Regeneration. Vladimir regains 10 hit points at the start of its turn. If Vladimir takes fire or radiant damage, this trait doesn’t function at the start of Vladimir next turn. Vladimir body is destroyed only if he starts his turn with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate.

Rejuvenation. When Vladimir body is destroyed, its soul lingers. After 24 hours, the soul inhabits and animates another corpse on the same plane of existence and regains all its hit points. While the soul is bodiless, a wish spell can be used to force the soul to go to the afterlife and not return.

Special Equipment. Vladimir wields a +2 greatsword with a hilt sculpted to resemble silver dragon wings and a pommel shaped like a silver dragon’s head clutching a black opal between its teeth

Turn Immunity. Vladimir is immune to effects that turn undead.

Vengeful Tracker. Vladimir knows the distance to and direction of any creature against which it seeks revenge, even if the creature and Vladimir are on different planes of existence. If the creature being tracked by Vladimir dies, Vladimir knows.

Divine Smite. As a bonus action, Vladimir can expend a spell slot to cause its melee weapon attacks to magically deal an extra 9 (2d8) radiant damage to a target on a hit. This benefit lasts until the end of the turn. If Vladimir expends a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the extra damage increases by 1d8 for each level above 1st. The damage increases by 1d8 if the target is an undead or a fiend.

Spellcasting. Vladimir is a 16th-level spellcaster. Their spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 17). The revenant has the following paladin spells prepared:

1st level (4 slots): divine smite, hellish rebuke, shield of faith, thunderous smite

2nd level (3slots): divine smite, branding smite, 

3rd level (3 slots): divine smite, blinding smite, dispel magic

4th level (2 slots): divine smite, staggering smite

Multiattack. Vladimir makes two fist attacks or two with his +2 greatsword.

Fist. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) bludgeoning damage. If the target is a creature against which Vladimir has sworn vengeance, the target takes an extra 14 (4d6) bludgeoning damage. Instead of dealing damage, Vladimir can grapple the target (escape DC 14) provided the target is Large or smaller.

+2 Greatsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 20 (4d6 + 6) slashing damage. Against Strahd, Vladimir deals an extra 14 (4d6) slashing damage with the weapon.

Vengeful Glare. Vladimir targets one creature it can see within 30 feet of it and against which it has sworn vengeance. The target must make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw. On a failure, the target is paralyzed until the Vladimir deals damage to it, or until the end of Vladimir next turn. When the paralysis ends, the target is frightened of Vladimir for 1 minute. The frightened target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, with disadvantage if it can see Vladimir, ending the frightened condition on itself on a success.