This odd couple of villagers are there to provide contrast to Ismark's optimism - Bildrath the mercant is crabby, miserly, and kind to no-one except his overlarge nephew Parriwimple (if then). Parriwimple is meant to be a kind brute, unable to follow instructions and unaware of his own strength, ...
2025-01-31 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
As your group explores the haunted ruin of Argynvostholt, Curse of Strahd: Reloaded offers a little more context into the politics of Barovia when Strahd was invading. Your players can find these handouts to show what the noble Knights of the Silver Dragon were up against, evil f...
2025-01-26 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
Getting re-organized with some to-do lists in order to show everyone what I’m going to be drawing over the next few months. When I create these lists, I tend to prioritize characters that haven’t already been illustrated (or at least illustrated to my satisfaction). But ...
2025-01-24 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
It's only been two years-and-a-bit, time for my second sketch post! Some digital, some traditional, all Curse of Strahd. And making their Faces in the Mist debuts - Vasili von Holst and Madame Eva. I based Vasili on a rounder-faced, younger Strahd (Sergei, essentially), everything Strahd isn't. <...
2025-01-22 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Without those to do him wrong, Strahd would be no one. Tatyana Federova was a beautiful peasant who fell in love with Strahd's noble and devoted younger brother Sergei, immediately throwing both into the path of Strahd's anger and starting the series of events that start the theme of the module. ...
2025-01-20 18:59:16 +0000 UTC View Post
I love making handouts for my players even if we're playing remotely (as my current campaign is, unfortunately) because it helps create a sense of immersion in the story. Curse of Strahd: Reloaded offers a ton of opportunities to make fun props and diary entries for players ...
2025-01-19 18:06:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Magical items in Barovia are extremely rare and valuable, and the module has few to spare. Fortunately, Dragnacarta created a few lore-friendly gifts that can aid the PCs in Curse of Strahd:Reloaded. I've made some illustrations of how I envision them, just in case you or your pl...
2025-01-15 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
The sad story of Dr. Rudolph van Richten revolves mostly around the loss of his family, in particular his son Erasmus who was kidnaped, murdered by a vampire, and then spared a horrible fate by his father's wits and empathy. Erasmus returns as a good-natured phantom in van Richten's Guide to ...
2025-01-08 15:41:40 +0000 UTC View PostFather Donovich's son, transforming sketch by sketch from a monster into something more sympathetic.
Enjoy!
2025-01-02 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
One of the more stomach-churning monsters in Curse of Strahd is also one of the first you encounter - that of the flesh mound that was once the infant Walter Durst. "Death House" is one of the most replayed and hotrodded features of the module, no less so as in...
2025-01-01 18:53:49 +0000 UTC View Post
My players have told me that having their characters return to the Blue Water Inn after their latest mission/quest/thing feels like a hug, so I thought I'd do my best to portray the most adorable family in the whole Dread Domain, the Martikovs of Vallaki. The consensus seems to be that the module...
2024-12-24 22:47:37 +0000 UTC View Post
A piece to help you demonstrate the difference the PCs have made in the town of Vallaki at the end of Act II, Arc H. Stella is no longer trapped and dying in the Ethereal (having never been a cat-girl), Victor has his friend back, and Fiona Wachter's daughter is rescued from a horrible, twilight ...
2024-12-18 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
I delved into biblical horror for this one, as (spoilers) The Abbot from CoS:RRL isn't really a deva anymore, but a fiend, duped and seduced by the Dark Powers into devising its own plan to free Strahd and Barovia. Doomed from the start, The Abbot's plan and powers ...
2024-12-11 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
In Dragnacarta's Curse of Strahd: Reloaded, the Tome of Strahd provides some limited exposition at the beginning of the adventure, most of which can b...
2024-12-08 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
The doctor's been portrayed in a number of ways, like a soft, unassuming little man with white tufts of hair and an odd smile (Ravenloft 2nd Ed. module), or the owlish monster hunter with amazing hair and a hat of disguise in Curse of Strah...
