Count Strahd von Zarovich

Strahd von Zarovich, by Talon Dunning

Count Strahd von Zarovich is the Vampire darklord of Barovia. He rules the land publicly from Castle Ravenloft as Strahd XI, supposedly a descendant of Strahd I, but actually the same man. He once had two brothers, Sergei von Zarovich and Sturm von Zarovich, but murdered Sergei on his wedding day in an attempt to claim Sergi's bride, Tatyana Federovna. This is the final act that caused him to become the first known darklord. He is now cursed to hunt and lose the reincarnations of Tatyana. Strahd was nobly born to Barov von Zarovich and Ravenia van Roeyen in Prime Material Barovia in 306 BC. He was the older brother of Sergei and Sturm.

In his war with the Tergs, Strahd called the fiend Inajira in the hope of securing victory.

Strahd poisoned his great niece Lyssa von Zarovich as punishment for her plotting against him.

Errata

• Pg. 150

Stygian Inquirer: Strahd's ranged and melee attacks are wrong. He has a higher ranged than melee attack, but his Strength is greater than his Dexterity and he wields a weapon magic weapon too. I have done the math the the attacks should look like this:

Atk +20 melee (1d6+8 and energy drain, slam) or +25/+20/+15 melee (1d10+14, +4 bastard sword) or +19/+14/+9 ranged (1d8+6, +2 mighty composite longbow); I got these number via the following. The BAB for a Ftr 4/Nec 16 is 12/7/2. For the melee attack, you add +8 for STR mod, +4 for the bastard sword and +1 for weapon focus (bastard sword). For the ranged attack, you add +5 for DEX mod and +2 for the bow.

Also the 3.5 DR would be 25/silver and magic as per the RL:PHB entry per an Ancient Vampire .

Strahd's Allies

• Zarovan Tribe
  • Madame Eva

Strahd's Creations

During his time in the Mists, Strahd has developed a number of distinct creations, particularly in the areas of spells and undead unique to him.

• Books written by Strahd
  • The Tome of Strahd
• Ring of Mortal Mimicry
• Strahd's Carriage
• Spells
  • Augment Undead
  • Ground Fog
  • Misty Summons
  • Neverending Nightmare
  • Strahd's Baneful Attractor
  • Strahd's Frightful Joining
  • Strahd's Malefic Meld
  • Soul Anchor
  • Suppress Lycanthropy
• Spider Hound
• Strahd Undead
  • Strahd Skeleton
  • Strahd's Skeletal Steed
  • Strahd Zombie

Strahd's Enemies

• Ardonk Szerieza and other Gundarakite rebels
• Azalin Rex
• The Dawnslayers

The Keepers of the Black Feather

• Duke Nharov Gundar
• [[[Inajira]]
• The Keepers of the Black Feather
• Lord Soth
• Lyssa von Zarovich
• Zartin the Red

Statistics

Figther 4 / Necromancer 16, Chaotic Evil

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

		Secrets of the Dread Realms Domains of Dread I, Strahd House of Strahd Ravenloft I6 Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I I, Strahd, The War Against Azalin
		Secrets of the Dread Realms - p11 Domains of Dread - p61 House of Strahd - cover, pp1,5,25,60,63 The Ravenloft Campaign Setting - box cover The Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens - p9,p98 Roots of Evil - front cover, p7,69,72,93,95 Download Now! Forbidden Lore: Nova Arcanum - p3, front cover Vampire of the Mists - front cover Realm of Terror - p117, front cover, reference cards TSR JAM 1999 - front cover Ravenloft I6 - cover, pp3,15 Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I - p151 I, Strahd, The War Against Azalin - cover
		Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp10-12 Domains of Dread - pp61-62 House of Strahd - pp4-5 The Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens - pp97-101 Roots of Evil - p6 Download Now! Realm of Terror - pp116-119 Ravenloft I6 - p3 Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I - pp150-152
		Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp7,10-12,18-19,27,31,114 Ravenloft Third Edition - p4,12-13,17,114,124 Domains of Dread - pp61-62 Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium I - pp10-13,17,43,82 I, Strahd -throughout House of Strahd - throughout The Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens - pp7-10, pp97-101 Van Richten's Guide to Vampires - pp6-9,13,46,77 Roots of Evil - p6,15,39,55-57,90-95 Download Now! From the Shadows - pp14-15 Download Now! Tales of Ravenloft:Caretaker - pp303-316 The Evil Eye - pp57, 58 Vampire of the Mists - throughout Realm of Terror - p5,pp116-119,p127 Ravenloft I6 - throughout Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I - pp150-152 I, Strahd, The War Against Azalin - pp15-303
		The Devil Strahd Lord Vasili von Holz Strahd XI