Curse of Strahd is an adventure module for the 5th-edition of Dungeons & Dragons, published by Wizards of the Coast in 2016. Set in the Ravenloft campaign setting, the module revolves around the vampire Strahd von Zarovich and the Demiplane of Dread that serves as his prison. It is intended for 4 players, taking them from level 1 to 10.
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Bound by Fate
Under raging storm clouds, the vampire Count Strahd von Zarovich stands silhouetted against the ancient walls of Castle Ravenloft. Rumbling thunder pounds the castle spires. The wind's howling increases as he turns his gaze down toward the village of Barovia.
Far below, yet not beyond his keen eyesight, a party of adventurers has just entered his domain. Strahd's face forms the barest hint of a smile as his dark plan unfolds. He knew they were coming, and he knows why they came—all according to his plan.
A lightning flash rips through the darkness, but Strahd is gone. Only the howling of the wind fills the midnight air. The master of Castle Ravenloft is having guests for dinner
And you are invited.”
— Back-cover text
Index[]
Characters[]
Adrian Martikov • Alenka • Alexei • Amalthia • Anastrasya Karelova • Angrath Woodwise • Anna Krezkov • Arabelle • Ariel du Plumette • Arik Lorensk • Arrigal • Aziana • Baba Lysaga • Bella Sunbane • Beucephalus • Bianca • Bildrath Cantemir • Bluto Krogarov • Bray Martikova • Brom Martikova • Carlon Amoffel • Clovin Belview • Cyrus Belview • Dag Tomescu • Damia • Danika Dorakova • Davanka • Davian Martikov • Davra Jassur • Dmitri Krezkov •Donavich • Doru • Elvir Martikov • Emil Toranescu • Endorovich • Eravien Haund • Ernst Larnak • Escher • Exethanter • Ezmerelda d'Avenir • Fiona Wachter • Freek • Gadof Blinsky • Gertruda • Godfrey Gwilym • Gunther Arasek • Haliq • Helga Ruvak • Henrik van der Voort • Ireena Kolyana • Ismark Kolyanovich • Izek Strazni • Karl Wachter • Kasimir Velikov • Kellen • Kiril Stoyanovich • Klutz Tripalotsky • Kolya • Kolyan Indirovich • Kretyana Dolof • Lanniver Strayl • Lars Kjurls • Lazlo Ulrich • Lief Lipsiege • Lucian Jarov • Lucian Petrovich • Ludmilla Vilisevic • Luvash • Lydia Pertrovna • Mad Mary • Madalena • Madam Eva • Majesto • Marzena Belview • Milivoj • Mirabel • Mishka Belview • Mordenkainen • Morgantha • Morwen Daggerford • Muriel Vinshaw • Myrtle • Neferon • Nikolai Wachter • Norganas • Offalia Wormwiggle • Otto Belview • Parpol Cantemir • Patrina Velikovna • Piccolo • Pidlwick II • Rahadin • Ratka • Rudolph van Richten • Sangzor • Savid • Sasha Ivliskova • Selvek Serelim • Skennis • Sorvia • Strahd von Zarovich • Stefania Martikov • Stella Wachter • Stanimir • Szoldar Szoldarovich • Udo Lukovich • Urwin Martikov • Vargas Vallakovich • Varushka • Vasilka • Victor Vallakovich • Vilnius • Vladimir Horngaard • Volenta Popofsky • Wencensia • Wintersplinter • Yelena Arasek • Yeska • Yevgeni Krushkin • Zelraun Roaringhorn • Zuleika Toranescu • Zygfrek Belview
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Argynvost • Artank Swilovich • Artimus • Artista DeSlop • Barov von Zarovich • Bascal Ofenheiss • Ceithlenn of the Crooked Teeth • Ciril Romulich • Dahlver-Nar • Dalvan Olensky • Dark Powers • Delban • Devostas • Dorfniya Dilsnya • Drizlash • Eisglaze Drūf • Elisabeth Durst • Elminster Aumar • Elsa Fallona von Twiterberg • Erik Vonderbucks • Fekre • Filmore Stunk • Fritz von Weerg • Gralmore Nimblenobs • Grigor • Gustav Durst • Gustave Herrnghast • Ilya Krezkov • Intree Sik-Valoo • Isolde Yunk • Ivan Ivliskovich • Jakarion • Jarnwald • Kavan • Khirad • King Dostron • King Katsky • King Troisky • Khazan • Leonid Krushkin • Marina • Morninglord • Mother Night • Nikolai Wachter • Patrina Velikovna • Pidlwick I • Ravenovia von Zarovich • Rosavalda Durst • Saint Andral • Saint Markovia • Savnok • Sedrik Spinwitovich • Sergei von Zarovich • Seriach • Shami-Amourae • Skyane • Stahbal Indi-Bhak • Stefan Gregorvich • Szoldar Grygorovich • Taar Haak • Tarakamedes • Tasha Petrovna • Tatsaul Eris • Tatyana • Tenebrous • Thornboldt Durst • Vaund • Walter Durst • Yarak Jassur • Yan • Yog • Yrrga • Zantras • Zhudun • Zrin-Hala
