D&D 5e Van Richten's Guide to Ravenlft

VAN RICHTEN'S GUIDE TO

RAVEtlLOFT.

CREDITS D&D TABLETOP TEAM

Project Lead: F. Wesley Schneider Executive Producer: Ray Winninger
Art Director: Kate Irwin Principal Designers: Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Perkins
Writing: Whitney Beltran, Bill Benham, K. Tempest Bradford, Banana Design Manager: Steve Scott
Design Department: Sydney Adams, Judy Bauer, Makenzie
Chan, Jeremy Crawford, Dan Dillon, Crystal Frasier, Ajit George,
Amanda Hamon, Cassandra Khaw, Renee Knipe, Kira Magrann, De Armas, Dan Dillon, Amanda Hamon, Adam Lee, Ari Levitch,
Molly Ostertag, Ben Petrisor, Jessica Price, Taymoor Rehman, Ben Petrisor, Taymoor Rehman, F. Wesley Schneider, James Wyatt
Jessica Ross, John Stavropoulos, Jabari Weathers, James Wyatt Art Team Manager: Richard Whitters
Rules Development: Ben Petrisor, Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Art Department: Trystan Falcone, Kate Irwin, Emi Tanji,
Perkins, Taymoor Rehman Shawn Wood, Trish Yochum
Editing: Judy Bauer, Michele Carter, Scott Fitzgerald Gray Senior Producer: Dan Tovar
Cultural Consultancy: Adam Lee, Tim Stone, Ivan Wong Producers: Bill Benham, Robert Hawkey, Lea Heleotis
Graphic Design: Trystan Falcone, Emi Tanji, Trish Yochum Director of Product Management: Liz Schuh
Cover Illustrators: Scott M. Fischer, Anna Podedworna Product Managers: Natalie Egan, Chris Lindsay, Hilary Ross,
Interior Illustrators: Helder Almeida, Mark Behm, Eric Belisle, Zoltan Chris Tulach
Boros, Christopher Burdett, Dawn Carlos, Paul Scott Canavan,
Kai Carpenter, Sidharth Chaturvedi, David Rene Christensen, MARKETING
CoupleOfKooks, Nikki Dawes, Olga Drebas, Wayne England, Caroline
Gariba, Lake Hurwitz, Sam Keiser, Julian Kok, Katerina Ladon, Olly Director ofGlobal Brand Marketing: Brian Perry
Lawson, Titus Lunter, Andrew Mar, Scott Murphy, Irina Nordsol, Global Brand Manager: Shelly Mazzanoble
Stephen Oakley, Robin Olausson, Livia Prima, April Prime, David Senior Marketing Communications Manager: Greg Tito
Sladek, Anna Steinbauer, Shawn Wood, Zuzanna Wuzyk Community Manager: Brandy Camel
Cartographers: Francesca Baerald, Jared Blando, Dyson Logos,
Mike Schley The following D&D books provided material and inspiration:
Concept Illustrators: Shawn Wood, Titus Lunter, Kieran Yanner,
Richard Whitters Connors, William W. and Steve Miller. Domains of Dread. 1997.
Project Engineer: Cynda Callaway Golden, Christie. Vampire of the Mists. 1991.
Imaging Technicians: Kevin Yee Hickman, Tracy and Laura. Raven/oft. 1983.
Prepress Specialist: Jefferson Dunlap Hickman, Tracy and Laura. Raven/oft II: The House on Cryphon Hill. 1986.
Mangrum, John W. and Steve Miller. Carnival. 1999.
Special Thanks: Heather Cenis, Laurie Marquess, Stephanie Nudelman, McComb, Colin and Scott Bennie. Islands of Terror. 1992.
Stas R., Morrigan Robbins, T. Alexander Stangroom, and the Nesmith, Bruce and Andria Hayday. Raven/oft: Realm of Terror. 1990.
hundreds of playtesters who made this book more terrifying! Perkins, Christopher. Curse ofStrahd. 2016.

ON THE COVER ON THE ALT-COVER

In the shadow of Castle Ravenloft, Doctor Rudolph van Richten and Ez Monster hunter Ez d'Avenir stands against the assembled nightmares
d'Avenir confront the vampire Strahd von Zarovich, in this painting by of the Demiplanes of Dread, a phantasmagoria revealed by Scott M.
Anna Podedworna. Fischer.

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