Curse of Strahd™

Unravel the mysteries of Ravenloft in this frightening adventure of the world’s largest RPG

Overlooked by the clouds of a raging storm, the silhouette of vampire Count Strahd von Zarovich stands out on the ancient walls of Ravenloft’s castle. A thunder makes the castle's spires rumbling. The wind howls more intensely as it turns its gaze down, towards the village of Barovia. In the distance, but not enough to escape his sharp eyesight, a group of adventurers just entered his domains. On the face of Strahd the imperceptible hint of a smile is formed as his dark machinations set in motion. He knew they would come and why they are here: everything goes according to his plan. A blinding flash rips out the darkness, but Strahd is gone. The storm continues to rage in the night air. The lord of Ravenloft Castle has guests at dinner. And you got an invitation.

There are four possible adventure hooks designed to draw your players into the mists…

• Plea For Help in which the PCs answer a (false, it turns out) plea for help from the (now deceased) Burgomeister of Barovia, Kolyan Indirovich, begging for the PCs’ help to protect his daughter Ireena from the vampire Strahd.


• Mysterious Visitors in which the PCs are asked by the Duchess of Daggerford to evict a local caravan of Vistani. Once at the camp, the Vistani recruit the PCs to help them break Strahd’s curse of vampirism and ferry them into Barovia.


• Werewolves in the Mist in which the PCs are dispatched to hunt down a pack of werewolves attacking peasant villages along the sword coast at which point they are swallowed by the mists.


• Creeping Fog in which the PCs are camping in the woods when the mists of Ravenloft simply surround them and transport them into Barovia.