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Argynvost • Artank Swilovich • Artimus • Artista DeSlop • Barov von Zarovich • Bascal Ofenheiss • Ceithlenn of the Crooked Teeth • Ciril Romulich • Dahlver-Nar • Dalvan Olensky • Dark Powers • Delban • Devostas • Dorfniya Dilsnya • Drizlash • Eisglaze Drūf • Elisabeth Durst • Elminster Aumar • Elsa Fallona von Twiterberg • Erik Vonderbucks • Fekre • Filmore Stunk • Fritz von Weerg • Gralmore Nimblenobs • Grigor • Gustav Durst • Gustave Herrnghast • Ilya Krezkov • Intree Sik-Valoo • Isolde Yunk • Ivan Ivliskovich • Jakarion • Jarnwald • Kavan • Khirad • King Dostron • King Katsky • King Troisky • Khazan • Leonid Krushkin • Marina • Morninglord • Mother Night • Nikolai Wachter • Patrina Velikovna • Pidlwick I • Ravenovia von Zarovich • Rosavalda Durst • Saint Andral • Saint Markovia • Savnok • Sedrik Spinwitovich • Sergei von Zarovich • Seriach • Shami-Amourae • Skyane • Stahbal Indi-Bhak • Stefan Gregorvich • Szoldar Grygorovich • Taar Haak • Tarakamedes • Tasha Petrovna • Tatsaul Eris • Tatyana • Tenebrous • Thornboldt Durst • Vaund • Walter Durst • Yarak Jassur • Yan • Yog • Yrrga • Zantras • Zhudun • Zrin-Hala
Creatures[]
animated object • arcanaloth • baboon • banshee • bat • Barovian • black pudding • blue dragon • cat • clay golem • crawling claw • death slaad • deer • deva • dire wolf • dretch • elf • flameskull • flesh golem • gargoyle • ghast • ghoul • ghost • giant goat • giant spider • goat • gray ooze • grick • hell hound • horse • human • imp • invisible stalker • iron golem • lich • mongrelfolk • needle blight • night hag • nightmare • nothic • phantom • quasit • Rat • raven • red dragon • revenant • roc • saber-toothed tiger • scarecrow • shadow • shadow demon • shambling mound • shield guardian • skeleton • smoke mephit • spectre • Strahd's animated armor • stirge • stone golem • toad • tree blight • troglodyte • twig blight • vampire • vampire spawn • vine blight • Vistani • vrock • wereraven • werewolf • wight • will-o'-wisp • wolf • wraith • zombie
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angelic child • dryad • dwarf • goblin • griffon • half-orc • lich • nymph • pit fiend • satyr • silver dragon • werehare
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angelic child • dryad • dwarf • goblin • griffon • half-orc • lich • nymph • pit fiend • satyr • silver dragon • werehare
Items[]
Armor & Clothing
apron • barding • breastplate • chainmail • cloak • gown • leather armor • plate mail • rain cloak • ring mail • signet ring • studded leather • tiara • tunic • tutu • wig
Food & Drink
apple • Champagne du le Stomp • dream pastries • egg • flour • garlic • grape • gourd • Purple Grapemash • Red Dragon Crush • soup • steak • tea
Gemstones
Instruments
Materials & Substances
Tools
Toys
dollhouse • fabric doll • jack-in-the-box • marionette • nesting doll • porcelain doll • rocking horse • spinning top
Vehicles
Weapons
dart • mace • musket • rapier • shortsword • sword cane • warhammer • war pick
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siege engine
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siege engine
Miscellaneous
aspergillum • barrel • bathtub • bell • birdcage • blanket • bowl • brazier • broom • bullseye lantern • cask • chain • chandelier • coffer • coffin • collar • ewer • footlocker • hammock • handkerchief • hinge • horseshoe • hourglass • inkwell • iron maiden • jar • key • ladder • lock • manacles • map • mirror (hand mirror) • nail • oil lamp • pan • pitchfork • platter • pocket watch • portcullis • pot • pouch • pulley • powder horn • printing press • quill • saddle • scroll case • shovel • spigot • spyglass • stake • stocks • stove • strongbox • tarokka • tinderbox • vial • wineskin
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merry-go-round
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merry-go-round
Locations[]
Building & Sites
Abbey of Saint Markovia • Amber Temple • Arasek Stockyard • Baba Lysaga's creeping hut • Argynvostholt • Bildrath's Mercantile • Blue Water Inn • Burgomaster's Mansion • Castle Ravenloft • Old Bonegrinder • Shrine of Mother Night • Shrine of the White Sun • St. Andral's church • Van Richten's Tower • Yester Hill • Wachterhaus • Wizard of Wines
Planes
Realms
Roads
Settlements
Wilderness
Magic[]
Items
bag of tricks • blood spear • Daern's instant fortress • Gulthias staff • hat of disguise • Holy Symbol of Ravenkind • icon of Ravenloft • mace of terror • manual of bodily health • pipes of haunting • ring of regeneration • ring of mind shielding • ring of warmth • sovereign glue • St. Markovia's Thighbone • sunsword • staff of frost • staff of power • stone of good luck • tome of understanding • wand of secrets
