So I've never played Curse of Strahd or anything in the Ravenloft campaign setting – but I'm working on my own campaign world and I was reading through some texts and found out about Domains of Dread. They definitely sound like a concept I'd want to implement, but I'm not quite sure I understand them.
From what I read, it looks like (in Ravenloft) there are a bunch of different "domains" that are all separate from one another, kind of like countries are separated?
Are Domains of Dread separate from the Prime Material Plane? How does one get there from the aforementioned plane? Is it even possible? If not, is it possible to "summon" the creature who owns the domain into your plane, thus bringing their domain with them?
I know that with worldbuilding, pretty much anything goes, but I just want to have a bit of a baseline to work from.
Best Answer
It's a collection of demiplanes
Specifically, the Domains of Dread or Demiplane of Dread are demiplanes controlled by the Dark Powers about whom very little is known, save that they attract evil or despairing creatures like Strahd von Zarovich, who is imprisoned in the Demiplane of Dread known as Barovia.
Yes.
However the DM decides.
A wardrobe in a creaky mansion. Tieing at 'Rock, Paper, Scissors' 100 time in a row. Through the looking glass. Over the Rainbow. By it materialising on this plane and taking you back when it goes. By getting hit on the head.
If you try really, really hard it might be possible to come up with a way no one else has thought of.
Yes.
Not applicable.