Castle_Ravenloft_RuleBook.pdf

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RULEBOOK

COmpONeNts

1 “Start” Tile

iNtrOduCtiON

In an ancient time and place, magic permeates the land and

monsters stalk the shadows that gather along the edges of civi-

lization. In this age of dungeons and dragons, the world needs

Heroes. Encased in varied types of armor and armed with

swords, bows, staves, and spells, these Heroes explore ancient

ruins, take on daring quests, and challenge the most fearsome

monsters. One such quest takes Heroes to a dark and mysteri-

ous place called Castle Ravenloft.

Castle Ravenloft

The master of Castle Ravenloft is having guests for dinner—and

you are invited!

40 interlocking Dungeon Tiles

5 Hero Figures

7 villain Figures

30 Monster Figures

5 Hero Cards

tABLe OF CONteNts

INTRODUCTION

4 villain Cards

1 die

60 Encounter Cards

50 Power Cards

30 Monster Cards

5 Sequence of Play Cards

GAME OvERvIEW

10 Adventure Treasure Cards

50 Treasure Cards

WINNING THE GAME

10 Condition Markers

40 Monster Tokens

Game Setup

70 Hit Point Tokens

10 Coin Tokens

Taking Turns

10 Monster Damage Tokens

1 Sun Token

The Dungeon Tile Stack

PLAyER SETUP

3 Freezing Cloud Tokens

15 Item Tokens

THE HERO CARD

1 Kavan Token

5 Healing Surge Tokens

PLAyER TURN

5 Time Tokens

12 Encounter Markers

Hero Phase

The castle rises over the dark forests of the land of Barovia,

looking down upon a sad, frightened village surrounded by an

endless sea of dense fog and mist. The master of the castle,

Count Strahd, is a vampire, and the night and its creatures

belong to him. As long as Strahd exists, Barovia and the land

around it will never be safe.

6 Reaction Tokens

1 Dragon’s Breath Marker

Exploration Phase

1 Mistform Marker

1 Rulebook

Villain Phase

1 Adventure Book

MOvEMENT

When Do You Move?

How Do You Move?

Credits

Design and Development

Condition: Slowed

A group of Heroes has recently arrived in Barovia, stepping out

of the mists to ind themselves caught up in the evil emanating

from Castle Ravenloft. These Heroes have chosen to enter the

castle and discover the secrets waiting within. The dangers are

great, the monsters are deadly, and only the bravest Heroes

stand a chance of surviving or defeating Strahd and his minions.

Condition: Immobilized

Bill Slavicsek, Mike Mearls, Peter Lee

ATTACKS

Daily Powers

Additional Design

Rob Heinsoo

At-Will Powers

Editing

Cal Moore

Utility Powers

D&D Senior Art Director

Jon Schindehette

COMBAT

Art Director

Mari Kolkowsky

Targeting

GAme Overview

The Dungeons & Dragons: Castle Ravenloft ™ Board Game is a

cooperative adventure game. You and your fellow Heroes must

work as a team to succeed in the adventures that unfold within

the castle. You either win together or lose together.

Cover Illustration

Jesper Ejsing

AC and HP

Graphic Designer

Keven Smith

Attack Bonus

Making an Attack

Interior Illustrations

Andrew Hou, Warren Mahy,

Wayne Reynolds

Damage

Defeating Monsters

Dungeon Tiles

Jason A. Engle

Defeating Heroes

Prepress Manager

Jeferson Dunlap

Healing Surges

Each player selects a Hero, who has come to Barovia to discover

the secrets of Castle Ravenloft. Choose from the Dragonborn

Fighter, Human Rogue, Dwarf Cleric, Eladrin Wizard, Human

Ranger, or a Hero from another D&D® Adventure System

board game. Heroes explore the dungeon beneath the castle,

solve mysteries, ight Monsters, and uncover magic treasure.

Imaging Technician

Sven Bolen

Other Actions

Production Manager

Raini Applin Rosta

THE MONSTER DECK

Playtesting

Logan Bonner, Andy Collins, Mike

THE ENCOUNTER DECK

Donais, Genevieve Gorman, Nina

THE TREASURE DECK

Hess, Mons Johnson, Kenneth Nagle,

Eric Pope, Stephen Radney-MacFarland,

ExPERIENCE POINTS

Bill Rose, Peter Schaefer, Trevor

Canceling Encounter Cards

The game runs the Traps, Events, Monsters, and Villains con-

tained within the halls of Castle Ravenloft (with a little help

from you).

