On the AL DM's Facebook group, someone made a joke that Strahd is not a legal character option, which is funny if you play a lot of AL, because there are both a lot of weird rules and a lot of rules pedants in the community.
Thus the idea for Brad Von Zarovich (no relation) was born. Brad is a Faerûnian noble who looks, talks and acts eerily similar to Strahd, but he isn't a vampire (yet?). All of these similarities are purely coincidence, but that hasn't stopped an unrelenting series of brainless do-gooders from attempting to slay Brad mistakenly.
When word spreads, as it does around adventurers, that the Barovian Dark Lord has taken up residence in a sleepy country lord's estate just outside of Waterdeep, Strahd presumes the imposter to be a threat or intentional pretender, and pulls him into Ravenloft to exact his revenge. When he discovers the "threat" to be a dim-witted—if vicious—fop, Strahd decides to let the fool live and see what end he comes to in Barovia.
Attached the PDF character sheet to the thread.
Thus the idea for Brad Von Zarovich (no relation) was born. Brad is a Faerûnian noble who looks, talks and acts eerily similar to Strahd, but he isn't a vampire (yet?). All of these similarities are purely coincidence, but that hasn't stopped an unrelenting series of brainless do-gooders from attempting to slay Brad mistakenly.
When word spreads, as it does around adventurers, that the Barovian Dark Lord has taken up residence in a sleepy country lord's estate just outside of Waterdeep, Strahd presumes the imposter to be a threat or intentional pretender, and pulls him into Ravenloft to exact his revenge. When he discovers the "threat" to be a dim-witted—if vicious—fop, Strahd decides to let the fool live and see what end he comes to in Barovia.
Attached the PDF character sheet to the thread.
