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The final chapter of Curse of Strahd: Reloaded is now available
🕑 Added 2025-05-23 12:55:53 +0000 UTCI’m excited and honored to announce that the final core release of my guide to running Curse of Strahd, Curse of Strahd: Reloaded, is now available. This release, titled Arc U: Dreams of Dawn, includes:
The War Council. An invitation to a war council headed by Lady Fiona Wachter,
The Dream. A tempting—and foreboding—dream sent by the Dark Powers,
The Siege. A two-pronged siege on Vallaki by the Whispering Wall and an undead incursion,
The Final Battle. The players’ assault on Castle Ravenloft and final battle with Strahd, and
The Rising Sun. Barovia’s first sunrise in four hundred years.
You can click here to read the new release.
Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, to all of the readers and playtesters whose feedback, love, and support have made Curse of Strahd: Reloaded what it is. I could not have done this project without you.
Although Strahd might be dead, I’m not finished with Reloaded yet. Over the summer, I intend to add an epilogue, as well as an additional Act III optional downtime arc titled Arc N: Tales of Vallaki. I also intend to release periodic updates to prior arcs, using what I’ve learned now to fix the design mistakes I’ve made in the past. (I’ll be releasing a post-Reloaded postmortem discussing the lessons I’ve learned in revising it, so keep an eye on your inbox for that.)
My first priority, however, will be transitioning my primary focus away from Barovia and toward other, newer pastures. A full update on my future plans is forthcoming this weekend, as well as a major announcement next Tuesday morning—one that will take the Reloaded project and expand it to far-greater heights.
For now, thank you, as always, to everyone who has supported this project, as well as to my incredible patrons for their support. In particular, thank you to Twi, whose deliberation and creativity made this revision possible; Ziopliukas and Paintknight for their encouragement and support; Cheese and Nancy for their assistance in balancing and playtesting encounters; and Friendly, Faisal, shmamy, yaboicorny, Busdriver, Eliza, and Scarfe for their frequent counsel and feedback. Thank you also to my editor, Maxim, and to Caleb Cleveland and DM Andy for contributing their stunning artwork and battlemaps to Reloaded's pages.
And thank you to all of you—for reading and following this guide to the end.
Cheers,
Dragna
Comments
Ben G
Hey Dragna. I'm fairly new to this. I've been reading through reloaded and I've seen some references to arcs V-Z, however I can't seem to find them anywhere. For example, "Arc X - Tatyana's Legacy" reads "This page does not yet exist". Thanks for your help. The guide is great.
DragnaCarta
Thank you! And I don't believe the final fight has been rebalanced yet for a 6-PC party, so you may need to adjust it yourself.
Ty
my party is absolutely loving things so far! im curious, since most encounters have the scaled version of it for parties of 6, how does this land in your perspective with the final fight? does the scaling hold up with a party of 6 or should I look to make adjustments
DragnaCarta
Thanks Retroire! 1. Strahd's dying words were a placeholder from the previous edition of Reloaded that I added because I wrote that scene at 2 AM. I've now updated his dying words to be more fitting. 2. I'd like to release it by July. 3. It'll largely be a number of small flexible vignettes and "flash-forward" bullets.
Retroire
Hi Dragna! Absolutely adore the final fight against Strahd, but have a couple of questions. 1. What is the meaning of his dying words? I think it was a great choice for him to only speak one sentence before dying, but I don't quite understand what the words mean. 2. How long can we expect to wait until the Epilogue is released? 3. What sort of content can we expect in the epilogue? I always end my campaigns with a festival of some kind, so I'm curious to hear how you'll do an epilogue! You're doing the best work i've seen in a long time, keep at it!
DragnaCarta
Thanks Sapchoto! I'm very glad to hear. Hope you continue to enjoy the campaign!
Sapchoto
You have really changed the game Dragna! Our party has been thoroughly enjoying CoS Reloaded and I am beyond excited for them to reach the final arc. What a journey! Thank you for everything you've done!
DragnaCarta
Thank you! And haha; no rest for the wicked >;)
ChickyBisky
What a journey — congratulations Dragna! Hope you can sneak in some rest between all the exciting things happening next <3
