Summary

• One of the best character builds includes a college of spirits bard, versatile for different encounters.
• The undead warlock build with a haunted background offers uniqueness and great roleplay opportunities.
• The ancestral guardian barbarian subclass is underrated but perfect for roleplay and spellcasting utility.

The Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft module for 5e 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dungeons & Dragons offers players and Dungeon Masters al🍌ike a varied host of different adventures to embark on. From classic horroไr games to cosmically confounding adventures, this module is highly diverse, meaning it can be difficult to design characters for it.

However, because the modul🐻e has a lot of opportunity for roleplay in addition to combat, you'll want to create balanced characters that not only have boons against horror-based c🌌reatures but also fit well into the horror setting. Here are the best character builds you can make for a tour through the Domains of Dread.

10 Spirit Si❀nger 🍌

Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft offers a handful of different🐻 character creation options, including new species (or lineages), backgrounds, and subclasses. One of💦 the best of these is the college of spirits bard, who uses their magics to communicate with spirits who have passed on. This subclass is perfect for traveling through Ravenloft for several reasons.

First, your inspiration can take on many different forms and abilities depending on wh🅺at type of spirit you commune with when you use your bardic magics. This makes this class highly versatile. Second, you can use these spirits to add additional spells to your spell list, meaning you can tailor your spell list to the type of encounter you're braving.

9 From Beyond The Grave ✱

This next build uses three different elements, all of which come from Van Richten's Guide to൲ Ravenloft. First, select the unique undead lineage, which is ideal for roleplay. This lineage allows your character to have died once already and come back from the grave, potentially with new powers in tow. This can also feed nicely into the haunted background.

Perhaps your undead warlock communed with an undead spirit when they passed into the next realm. This patron then sent you b🍃ack with a nefarious purpose in min𒉰d, granting you your warlock powers. This build is great for expert roleplayers.

8 🧔 Haunted By Ghosts 🗹

One of the most underrated subclasses in Dungeons & Dragons is the path of the🎐 ancestral guardian barbarian. This subclass grants barbarians perks to their rage and combat abilities thanks to assistance from their ancestors, spirits who follow them wherever they go.

Not only is this class perfectly tailored for roleplay 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:through the Domains of Dread, but additionally, at tenth level, this subclass allows you to cast Augury or Clairvoyance. Having additional spellcasting is great for a barbarian, but these spells are also incredibly helpful in the Domains of Dread, when navigating the m🃏ists prop🌄erly could mean the difference between life and death.

7 🏅 ♏ Between Light And Dark

Another highly unique lineage you can use from Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft is the dhampir lineage, which is essentially a half-blooded version of a vampire and a human. This lineage comes with unique 𒉰perks like spider climbing and bite attacks.

For this build, consider using the twilight domain cleric subclass, which is highly underrated. Not only is the flavor of this subclass perfect 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:for a horror-based campaign, but its features allow for you to create area of effect healing spells, which is extremely useful for the Domains of Dread, given that almost every creature you me♔et is sure to🍸 pack a deadly punch.

6 ಌ Wither And Bloom

Though perhaps not the first thought for players creating characters in the Domains of Dread, druids can actually make a great addition to a campaign in this setting. Consider using the circle of spores druid subclass, which focuses on death and decay, making it perfect for the tone of any adventure in Ravenloft. Selecting elf also grants you access to different spells early on, thus 💞diversifying your spell list.

Lastly, talk to your DM about homebrewing the investigator background for this build. Backgrounds in Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft don't grant ability score improvements like they do in the 2024 Player's Handbook. So, to balance your character, consider using the Investigator (which grants proficiencies in Insight, Investigation, and Perception) and then asking for buffs to Wisdom, Intelligence, and Dexterity, whic𓂃h fee🍌l tonally aligned with the background.

5 ♐ Rogue Of Shadows

Rogues make natural additions to any Dungeons & Dragons party, but especially in Ravenloft. Choose tiefling and the wayfarer background to gain some spellcasting, darkvision, and improvements to your Dexterity, Wisdom, and Charisma, which can all be extremely helpful for rogues. Your 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:thieves' tools proficiency willꦚ prove redundant, so you can also choose scri𝐆be as a background if you so desire.

The real boon to this build is the phantom rogue subclass, which is perfectly tailored for this module. With this subclass, you gain various perks to your sneak attack, the ability to swap out different proficiencies (which is great for various adventures in the Domains of Dread), and most importantly, your Tokens ꦐof the Departed feature. This featur🐼e allows you to steal souls from others, granting yourself various perks. Customization is key in Ravenloft, and this subclass has plenty of it.

4 Watch From The Darꦺk 🔴

Paladins can also make grea🎃t additions to a Ravenl𒉰oft-based party. The oath of the watchers subclass is really well-suited to this module thanks to its abjuration abilities. Select orc to gain darkvision and perks to your sturdiness as a character, as well as merchant to get buffs to your Constitution and Charisma scores, essential for paladins.

The oath of the watchers paladin gets access to several abjuration-based spells, most notably Counterspell. Having multiple p♛eople in your party who can use Counterspell is great for a jour💙ney through the Domains of Dread, as many characters tend to have powerful magics that need to be interrupted.

3 Prey To T🌸he Night

Though many realms in Ravenloft are heavily urban-themed, there are also a ton of nature-based domains, meaning rangers can fit right into a campaign like this. The gloom stalker ranger subcla🍨ss can also prove themati⛎cally relevant to a horror-based campaign, and offers buffs to darkvision, hiding in nonmagical darkness, and more.

Select elf to grant yourself darkvision, which is expanded an addition☂al 30 feet by this subclass. Additionally, select the guide background to give y൲ourself proficiency in Stealth and Survival (helpful for rangers), access to some additional druid spells, and buffs to your Dexterity, Constitution, and Wisdom, a ranger's three core stats.

2 ꦑ Supportive Sorcerer

In a campaign through the Domains of Dread, you're going to want to create as many flex-support characters as you possibly can, so that all the pressure isn't placed squarely on your cleric. That's why the divine soul sorcerer subclass can prove extremely helpful, as this subclass gives you access to spel🎉ls like Cure Wounds and Bless at various levels.

Additionally, choose the hexblood lineage, which is specific to Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft. This lineage is a cross between normal species in D&D and hags, and grants players additional spellcasting options and𓆏 more.

1 Merciful M𝓀onk ⛄

Similar to the divine soul sorcerer, the way of mercy monk off🃏ers an additional flex-support build for your party, which is sure to make your journey a lot easier. Monks of mercy get access to various healing abilities, meaning they caไn heal themselves and others while also dealing a decent amount of damage.

Choose halfling as your species to gain access to various feats that improve your dexterity and make you more stealthy. Plus, halflings get advantage on saves against being frightened, which is ideal for an🌃y horror-ba🐼sed campaign.