![]() His legendary actions are focused around speed and fly-by attacks, and he also has the ability to mentally charm ravens and wereravens at will as opposed to humanoids. He doesn’t have wizard spellcasting like the default Strahd, instead having a few innate spells he has access to in human form. Strahd as the Beast of Ravenloft has altered stats emphasizing a mobile lycanthropic fighter. The Sunsword is reflavored into the Moon Sword and is effective against shapechangers instead of undead, and the Holy Symbol of Ravenkind is instead the Holy Symbol of Night which can turn lycanthropes and cast the moonbeam spell. In this world, Malar is considered a dark aspect of Mother Night, the Keepers of the Feather are an evil organization who view Strahd as a demigod servant of Malar, and Strahd’s human form is unknown to the general public which can mean that a d8 table of existing NPCs can reveal who his secret identity is in the module. A bestial fury wrought of divine power descended on the Count, and the castle ran red with blood. ![]() The story plays out similarly, although the tragedy of Castle Ravenloft occurs when Strahd prayed to Malar for guidance at winning Tatyana’s favor when she fell in love with Sergei instead. In this world, he pledged himself to the god Malar to gain strength in fighting the old enemies of pre-Mists Barovia. Each alternative tale lays out mechanical and aesthetic changes, from the land to the monsters, as well as the relationships and tactics of certain characters in the adventure as a result of this altered Strahd.īeast of Ravenloft explores a reality where Strahd became cursed with lycanthropy, that of a wereraven’s, instead of vampirism. A man whose selfish desire for a woman made him lose everything, even his life and soul, as he became master of his birthright domain.īut what if things turned out different? What if by some twist of fate, Strahd found himself damned in some other way, a circumstance altogether new yet no less horrific? The Multiverse Files explore various “what ifs” of Strahd’s backstory, and how it can be used to run a familiar-yet-different Curse of Strahd. Strahd Von Zarovich has lived a thousand lives and perished a thousand deaths, his existence played out like a demented opera for the Dark Powers. History literally repeats itself in the nightmare domain of Barovia. ![]() But those are much larger undertakings, and we may get one at best by this Halloween. I would like to review at least one of the bigger Ravenloft books, particularly One Night Strahd, She Is the Ancient, the Barovia Gazetteer Collected Edition, or the Realm of the Blood Queen. Usually 20 to 60 pages, rarely more than 100 which would be split into multiple parts. In knowing my own limits, I’m doing individual reviews of shorter soucebooks. Product Type: This specifies what kind of product this sourcebook is: adventure, location/domain, bestiary, etc.ĬoS-required? Explains whether the product is intended to be used in line with the Curse of Strahd adventure. Product Link: This links to the product’s storefront, usually the Dungeon Master’s Guild. I’m going to adhere to a set of standards for these reviews, outlined below. I may review the more popular ones in due time, but in focusing on the relative unknowns I’m hoping to find some rare gems that have been overlooked by the gaming community. In the Halloween spirit I’m reviewing a variety of such products, with an emphasis on the more obscure sourcebooks. ![]() Drawing from fans of the broader Demiplane of Dread to exclusive Barovian castle delvers, fan-made Ravenloft supplements are almost as numerous as that of Eberron’s. During the same year of Curse of Strahd’s release the Dungeon Master’s Guild came out, allowing third party publishers to use the explicit IP of Wizards of the Coast to make their own sourcebooks. Continuing a proud tradition nearly 4 decades in the making, the iconography of the Devil Strahd and his doomed obsession with Ireena is now something D&D gamers of all generations are intimately familiar with and in turn the broader setting of Ravenloft. It’s been nearly seven years since the highest-rated 5th Edition adventure was published.
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