#literally the duality of dnd. especially curse of strahd.

[calenhads]

we of course had our dinner with strahd session last night on halloween but tell me why my dm went a little wild with it. like okay we all know rhys has a complex childhood friends to almost-lovers to betrayers back to lovers relationship. but tell me why when strahd was like "dessert time!" and brought out PEOPLE for himself and rhys (dhampir moment) my dm was like "are you looking at arrigal" and i was like "yes of course i'm looking at my problematic cancelled husband" and they were like "he's watching with anticipation. you get the sense that he wants you to do this" and rhys who for the past 20 years have avoided drinking blood FAILED HIS SAVING THROW. and one hit k.o.'d this poor innocent stranger in strahd's dining room and my dm has the AUDACITY. THE AUDACITY. to then be like "when you look back at arrigal he's watching you in awe" like okay!!!! okay!!! how am i supposed to handle that!!! and also keep in mind that all of this is happening less than 5 minutes after our paladin successfuly rizzed up not only escher but also some random ratfolk chef with a new york accent named remy working in the kitchens. because the perception roll to see if any of them had rats in their hats was over a 20.