#curse of strahd 2

[eightblackpens]

#curse of strahd 2 #PC: Stone #NPC: Aexrius #my art #dnd #gif

[burningxdaylight]

I HAVE KARL WACHTER'S DEAD BODY STUFFED IN A SUITCASE

#with the purpose of casting raise dead on him!!! #IM NOT NORMAL ABOUT THIS #curse of strahd 2 #curse of strahd II #cos2 campaign #Aria Vlastimova

[shrimpari]

#i made this edit 2 years ago and found it in my cos server #jk hes my best friend :))))))) #he's ruining my life because i cant stop thinking about his bitchass #strahd von zarovich #meme #dnd #dnd meme #this is stupid #dungeons & dragons #dungeons and dragons #d&d #D&d 5e #curse of strahd

[bardicblast]

Van der Linde Isaac - "CoS is actually a western" is such a concept ever since i saw somebody pointing that out i kept thinking about it

i rant about the redesign a bit:

so i went ahead and redesigned him to fit the rdr2 setting entirely, i cant give him a full on wolf arm, so i gave him burn scars on his face, that he hides all the time with a scarf or a bandana. hat in the back to replace the hoodie's shape. he is most comfortable using the rolling block rifle plus a knife. he would probably play a lot of five finger fillet.

plus, he gets his arm blown off at one point (not from finger fillet!! i swear), probably during the saint denis robbery, then dies during the guarma chapter, bc there is no way he would survive longer than that

also i cant have him choose sides at chapter 6 when i know he has blind loyalty

#dnd #red dead redemption 2 #curse of strahd #dnd art #dnd bard #dnd character #artists on tumblr #dungeons and dragons #rdr2 #rdr2 fanart #rdr2 oc #this game is so damn good #mashing my two interests together and coming out with these that only cater to me only dfghhj no thoughts only cowboys #i became too attached to the van der linde gang and now that im at ch6 i feel so devastated bc of recent events #they were all doomed from the very start #just like us in CoS wooooo #not me drawing him in maximum detail for a silly au #isaac i will get you a character card style illustration one day i swear #btw in this au it was his friend who burned his face:) i am withholding his lore until i finish that one drawing

[anae-art]

Some time ago I played a bit of „Coffee Talk 2” and when Hyde said this line I couldn’t resist! Admit that it fits perfectly <3

Although Hyde is much more likeable than Strahd but that’s the charm (hihi) of all kinds of vampires I guess

By the way, I highly recommend „Coffe Talk” if somebody just want to sit down and relax with cup of tea without the need for a lot of effort <3

#curse of strahd #curse of strahd meme #strahd von zarovich #cos strahd #strahd meme #cos #rude vampire #Hyde #coffee talk #coffee talk episode 2 #coffee talk 2 #coffee talk 2 hyde

[thrumugnyr]

Memories

#DnD #centaur #centaurs #this is technically a curse of strahd comic but i will not tag it as such for now #it will all make sense in the end #though it also works on its own just fine #and i do not know when i'll get to finish part 2 as work still hounds me with overtime #which is why I'm posting it like this #Patataj #behold his shitty teenage haircut #this was sketched out MONTHS ago lmao #slow artists unite!

[vanhelsingapologist]

//scuttles in

Hey you should totally talk about Kasimir

Kasimir And The Terrible Horrible No-Good Very Bad 400 Years

CW: Sororicide, Child Death, discussion of mental health, discussion on the nature of shame.

This is going to be so, so long. Disclaimer that this is our table's interpretation of Kasimir Velikov. Spoilers for Curse of Strahd and the Dusk Elves abound.

Guilty, Not Remorseful

Kasimir is one of those characters who seems to be very consistent in characterization across tables. I do believe that if you asked DMs to list their Kasimir’s traits, a majority would hit the Trifecta of Misery:

Guilty

Sad

Desperate.

A massive part of our Kasimir’s characterization is how my DM draws the line between regret, guilt, and remorse.

