Count Strahd von Zarovich
Strahd von Zarovich 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.
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.
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.
Statistics
Figther 4 / Necromancer 16, Chaotic Evil
References
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Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue
- Darklord
- Ruler
- History of Barovia
- Transgressor
- Fratricide
- Fiend Summoner
- Demonologist
- Poisoner
- Dancer
- Organist
- Musician
- Storyteller
- Orator
- Performing Artist
- Artist
- Author
- Writer
- Arcane Loremaster
- Ravenloft Loremaster
- Count of Barovia
- Count
- Von Zarovich Family
- Noble of Barovia
- Necromancer
- Wizard
- Vampire
- Undead
- Human
- Chaotic Evil
- Barovian (Prime Material Plane)
- Former Inhabitants of Prime Material Barovia
- Inhabitants of Castle Ravenloft
- Inhabitants of Barovia