I, Strahd...

a DM blog for our favorite dark lord

[beastliness]

mug that says don't talk to me until I've had my first victim of the night

[ratliker1917]

the fact that pro-monarchy arguments have degenerated, over the past few centuries, from “the king rules by divine right and is accountable to nobody but god”, to “uhm the royals generate a lot of income from tourism” will never stop being extremely funny to me

[ratlicker1917]

the monarchs… bad. but the castles? oh, the castles are positively lush with rats… 👅

[ratliker1917]

Delete this account immediately.

[dr-gaytorius]

Ok I'll bite. you are bleeding now

[retsuunohana]

a candle casting a faint glow, you and i see eye to eye

Count Strahd von Zarovich, Darklord of Barovia (as depicted in the curse of strahd campaign im running!)

comm by GoldenPlantain

[silvisays]

Idk girl he’s been a red flag since day one 🤷‍♀️

Sheeeeee’s baaaaack! Hi everyone!!!!! I’m still alive! Real life has been super busy but Ive spent the past few months chipping away at this animation in my absence. I plan to make more animatics (tho they wont be as detailed but hopefully at a faster pace lmaoo.) I hope everyone is doing well! XOXO Silvi 💋

[unwastelandunbaby]

“they’re just looking at each other” you could not begin to understand the complexities involved in looking at each other

[beastliness]

this having desires business is very undignified

[beastliness]

imagine me slumped gracelessly against the velvet upholstery of my villainy divan, my beautifully-embroidered yet palpably evil dressing gown in disarray as I'm posting this

[oldbutchdanielmolloy]

of course where would we be without “relax bro ain’t nobody takin it from u” but the truth is sometimes that’s not the case. sometimes no matter how hard you grip the world will take it from u…

[gaysie]

t shirt that says I MISS EVERYONE I WAS EVER FLEETINGLY CLOSE TO SO MUCH THAT IT KILLS

[corpsebanger]

I took your skull off display because my guests kept saying it looked noticeably gayer than the other skulls

[heavensghost]

words from I don’t smoke by mitski

[hareofhrair]

Curse of Strahd shenanigans. We finally decided to fight Anastrasya, one of Strahd's wives, deeply theatrical, has the power to essentially treat reality like a film set and stop shooting to make script adjustments, she's so fuckin scary--

but I finally discovered a good justification for *not* killing her, so we tried to appease/railroad her into a non lethal fight by writing a script that would give her a really cool dream starring role during the fight, appeasing her ego while creating scripted justifications for nobody dying.

Tom even wrote some music and boarded her intro, as seen above.

Unfortunately! The justification for not killing her is she's containing or incarnating a former druidic goddess of the dusk elves as part of what's powering Strahd's curse (I am 90% certain this isn't spoilers for any campaign but ours lmao) and we want to restore that goddess rather than destroy her. So, naturally, Tom incorporated that into the script, casting Anya as the goddess being set free and the party as the misguided heroes attempting to stop her ascent.

And turns out when you write a part like that for someone with reality bending theatrical powers... Let's just say everybody's *really* committed to method acting for this production...

Oh, also, that's Kasimir playing the "evil priest" setting the goddess free- the idea was since he'd be "on her side" in the script he could work in the background on the ritual to restore the actual goddess without her targeting him. We already got him eaten by a giant spider once during our aborted attempt to do this at the shrine in Berez, so we were really determined not to let him get hurt this time. Which has been... mostly successful? ish? What's a little lightning damage between friends?

[retsuunohana]

THE CURSE OF STRAHD NPCS / Strahd von Zarovich

Elsewhere, in the darkest heart of an ancient fortress, Terror stirs from his slumber. His pale hand splays against his sepulchre, rising to his feet as the shadows dance in the flickering torch light. His pale lips part, bloodied and glistening. The Devil smiles.

[retsuunohana]

THE CURSE OF STRAHD NPCS / Izek Strazni

Loud, solid footfall can be heard against the wet cobbles in a steady and purposeful rhythm, belonging to a broad shouldered and intimidating man with a fierce expression. Raindrops glance off his shaved head, running down the hardened angles of his face, the bridge of his nose without him so much as blinking. He scowls, his jaw set and eyes burning with barely contained fury. He strikes an imposing silhouette, draped in a long, fur lined cloak. At one side, his hand clenched in a tight fist; at his other, deep red skin is pulled tight over the clenched knuckles of a monstrous, devilish arm.

[maliketh]

dont wanna

[rabbitmotifs]

KEEP SHIPPING that mutually toxic morally grey situationship ITS YOUR DUTY

[dantiiart]

Strahd von Zarovich, Lord of Barovia