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Visit Gloomy Barovia! (A DnD 5E Campaign) Weekly 830PM EST
Three Vampire Courts. One cursed land. Outsmart Strahd, break the Curse of the Mists, and survive a deadly reimagining of Ravenloft like no other!
$25.00
/ Session
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Weekly / Thursday - 12:30 AM UTC
Session Duration / 3–3.5 hours
Campaign Length / 15+ Sessions
0 / 6 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
Come join us for Vampires of Three Courts! Werewolves who worship Three Moon Goddesses! Three Big Bad Villains (Not just Strahd)! And so much more! In this campaign you will: 🧛🏽♂️Meet a Baron Strahd like no other! 🗡️Fight your way through Vampires, Werewolves and Zombies! 🧠Solve the Riddle of The Mists of Barovia! ✨Experience Ravenloft from a new perspective! 🦇See a whole new reimagining of this World of Darkness! 😧Experience the thrill of likely character death... and undeath! 🔥Be reminded just how terrifying it can be to survive in a hostile world with no escape! 🎭And yet see that good roleplay and smart gameplay can solve most problems! Experience a new fresh take on the Ravenloft setting with a DM with 20+ years of experience! 💖 Pulse pounding suspense to thrill and excite! 🎙️ Top shelf voice acting to enchant and entertain! 🗺️ Dazzling maps to puzzle and please! ⛰️ Breathtaking scenery to chill you to the bone! 🎻 Incredible soundtrack to frighten and enlighten! 🎵 Suspenseful ambience to highten the horror! Campaign Pitch: ~~~~ You have spent your whole life living among your fellow Barovians and watching them toil away their useless existences unaware they are prisoners in this sunless, rain-drenched world. For each of you there burns inside a certainty, nay a conviction, that this world you live in is itself a prisoner of the Darkness. A Darkness that dwells within Castle Ravenloft in the form of Baron Strahd Von Zarovich. Somehow you know this was once a land full of life, joy, and sunlit valleys; despite no one having any living memory of having seen the Sun. In recent days, you have brought together several people who also feel as you feel that it is time to take steps to depose and destroy Baron Strahd once and for all. Will you find a way to escape the Mists? Is the only way to do so to destroy Strahd? Or is there some other way? You and your fellow adventurers have banded together to find out. ~~~~ You will begin at Level 3. Curse of Strahd Campaigns are usually open to all D&D 5E races, this campaign will be set in a Ravenloft much more akin to Transylvania of our own real world. I am limiting PCs to races which look more human-like. (Humans (Variant or Vistani), Elves (and all elf variants), Tiefling, Genasi, Changeling, Kalashtar, Shifter). Though each of you might have lineages which tie you to those races in appearance (and give you the powers and bonuses) you will still seem mostly human to those around you. We'll create characters in DnDBeyond.com in a private session zero (free). PCs start at level 3. I recommend you have some D&D experience as Ravenloft can be deadly. I am looking for roleplayers who like opportunities to solve difficult situations with alternatives to combat, who love the challenge of exploration mixed with puzzle solving as well as a focus on roleplay and intrigue. (But I don't shy away from a good, descriptive and exciting combat scene!)
Game style
Roleplay Heavy
Meet the Game Master
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About me
I am a 46 year old DM (He/Him) who considers himself an ally for the LGBTQ+ gaming community and loves seeing more inclusion and representation coming to my favorite hobby, table top role playing games! I've been playing TTRPGS for over 31 years now and DMing for 22 of those years. My preferred system is D&D 5E but I have begun branching out into Call of Cthulhu 7E and World of Darkness 5E.
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Creating your character
Characters start at Level 3. Standard starting equipment. Max Hit Points. Ability Scores will be Manually Rolled In DnDBeyond. When you sign up we will be conducting an individual, private, and free Session Zero where I will walk you through Character Creation and guide you through your character sheet on DnDBeyond. Everything you need for character creation will be handled during Session Zero. If you have signed up less than an hour before game time you will not be joining us until the following week unless you have a nearly complete character in DnDBeyond which I can approve and verify beforehand. Forcing a session zero for a new player right at the beginning of a session the others are already paying for is not fair to anyone.
This campaign is scheduled for Tuesday nights from 09:30pm-12:30am EST (GMT-5) $25/session
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Players should have: Webcam (optional) Microphone An account on DnDBeyond.com (free) Either Chrome or Firefox browser (free) Installation of the Beyond20 Extension (free)(search Google for "beyond20 extension") A gmail email address (for Google Meetup which I use as an alternative for Discord) (free) Dice will be used digitally through DnDBeyond so no dice are required. (free) No need for character sheet printouts or anything like that as I will walk you through character creation.
What AaronDungeonMaster brings to the table
I will provide DnD Beyond access to all available races and magic items so that character creation options are wide open. I am a member of several great Patreons and I am a digital artist myself so I have some amazing maps and character tokens and can create custom tokens for you for our first session, following character creation in Session Zero.
Homebrew rules
Regular Potions of Healing are Bonus Action to drink. Critical Hits max the extra dice value. Death saves are rolled blind. Inspirations are given every session to one or two players (depending on party size) and must be used by next session for an advantage rolled after the failed roll. Total inspirations earned are tracked and once you earn five, on your next level you can purchase a Feat (this is to encourage the use of your ASI at 4th level over a Feat). I offer access to 3rd Party Content including but not Limited to: Flee, Mortals Book of Ebon Tides Grim Hollow Heliana's Guide Humblewood Obojima The Crooked Moon Valda's Spire of Secrets Plus 3rd Party Classes: The Blood Hunter The Illrigger The Pugilist The Captain The Gunslinger
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Headphones
Internet
Microphone
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Safety
How AaronDungeonMaster creates a safe table
IMPORTANT NOTE: Players who sign up one hour before a game session will be joining the game the following week if you haven't already spoken to me and set up your character before then. Session Zero is handled individually and I will work with you to get you set up to join the group. Then we will have a Session 0.5 to work on getting to know the other players. This campaign is in a Horror Setting so this means that I will be going over a RPG Consent Checklist individually and making sure that I know exactly where peoples Comfort Zones start and End.
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