He feels fathomless guilt surrounding killing Patrina, but he never describes himself as feeling remorse. To explain, I’ll divide it like this:

He feels guilty because he knew it would have a repercussion. He did it anyway. Patrina was engaged to Strahd.

He did not expect the repercussions to be all that they were. This was a mistake, but I don’t entirely know whether he sees his decision surrounding killing Patrina as one or not.

He does not feel remorse, because that would require him to regret what he did (killing his sister). Our Kasimir does not feel remorse for killing her, and it makes him guiltier because of everything her death set off, not to mention the love he held for his sister.

He tells himself that he did what he had to do (he did not), and wishes there were another way (there undoubtedly was), which gives way to shame. 

"I had to do it, but I wish I didn't." "... Did I have to? Surely, yes?"

So, he has these interplaying themes connected to the overarching theme of guilt, all of which drive his every action in our campaign. 

He is okay with this.

He is okay with the idea that every day is a punishment. He did what he had to do, he says, and he believes he should pay that price forever. 

The Whole Patrina Thing

In our game, Patrina didn’t seem to be so much in love with Strahd as she was in love with power. My running theory is that she was intending to dethrone Strahd or overpower him once she’d been turned. 

Because (I believe) in our game, he was one of the first vampires, if not The First Vampire, she didn’t quite realize how spawn mechanics worked— and to that end, neither did the dusk elves.

The Story

Kasimir holds to the story he told us. He discovered his sister half-turned, having received two of the three bites required to undergo the bride ceremony. 

I believe he discovered her in the process of trying to feed (a la Lucy Westenra) and came to the conclusion that she had been irrevocably turned into this horrifying, unknowable dead thing. So he gathered the dusk elves and killed her, setting off the chain of events. 

In the years since he’s been confronted with new information regarding vampirization and the process of turning, but he’s also said that if Patrina hadn’t died, she likely would’ve gone through with it anyway. Is this to avoid heaping more guilt onto his shoulders? Maybe. I don't know. Despite his guilt, he still, interestingly, provides a justification.

We have nothing to contradict his word with.

However, he also told us that he’s been experiencing dreams where she tells him how sorry she is, how much she hates him, how much she loves him, and how much she would have changed if he'd let her live.

His foundational beliefs get preyed upon, because what if he was wrong? What if he doomed everyone because he couldn’t compromise his morality for a moment?

Kasimir’s Backstory Is Misery In Case You Were Wondering

In our campaign, Kasimir and Patrina were raised to be the leaders of their communities and witnessed Rahadin’s exile and subsequent alliance with King Barov.

When the Dusk Elves regrouped after a crushing defeat, Kasimir, who is a Druid in our campaign, was voted in to be the head of the remaining families, and Patrina, an Archmage, left for Ravenloft intermittently. 

I think there was an effort for peace being made with a marriage between Strahd and herself, but obviously, the Tatyana Conundrum came in (Kasimir Win!), and then a couple years down the line, the Patrina Conundrum happened (Kasimir Fail!).

By the time he made his big bad decision, he was not only the head of his community but was also the father to a small child and the husband to a man who would die defending their family.

So, as far as he’s concerned, Kasimir is almost directly responsible for the deaths of his entire family.

He’s in a constant internal battle between blaming Ravenloft— perhaps predominantly, Rahadin— for enacting disproportionate revenge and blaming himself for pulling the trigger. Two things can be true. And still, to this day, his remaining people trust him. He still leads them and protects them. Yowch.

Kasimir As The Moral Compass

While traveling with our party, Kasimir was militant about doing what he believed was right. It could’ve been because he might’ve literally snapped in half if he took on any more shame, but probably had more to do with the fact that he was likely projecting heavily onto our party. 

He held his hand on the metaphorical stove for so long that he has nothing but bone left, so when he sees the party tentatively edging towards the fire, he takes action. 