Schrock, Rob Schwalb, Matthew

Leveling Up

Sernett, Chris Sims, Jennifer Tatroe,

RULES FOR LATER ADvENTURES

Kevin Tatroe, Rodney Thompson,

Chris Tulach, James Wyatt

Choosing Power Cards

Making Adventures More or Less Challenging

Number of Players

The game can be played with any number of players, from 1 to

5. Each player controls one Hero—and the game does the rest!

Inspired by the original Dungeons & Dragons ® Roleplaying Game adventure by Tracy and Laura Hickman.

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property of Wizards of the Coast LLC. This material is protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America. Any reproduction or

unauthorized use of the material or artwork contained herein is prohibited without the express written permission of Wizards of the Coast LLC.

This product is a work of iction. Any similarity to actual people, organizations, places, or events included herein is purely coincidental. Printed in

D&D Adventure System

You can combine this game with other D&D Adventure System

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To start playing:

The Dungeon Tile Stack

You draw Dungeon Tiles from the Dungeon Tile stack to build

the dungeon beneath Castle Ravenloft. Each time you play, the

dungeon has a diferent layout.

✦ Shule the Monster Cards into their own deck. Do the

wiNNiNG the GAme

You win by completing the objective in the adventure you are

playing. For example, you might have to destroy an evil dragon

in one adventure, while in another you must ind a magic arti-

fact and escape from the dungeon.

same for the Encounter Cards and Treasure Cards. Place

these three decks in easy reach of all the players.

✦ Give each player a Sequence of Play card as a reminder

Each Dungeon Tile features a bone pile (the square where Mon-

sters are placed) and a white or black triangle (used to specify

less dangerous and more dangerous tiles). Many tiles have

walls, a few tiles have special features, and some have names to

distinguish them for use in certain Adventures.

of how play proceeds.

✦ Place the die and the various igures in easy reach.

Unless stated otherwise in an adventure, you lose if any Hero

is at 0 Hit Points at the start of that Hero’s turn and there are

no Healing Surge tokens left to play. You also lose if you are

defeated by the adventure you are playing. Each adventure lists

its speciic victory and defeat requirements.

Game Setup

There’s a lot of stuf in this box. You don’t use it all at once. The

following components are usually used in every adventure.

✦ Pick an adventure from the Adventure Book. If you’re

playing your irst game alone, play through the irst

adventure, “Escape the Tomb.” If you’re playing your irst

The Start tile: The Start tile is where the Heroes usually enter

the dungeon and begin their adventure. It’s twice the size of the

other tiles. The Start tile actually consists of two separate tiles

that are already connected; treat each as its own tile for the

purposes of movement and counting tiles.

game with friends, play the second adventure, “Find the

Icon of Ravenloft.”

✦ Check the “Adventure Setup” section of the Adventure

Book to see if your chosen Adventure calls for any of the

game pieces you set aside.

Unexplored Edge: A Dungeon Tile with an unexplored edge is

a tile where you could place a new tile. This means that an edge

of the tile is open and doesn’t have another tile adjacent to it.

✦ Unless the Adventure says otherwise, place the Start Tile

in the center of the table and place two Healing Surge

tokens beside it. These are the group’s surges for this

Hero Cards

Hero Power Cards

40 standard Dungeon Tiles

1 Start Dungeon Tile

Encounter Cards

Monster Cards

Treasure Cards

Condition markers (Immobliized, Slowed)

Healing Surge tokens

Hit Point tokens

Encounter markers (3 Powers, 7 Traps)

Item marker (Glyph of Warding)

3 Freezing Cloud tokens

Die

Adventure.

Tiles and Squares

Game cards refer to both tiles and to squares.

✦ Each player chooses one of the ive 1st-level Heroes. When

you choose a Hero, take that Hero’s Hero Card, Power

Cards, and the blue igure that matches the Hero.

