Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft releases today, and it's been getting me pretty excited. While I'm not the fondest of the player content (that Undead Warlock wasn't the best in UA, and it hasn't improved that much) in the book, I love an opportunity to make gothic style homebrew!
In addition to the three vampire hunting items, I've also been a part of a team making a new DMsguild product. The supplement is called Playing Dead and can be found here! You can find my contributions in the barbarian Variant Class Features, the Path of the Grave (a zombie themed barbarian set around the ideas of ripping off your own limbs to fight others!), the Martyr Greater Undead (they're like Prestige Classes) and some smaller miscellaneous things. Currently, we're #1 on the guild and have become a Copper bestseller!
Anyways, for the items, I think my favourite out of the three is the Wooden Stake. Mechanically, it's identical to the Vorpal Sword, but deals piercing instead of slashing and can kill undead even if they don't need the body part it takes away (in this case, it destroys the target's heart). Just like the Vorpal Sword, it's concept is part of a classic fantasy, and should feel just as gruesome.
Well, this was just a short advertising post, but I hope these items or something in Playing Dead can be useful for your campaign!
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