Editing Strahd von Zarovich (section)

==Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft==
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They didn’t republish ''Curse of Strahd'' with this book but instead gave more context for interacting with other Domains of Dread, alternative plot hooks and some extra tables with some wacky option on how Tatyana will reincarnate this time.  The fact that it's possible for her to come back as a teenaged boy or a male [[Dragonborn]] may be a poorly executed attempt to make Strahd bisexual - which shouldn't come as any surprise, as they already overtly made him bisexual in ''Curse of Strahd'', between literally giving him an explicit harem of vampire lovers ala Dracula, of which at least one is a guy, and explicitly saying that Strahd will basically hit on PCs of both genders.

The Guide also brings up more of Strahd's backstory about before his fall such as Osybus, a priest of the dark powers that lived on Strahds homeworld, attempting to become the most powerful lich before being defeated by the then still mortal Strahd, the [[Ulmist Inquisition]], and the betrayal of Osybus's followers. Their betrayal of Osybus cost them their guaranteed immortality via unlife and so the priests made a deal with the Dark Powers to find a vessel so the Powers could conquer the world. [[just as planned|They masterminded Strahd's fall and his finding the Amber Temple]], but being the biggest of dicks, [[not as planned|the mist took Strahd]]. [[Tzeentch|Since Osybus had managed to become a Dark Power after his death, this was his revenge plot apparently]].