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;these silent, capable undead soldiers wield vampiric blades. Strahd skeletons that whet their blades in blood often carry their weapons back to their vampire lords. Tales disagree on whether vampires can feed from these bloody blades or merely revel in the sacrifice.PoisonBludgeoning
Ezmerelda d'Avenir
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, a Vistana, is the protégé of Rudolph van Richten—despite the fact that her first encounter with the vampire hunter was anything but pleasant.
Witness to Tragedy. When Ezmerelda
was a little girl, her family kidnapped van Richten’s teenage son, Erasmus, and delivered him into the clutches of a vampire. Even today, years later, she can still hear Erasmus’s pleas
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Curse of Strahd
in search of new actors, he began regaling locals with tales of distant lands.
Monster Hunter. The half-elf ringmaster is, in fact, a legendary human vampire hunter named Rudolph van Richten. Van
stolen away by Vistani and sold to a vampire named Baron Metus to be used as a companion. By the time van Richten found his son, it was too late: the baron had already transformed Erasmus into a vampire
Dhampir
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Poised between the worlds of the living and the dead, dhampirs retain their grip on life yet are endlessly tested by vicious hungers. Their ties to the undead grant dhampirs a taste of a vampire
you to share their hunger.
3
You survived being attacked by a vampire but were forever changed.
4
A parasite lives inside you. You indulge its hunger.
5
Tragedy interrupted your
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
, while others act as their tales dictate. In either case, the tooth is gone forever.
Teeth of Dahlver-Nar
1d20
Tale and Tooth
Creatures Summoned
Implanted Effect
1
The Staring
vampire fang)
1 vampire
You can make a bite attack as an unarmed strike. On a hit, it deals 1d6 piercing damage plus 3d6 necrotic damage. You regain a number of hit points equal to the necrotic damage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
. Strahd is infamous for viciously executing any who flagrantly break his laws, but otherwise he rarely interferes in the lives of his people. Some whisper that he is a vampire. Haunted Tales. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
few truly know him—something the vampire Kas exploits to impersonate Mordenkainen. Throughout the adventure, Kas is masquerading as Mordenkainen. The mage is unaware of the vampire warlord’s actions
.
History Mordenkainen has told conflicting tales about his origins, but most scholars believe he accumulated impressive magical power at a young age. Known for his ingenuity, the wizard is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
White Plume Mountain The characters might need to travel back to a time when Keraptis first constructed his legendary dungeon (featured in Tales from the Yawning Portal), and used components from the
Mountain offers a number of connections to that adventure’s guides. Ctenmiir the vampire once haunted White Plume Mountain, while Mary Greymalkin’s former tutor, the witch Thingizzard, dwelled nearby.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the shadow of Castle Ravenloft, tales flourish of those who love or descend from vampires. You might have such a connection, but dread what would happen if others in your insular community found out
one of these unquiet ancestors. The dhampir Savra Sunstar confronts her father, the vampire Jander Sunstar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
whet their blades in blood often carry their weapons back to their vampire lords. Tales disagree on whether vampires can feed from these bloody blades or merely revel in the sacrifice. Strahd
Strahd Skeleton Skeletal Soldier of the First Vampire Habitat: Planar (Shadowfell), Underdark, Urban; Treasure: None David Astruga Vampires sometimes turn mortal servants unworthy of the gift of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Gothic Horror Villains Villains in gothic horror tales are subtle or unassuming until they reveal their true nature. Any intriguing figure with a dark secret can serve as a gothic horror villain, and
isn’t a vampire, but uses his reputation as one to terrorize his vassals
2 An indulgent socialite who made a terrible bargain with a fell power to retain her youth
