#if you want specifics of cleric/strahd interactions feel free to ask i'll get to it when i can

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TL;DR he hasn’t had any blood since he got turned into a spawn last session. He didn’t intend to feed. The party was at Ravenloft to save Ireena after Kaspar sold her out to save the party, and when they knew she was close, the artificer went for one door, my cleric went for another.. Entered a room with a giant bath full of blood, failed a wis save miserably, marched in and bent down to drink from the bath like a dog… Strahd emerged from the blood to grab him by the neck saying “Welcome to dinner :)” before pulling him in and the door slamming shut.

Long version: OK nobody asked but I want to talk about what is going on in the campaign right now because we're finishing in 2-3 sessions and I can't talk to my dnd group except the DMs about most of it yet and if I don't talk about it I'll explode. TON of spoilers.

So he sold Ireena out to Strahd in order to save himself and the party from a TPK because he wasn't ready to die in a place where his soul can't go to Kelemvor. Becoming a spawn wasn't what he expected to happen but he deserved it.

Upon waking up the party went straight to Ravenloft to save Ireena and along the way he was asked to make holy water. Obviously he's having anxiety attacks because he's a walking corpse and his soul is doomed and it's his own fault.

They manage to get inside the castle and Kaspar casts Sending to Ireena to ask where she is and she calls him a fucking piece of shit etc. because of course Strahd told her he’s the one who sold her (fair). At this point his spells are often not working because he’s undead.

They get to Strahd's study. The artificer goes to one door, Kaspar goes to the other.. Enters a room with a giant bath full of blood.. Fails a wis save miserably (DM probably drooling in delight) and rushes in, bends down to drink like a dog.. Gets grabbed by the neck and dragged inside as the door slams closed.

While submerged he chugs a lot of blood in panic.. His pulse comes back.. Man is just lost in the sauce now. Touches Strahd's neck to feel his pulse.. They had plenty of time to talk about things while the party was busting Ireena out of the other room and then him from the bathroom. The Music Of The Night playing in the background as the corruption arc really kicks in. The party finally breaks Ireena out of the bedroom and comes into the bathroom for Kaspar, who leaves with them with some hesitance.

They leave and Ireena stabs him with a fire iron but leaves it at that.

They all end up in the tower where the heart is. Ludmila is there. A bunch of bad rolls and three people including Kaspar end up on the bottom level inside of Ludmila's Cloudkill. We have spells and potions but there are not enough actions in a round to make up for the damage everyone is taking. Kaspar goes unconscious in the cloud, fails a death save, and the cloud kills him.. The cloud clears and the warlock and Ez see that his body is gone.

The party continued downward, meanwhile Kaspar eventually found himself being a mist, being drawn up, to a balcony on the big tower, with Strahd looking at the sunset over the land, the mist mostly clear and everything is beautiful etc.

Here the DM and I had a solo session of about 30 minutes… Talking about vampire things and Strahd’s backstory. Of course Strahd heavily twisted the truth and knew just what to say to make Kaspar feel understood (the cannibalism especially) and accepted. My poor naive cleric so desperate to be loved back (by a god?) and isn’t ready to die and to stop loving (?) Kelemvor, decides to swear loyalty to Strahd to ensure he can spent his immortal life looking for a cure for vampirism and stand before Kelemvor one day, no matter how long it takes... Kaspar gets on his knees (unhinged), strahd actually lifts his sleeve and offers his wrist. Kaspar drinks Strahd’s blood, they drink each other's blood... Cleric proceeds to get his back blown out for 5-6 hours along with most of his morals. And gets most Vampire stats as well.

Strahd decides he no longer wants the party to just die, but suffer because they destroyed the heart. Kaspar suggests that the wizard dying would cause them emotional pain because she’s a sweetie and that he would do it to prove his loyalty.

Last session Kaspar went to do that because lucky for me everyone was fighting Rahadin except the wizard, who was in a different room. They chat a bit and she suspects nothing and they lie down together on one of the cots there.. Poor girl died to a single casting of Blight and Kaspar made sure she fails those death saves with a dagger between the ribs. But aside from the pain of 55 necrotic damage she died pretty happy. He kisses her hair and apologizes and turns to leave because surely Rahadin has the rest of them handled.

Anyway they killed Rahadin (and Escher) and beheaded him. Ireena noticed Kaspar running away and after some group athletics checks, frostpbite, and a smite, Kaspar escapes by the skin of his teeth. (cue Scooby Doo chase sequence set to Ghost music moment).

And then after all that through some group checks  and the power of friendship Ireena manages to revive the wizard and everyone is happy. Strahd is now of course FURIOUS, GROWLING, and made Kaspar pray to him like to a god after taking away his symbol of Kelemvor and dangling it in front of his face the entire time.

While the party is looking for the Sunsword and the Tome, Kaspar will patch up and clean up Rahadin’s remains because Strahd would want that and he will have a funeral and be buried in the chapel where the final fight will take place. Not to root for the villain but I am absolutely rooting for the villain right now.