Top 5 Monsters from Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft

We discuss our top 5 New monsters from Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft! There are some terrifying new creatures in this book and we hope that you enjoy our favorites!

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0:00 Intro
1:03 Gremishka
4:11 Gallows Speaker
6:46 Priest of Osybus
11:23 Bodytaker Plant
14:42 Jiangshi
16:43 Dullahan
22:15 Final Thoughts

[prophetisaiah]

I'm particularly fond of that Dullahan. It looks like a really fun boss encounter. On the side of creep factor (though it's a pretty low CR), the Boneless is just freaking disturbing.

[Loehengrin]

Evil cat monster: isn't that just a cat?

[DracosDiabolis]

Gremishka, lmao dudes. My brewing brain went for the Swarmkeeper ranger circle of Sheppard druid combo. Lol summon these little cats, and turn them loose in a tavern or whatnot. Ofcorse take the lucky feat. For when they roll. Not the roll you want. Make them reroll. Lmao oh the high jinks.

[zgull]

players look a cat DM: bring on the tidal wave

[Monsters_Rule]

After watching this video all the monsters talked about are awesome but I'm most excited for the dullahan, it feels like it was made to give heavy-hitting classes a run for their money.
I can just hear the eerie music playing as soon as a session comes into contact with a dullahan.

[erikwilliams]

with all the content you guys put out about van richten, just how big is this book?!

[leodouskyron]

All the ancient dragons ever want to get some of that Dullahan’s mythic attack action. A Dragon could sit on the pc halfling and that is just hit points and he may survive that but cut off that head and even the nastiest Yuan-ti Barbarian is out of there.

[drose]

Love the content you guys are putting out, been a fan for awhile !

[MoonBoi]

This book really is rivaling Wildemount in terms of content

[mrshesha]

The Gremishka and Bofytaker Plant are by far the most interesting monster on this list. Great video, looking forward to more.

[paulzuniga]

I’m all about the Gallows Speaker personally, but for the flavor, not the statblock. PCs are supposed to enter a settlement for whatever reason, and instead of it being a thriving community as expected, it’s completely razed. Bodies are everywhere, with maybe a few zombies/skeletons/whatever to keep the PCs on high alert, and eventually this thing pops up out of nowhere and scares the poop out of everyone. It screams and babbles and does the whole ghost thing, but it doesn’t attack. It wants to tell its stories, but since it’s basically a swarm of ghosts all vying to be heard it can’t get them straight and communicate that without either considerable difficulty or using its suffering echoes ability—the latter would be easier, but causes damage. This allows for terrific roleplaying and immersion as the PCs try to get to the bottom of what happened to the settlement. DMs just have to be careful not to steamroll the players with long, drawn out descriptions of the various deaths of the inhabitants. It’s cool in movies but can be self-indulgent if you’re not careful

[benja]

19:11 having a rune knight with a cloud rune would really piss off your dm at that point i think

[wassentme]

Realized halfway through that I'm spoiling it for myself as a player, but as a DM I see some interesting possibilities.

[jonathansnelling]

Gremishkas are hillarious, yet I can see it being a properly difficult battle. especially if you have 4 of them vs a party of say 6 level 3's, they will be cocky enough to be like, "oh thats easy" then the dm can just smile and maniacally laugh

[joshuaholmes]

I’ve been working through your class videos for a while now and am trying to see any new videos you put out too. Massive fan at this point. Keep up the great work!

[aricitrin]

I haven't gotten to this part of my copy yet. Sounds epic!

[Cannn_balI]

I love the new monsters! There so epic 🤣

[idledestroyer]

Love your videos, how much content can there be in van richten for so many vids. Not one to complain tho

[bjarnivalur]

Oh wow, I'm currently in a party with nothing but spellcasters and I'm afraid that we might get TPKd by a cr 1/8 creature.

If i remember correctly, Dullahan is the original Celtic legend where a knight lost his head but carries on fighting.

[meep]

If you have a sadistic gm a swarm of those in a small room with a party of heavy casters