3 A scientist obsessed with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Ezmerelda d’Avenir Ezmerelda d’Avenir, a Vistana, is the protégé of Rudolph van Richten—despite the fact that her first encounter with the vampire hunter was anything but pleasant. Witness to Tragedy
. When Ezmerelda was a little girl, her family kidnapped van Richten’s teenage son, Erasmus, and delivered him into the clutches of a vampire. Even today, years later, she can still hear Erasmus’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
male vampire Once a dwarven warrior, Ctenmiir was transformed into a vampire and hidden away within White Plume Mountain (see Tales from the Yawning Portal) until captured there by an Emerald Enclave
introduction throughout the course of the adventure (as suggested in each NPC’s description below), with each one able to provide a useful next step to help the expedition along. Ctenmiir the Vampire LE
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
into the town of Vallaki several months later. Claiming to be a carnival ringmaster in search of new actors, he began regaling locals with tales of distant lands. Monster Hunter. The half-elf
ringmaster is, in fact, a legendary human vampire hunter named Rudolph van Richten. Van Richten’s tale is a sad one. A scholar and doctor from a land called Darkon, he married his childhood sweetheart, Ingrid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
, but this shouldn’t be immediately obvious. Drop hints about your villain’s awful secrets before revealing them fully. Gothic Horror Villains Though thoroughly wicked, villains in gothic horror tales act
, Wererat 3 Vampire Familiar, Werewolf 4 Incubus, Strigoi,* Succubus 6 Priest of Osybus* 8 Inquisitor of the Mind Fire,* Inquisitor of the Sword,* Inquisitor of the Tome,* Vampire Nosferatu* 11 Efreeti 12 Mordenheim’s Monster* 13 Loup Garou,* Vampire 17 Death Knight *Detailed in chapter 5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Fantasy Monsters Any monster can find a place in a dark fantasy plot. D&D’s most iconic threats—such as dragons and beholders—are particularly appropriate to horror-tinged tales, as are any other
Hulk 6 Drider, Ghast Gravecaller 7 Necrichor* 8 Fomorian, Inquisitor of the Mind Fire,* Vampire Nightbringer 10 Yochlol 13 Beholder, Shadow Dragon 15 Purple Worm, Vampire Umbral Lord 17 Death Knight, Dracolich 21 Arch-hag, Lich *Detailed in chapter 5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
to take shelter or travel with a caravan for a time. But Vistani travelers quickly share tales of danger and of those who’ve wronged them with other caravans, and those who slight one Vistana often
often viewed as prophecies. Madame Eva. A controversial figure among Vistani, Madame Eva made a bargain with the vampire Count Strahd von Zarovich. As a result, the evils that lurk in Barovia avoid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
encountered shadar-kai in the world have seen, or heard tales of, a dark fortress, a mysterious figure surrounded by gaunt servants, and scores of seemingly sentient ravens. Most folk who have heard of
himself in a terrible conflict, leading his armies into relentless battles against the Raven Queen and her shadar-kai fanatics and against the vampire lord Kas, Vecna’s former lieutenant, whom Vecna
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Necromancy. Vampires open a college of necromancy, attracting evil necromancers who need fresh corpses for their studies. An order of vampire hunters seeks the characters’ help. Undying Monarch. A
different world where whimsical tales unfold—or perhaps some version of the modern world. Gamma World. The characters inhabit a post-apocalyptic wasteland that is largely medieval in feel, but isolated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
with well-armed strangers. Their mother, Fiona Wachter (see area N4), is an influential figure in town, but her sons never talk about her. They’d rather listen to tales of the characters’ harrowing
by the name Rictavio—a false identity adopted by the legendary vampire hunter Rudolph van Richten (see appendix D). He regales tavern patrons with stories so outrageous as to be hardly believable, yet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
common element — that Daoine Gloine was populated by creatures made of living glass, tended to by kenku in love with those creatures’ shining beauty. These occasional tales drove more explorers — including
Kwalish’s own expedition — to seek out the route to Daoine Gloine and learn the truth of who dwelled there. As is often the case, the common tales had more sinister origins. In ages past, the kenku