Because he lives in a cesspool of anguish, I think an argument can be made that he wants to ensure his actions aren’t repeated by someone else. That is for HIM.

How It Affects Dynamic

This makes him fun to have in the party, because not only is Sororicide “Hypocrite” Velikov telling us not to do things, but it also provides a good bit of levity to what is otherwise one of the emotionally heaviest characters in our campaign.

Having this ancient elven druid sternly ask if kicking the corpse of enemy #6 made you feel good and having to shamefully tell him ’no’ creates a bond like no other.

It’s also an interesting way to have him trying to semi-atone without explicitly expressing remorse. Because he judges himself so harshly, he judges the party by the same standards.

Kasimir Will Make The Same Mistake Over And Over

The problem is that shame is poison to recovery.

Kasimir does not believe he has a place in a world in which he is not suffering, so whenever he is confronted with redemption, he’ll do what keeps him rotting.

I don’t know how my other players feel about this, but I’m convinced that it’s not that he can’t break the cycle, it’s that he won’t.

In trying to do the right thing, I think he will choose the wrong thing. He will stone her to death again and again and not know why.

There He Goes Again!

It’s why I think these dreams are such a big problem. I think they’re goading him. Whatever’s causing it (the Dark Powers, Strahd, or Patrina herself) knows him well enough that he will make a horrible, horrible decision. As far as theory goes, I think it may really be Patrina, because who would know him better than his sister?

In our campaign, Kasimir is currently acting as a mentor to a half dusk-elven wizard/druid who habitually toes the line between good and evil. He waffles between wanting to save her and wanting to nip the problem in the bud, propelled by his profound shame for wanting to do it.

He knows he shouldn’t have anything to do with it, but whereas Van Richten isolates himself out of necessity, Kasimir creates this wall between them because he sees the cycle starting again and feels helpless to stop it. It’s like he doesn’t realize he’s actively recreating the cycle.

Sound familiar, Strahd?

He and Van Richten are two characters who might have the biggest questions of the nature of redeemability hanging over their head, and both grapple with themes of guilt.

I think they differ because, in our campaign, Van Richten is actively seeking redemption. Kasimir is not.

He can’t imagine atonement even exists.

#asked and answered #this was asked by a player in my campaign #thank you for letting me yammer i've been wanting to talk about this guy for ages. even if this is free notes </3 #curse of strahd character analysis #kasimir velikov #patrina velikovna #curse of strahd spoilers #curse of strahd #We are a party who believes in love as redemption #but we’ve never met a character who so throughly rejects that concept like Kasimir (and maybe Arrigal). #the emilia and kasimir relationship makes me bleed from the eyes. stop looking for your sister in her or you will find your sister in her. #add the rahadin shit in and thatsa one spicy meatball #does kasimir believe good is inherited or cultivated? i think he BELIEVES he thinks it's cultivated. #going 2 put every old man in this module in therapy and then maybe a box #kasimir in general man...... #my DM is very very smart and we're her little rats running around screaming

[quarklynx]

The first of several drawings I hope to finish for this character of mine, meet Aure

commission info

#lynxinks #gosh its been ages since ive posted any art here #ive been so so busy #dnd character #dnd oc art #dnd oc #my ocs #dnd ranger #oc art #Aure is a mysterious female presenting wanderer who talks very little about themselves but always tries to be polite #she just got wooshed away by the mists into the land of Barovia for a good ol' Curse of Strahd campaign #I'm actually playing in the game live every other saturday so I'll try and post a link to session 2 when we play next! #digital illustration #artists on tumblr #artists of tumblr #artist spotlight #digital artist

[pigeon-princess]

New Cos update soon?? i miss our cringe fail wizard…

oooOO YES!! Its been a while since I updated our little master list of the story so far! We've been on quite a big break over the end of year holiday period so we actually haven't had too many sessions in the mean time! I too miss that little cringe fail wizard. I'll update next time I get the chance! In the meantime I have been planning on drawing some new outfits for everyone. We've discussed that we're entering our Act 2 of the campaign since we're over the halfway point now and there have been some BIG changes!

