Ravenloft grand conjunction modules

The metaplot only got serious with the fifth part, rq3. The culmination and climax module of the grand conjunction series of ravenloft adventures, following from from the shadows. Grand conjunction series by bill slavicsek goodreads. You are thinking of the pair of adventures that make of the conclusion of the grand conjunction, from the shadows and roots of evil, and the battle between the vampire strahd and the lich azalin. Known as mordenheims monster or the creature, he is an extremely intelligent and nimble dread flesh golem, based on mary shelleys frankenstein. Theres a matter of a prophecy and its fulfillment by vict er, heroes. But my ravenloftfu is weak, so im not entirely sure. I think there are quite a few suggestions for revisions posted around the internet for help, but i felt like these two modules put together make for a really great ravenloft i mean, darkon. As a result, the lords of ravenloft have broken through the mists and escaped into the prime material plane. Over the course of five years, the verses were fulfilled until the wizardking azalin in an attempt to leave the demiplane of dread more. The enigmatic dark powers have cobbled together a patchwork land of diverse kingdoms, each hiding their own foul secrets and held in thrall by a hideously corrupt beingits darklordfor. Killed victor mordenheims daughter and left his wife in a vegetative state out of jealousy.

Many mysteries surround strahd, his castle ravenloft, and the lands of barovia. It was written by tracy and laura hickman, and includes art by clyde caldwell with. Mangrum, ryan naylor, chris nichols, stuart turner and. The first attempt was in manipulating the grand conjunction, wherein he sent powerful heroes back in time to steal key artifacts from the formation of ravenloft. Wed like to thank everyone who helped make this ravenloft site so successful including the kargat at tsr and wizards of the coast, the exkargatane members weve worked with, and the many ravenloft fans whove downloaded and read our net creations over the years. They removed lands seen as superfluous with roles that were better filled elsewhere gundarak, arkandale and removed lands that seemed inappropriate for the gothic and folklore tone of ravenloft arak, vechor. Trapped in this realm of terror, they must use all their skills to escape the manipulations of one of ravenloft s. Each domain is tailored to and mystically ruled by a. For a brief time, the domains of ravenloft and the misty border itself were busted. I plan on rerunning the ravenloft grand conjunction series again soon. In the last 30 years, azalin has tried to escape ravenloft twice more. Rs1 rr6 van richtens guide to the lich 2e wizards of. Mar 31, 2003 actually, all the grand conjunction series modules are free downloads, but feast is the one i liked best.

Depending on your group you may need to do a lot of adaptation, but i think that is true of most 2eera modules. These work well when supplemented in your normal campaign. I think the best ravenloft adventure after the grand conjunction would be castles forlorn. Foretold by the dukkar hyskosa and triggered by the machinations of azalin, the grand conjunction rocked the demiplane of dread to its foundations.

In the module from the shadows, the grand conjunction was brought about, and the lands of ravenloft returned to their original prime material planes. Since it is said that one can enter the mist in 738 and exit the mist in 736 i see no problem with running this series of adventures in this manner this module has been tested many times in single player. Web of illusions, the created and howls in the night. The map of azalins castle were perfect, easy to follow and read. The enigmatic dark powers have cobbled together a patchwork land of diverse kingdoms, each hiding their own foul secrets and held in thrall by a hideously corrupt beingits darklord. The dark forests of barovia are filled with wolves and other creatures. Touch of death advanced dungeons and dragons, 2nd edition. I was thinking of trying to find them on the wizards sitesince i recall that they were free downloads for a long time. Nov 10, 2019 paraelementals in ravenloft mist, blood, pyre and grave and halfparaelementals could be a surprise to pcs too used to slaying undeads. Modules that were part of the series that brought about the grand conjunction pages in category grand conjunction modules the following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. Ship of horror is an adventure for four to six players of levels 810 looking for grisly chills.

