What books would you reccomend me?
Joël
If you want a novel that detail you the after war, i don t really know them, but im sure they are others on these board that can help you.
As for other reading there are of course the two I, Strahd books then there is also “Vampires of the Mists” and “Knights of the Black Rose” both of which also feature our favorite vampire. I haven’t read Tales of Ravenloft but I understand it also has a story dealing with Strahd and Barovia. I haven’t read many of the other books yet so maybe someone else can point out the ones I’m missing that deal with Barovia.
Also if you can get your hands on I6 Ravenloft it has some great maps of castle Ravenloft. Ravenloft II House on Griffin Hill is a free download so I’d even consider checking that one as well. Then there are the last two adventures of the Grand Conjunction, which ties back to Barovia and Strahd. I can’t think off the top of my head any others that deal in Barovia.
You can sometimes find some cheap deals on Ravenloft stuff on ebay but be warned if you out bid me on any of the books I’m trying to get I’ll come through the mists and haunt you forever!
One other thing you might want to try is to look on some of the file sharing networks like Bearshare. Occasionally you’ll find custom made adventures or guides people have put together. I haven’t been able to find any 3e adventures yet but I have found some conversion guides people put together to convert the old 2e mods to 3e.
Third edition: RL3E, Gaz 1, LotB
Adventures: House of Strahd, From the Shadows, Roots of Evil
Novels: Vampire of the Mists, Knight of the Black Rose, I Strahd, Tales of Ravenloft (Caretaker & Cold, Hard Silver), I Strahd: The War Against Azalin
Other selected interesting sources: Book of Secrets (Effigy of Ivan Szimin, Ardonk Szerieza), Haunted Sites (Gates of Dusk, Haunted of Valcon Forest), USS 2002 (Brotherhood Of Contemplative Power), USS 2003 (Hags of Vallaki, Vallaki Gazetteer)
...and I'm also kind of hoping to know how the war against Azalin turned out (The end of the "I, Strahd, the War Against Azalin" was kind of a rotten cliffhanger.)
What books would you reccomend me?
This should be revealed in Azalin`s history and Darkon lore, right guys?
So perhaps the Gazetteer that has Darkon in it, or perhaps the generel Ravenloft history overview in the RL cmapaign book or RLPHB or perhaps the 2E Domains of Dread even?
There`s some freebies on the S&S page, incl. a general intro for Barovia:
http://www.white-wolf.com/downloads.php?category_id=21
Also if you can get your hands on I6 Ravenloft it has some great maps of castle Ravenloft. Ravenloft II House on Griffin Hill is a free download so I’d even consider checking that one as well. Then there are the last two adventures of the Grand Conjunction, which ties back to Barovia and Strahd. I can’t think off the top of my head any others that deal in Barovia.
Where do I get old adventures like this one? What is I6? Is it a name, or a product number, or something?
Is the gazzeteer somewhere online, or is it a book?
Thank you for your help so far.
Where do I get old adventures like this one? What is I6? Is it a name, or a product number, or something?
Is the gazzeteer somewhere online, or is it a book?
Thank you for your help so far.
In the old days (god, I can't be that old yet!
), adventure modules were "tagged" with a combo of letter(s) and number to show they were part of a series. Generally, modules of the same series would be played in the order they were published, each one linked to the one before and the one after. There were a few notable exceptions though, such as the "I" series.I6 Ravenloft was the module that started it all. Originally a single adventure in which foreigners had to fight a vampire lord in a spooky castle, it was so successful that they published a sequel (I10 The House on Griffon Hill) and, later, turned it into the Ravenloft setting.
I10 as well as the modules of the Great Conjunction story-arc can still be downloaded for free on the D&D website of WotC (look in the Download section).
Other "old" RL adventures can be bought on eBay or, if you like .pdf files, downloaded from sites such as RPGNow or SVGames.
The Gazetteer series (I to V currently) is a relatively recent addition to the setting thanks to the 3.X edition (Gaz I - III are 3.0, IV to V are 3.5 IIRC). Arthaus (Sword & Sorcery) is now the publisher for the whole 3.X Ravenloft line of products which has raised from the dead a setting that had been gathering dust since the fall of the 2E (and TSR).
The Gazetteers are books that describe in great details the different domains of Ravenloft. With the 5th, they just finished up the Core. From the 4th onward, they can be downloaded as .pdf (if you so desire and are willing to pay) from the DrivethruRPG site.