Gothic Trinket Documents is the latest in a series of Curse of Strahd ephemera documents I'm producing intended to help immerse your players in the gothic world of Ravenloft. Included you will find the printable PDF for the following handouts:
- 01-02 A picture you drew as a child of your imaginary friend (6 variations on spooky and one Ireena)
- 13-14 The unopened letter to you from your dying father (3 variations in different contexts/relationships)
- 77-78 Small, worn book of children’s nursery rhymes. (Rime of the Ancient and the Land, a setting-appropriate nursery rhyme written by Ashton Duncan and illustrated with Victorian-era engravings of Shakespeare's work, particularly Macbeth and The Tempest, with thanks to Michael John Goodman for digitizing them https://shakespeareillustration.org/)
These documents were created in Adobe InDesign.
Within the PDF I have provided the text and image description of each document to help with accessible use of this product. Additionally, I've linked to a Google Drive containing a PDF of the children's book Rime of the Ancient and the Land intended for double-sided printing and collation into a pamphlet-style book.
Below is the text of the children’s book, for a sneak peak:
This is the Devil Strahd's domain,
He is the Land, long may he reign.
If you hope to be His bane
I wish you luck, I feel your pain.
Up in his castle he does stay,
unwanted guests he does make pay.
If from the path you hope to stray,
I wish you luck, I miss the day.
Up on the way a carriage waits,
the Devil plans to fill your plates.
If you pass through Ravenloft’s gates,
You will surely meet your fates.
Barovia, the land of mist,
The devil’s bride waits for her kiss,
a devil’s cult within their midst,
Our dread lord, the man of myth.
