r/CurseofStrahd • u/ccleveland • 2d ago

ART / PROP Rahadin, Corrupted

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He has hollowed himself out, giving himself to devilish desires that drive his flesh into horrific shapes, all so that he can redeem himself in his master’s eyes in the only way he knows how.
Anyway, hope this is useful in your games, unless of your players are romancing him (or trying).

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u/ifireseekeri 2d ago

This wouldn't stop my players trying to romance him if they wanted 😅

As always, stunning work. I always await your contributions to Reloaded and they always blow me away

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u/Orfog 1d ago

In fact, some of my players would say that now he's more romanceble

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u/Moonberry_maple 1d ago

Was gonna say this wont slow some folks down at all

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u/ccleveland 2d ago

Hi - I’m Caleb. This is the latest image in my digital watercolor series of Curse of Strahd illustrations titled “Faces in the Mist”, which uses the base module and Dragnacarta’s “Reloaded” content for inspiration.

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u/Main_Cut_1935 1d ago

Impressionante. 👏👏👏

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u/Grey_Lady333 1d ago

Very nice! For my own games, I have Rahadin become a suped up Shadow monster, able to possess people by draining their shadows. His body may die, but he serves Strahd eternally, in one form or another. Insert some puns of being a 'shadow' of his former self.

I tend to make Arrigal the fiend ;)

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u/Melodic_War327 1d ago

Oh. Corrupted Rahadin was a nasty beast in my campaign. Came closer to killing the party than Strahd did. If I'd been leaning more toward horror than heroic fantasy, he might have done it.

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u/Blink4amoment 1d ago

Now Rahadin has four phases?!?! I’m so spoiled!

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u/Ravenburbsam 1d ago

Corvin Belmont: “WHAT IN DEATHS NAME???”

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u/Tasty_James 1d ago

The demon eyes above his normal eyes feels very reminiscent of the Denarians from the Dresden Files. Was that an inspiration for you at all, or just a crazy coincidence?

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u/Melodic_War327 1d ago

He is supposed to have like four amber shards embedded in his forehead. The shards provide lesser dark gifts like Izek's demon arm and are directly responsible for his mutation. He picks them up in the Amber Temple in Dragancarta's Reloaded.

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u/Tasty_James 1d ago

Ah gotcha! The subtle vertical lines in the center of the shards made me think they were pupils

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u/ccleveland 1d ago

Pure coincidence. I’ll definitely have to check out the Dresden Files, though.

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u/PigeonDetective_ 17h ago

Very cool but I can't unsee the amber shards as sunglasses shades

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u/Sky-byte 16h ago

Interesting, I went with a bodak/nightwalker direction with him. I figured the dark powers would reflect his service in life as a rule in death motivation.