How I Ran the Carnival! Resources, Maps & Adventures for the Shadowfell/Ravenloft Carnival in 5E

How I ran the Carnival in my D&D Ravenloft campaign. Resources, maps, music, NPC/roleplaying info, Litwick Markets stalls and adventures/side-quests for the Shadowfell Carnival.
00:05 Intro
02:38 Resources
04:28 Maps
05:42 Music
06:52 NPCs
15:30 Litwick Market
19:03 Adventures
25:46 Outro
RESOURCES 📚
Main ones mentioned:
- Carnival (2E): www.dmsguild.com/product/1747...
- The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
- Dark Carnival: www.dmsguild.com/product/3784...
- The Carnival of Tears: www.dmsguild.com/product/3473...
Others:
- Carnival of Lost Souls: www.dmsguild.com/product/4280...
- Professor Pacali's Catalogue of Curiosities: www.dmsguild.com/product/3638...
- Murder in the Mists: www.dmsguild.com/product/3668...
MAPS 🗺
Main Carnival map: inkarnate.com/p/RLg1mW-shanej...
Zoomed-in Carnival battlemaps: / some_basic_battlemaps_...
MUSIC 🎶
"Myconid Colony" by Tabletop Audio: tabletopaudio.com/
NPCs 🎭
Tindal's introduction: / intro_i_wrote_for_tind...
Alti's rap: / i_wrote_a_rap_for_alti...
There are also some random notes here (as a comment in an r/ravenloft post), which includes more of a rundown of my Litwick Market stalls as well as some of the adventure ideas I mentioned in the video: / jz9x3qn
I also mentioned The Second Tarokka Reading a few times: www.dmsguild.com/product/4692...
Music credits - "Myconid Colony" by Tabletop Audio used with permission. All other music - "Trio for Piano, Cello, and Clarinet", "Ghostpocalypse - 6 Crossing the Threshold", "Tenebrous Brothers Carnival - Prelude", "Tenebrous Brothers Carnival - Snake Lady", "Tenebrous Brothers Carnival - Intermission" and "Pensif" - by Kevin MacLeod (a.k.a. Incompetech) licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/...
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[@AzraelThanatos]

You know, some of the stuff back from World of Warcraft's Darkmoone Faire might also be interesting to work into things

[@DMoftheMists]

Ooo, interesting! I'll check it out. Thanks!

[@911TheMagician]

Thanks for making this content! I've been looking for resources to tie in Curse of Strahd to Wild Beyond the Witchlight and this is the best tie in I've found. :D

[@DMoftheMists]

Thanks for the kind words, Juan! 😃

[@victoriabaltazar2824]

Really appreciate this video. I’m really interested in the Carnival setting but haven’t found a ton of resources to help inspire encounters

[@DMoftheMists]

Thanks for the kind words! Yeah it can be a tricky one on the encounters front, simply because it isn't necessarily a combat-heavy location compared to some other domains (at least IMO). If in doubt though, I'd say that the best bet is evil fey creatures who are after Isolde.

[@poopletarts8158]

Really helpful vid! I’m very interested in running a Sorrowsworn encounter now. Could I ask what level your group was when you ran the Carnival?

[@DMoftheMists]

Thanks! Oh gosh, now there's a question... I think they were Level 12 when they first went there? But for the Hungry battle there were only two of them, plus 2-3 NPC allies with CRs ranging from 2 to 6, and Isolde. With the action economy it wasn't a difficult fight, but it still downed Isolde and took a chunk out of an NPC, especially given its Life Hunger attack (its attacks get stronger if someone heals). Then I think they were Level 13 when they returned later (that was when they fought the two annis hags). Hope that helps!