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'''Masque of the Red Death''' is a [[Gothic Horror]] [[Gaslamp Fantasy]] campaign setting for [[Dungeons & Dragons]], with official releases for both [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] and [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition]]. | '''Masque of the Red Death''' is a [[Gothic Horror]] [[Gaslamp Fantasy]] campaign setting for [[Dungeons & Dragons]], with official releases for both [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] and [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition]]. | ||
A spin-off to [[Ravenloft]], Masque of the Red Death (named after Edgar Allan Poe's short story of the same name) basically is what you get if somebody at [[TSR]] goes "Okay, Ravenloft is pretty Gothic Horror, but how can we turn it up to eleven? I know, let's put the PCs in a world that's our own Earth in | A spin-off to [[Ravenloft]], Masque of the Red Death (named after Edgar Allan Poe's short story of the same name) basically is what you get if somebody at [[TSR]] goes "Okay, Ravenloft is pretty Gothic Horror, but how can we turn it up to eleven? I know, let's put the PCs in a world that's our own Earth in the 1890s, but monsters and evil magic are real!" | ||
The basic story is that, on "Gothic Earth", a malevolent and | The basic story is that, on "Gothic Earth", a malevolent and corrupting entity called the Red Death, hinted to be akin to the [[Dark Powers]] of Ravenloft (and confirmed by the creator and an early preview to be one exiled for breaking some rule the rest had), has been messing around and fouling up the world for centuries, trying to plunge it into eternal (spiritual) darkness. Your players are brave, bold Victorian souls who dare to seek out that which is going "bump" in the night. | ||
It was never very popular, but it did get both three adventures in [[Dungeon Magazine]], a few [[Dragon Magazine]] expansion articles, and | It was never very popular, but it did get both three adventures in [[Dungeon Magazine]], a few [[Dragon Magazine]] expansion articles, an RPGA Campaign (which, notably, has an actual ''conclusion'' to the series), and ''two'' official [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition]] updates (the first from that RPGA campaign, and the second from White Wolf when they had the Ravenloft license). | ||
==Dragon/Dungeon Support== | ==Dragon/Dungeon Support== | ||
Revision as of 02:28, 18 March 2020
Masque of the Red Death is a Gothic Horror Gaslamp Fantasy campaign setting for Dungeons & Dragons, with official releases for both Advanced Dungeons & Dragons and Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition.
A spin-off to Ravenloft, Masque of the Red Death (named after Edgar Allan Poe's short story of the same name) basically is what you get if somebody at TSR goes "Okay, Ravenloft is pretty Gothic Horror, but how can we turn it up to eleven? I know, let's put the PCs in a world that's our own Earth in the 1890s, but monsters and evil magic are real!"
The basic story is that, on "Gothic Earth", a malevolent and corrupting entity called the Red Death, hinted to be akin to the Dark Powers of Ravenloft (and confirmed by the creator and an early preview to be one exiled for breaking some rule the rest had), has been messing around and fouling up the world for centuries, trying to plunge it into eternal (spiritual) darkness. Your players are brave, bold Victorian souls who dare to seek out that which is going "bump" in the night.
It was never very popular, but it did get both three adventures in Dungeon Magazine, a few Dragon Magazine expansion articles, an RPGA Campaign (which, notably, has an actual conclusion to the series), and two official Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition updates (the first from that RPGA campaign, and the second from White Wolf when they had the Ravenloft license).
Dragon/Dungeon Support
- Dragon #215 - Donning a New Masque - new kits
- Dragon #236 - Mystics, Miracles and Meditations - new kits
- Dragon #240 - Mysterious Cities - brief blurbs about eleven cities, with both mundane and mystical goings-on
- Dragon #245 - Seeds of Evil - more history about Gothic Earth and a new monster
- Dragon Annual #2 - Villains of Gothic Earth - eight unique villains, each based off a monster
- Dungeon #61 - Jigsaw - a flesh golem runs amok in Switzerland
- Dungeon #67 - Fall's Run - the players encounter the occult when their train is forced to stop for the night in Fall's Run
- Dungeon #71 - Dark Magic in New Orleans - a murder mystery with Marie Laveau
| Dungeons & Dragons Campaign Settings | |
|---|---|
| Basic D&D | Mystara (Blackmoor) • Pelinore • Red Sonja |
| AD&D | Birthright • Council of Wyrms • Dark Sun • Diablo • Dragonlance • Forgotten Realms (Al-Qadim • The Horde • Icewind Dale • Kara-Tur • Malatra • Maztica) • Greyhawk • Jakandor • Mystara (Hollow World • Red Steel • Savage Coast) • Planescape • Ravenloft (Masque of the Red Death) • Spelljammer |
| 3rd/3.5 Edition | Blackmoor • Diablo • Dragonlance • Dragon Fist • Eberron • Forgotten Realms • Ghostwalk • Greyhawk (Sundered Empire) • Ravenloft (Masque of the Red Death) • Rokugan |
| 4th Edition | Blackmoor • Dark Sun • Eberron • Forgotten Realms • Nentir Vale |
| 5th Edition | Dragonlance • Eberron • Exandria • Forgotten Realms • Greyhawk • Ravenloft • Ravnica • Theros • Spelljammer • Strixhaven • Radiant Citadel |