2024-12-04 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThank you so much for supporting me.
Just over a year ago, I started this Patreon to help encourage me to make my own art. I know there are folks out there who just like to grab the images of monsters, items, or NPCs for their games and that's wonderful, but it really means a lot that folk...
2024-11-30 22:57:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Anastrasya Karelova, the most diplomatic of Strahd's brides, sloughs off her courtly beauty when combat with her reaches its climax; she reveals her true face, that of a bloated, loathsome bat-creature slavering for the blood of the living!
Hope the sight of her is as fun and memorable for ...
2024-11-27 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Another request I've seen is for the CoS Reloaded tokens with any borders, since Foundry VTT (and only virtual tabletops, hopefully) has an option to give your tokens borders. As I expect most people will want to make all their border-less tokens more or less the same, I'm o...
2024-11-23 23:18:56 +0000 UTC View Post
I've created an easier way for you to download all the Curse of Strahd - Reloaded NPC tokens that I've done with a simple .zip file. Thanks for those of you that have suggested it!
At 50mb, it still pretty big, so for those of you in areas without high-speed internet, ...
2024-11-23 18:28:13 +0000 UTC View Post
In proper Dark Souls fashion, most of the major villains in CoS:Reloaded have a second combat phase to keep things varied and interesting. Just when you think Ludmilla's down for the count, the music swells, her attacks change, and her facade drops to ...
2024-11-21 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe holidays are upon us, and you’re likely wondering what to get your loved ones. Well, did you know you can gift someone a Patreon subscription? And that the subscription in question could be to MY Patreon? It’s true! Just a few clicks and a credit-card transaction from now, they could be n...
2024-11-17 23:12:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Baron Vallakovich loves his fetes, feeding the townsfolk the rumors that busy hands and a smiling face works wonders to deter the Devil’s plans. Here’s a mix of handouts you can use in your game. Plaster them around the town to advertise the power of positive thinking and encourage the PCs to...
2024-11-11 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Baron Vargas Vallakovich and his wife, Baroness Lydia Petrovna.
Took good bit of prompting from the Whittier's module art, but with a bit of nudging from Dragnacarta, I mixed in a bit of the descriptive text (which describes him as dark-haired) and some costume changes to ...
2024-11-06 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings, fellow Faces in the Mist.
October is done, and this week promises to be a long one, so please enjoy this sneak-peak into this week's offering: the Baron and Baroness of the bustling town of Vallaki.
Have a great game and be careful out there,
Caleb
2024-11-04 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
I've recieved more than a few requests for a full set of transparent tokens, so here you are! Feel free to print and cut them out for tabletop games, or simply to drag and drop into your VTT of choice. And yes, as the population of my Curse of Strahd: reloaded art grows, so will the tokens in thi...
2024-10-16 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
One of the big puzzles that snags new DMs to the module is "How do I get my players to Barovia?" One clever conceit employed by Curse of Strahd: Reloaded is the idea of the
CW: gore
“…His pale, near-translucent flesh contrasts sharply with the dark, dripping red that stains his trembling hands, each finger tipped with a long, bloodied claw. Beneath his blood-matted hair, his red eyes burn with a feral glow, his batlike nostrils twitchi...
2024-10-02 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello again, you Faces in the Mist!
Wrapping up a long work week can be arduous, so I thought I’d send you a little preview of what’s coming up on the Patreon as a treat.
Have a great game, and be careful out there!
Caleb
2024-09-27 21:57:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Spoilers to follow! A creation of Dragnacarta’s for Curse of Strahd: Reloaded, Ismark Antonovich was burgomaster of the village of Barovia some hundred years before the events of the module. Reeling from vampire attacks, he and two fellow adventurers braved Castle Ravenloft’s catacombs and e...
2024-09-19 16:29:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello again! As a thank you to everyone who has recently joined the Patreon, I want to share the handouts I made for my players who recently explored the haunted ruins of Argynvostholt in Arc M of 2024-09-15 16:29:37 +0000 UTC View Post