#curse of strahd #babes in the woods #Act 1: Protect Ireena and do the right thing #Act 2: Beat Strahd to death with our bare hands #Thank you FOR CARING ABOUT SILAS AAAAA

[localghostgorl]

The Vallakovich family. Vargas, Lydia and Viktor as invisioned by me.

I do commissions!  

#curse of strahd #lydia petrovna #vargas vallakovich #viktor vallakovich #curse of strahd pc #original character #rpg character #dungeons & dragons 5e #grisha #okay so welcome to the vallakovich family #its not finished quite yet because i havent drawn in a while #theres gonna be grisha's late birth mum and also izek thrown in there #idk if its canon but in my game izek was taken in by vargas when his family died #and i decided that grisha saw izek as his big brother bc they basically half grew up together #also drawing vargas was really fun. it was kinda like aging grisha bc theyre supposed to look really similar #also rip im not even in that game anymore and dropped out like 2 months ago. so you know this has been sitting in my folders for A WHILE #wip #ghostart

[spacey-png-art]

Friend’s curse of strahd character:)

(Ps click for better quality)

#I need to redraw the other pc bc I wasn’t happy with the first drawing I did #digital art #dnd #dungeons and dragons #curse of strahd #my art #dnd character #art #1 out of the 2 lathander girlies in our group #she is also somehow getting every lady in barovia despite having a horrendous charisma #I love her 🙏

[eightblackpens]

stone’s level 17 references for art fight! she’s so sick of time travel.

go attack her, god knows she deserves it

#my art #dnd #art fight #dnd art #digital art #dnd character #character design #Dungeons and Dragons #dungeons and dragons character #curse of strahd 2 #end of world tour #PC: Stone

[lemonsdaily-artdump]

playing around with fancy dress ideas for Kasia - she took one from the dead Lady Petrovna cause maybe she just wants to look pretty for once huh stop judging her

#curse of strahd #my art #kasia of st andral #d&d oc #d&d oc art #to delete later #wips #I don't think I'm ever going to finish a drawing ever again never ever #I've been stuck in an art block for like 2 weeks and this is the best I can do rn #*head in hands*

[dinwarden]

my changeling rogue stuck in Barovia currently is very ill to the point no healer can cure him and in combat w doru, mans got bitten

doru proceeded to cough and gag like a cat and wanted blood ofc but not THAT blood

ALSO POISONED FOR A TURN????

#curse of strahd #eschers cos pt 2: electric boogaloo #uh oh #why did my blood posion the vampire spawn #dnd #dnd character

[bardicblast]

mage hand mage a r m s

#dnd shifter #curse of strahd #dnd bard #dnd character #dungeons and dragons #werewolf #dnd werewolf #seeing nero having those plus 2 blue arms in dmc 5 altered my brain chemistry for real #this is actually the closest to his canon look #he has one hand half turned into his wolf form and so he wrapped cloth around it bc he fails to control his ability #the tail is still Not There in canon

[keegansakura]

Listen. If you almost died to the parties fighter for trying to talk him out of storming Castle Ravenloft because he would have been slaughtered instantly and got snapped at by the rogue for trying to tell him that NO. THEY ARENT INTO YOU.

You would join Strahd and kill the party too.

Jesus Christ Lysander.. but the fact she made that choice after dinner at the castle which ended in a one night stand- I- ... Listen here you BITCH-

AND THAT WAS JUST ARC 1 FOR HER

#curse of strahd #dnd stuff #dnd oc #strahd von zarovich #zelda lysander #tiefling slander #curse of DM THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A JOKE #sadly this campaign wasnt finished with thay party #but i still wrote out the aftermath.. sort of. we did a part 2 with the current party where she and strahd were redeemed #the ending was rather bittersweet. tears were shed. #strahd