And with this review I'm caught up on all issues of Strahd Loves, Man Kills by Dolorous Exhumation Press. Once again, I love this zine and you should be reading it.
Lurid Locations greatly expands on Keening, as presented in Van Richeten's Guide to Ravenloft. The feature also details the grisly Crouch & Treacle's Pie Shop. There's some obvious Sweeney Todd influence, though it's a demonic pact that fuels the murder and pies. There's also a great reference in the fact that the killers are the Butch and Baker and they made a deal with the Candlestick Maker.
My progressive Millennial self loves the new background presented in Baleful Backgrounds. The revolutionary seeks to overthrow those in power.
Seeds of Evil gives a new adventure hook inspired by films like Crimson Peak and Winchester. Renwick Hall is a really neat idea and set up for for a one-shot or campaign.
Grim Phantasmagoria returns in this issue. is unlike other articles presented in the zine. The author focuses on folk horror and draws inspiration from Edgar Allen Poe.
Wicked Wanderings discusses how to use tropes of Ravenloft with 5e inspiration rules. Inspiration is something that I think is underutilized and to be honest, I forget about it at times. This article gives some great ideas.
Fatal Frames is back with three new reasons your Ravenloft party works together.
Tragic Heroes returns this issue with seven character concepts. The Alaune is a custom lineage mastermind rogue that's creature from Ivan Boritsi's plant expiraments. Anhktepot's Ka is human life domain cleric that is the darklord's soul in mortal form. The Cauldronborn Child is a hexblood Archfey pact warlock that was created by one of the hags of Tepest to cause trouble. The Headhunter from Valachan is a reborn hunter ranger is the head of Urik von Kharkov on a new body. The Shard of Azalin is human necromancy school wizard this is a shard of Azalin Rex's soul reborn. Viktra Mordenheim's Clone is a human batttlesmith artificer... that well is a clone of Viktra Mordenheim. Finally Vlad Drakov Returned is a human oath of conquest paladin that is a version of Falknovia's original (in publication history) darklord.
Echoes of Doom is a fun article that recommends songs for inspiration for the Domains of Dread.
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