Adventures and cards refer to the players as “Heroes.”

When counting tiles, you do not count diagonally and you count

around tiles. The Skeleton, for example, is 3 tiles away from the

wizard.

A tile is the basic building block of the dungeon, drawn from

the Dungeon Tile stack.

✦ Unless the Adventure says otherwise, place each Hero

igure on the Start Tile, in a square adjacent to the stairs.

The name of each Hero is printed on the base of the igure.

✦ Each Hero Card tells you how many and which Power

Cards you can choose for that Hero. In your early games,

use the Power Cards suggested at the front of the

Adventure Book. Set aside any Power Cards that

aren’t used in this adventure.

✦ Each player also draws a Treasure Card. Draw and discard

Set aside the following game pieces. You use these pieces only

if the adventure you are playing requires them (see the Adven-

ture Book for details). We recommend storing these pieces in a

plastic bag to keep them separate until you need them.

until you gain a Treasure Card with an Item on it.

✦ Set up the Dungeon Tile stack (the deck of tiles) using the

setup instructions in the adventure you have selected. You

are now ready to begin play. The adventure tells you any

other rules you need in the “Special Adventure Rules”

10 Adventure Treasure Cards

1 Kavan character token

5 Time tokens

6 Reaction tokens

1 Mistform marker

1 Dragon’s Breath marker

40 Monster tokens

10 Coin tokens

1 Sun token

15 Item tokens

7 Villain igures

4 Villain Cards

section, or any rules that change the general game rules

presented in this book.

Taking Turns

Play progresses around the table, starting with a player of the

group’s choice and then proceeding clockwise. You can also roll

the die and let the player who rolled highest go irst.

A tile is a component of the game board, highlighted in yellow.

A square is a part of a tile, highlighted in red. The Start Tile is a

special tile: it is treated as two tiles.

An unexplored edge is an edge of a tile without a wall that is not

adjacent to another tile. There are 6 unexplored edges in this

diagram, highlighted in blue.

A square is one of the spaces on a Dungeon Tile.

Your turn consists of three phases, one for your Hero, one for

Exploration, and a Villain Phase for the Monsters and Traps in

your control.

Diagonal Movement: You can move diagonally when you are

moving by squares, unless your path is blocked. You cannot

move diagonally when moving by tiles. Remember: If you are

counting squares, you can move diagonally, even between tiles.

If you are counting tiles, you never count diagonally; you have to

move in straight lines, not diagonal lines when you count tiles.

Triangles: Each tile features a triangle. When you place a new

tile, the triangle points toward the unexplored edge of the tile

it is attached to. If the tile has a black triangle, you draw an

Encounter Card during the Villain Phase of your turn.

villain Phase

This is the phase in which you draw and play Encounter Cards,

as well as when you activate the Villain (if the Villain is in play)

and any Monster and Trap Cards you may have in front of you.

Surge value: When a Hero is at 0 Hit Points, he or she must

use a Healing Surge token at the start of his or her next Hero

Phase. After using the Healing Surge token, the Hero

recovers this number of Hit Points (see page 10).

pLAyer setup

Place your Hero Card (1st level), your Power Cards, and your

Treasure Card face up in front of you.

Special Ability: Each Hero has a Special Ability, as

1 . If you didn’t place a Dungeon Tile in your Exploration

described here.

Phase, or if you placed a Dungeon Tile with a black

triangle, draw and play an Encounter Card.

Powers: This tells you how many of each type of Power

As you acquire more Treasure Cards, they also go face up in

front of you.

Card you can select for use in an adventure, as well as any

2 . If the Villain is in play, activate the Villain. (There may be

Power Cards the Hero automatically gets to use (see page 8).

more than one Villain in play, depending on the adventure.

In this case, activate each Villain, one at a time.)

