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Poll #464 - Van Ricthen's Guides Revamped (No Pun Intended) (Patreon)

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2024-11-09 18:47:30

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2026-06

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Poll #464 - Van Ricthen's Guides Revamped (No Pun Intended)

Liches (UNLIMITED POWER) 49
Crypts (Ghouls, wights, zombies, skeletons, etc.) 62
Vampires (I don't say 'blah blah blah') 35
Werebeasts (werewolves, wererats, etc.) 56
The Created (Constructs, but mostly flesh golems) 25
Ancient Dead (mummies) 42
Fiends (devils, demons, and everything in between) 31
Vistani (Ravenloft's Romani, which... will take some finesse) 31
Cosmic Horrors (added this, but thought was necessary) 37
Ghosts (also poltergeists, specters, wights, etc.) 34
Cults (added this, but thought was necessary) 33
I'm not really interested in this series, Dave... 4

Content

Hey all,

I've been doing some retail therapy lately, collecting all the old Ravenloft modules from the 80s-90s. There used to be a series of books called Van Richten's Guide, which took a different type of creature and created a whole book on how to identify, track, hunt, and destroy such creatures. The books covered topics from ghosts to vampires to the created and even liches.

I kinda want to bring some of that book as part of the upcoming physical book campaign to get back on track with book credits. I'm thinking 7.44" x 9.69" (Osprey size) books, black-and-white, roughly 96 pages each. These will be split between player options (5e+ and OSR), DM resources (rules agnostic), adventures (5e+ and OSR), and monsters (5e+ and OSR*).

If I do this, what theme do you want to see? I've included redux of all the original VRGs along with a two I invented as well as a "not interested" option.

Pick as many as you like.* OSR refers to any game that uses the dice scales from 1e and 2e, so Mork Borg, DCC, Old School Essentials, Shadowdark, etc.