#curse of strahd spoilers

[nautilusdrake]

Curse of Strahd Spoilers:

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Vasili von Holtz - (1489 DE)

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Strahd nervously adjusted the lace at his chest and tried to take a deep breath.

The disguise was holding perfectly, but he secretly wished there was something that made it look a little less uncanny. As he stared ahead at the reflection in the glass, his baby brother’s features stared right back at him: The unruly curl in his hair; The small freckle beneath his eye (Just like their mother’s)…

The eyes were his though. They’d always had the exact same eyes.

And the same nose…

Blood flashed in his mind and his heart raced—or at least the memory of that feeling. He hurriedly looked away and gritted his teeth, ‘Don’t. Don’t think about it.’

Perhaps he was wrong. Maybe this wasn’t the best disguise.

But it was Sergei. And everyone loved Sergei.

In a moment, the spell faded, and he looked in the window to see himself again: Pale, discolored skin; Fiery red eyes.

They used to have the same eyes…

‘How long has it been now?

Footsteps suddenly rose up behind him and he rushed the disguise again. He didn’t have time to check himself in the makeshift mirror, but he trusted his magic enough to at least be able to walk down the alleyway.

As he turned, he had to catch himself as he nearly ran into a woman coming from the opposite direction.

“Oh! Excuse me! I’m so sorry!” She quickly stepped back and lowered the book she had been reading.

“Quite alright. My fault, really.”

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As he turned to go back to the castle, Strahd caught a glimpse of himself in the dusty window.

‘That’s not right.’

In his hurry, the spell didn’t fully take. He must have stumbled over the incantation in his head and gotten it wrong.

The hair was right.

‘No, wait.’

There was no curl, and his grays showed through.

The freckle was right, and his skin was no longer purple or discolored. But he looked… older. Well, older than Sergei would have been.

‘Should have been…’

Strahd turned away, shaking his head, and tried to ignore the tears threatening to fall.

[monstersovka]

Fallen from the sky with grace ✷

[curse-of-dming-strahd]

Oh right... The curse. The curse of Strahd. The curse chosen specially to torture Strahd, Strahd’s curse.

[eliotbaum]

Assortment of Curse of Strahd doodles. context but spoilers in alt text/img description (major spoilers for Rictavio, some for Yester Hill)

[arichtelus]

comm for my DM, CoS token.

Jander Sunstar, the Abbot of Krezk. some homebrew changes from my DM.

[beetlebabby]

there's something strange about our friend vasili

comic i did based off of recent happenings in our campaign!

[yarrow-leaf]

A kindling of a swordless bloodshed,

The creaking of a voiceless door —

Another piece inspired by something @mincemeat-the-warforged said that absolutely altered my brain chemistry (the same 1 am conversation that sparked this in fact!)

[ninawolv3rina]

Players met The Abbot last night so I get to share this where they can see it! :3

(Bloody sleeves under the cut for Extra Suspicious Vibes)

[leenalecklin]

Pidlwick II and III 🎭

(👇 Possible Curse of Strahd spoilers below 👇)

Amento has been having a stressful journey figuring out his past as Pidlwick III. In the castle he met his first failed version Pidlwick II, which definitely creeped him out.

Now he lives in denial saying that they look nothing alike (they do).

I wasn't too keen on the official design of Pidlwick II, so I just drew how I imagined him instead. Also our DM added in the story that he has a second face in the back of his head, and the head rotates 180 degrees between happy and sad expression when needed. It's so creepy I love it.

Amento is my reborn druid in Curse of Strahd campaign. I had no idea what the story was when I was designing him and decided he would be a puppet. It fits so well with the story it's almost uncanny.

No spoilers in the tags please! 🙏

[raviollies]

Legacy

[tantaliart]

baby strahd and sergei for all my other delusional girlies

[pigeon-princess]

Viktor is a horrible person and Silas wants to be his friend so bad it makes him look stupid.

[Curse of Strahd Spoiler version of Viktor’s crimes under the Keep reading]

[monstersovka]

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[curse-of-dming-strahd]

there's now a running bit in my Curse of Strahd game that Ismark's only explanation for what's going on in Barovia is that "the land is cursed".

monsters? well, the land is cursed.

stalked by vampires? this land is cursed!

the only booze they have is wine? definitely the land being cursed.

can't wait for the next nat 1 on an investigation or an arcana check where I'll get to shrug and just say, "dunno, man. the land is cursed."

[barovianbunny]

Vampires will say "i know a place" and then send you to a ten foot wide cage trap in their castle that is rapidly accelerating toward the ceiling.

[bluehairperson]

They also look similar, which is pretty funny.