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Curse of Strahd: Reloaded Update + Vallaki Guide Preview
🕑 Added 2023-07-24 15:58:53 +0000 UTCWhen I last posted an update on Curse of Strahd: Reloaded two weeks ago, I was confident that I would be able to publish the first two arcs of Vallaki—the Tome of Strahd and St. Andral’s Feast sometime this week or next.
However, like most well-laid plans, this one proved incomplete.
- First, Arc I: The Lost Soul (featuring the ghost of Stella Wachter and the hags of Old Bonegrinder) expanded beyond my initial expectations, requiring additional drafting time to get the rough draft correct.
- Second, I realized that Act II: The Shadowed Town (featuring all Vallaki-related arcs) was sufficiently interdependent that I would need to release all arcs simultaneously, requiring additional time for revision and editing.
In addition, I’m currently caught in the middle of a particularly time-intensive IRL obligation, and I’ll also be moving out of my current apartment at the end of this week.
As such, my earliest estimate for the release of Act II: The Shadowed Town (including Arc D: The Tome of Strahd, Arc E: St. Andral’s Feast, Arc F: The Missing Vistana, Arc G: Lady Wachter’s Wish, Arc H: The Strazni Siblings, Arc I: The Lost Soul, and the bonus arc Arc J: Escape From Old Bonegrinder) is Wednesday, August 9.
I sincerely apologize for the delay. If needed, you can still access rough drafts of all in-progress arcs (including every arc in Act II), as well as my notes and outlines for the remainder of the guide, by becoming a paid member of the Patreon (if you aren't already). New updates to the guide are published (approximately) daily in the Patreon Discord.
In addition, as a consolation for any inconvenience, I’ve published a preview of Act II: The Shadowed Town, including a narrative summary of the act, a list of act milestones, a timeline for the players’ time in Vallaki, and the full text of Arc D: The Tome of Strahd.
You can read and download this preview of Act II here. If you haven’t already, you can read and download the full guide for free here.
Thank you, as always, for your patience! I look forward to releasing the new public update of the revised Curse of Strahd: Reloaded as soon as it’s available.
Cheers,
Dragna
Comments
DragnaCarta
It goes good! Vallaki is so close to being done, but I feel like I'm officially living through Zeno's Paradox, haha—every time I close half the distance to the finish line, I can only take a halfway step forward next. We're getting there, though! I'm so close to being done with Vallaki I can taste it, lol.
Eric Smith
how goes, boss?