Bit by bit, monsters of the demiplane of dread are following behind. The grand conjunction of ravenloft the mists of reality. The evil eye presented a very harrowing plot, which could lead to several alternative results depending on how the pcs deal with things. The grand conjunction was a devastating event that occurred in the year 740 on the barovian calendar, the usual reference for time in ravenloft. Ship of horror is an adventure set in ravenloft with two beginnings. Realms of terrora 160page book of rules concerning the reshaping of character classes. Other than it being something i want to run, im doing this to reciprocate for my dm of some 7 years now who did the same thing and brought dark sun back to life for his. The grand conjunction of ravenloft during the year of 740 on the barovian calendar, the grand conjunction was a devastating event. In the early 90s, module numbering was a confusing mess at tsr. As a sequel to from the shadows, this module gives the player characters an opportunity to atone for the evil they unwittingly caused as pawns of azalin.

Pretty much all the early modules were part of the grand conjunction, as i recall. Over the course of five years, the verses were fulfilled until the wizardking azalin in an attempt to leave the demiplane of dread. Ravenloft is a campaign setting for the dungeons and dragons tabletop roleplaying game, focusing on themes of gothic horror and dark fantasy. The vistani seer hyskosa foresaw this in a hexad of prophecies, an event that would split the demiplane of dread apart. Later, this character and his world would be explored in followup modules, novels, and a campaign setting called ravenloft. Roots of evil by erik haddock 1993, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. The grand conjunction hour of the raven ravenloft youtube. Incidentally after the completion of this module we turned the now vacated estate into a base of operations for a secret society called the keepers of the vault which included at various times the wanderers, the seekers and the shadowwalkers.

Actually, all the grand conjunction series modules are free downloads, but feast is the one i liked best. For a long time ravenloft has been a favorite of mine. Victor mordenheim in his research into the creation of life, albeit the one that causes him grief unmeasured. Nov 10, 2017 some of the grand conjunction modules are really good, especially night of the walking dead and feast of goblyns. Also known popularly as the great upheaval, the grand conjunction is. The grand conjunction has come to pass, and allowed all those dwelling on the demiplane of dread access to the prime material plane. During the grand conjunction, the lands of ravenloft were struck with tremors, entire realms vanished into the mists or dissolved into nothingness, and a young gelfling named jen brought balance back to the world by returning the shard of a dark crystal whence it came. The culmination of a sixpart series of adventures dealing with the grand conjunction, roots of evil gives the player characters an opportunity to literally save the universe as well as themselves. As cool as the base module is, though, a ton of its value comes as part of the queen of spiders super module. Entries for bone golem, zombie golem, and andres duvall the bardic lich. Forbidden lore gypsy prognostication contributes much to the allimportant atmosphere of a ravenloft adventure. This is the first in the grand conjunction series of ravenloft, well at least the lowest level one. Any dms running in ravenloft who havent converted to the new ravenloft with the land changes and the shadow rift should think about doing so.

Domains of the core an overview of the core politics of the core. Dec 27, 2016 during the grand conjunction, the lands of ravenloft were struck with tremors, entire realms vanished into the mists or dissolved into nothingness, and a young gelfling named jen brought balance back to the world by returning the shard of a dark crystal whence it came. From the shadows is an ideal adventure for first time dms to raveloft. In 1989, andria hayday and bruce nesmith were given the task of turning that single, thirtytwo page. For a brief time, the domains of ravenloft and the misty border itself were busted open, allowing darklords and other evils to spill through into the material plane.

Grand conjunction series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Get started with a free quick start module or unleash the keeper rulebook. Adam reduced the doctors wife elise to a vegetative. But now im wondering if they are even worth the bother. The created 1993 was a puppetthemed horrific fairy tale, while. After entering barovia, the pcs are trapped by a deadly fog. Written by tracy and laura hickman and published in 1983, ravenloft was expanded and launched as a fullfledged campaign setting in 1990. Ravenloft night of the walking dead the neverwinter vault. Its hard to play the modules as campaign, since the level requirements, if played in the same order as foretold in the hexad, is not in lineal order. Essentially the ravenloft equivalent to the time of troubles, it refers to a scheme by the darklord azalin to fulfill an apocalyptic vistani prophecy hysoksas hexad which causes the demiplane of dread to dissolve, spreading its occupants back out across the multiverse however. With the grand conjunction in full ascension as roots of evil begins, the many domains of ravenloft have been scattered to the winds. It was the second of these monster splatbooks in a row, so its publication marks the point where the van richten guides took over the ravenloft resource books. Three hundredsixty five degreesburnin down the house.

