Curse of Strahd trivia: Originally, Kiril Stoyanovich had an old coffin full of stolen pants in his cave (because werewolves go through pants like crazy). Alas, the coffin-full-o’-pants had to be cut for space. #wotcstaff
— Christopher Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) December 9, 2020
Being a Roma, I was the voice that pushed for the shift in how the Vistani are portrayed in Curse of Strahd. We’re working hard to make things right. #wotcstaff #dnd
— Adam Lee (@adamofadventure) June 16, 2020
What shift was made to them, Adam? One use of the word, gypsy, got into the printed book. We shall do better.
— Adam Lee (@adamofadventure) June 16, 2020
That instance of the word caught us all by surprise; it wasn’t supposed to be there. The good news is that it doesn’t appear in upcoming printings of the book.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) June 17, 2020
First of all, not using the word, “Gypsy.”👎
Second, shifting them from mostly being shady cutthroats and servants of Strahd to showing them as human beings with a vibrant creative culture, love of life, and desire for freedom.
Third, putting in Ezmerelda, a vampire hunter NPC.— Adam Lee (@adamofadventure) June 16, 2020
I hate to tell you this, Adam, but Curse of Strahd does use the word “gypsy” at least once to describe a Vistani individual. But yeah, I definitely noticed the other attempts of which you speak of. Ezmeralda is a very cool individual that I loved in the story. A portion of the work on CoS was to try to remain faithful to the original text of the I6 Ravenloft module while removing all the squidgy stuff. That one bit of boxed text slipped through.
— Adam Lee (@adamofadventure) June 16, 2020
Well I think you guys did a pretty good job at updating the classic adventure. It’s certainly my favorite 5e adventure so far. Thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
— Adam Lee (@adamofadventure) June 16, 2020
Thank you for answering it. I didn’t know of your Roma heritage, and so it is really interesting to hear your perspective on the Vistani.
— Leslie Courtney (@LeslieCourtne14) June 16, 2020
Thank you for answering it. I didn’t know of your Roma heritage, and so it is really interesting to hear your perspective on the Vistani. Yep! My grandad was born in a caravan, worked in the markets all over Britain, and I heard many tales of Appleby Fair. 🙂
— Adam Lee (@adamofadventure) June 16, 2020
He was a character, to be sure!
I want to go back to find out more from his side of the family. Much of the way of Romani life is dying out and I’d love to experience as much of it as I can.— Adam Lee (@adamofadventure) June 16, 2020
I hate that Ezmeralda is the only explicitly disabled NPC in Curse of Strahd and they made her cover up her disability like it's some shameful fucking thing, rendering the art of her meaningless. Hire disabled sensitivity readers and writers Wizards of the Coast. No excuses. #dnd pic.twitter.com/aWcGOn82bk
— the dislocating DM ♿ @ university crunch! (@mustangsart) April 28, 2020
Yeah, we’re gonna fix that. #wotcstaff https://t.co/stjhBa4r4i
— Christopher Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) April 29, 2020
Thank you, Chris, that means an awful lot to hear. Thank you I saw this and was like, “What boob wrote that?” And then I’m like, “Oh, wait, that was me.”
— Christopher Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) April 29, 2020
If you like Curse of Strahd, I think you’re going to love the thing I’m currently working on for 2020. #wotcstaff
— Christopher Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) November 10, 2019
“Another Part of The Curse That Strahd Forgot From Earlier, But Now He Remembered” ::throws out manuscript::
::starts over::iT wAs ThE bEsT oF sTrAhD, iT wAs ThE cUrSe Of StRaHd… https://t.co/jaTS79FCnz
— Christopher Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) November 10, 2019
More rough sketchies for Curse of Strahd #dnd #WOTCstaff pic.twitter.com/dhmITNARke
— Richard Whitters (@WhittersRichard) October 15, 2018
With October looming, now is a good time to remind everyone that you can run a pretty sweet one-night D&D adventure in which 1st-level characters wake up naked in Castle Ravenloft. #wotcstaff
— Christopher Pumpkins 🎃 (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) September 29, 2018
I’m always shocked you didn’t start our show this way lol
— 🎃Commander Hollyween🌙 (@HollyConrad) September 29, 2018
I actually wrote about running Curse of Strahd as a one-shot! (Sadly, no nudity… but that can be easily adjusted.) https://t.co/YIWVB0PdYf
— James Introcaso (@JamesIntrocaso) September 30, 2018
That doesn’t seem like an especially survivable one-shot. That’s why it’s a one-shot.
— Christopher Pumpkins 🎃 (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) September 29, 2018
No, i think it would be more of a "Perkins Thing" to get you all the way to level 19, then start the next session with "You wake up naked in Ravenloft…at level 1 again."
— Chris Hyland (@chyland37) September 29, 2018
That was going to be season 5. Now I have to come up with something else. #wotcstaff https://t.co/wCfcnkzflQ
— Christopher Pumpkins 🎃 (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) September 29, 2018
I’m halfway through my Curse of Strahd campaign and it says on Page 240 that Strahd is a vampire. That’s a typo, right? Like, Vampires aren’t real. They’re make believe.
Pretty big plot hole.@JeremyECrawford @katewelchhhh @mikemearls, will this be revised in future printings?
— Marcian Tobay (@MarcianTobay) August 5, 2018
Sorry, we’ll get on that. Please replace all instances of “vampire” in the text with “quarrelsome antelope.” #wotcstaff https://t.co/Ky76Gs47SI
— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) August 5, 2018