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belt of fire giant strength • wand of polymorph
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belt of fire giant strength • wand of polymorph
Potions
Spells
acid splash • alter self • animate dead • animate objects • arcane lock • augury • bane • bestow curse • Bigby's hand • bless • blight • burning hands • charm person • clairvoyance • cloud of daggers • cloudkill • command • comprehend languages • cone of cold • contagion • counterspell • create food and water • crown of madness • cure wounds • darkness • darkvision (spell) • death ward • detect evil and good • detect magic • detect thoughts • disguise self • dispel evil and good • dispel magic • divination (spell) • dominate person • earthquake • enlarge/reduce • Evard's black tentacles • find familiar • find the path • finger of death • fireball • fire bolt • fire storm • fly • fog cloud • freedom of movement • friends • geas • gentle repose • glyph of warding • greater invisibility • greater restoration • guardian of faith • guidance • gust of wind • hallow • harm • heroes' feast • hold person • identify • invisibility • knock • lesser restoration • levitate • light • lightning bolt • locate object • mage armor • mage hand • magic circle • magic missile • magic weapon • major image • mass cure wounds • mending • mind blank • mirage arcane • mirror image • misty step • moonbeam • Mordenkainen's faithful hound • Mordenkainen's magnificent mansion • nondetection • phantom steed • polymorph (spell) • power word stun • prestidigitation • programmed illusion • protection from evil and good • protection from fiends • protection from poison • protection from undead • purify food and drink • raise dead • ray of frost • ray of sickness • regenerate • remove curse • resurrection • revivify • sacred flame • sanctuary • scrying (spell) • shield (spell) • sleep • speak with dead • spirit guardians • spiritual weapon • stoneskin • suggestion • Tasha's hideous laughter • thaumaturgy • thunderwave • time stop • true seeing • unseen servant • vampiric touch • wall of fire • wall of stone • web • witch bolt
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alarm • animal friendship • antipathy/sympathy • astral projection • disintegrate • find steed • maze • plane shift • Rary's telepathic bond • reincarnation • teleport • teleportation circle • wish
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alarm • animal friendship • antipathy/sympathy • astral projection • disintegrate • find steed • maze • plane shift • Rary's telepathic bond • reincarnation • teleport • teleportation circle • wish
Others
Organizations[]
Families
Durst • Krezkov • Martikov • Wachter
Groups
Children of Mother Night • Emerald Enclave • Harpers • Keepers of the Feather • Lords' Alliance • Order of the Gauntlet • Order of the Silver Dragon • Zhentarim
Miscellaneous[]
Art & Literature
The Blade of Truth: The Uses of Logic in the War Against Diabolist Heresies, as Fought by the Ulmist Inquisition • Castle Building 101 • The Devil We Know • Embalming: The Lost Art • filigree • Goats of the Balinok Mountains • The Grimoire of the Four Quarters • Heart of Sorrow • Hymns to the Dawn • I, Strahd: The Memory of a Vampire • The Incants of Exethanter • Life Among the Undead: Learning to Cope • The Oath Celestial • Snow Dwarf and the Seven Wights • Tome of Strahd
Conditions
Events
Festival of the Blazing Sun
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Wolf's Head Jamboree
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Wolf's Head Jamboree
Professions
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jester
jester
Societal terms
Vegetation
Appendix[]
Trivia[]
The events of this module are referenced in the novel Death Masks by Ed Greenwood.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Christopher Perkins, Tracy Hickman, Laura Hickman (March 2016). Curse of Strahd. Edited by Kim Mohan. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 2. ISBN 978-0-7869-6598-4.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (2016-06-07). Death Masks. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 0-7869-6593-2.
External links[]
Curse of Strahd article at the Ravenloft Wiki.