This one had a LOT of false starts - I initially wanted Neferon to look rather sinister or in the midst of casting something awful, but I held back in order to, hopefully, give you a chance to roleplay a revealed arcanaloth (or give the players a ...
2025-10-15 15:01:37 +0000 UTC View Post
"If you're good at something, never do it for free." - The Dark Knight, (2008)
Yugoloths are an easy concept to describe in D&D terms - devils are lawful evil, demons are chaotic evil, and yugoloths are neutral evil, but what do...
2025-10-15 15:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post
A great shadow blocks out the moonlight—and Strahd looks up, his eyes widening slightly.
Above, a gargantuan raven as tall as the Blue Water Inn, with a wingspan twice as long, descends upon the mountainside. Great gusts of wi...
2025-10-08 14:47:36 +0000 UTC View Post
These magic items figure heavily in Arc H - The Lost Soul of Curse of Strahd: Reloaded's...
2025-10-01 15:01:54 +0000 UTC View PostLess of a wizard from a foreign world, and more of a vagabond conman, but fun all the same. Enjoy!
2025-09-24 18:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
An elderly, wizened man steps onto the overlook. He wears a pale, white robe decorated with numerous colorful patches, each depicting a different object. A pair of gold spectacles with pink crystal lenses rests atop the bridge of his nose, jus...
2025-09-24 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
The Wachter Brothers are described as "brash drunkards" in the RAW module, unwilling to start a scuffle with the PCs, but more than happy to listen to tales of heroism or trash-talk the current Burgomaster of Vallaki. I've depicted them here as bl...
2025-09-09 15:12:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello again, everyone! I appreciate that you've chosen to follow my artistic journey here on Patreon. I especially want to thank tho...
2025-09-01 14:25:41 +0000 UTC View Post
"...fifteen feet up the wall, the mass of roots seems to form an enormous face: bearded and wrinkled, with an ancient, wizened visage. It’s only when you see the roots just beneath it—rising and falling like a mighty chest—that you reali...
2025-08-27 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
"...Following the players’ victory over the Forest Folk in Arc J - The Stolen Gem, several
Greetings, Faces in the Mist!
The past few weeks have been very busy and the ones ahead prove to be as well, but before summer comes to close I thought I’d share a glimpse of what’s to come. Two monstrous inventions of Dragnacarta’s fo...
2025-08-17 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
The module states that the slopes of Mt. Ghakis are the home of bloodthirsty berserkers and creatures loyal to Strahd, and that a crew of these (and a dire wolf) have taken refuge in the Amber Temple, led by a barbarian named Helwa. Curse of Strah...
2025-08-06 15:08:54 +0000 UTC View Post
The Tsolenka Pass has turned into a harrowing journey in Curse of Strahd:Reloaded, with much more structure and planned obstacles to test the mettle of your adventurers. It also gives a lot more history to the "berserkers...
2025-07-24 04:25:55 +0000 UTC View Post
"...claws emerge first, then a serpentine torso half as long as the manor is tall, curving into a long, elegant neck crowned by a noble, horned head. Mighty wings extend from strong, stalwart shoulders, their ghostly scales shimmering with an ...
2025-06-23 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, Faces in the Mist!
Apologies for the silence, but the past few weeks I've been occupied with a number of new and exciting ways to make myself very tired.
The biggest news is that, in addition to providing you lovely Patrons wit...
2025-06-22 19:47:24 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
First off, I wish to thank all of you for encouraging me to continue chasing my artistic goals, whether by contributing here or simply by using and enjoying the illustrations I make for your games - it all makes a big differ...
2025-05-27 19:42:53 +0000 UTC View Post
"A brilliant cascade of divine light shines from the Abbot’s form, and towering wings unfurl from his shoulders, each massive feather snow-white and perfectly formed. His mortal vestments fall away, revealing white, luminous flesh that seems...
2025-05-10 16:31:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Anna and Dmitri are another tragic couple in the module - as written, they are the victims of recent and tragic loss; in Curse of Strahd - Reloaded, they're desperate to keep from reliving that horrible loss again, and the villain...
2025-04-25 15:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a little wine-stained, but this chart can help players and GMs figure out the recent genealogy of the Martikov family (Accurate for CoS- - Reloaded). Hope you find it handy.
Have a wonderful day, you Faces in the Mist!<...
2025-04-12 17:44:50 +0000 UTC View PostMy process video of the creation of both images for Doru's redemption arc. Trickier than it looked! Hope you enjoy the results!
2025-04-09 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Many players (and game masters) see something in certain non-player characters that resonates with them, and they get attached. The village priest's son Doru, whom Strahd sent back home to bedevil his father, is certainly one of them. PCs either s...
2025-04-09 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostHello again, my dear Faces.
As I mentioned before... Dragnacarta, in-between writing and editing his dragnum-opus Curse of Strahd - Reloaded, is pondering the great questions of the cosmos. One of these questi...
2025-04-09 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
EDIT April 4, 2025 - You can now download individual images of each of the Martikov family members in hires, lores, and transparent .png (except for Yolanda, who doesn't want to leave her mother). Enjoy!
The Martikovs o...
2025-04-02 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
(SPOILERS AHEAD) In the 5E module, the staff that appears in Khazan's crypt is a staff of power - a very rare magic item with many offensive abilities. Dragnacarta retooled the staff for CoS - Reloaded, <...
2025-03-27 16:19:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Yeska is a young (around 9yo), orphaned Vallakian adopted by the local church, in training to be an acolyte of the Morninglord. As such, he's rarely seen except when the PCs go to the church of St. Andral. He's given menial tasks, such as cl...
2025-03-25 17:26:51 +0000 UTC View PostHello, dear Faces in the Mist.
My friend Dragnacarta could benefit from your experience playing or DMing Curse of Strahd - Reloaded in any of its many iterations. He and his comrades are soon to la...
2025-03-23 00:47:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Strahd's castle accountant Leif has been counting the castle treasury for a long, long time. SPOILERS AHEAD: To account (sorry) for his longevity in the module, Dragnacarta has, for 2025-03-19 15:00:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Cyrus Belview began in Ravenloft i6 simply as the vampire's mad butler, and in 2016 became the paternal head of the Moreau-esque mongrelfolk, all transformed by the mad Abbot of St. Markovia. I like the 5e version of...
2025-03-13 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
"A monstrous, black-scaled, reptilian head pushes into the suite, its skull alone just as wide and half as tall as the doorframe itself. Horns resembling pointed, elfin ears thrust up from the sides of its head, and its eyes glimmer with cruel...
2025-02-22 20:03:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Probably the most important event in the first third of the module, and one of the most agonized over, is the Tarokka Reading that dictates the location and situation of much of the rest of the game. Madame Eva is a mysterious character, and she's...
2025-02-09 17:02:49 +0000 UTC View Post