As you acquire Monster Cards and Trap Cards, place them to

one side of your Hero Card, in the order in which you received

them.

pLAyer turN

Each player’s turn consists of three phases. On your turn, com-

plete these phases in this order:

3. Activate each Monster and Trap Card, in turn, in the order

you drew them. Follow the tactics on the Monster Card to

determine what each Monster does on its turn. If there

is more than one Monster with the exact same name in

the herO CArd

Here’s what a Hero Card looks like. The parts of a Hero Card are

briely described here and explained in detail on the

listed page of this book.

play, activate each of those Monsters on your turn. So, if

✦ Hero Phase

you have a Kobold Monster Card and another player has

a Kobold Monster Card, you activate both Kobolds

✦ Exploration Phase

during your Villain Phase. If both Monsters survive until

the other player’s Villian Phase, that player will activate

You can move to any square, even diagonal ones, with a few minor

exceptions. You cannot enter a square with a monster (A). You can

move around walls but cannot enter a wall square (B). You cannot

move between two adjacent walls (C). You cannot end your move in

another Hero’s square (D).

✦ villain Phase

both Kobolds again!

Hero Phase

This is the phase in which your Hero moves through the

dungeon and makes attacks against the Monsters encountered

along the way.

Hero’s Name, Race, Class, and Level: The top lines show

When you are done with your Villain Phase, the player to your

left begins his or her turn.

your Hero’s race and character class. The Hero’s level is

shown in the bottom right corner.

mOvemeNt

During your turn, your Hero moves through the dungeon to

attack Monsters, explore, and achieve the adventure’s objective.

Use the following rules for movement.

AC (Armor Class): The Hero’s defense score. An attack hits

the Hero if it equals or exceeds this number (see page 9).

1. If you have 0 Hit Points, use a Healing Surge token if one is

HP (Hit Points): The Hero’s health. Damage reduces the

available (see page 10).

Hero’s Hit Points (see page 10). You can never regain more

2. Perform one of the following actions:

Hit Points that your Hit Point total.

✦ Move and then make an Attack.

Speed: The number of squares the Hero can move by using

When Do you Move?

Your Hero usually moves during the Hero Phase of your turn.

✦ Attack and then Move.

a single move action (see page 7).

✦ Make two Moves.

The efect of a Power Card, Treasure Card, or Encounter Card

can make your Hero move at other times, as well.

How Do you Move?

Your Hero moves according to his or her Speed, which is the

number of squares you can move your Hero during your turn.

When you inish all the steps in your Hero Phase, your

Exploration Phase begins.

Exploration Phase

This is the phase in which you add new Dungeon Tiles, draw

Monster Cards, and place Monsters.

Think of your Hero’s Speed as your movement budget. Each

time your Hero moves a square, you spend 1 point from that

budget. When you have no more Speed left, your Hero can’t

move any more.

1. If your Hero occupies a square along an unexplored edge

(see page 5), go on to Step 2.

If your Hero doesn’t occupy a square along an unexplored

edge, you don’t draw and place a new Dungeon Tile. In this

case, go on to the Villain Phase.

Each turn, you can spend up to your Speed budget to move

your Hero. Your Hero can attack either before or after moving,

or move twice instead of making an attack.

2. Draw a Dungeon Tile and place it with its triangle pointing

to the unexplored edge of the tile your Hero is exploring

from.

✦ Your Hero can move in any direction, including diagonally,

If a creature with a base larger than one square is on more than

one tile, it counts as being on all the tiles that the base is on. For

example, Gravestorm the Dracolich counts as being on all the blue

tiles. All the green tiles are one tile away from Gravestorm.

3 . Place a Monster on the new tile. To place a Monster, draw

as long as you have the necessary Speed to spend.

a Monster Card and place the corresponding Monster

✦ You can’t move your Hero into a square illed with a wall.

igure on the bone pile of the newly placed Dungeon Tile.

(The name of each Monster is printed on each igure’s

✦ You can’t move your Hero into a square occupied by a

base.) If you draw a Monster Card that matches a Monster

Monster.

Card already in play in front of you, discard that Monster

Card and draw again. If another player has a matching

✦ You can move your Hero through a square occupied by

Monster Card, however, that’s okay.

another Hero, but you can’t end your movement there.

When you have inished all the steps in your Exploration Phase,

your Villain Phase begins.

AttACks

A Hero makes attacks using either his or her Hero’s Power

Card powers or the powers of Treasure Cards. Most Power

Cards are related to the Hero’s class, but some Heroes also have

a racial power.

