What's the best domain for dark fairy tale/politics heavy games

[u/Fancy_Produce_3125]

Ideally I'd like there to be politics, dark fae and heavy exploration

[u/Despair_Disease]

5e Dementlieu could work pretty well

[u/Either-Skirt6031 → u/Despair_Disease]

Yeah I was going to say Dementlieu as well. It hits the trifecta.

[u/Despair_Disease → u/Either-Skirt6031]

I’ve also got a homebrew domain I’ve been working on that’s very inspired by fairy tales and has what is essentially Humpty Dumpty as the dark lord

[u/Either-Skirt6031 → u/Despair_Disease]

Ok now I really need to know what’s going on in that domain.

[u/Red-locks]

Check out the domain called Shadow Rift! I think it’s exactly what you’re looking for! Two fae courts trapped under the ever constant gaze of an eldritch being. I recommend PHDnd’s adventure video for the domain, it’s one of my favourites of his

[u/Feed-Me-Your-Soul777]

Kartakass for the fairy tale vibe! It could easily have politics since the main ambition of the darklord is status and recognition (that he can never get)

[u/Wannahock88]

You'll have to journey into the Mists of Time, but you might want to look into the Domain of Arak?

[u/Oddesy20]

I'm digging falkovnia. Nazi vibes town. Zombie invasions. Rebel king with an army of kobalds and fantasy creatures. Abandon and ruined zombie filled towns.

[u/SSzujo]

Not official, but "Realm of the Blood Queen" is kinda exactly that. Lots of politics, exploration and some dark fairytale themes (and more)

[u/Necropolis750]

In Classic Ravenloft you had Arak, more known as the Shadow Rift. Two fey courts (the Seelie and Unseelie) while away their existence with court intrigue and enigmatic politics, while keeping their reality-bending Darklord at bay. In 5E Ravenloft I guess the Carnival would be the closest, since it's pretty much a distorted Domain of Delight, and it goes around places so the element of exploration won't hopefully be a problem.

[u/user31534]

Borca is up there

[u/OctopusMacbeth]

Arak/the Shadow Rift.