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Monster Hunter’s Pack
A monster hunter’s pack includes a chest, a crowbar, a
hammer, three wooden stakes, a holy symbol, a flask of
holy water, a set of manacles, a steel mirror, a flask of oil, a
tinderbox, and three torches. Purchasing the pack costs 33
gp, which is cheaper than buying its contents individually.
Char acter Background
During cha racter creation, players ca n select the fol-
lowing backgrou nd for their characters, w ith the DM’s
approval. It is appropriate for any character or campaign
associated with eeriness or horror.
Haunted One
You are haunted by something so terr ible that you dare
not speak of it. You’ve tried to bury it and flee from it, to
no avail. This thing that haunts you can’t be slain with
a sword or banished wit h a spell. It might come to you
as a shadow on the wall, a bloodcurdling nightmare, a
memory that refuse s to die, or a demonic whisper in t he
dark. The burden has taken its toll, isolati ng you from
others and mak ing you question your sanity. You must
find a way to overcome it before it destroys you.
Skill Proficienc ies: Choose two from among Arca na,
Investigation, Religion, and Survival
Languages: Choose one exotic language (Abys sal, Ce-
lestial, Deep Speech, Draconic, Infernal, Primordial,
Sylvan, or Undercommon)
Equipment: A monster hunter’s pack (see the sidebar),
a set of common clothes, and one trinket of special
significa nce (choose one or roll on the Gothic Trinket s
table after this background)
Featur e: Heart of Dark ness
Those who look into your eyes ca n see that you have
faced unimaginable horror and that you are no st ranger
to darkness. T hough they might fear you, commoners
will extend you ever y courtesy and do their utmost to
help you. Unless you have shown yoursel f to be a danger
to them, they will even t ake up arms to fight alongside
you, should you find yourself facing an enemy alone.
Har rowing Event
Prior to becoming a n adventurer, your path in life was
defined by one dark moment, one fateful decision, or one
tragedy. Now you feel a darkness th reatening to con-
sume you, and you fear there may be no hope of escape.
Choose a harrow ing event that haunts you, or roll one
on the Harrowi ng Events table.
Suggested Characteristics
You have learned to live with the terror t hat haunts you.
You are a survivor, who can be ver y protective of those
who bring light into your darkened life.
Personality Traits
d8 Personality Trait
1I don’t run from evil. Evil runs from me.
2 I like to read and memorize po etry. It keeps me c alm
and brings me flee ting moments of happine ss.
3I spend money freely and live life to the fullest,
knowing that tomorrow I might die.
4I live for the thrill of the hun t.
5 I don’t talk about the t hing that torments me . I’d
rather not burden ot hers with my curse.
6 I expect danger around every corner.
7I refuse to become a vic tim, and I will not allow others
to be victimized.
8 I put no trust in divine be ings.
Ideals
d6 Ideal
1 I try to help those in n eed, no matte r what the
personal cost. (Go od)
2 I’ll stop the spirits that haunt me or die trying. (A ny)
3I kill monsters to make the w orld a safer place, and to
exorcise my own demons. (Good)
4 I have a dark calling that puts me above the law.
(Chaotic)
5 I like to know my enemy’s capabili ties and weaknesses
before rushing into bat tle. (Lawful)
6 I’m a monster that destroys other monsters, an d
anything else that ge ts in my way. (Evil)
Curse of Strahd: Character Options
Harrowing Event
d10 Event
1A monster that slaughtered dozens of innocent people
spared your life, and you don’t know why.
2You were born under a dark star. You can feel it
watching you, coldly and dis tantly. Sometimes it
beckons you in the dead of night.
3An apparition that has haunted your family for
generations now haunt s you. You don’t know what it
wants, and it won’t leave you alone.
4Your family has a history of prac ticing the dark arts.
You dabbled once and felt some thing horrible clutch
at your soul, whereup on you fled in terror.
5 An oni took your sibling one cold, dark night, and you
were unable to stop it .
6 You were cursed with lycant hropy and later cured. You
are now haunted by the innocents you slaughtere d.
7 A hag kidnapped and raise d you. You escaped, but
the hag still has a magical hold over you and fills your
mind with evil thoughts.
8You opened an eldritch tome an d saw things unfit for
a sane mind. You burned the book , but its words and
images are burned into your psyche.
9A fiend possessed you as a child. You were locked
away but escaped. T he fiend is still inside you, b ut
now you try to kee p it locked away.
10 You did terrible things to avenge th e murder of
someone you loved. You became a monster, and it
haunts your waking dreams.