Power Card Back

COmBAt

As you explore the dungeon below Castle Ravenloft, skeletons,

zombies, and other Monsters emerge to oppose you and your

allies. You need to defeat the Monsters to complete each

adventure.

Targeting

When you decide to attack, irst determine which Monsters

your Hero can target. A power speciies what Monsters you can

target, ranging from only Monsters in an adjacent square to a

Monster as far as 3 tiles away.

Power Card Face

At the start of every adventure, you select Power Cards that

you have available for that adventure. Set the remaining Power

Cards aside. For your irst few adventures, use the Power Cards

listed at the front of the Adventure Book. Once you become

more familiar with the game, you can select which Power Cards

you want to use.

Condition: Slowed

A spider’s web wraps around a Hero, making it diicult for

the Hero to get away. A massive nets falls from the ceiling and

entangles the Hero in ropes. These attacks and others like them

cause a Hero to be Slowed.

Whenever you attack, you pick a power you have in front of

you (either from a Power Card or a Treasure Card) and use it as

described in Combat (see page 9).

Daily Powers

Daily powers represent a signiicant attack or a spectacular

efect. When you use a daily power, you lip it over and cannot

use it again until some other efect (usually a Treasure Card)

allows you to lip it back up. Daily powers are the strongest

attacks you have access to in the game.

At-Will Powers

At-will powers are relatively simple attacks, spells, or prayers.

Using an at-will power requires no special efort. It is weaker

than a daily power, so when you use it you do not lip it over.

You can use it again on your next turn.

Utility Powers

Utility powers are special maneuvers that don’t actively attack

Monsters, but instead provide other advantages. These advan-

tages include a specialized move or the ability to counter a

Monster’s attack. Many of these powers don’t require an Attack

action to use, instead specifying when to use the ability. When

you use a Utility power, you lip it over and cannot use it again

until some other efect (usually a Treasure Card) allows you to

lip it back up.

Remember the diference between squares and tiles when

making attacks (see page 5).

✦ If an attack or other efect causes your Hero to become

Slowed, put a Slowed marker on your Hero Card. You can

have only one Slowed marker on your Hero Card at a time.

Most important, keep in mind that you can never trace a

diagonal path between tiles. If a power lets you attack a

Monster within 1 tile of your Hero, that does not include

Monsters on a Dungeon Tile that is diagonal to yours.

You also cannot attack a Monster within 1 tile of your Hero

if a wall completely blocks paths between your tile and the

Monster’s tile.

AC and HP

The AC (Armor Class) of a Hero or a Monster determines

how diicult it is to hit. It represents a combination of physi-

cal armor, agility, and natural toughness. HP (Hit Points) show

how much damage a Hero or Monster can take before being

defeated.

Attack Bonus

Most attack powers and Monster attacks have an Attack Bonus.

A power with a higher Attack Bonus is more likely to hit than

one with a lower bonus.

Making an Attack

For each enemy a Hero’s power or a Monster’s attack targets,

roll the die and add the power’s Attack Bonus.

✦ If your Hero is Slowed, his or her Speed is reduced to 2.

✦ At the end of your Hero Phase, discard the

Slowed marker.

Condition: Immobilized

A ghoul’s paralyzing claws infect a Hero with a deadly toxin that

stops him or her from moving. A magical trap blasts an area

with ice, freezing a Hero in place. These attacks and others like

them cause a Hero to be Immobilized.

✦ If an attack or other efect causes your Hero to become

Immobilized, put an Immobilized marker on your

Hero Card. You can have only one Immobilized

marker on your Hero Card at a time.

✦ If your Hero is Immobilized, his or her Speed is reduced

to 0—that Hero can’t move!

✦ At the end of your Hero Phase, discard the

Immobilized marker.

If the result of the die roll plus the bonus is equal to or greater

than the target’s Armor Class, the attack hits.

Damage

If an attack hits, it deals the listed damage to the Monster or

Hero. Damage that reduces a Monster’s Hit Points to 0 defeats

that Monster. Damage that does not reduce a Monster or Hero

to 0 Hit Points stays on that Monster or Hero (use the Hit Point

tokens to track that damage). Some Monsters have powers

that let them heal damage. Many Hero powers allow

you to heal varying amounts of damage that one

or more Heroes have sufered.

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