A new book is coming out from Wizards of the Coast, a ton of friends have work in it that I can’t wait to read and it is a fun exercise to think: What would I do with it at the table?
I haven’t seen the book but…here’s an idea : use Godbound (Free or Deluxe) to drop demi-gods on it. Turn Ravenloft into a gothic-high-fantasy sandbox.
The Demi-Plane of Dread has been creating misery and fear throughout the planes for too long. It is time to end it. The Powers get serious and drop some heavy hitters into the Mists.
NOTE: I was going to make each character and post a pdf but that feels off. Below is a short take on what those characters could be, the Words of Creation that I’d use to power them and here’s a form-fillable pdf so you can do the rest.
The Arch-Angel of Hope
Words: Sky, Command, Health
Sphere with eight wings and a thousand eyes or belly-buttonless human with wings of fire? You tell me.
Swap out one Word for Sword if you want to go that route…
The Saint of Swords
Words: Sword, Alacrity, Death
I imagined Kaz, the vampire who cut off Vecna’s hand, but if that doesn’t fit, swap out Death for what fits your take on the Saint of Swords.
The Raven Queen
Words: Death, Winter & Birds (from Lexicon of the Throne)
I love the Raven Queen; she’s my favorite part of the D&D pantheon.
The Patron Saint of Paladins
Words: Sword, Sun, Command
Patron Saint of Fallen Paladins? Swap out Command or Sun for Passion or War or Deception.
Too on the nose? You want this to get a bit strange?
Yeah, I hear that.
The Githyanki Lich Queen
Words: Sword, Death, Sorcery
Maybe Command instead of Swords?
Grumsh
Words: Might, Passion, War
Grumsh SMASH!
Asmodea, Princess of Hell
Words: Sorcery, Deception, Underworld
Wanna to play a devil?
The Created God
Words: Artifice, Knowledge, Health
What if golems put together their own god from pieces of dead gods?
Maybe swap out Artifice for Engineering from Lexicon of the Throne if the game is going to have a more science fantasy vibe. Vengeance if getting back at the Creator is important…
I am assuming that the book will have rules for becoming a Dark Lord. We’d hack those to fit this. Maybe a way to call upon the mist for power but when you do you edge closer to becoming that which you hunt? Maybe a new word, The Mist, that one can take at any time in order to gain their own Domain?
And of course Godbound’s stripped down and solid faction rules so that Ravenloft becomes a big, messy, gothic sandbox.
Let me know what you’d like to play, what you think or if there are deities you’d want to play who aren’t listed above.
Githyanki Diaspora 