Realm of terroran entire game world based on the gothic horror theme of ravenloft. Night of the walking dead, feast of goblyns, ship of horrors. In feast of goblyns, a party of adventurers is mysteriously transported from the lands they know to a dark and dangerous demiplane known as ravenloft. The culmination of a sixpart series of adventures dealing with the grand conjunction, roots of evil gives the player characters an oppurtunity to. The vistani seer hyskosa foresaw this in a hexad of prophecies. The wanderers then went though the final two grand conjunction modules from the shadows and roots of evil. Rm1 roots of evil 2e wizards of the coast ravenloft. The book was in perfect shape and sealed in and carefully bagged. Ill be running the grand conjunction modules with expedition to castle ravenloft. Advanced dungeons and dragons, 2nd edition alqadim. Tsr published numerous modules for ravenloft, many of which are great and fun to play, e. Roots of evil 1993, by eric haddock and david wise, isbn 1560765976.

Continuing in ravenloft after cos, possibly grand conjunction. 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. Module advice best module to lead into ravenloft i6 so im planning on running the original ravenloft module for some friends of mine, but i want to start out with a module at roughly 3rd level to lead into it ravenloft is supposed to be started by roughly 6th level characters. Grand conjunction book series by multiple authors includes books night of the walking dead, ra3 touch of death, ra1 feast of goblyns, and several more. The developers of ravenloft used the grand conjunction to tweak the world and correct what they saw as errors in the land. It was further outlined in the 1997 domains of dread. From the shadows, which detailed how the lich azalin was bringing about the grand conjunction to free himself from ravenloft.

The module credits the original work by the hickmans, but was revised by bruce nesmith, who along with andria hayday created the ravenloft campaign setting. Domains destroyed in the infamous grand conjunction have been deleted, new domains added, and key personalities details. Events take place in a pocket dimension called the land of mists. Its the final part of a series of 5 modules about hyskosas hexad, a prophecy of a vistani seer who predicted the grand conjunction, a massive event that lead to the breakup of the land of mists, and each module covers one of the verses, although you can still easily run the final adventure on its own. Six of these modules had an overarching plot, which was called the grand conjunction. Ill be converting most stuff on the fly, as its something that comes rather easy to me. Running them out of sync is possible if you mess with the lines of the prophecy a bit and timespace in ravenloft can be rather. The cult of elder elemental eye could be an interesting antagonist faction in ravenloft, a place with enough madness and nihilism and cultists with paraelemental symbiont grafts obyrith cults also could be a challenge for pcs and even for darklords. Azalins actions split the demiplane open, freeing all the darklords to terrorize other worlds. Essentially the ravenloft equivalent to the time of troubles, it refers to a scheme by the darklord azalin to fulfill an apocalyptic vistani prophecy hysoksas hexad which causes the demiplane of dread to dissolve, spreading its occupants back out across the multiverse however, brave adventurers took a stand and undid this catastrophe by forcing the parts of the prophesy to occur in the wrong order, recreating the realm of the dark powers. Their adventure can run in any direction, culminating in a fantastic vampire hunt. Upload and manage your own custom token markers with this brand new roll20 feature.

Lich was tsrs third ravenloft monster splatbook, following on from rr3. The events take place in a pocket dimension called the land of mists. The adventure includes three new monsters, new spells, and several handouts ready for distribution to players. A classic adventure and part of the grand conjuction saga in the misty realms of ravenloft. The history of ravenloft the time before turning points ravenloft timeline geography realms of horror domain evolution cultural levels definitions chapter two. Until the dark powers recapture the lords of ravenloft, no place is safe. The grand conjunction mistipedia fraternity of shadows.

Roll20 brings penandpaper gameplay to your browser with features that save time and enhance your favorite parts of tabletop games. Ravenloft monstrous compendiums 1 and 2 1996, by william w. James lowder wrote knight of the black rose, the novel that brought lord soth from dragonlance to ravenloft. Ravenloft, ra3 by nesmith, bruce and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The grand conjunction is commonly referred to by the people of sri raji as the rebirth of kali, a time when kali annihilated the old world and birthed it anew. Though ravenloft ii did not enjoy the wide acclaim of the original, the phenomenon of ravenloft proved sufficient for tsr, inc.