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Date read: March 24, 2025
Dungeons & Dragons
1. Ravenloft: Heir of Strahd - Hardcover | Kindle
Delilah S. Dawson
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
Five strangers armed with steel and magic awaken in a mist-shrouded land, with no memory of how they arrived: Rotrog, a prideful orcish wizard; Chivarion, a sardonic drow barbarian; Alishai, an embittered tiefling paladin; Kah, a skittish kenku cleric; and Fielle, a sunny human artificer.Thoughts on Ravenloft: Heir of Strahd: It's been a good long while since I spent any time in the D&D world. A band of adventurers fighting their way through some dangerous terrain? Count me in! This band of adventurers, as it turns out, are complete strangers. Or at least they were until they were dropped in the middle of an unforgiving realm...no, that's not quite right. They're still strangers after being dropped there and it takes A LOT for them to finally find their groove with one another.
After they barely survive a nightmarish welcome to the realm of Barovia, a carriage arrives bearing an invitation:
Fairest Friends,
I pray you accept my humble Hospitality and dine with me tonight at Castle Ravenloft. It is rare we receive Visitors, and I do so Endeavor to Make your Acquaintance. The Carriage shall bear you to the Castle safely, and I await your Arrival with Pleasure.
Your host,
Strahd von Zarovich
With no alternative, and determined to find their way home, the strangers accept the summons and travel to the forbidding manor of the mysterious count. But all is not well at Castle Ravenloft. To survive the twisted enigmas of Strahd and his haunted home, the adventurers must confront the dark secrets in their own hearts and find a way to shift from strangers to comrades—before the mists of Barovia claim them forever.
They all also have a lot more in common than any of them suspect. I mean, it isn't quite happenstance that drops them in this terrible place. They each have secrets and those secrets are doozies.
As they navigate the increasingly more dangerous land of Barovia and the count who rules it, they have to figure out their strengths and weaknesses and face off against some pretty messed up individuals. Seriously, the people in charge in these places have some pretty bonkers plans in motion and YUCK on a lot of levels, amirite?!?
More than a little danger, a beefy barbarian drow (who was probably my favorite because barbarians who have a soft spot for animals, YAY!), zombies, monsters, more monsters, probably more monsters, reluctant bonds of friendship, and an ending that kinda socks you in the gut. *thumbs up*
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