.
16:36 "Mist Taliesins" 😁
To be fair, he's the first person I think of too when talking about fey creatures and creepy carnivals...
I can't believe no one bought up "Something Wicked this way Comes" as an inspiration.
Chat definitely thought of that, but the hosts may not have had time to mention everything if they thought of it.
@@JerodLycett ah ok thank you!
Read up on 2e and 3e npcs and there are so many characters that just need a hug
Now that the book's been out for a bit... and after listening to this, I'm beginning to think the carnival might make a great player hub. The players find themselves kidnapped by the mists to one of the other domains of dread, and during their adventures they come across the carnival. By traveling with the carnival or by buying talismans from the Litwick Market, the players are able to hop to other domains for continued adventures, all while trying to find their way back home.
I might use the carnival to re-learn how to interact in large crowds again. It will be good practice for real life.
I have always avoided large crowds, and I believe that it will only reinforce that.
ha ha, good idea!
A carnival, directed and staffed by those that share the blood of the Vistani.. arrives in Barovia along the western road. Making camp near the village of Krezk...
Yup, seems like nice place for my players to visit before they contend with the Abbot.
It's basically a vacation.
@@JerodLycett right?!?
Michael has a twisted mind constantly thinking of creative and demented ways to brutally murder a character. He was BORN to be a DM. 🤣
You might be able to blend the carnival setting from this book with the Heckna setting from the creators of Humble wood though their name escapes me atm
Hit point press, got it
Never heard of that setting, but others here have mentioned it, seems it could be popular.
My Favorite domain so far :)
That classic carnival feel definitely seems like a blast!
I'm just imagining the happy children attending.
My player wants to be a bard and I've been trying desperately to figure out how to give them a place in my world and now that I picked up my copy of Vanrichtens yesterday, I can stick them in the carnival! Maybe even make them the dark lord of the carnival at some point because I'm thinking about making them something akin to Rod Serling or the Crypt Keeper from The Twilight Zone or Tales from the Crypt where they tell all of these amazing and terrifying stories to the patrons of the carnival but come to find out, all of these stories are things that my players has actually gone and done!
Looking forward to scoring this, perhaps for Father’s Day!
Just got Wild Beyond the Witchlight and am now curious about the Witchlight’s counterpart
This!!!! Is so perfect. I just finished my krenko mini that I plucked off his base and put on a throne:chair that o strapped to a cool dinosaur.(made him some armor too and all thay. Flame affects etc) anyway i finished rakdos beforehand and this!!!! This is where the two of them will live!! This!!!! This is so fng perfect for Rakdos!!! I shall use mostly info from this book but ravnica lore will also play a hand. What a fantastic combo !!!
That sounds awesome!
@@DnDBeyond thanks. I’m so excited for this book. I got Rakdos vibes right off the rip. It’s just too perfect. Too fn perfect
I loved this module from back in the day getting some recognition. Still sore about losing Sithicus, though.
I'm told that it'll have rules to create more domains, so you could make it yourself.
Reminds me of Danny the Street from Doom Patrol. Great stuff, people.
Danny is the best.
I am going to use the Kickstarter module Heckna in one of these domain's of dread maybe combined with the dnd version of the carnival.
Dimentilieu up next?
You'll either have to wait and see, or go check the VOD on Twitch to find out now ^_^
🦂💀
I really like these dice. They might be my default going forward.
Grave dice for the grave domain?
*Somebody* at this carnival needs to be playing a crankwheel instrument that doubles as a meat grinder. A... hurty-gurdy.
I read about the original which seems to cause a mutation to any who visit seems hard to set a campaign so been excited to see how Van changes it
It'll be fun to find out!
In the original, the mutation only happens if you stay in the carnival long enough, like more than a few days and if you leave the carnival, eventually goes away. Isolde can actually control it. There are even people in the carnival who have special masks they wear to prevent it.
Welcome to the Dark Carnival my fellow Juggalos
Uggggh...
Last thing I would.want to see in a game is a juggalo.
@@surge123456789 We're not that bad, we just like rapping about taking a hatchet to peoples' faces while chugging Faygo =)
wow did they nerf the hell out of the carnival. i read the original from 2nd dnd. wow this version is like the childrens tale vs the original.
Agreed. They probably thought the original lore was “problematic”. So dumb.
Carnival, so the one with Burgomeister who force people to have fun?
Save against puking on the Whirlimax 5000
Does anyone know how much can be used sans 5e? I’d love to mine as much fluff as possible and if needed, convert 5e mechanics to other systems.
It's listed on D&D Beyond as a Sourcebook, so it's likely more towards a setting than an adventure.
@@JerodLycett it’s also how much is fluff versus 5e crunch. It looks freakin’ great regardless and I hope we see Dark Sun next!
So after that reference to Tristen and Isolde to help with pronunciation, I'm here wondering if it's my job as DM to create an NPC romance between Isolde and Tristen ApBlanc (just kidding. Unless..?).
Wow my warlock would feel right at home i this carnival
Who made this fun music??
Carnival sounds like heckna
Yeah, but imagine the prizes you could win!
It actually goes all the way back to a 2nd edition Ravenloft supplement; the Carnival was a weird 'wandering domain of dread' that could freely enter other domains. Obviously the 'creepy carnival/evil circus' trope is time honoured, where both this OG domain and Heckna get their inspiration from.
@@dungeonmasterdavyd7029 yeah figured that out as well. The domain of dread boxed set it was I belief.
Could well be that two parties had the same idea and bring back creepy awesomeness. Thank you for the reminder of the AD&D thing :)
What is the name of the zombie domain
I'm not sure if they covered that. They did only spoil a certain amount.
@@JerodLycett sorry I think it is Falkovia
@@anecromancersperspective9309 Ya they changed Falkovnia to be DnD Raccoon City to retcon it from awkward original
To be honest I'm leaning toward using the 2e Ravenloft Carnival lore over that of this sourcebook. Anyone else have thoughts on this?
I agree. The original lore is much better and richer than the watered down version in this 5E book. No mention of the Twisting whatsoever.
this would be a mix of AHS and cirque du freak
Technically its Isolde (ee-sol-dee)
This video was lame... bunch of politicians speaking and not really saying anything. Wow.
I’m a og
I miss Todd Kenreck
Todd is amazing, but there are tons of voices in D&D we think are worth spotlighting!
DND?
Ni-pen-thee
Nuh pen thee
Congrats guys!
You butchered a great campaign setting, way to go!!
They probably thought the Twisting was “problematic” lol.
1st?
Ffs creepy nursery rhymes are so cliche now it's cringe. You posted cringe bro.
I really enjoy it actually, it's put together well with just the correct amount of reverb.