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Curse of Strahd 🦇 Dusk Over Ravenloft 🦇 Deadly Gothic Horror
Venture into the Mists in this gothic horror classic - will you withstand the darkness of Barovia or succumb to its shadows?
$20.00
/ Session
Details
Weekly / Thursday - 9:00 AM UTC
Dec 18 / Session 69
Session Duration / 3–3.5 hours
5 / 5 Seats Filled
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Meet your party members
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About the adventure
Slay werewolves. Save the princess. Rid the realm of its mad tyrant. Become heroes of prophecy. Devoured by monsters. Lost in the Mist. Driven to madness. Turned undead. Buried and forgotten. What's in the cards for You? 🎴 🏞️ Explore the legendary dread domain of Barovia and conquer Castle Ravenloft 🕷️ Face terrifying foes and gothic horrors - then harvest their earthly remains and craft weapons from them 🧛 Thwart the plans of the devil Strahd von Zarovich - will you break the wheel of tyranny or become his Usurper? 🛡️ Stay vigilant, for the Curse can corrupt even the purest of knights This gothic misadventure will take your heroes from level 3 to level 13 (or higher), if they can make it. Discover the secrets of Barovia, featuring every location and lore from the AD&D days of I6 Ravenloft and other Barovian adventures, lending it an old-school vibe for an epic and deadly Gothic horror campaign. 🦇 Do you dare defy The Ancient, The Land, The Devil Strahd? 🦇
Game style
Combat Heavy
Dungeon Crawl
Hexcrawl / Exploration
Roleplay Heavy
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Tactical / Crunchy
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(52)
2 years on StartPlaying
732 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Sets the Mood, Teacher
Average response time: 1 hour
Response rate: 100%
About me
Hello there! My name is Vincent, and the two little gargoyles behind me are Bobby and Smaug, my warlock familiars. I started playing Dungeons & Dragons in university with my featherless friends and it quickly became our favorite hobby, so much so that I've been running official and homebrew campaigns for us ever since. And because I'm always eager to play and meet new characters and experience new stories, I would be thrilled to GM for You, intrepid adventurer!🧝🏽🏹 I even wrote my master's thesis about the positive impact TTRPGs have on social and creative skills as a potential form of group therapy. A session a week is good for the brain! 🧠🧙
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Creating your character
You can use any officially published book for character options, but homebrew content must be approved by me. We start at Level 3, using the Point Buy system for this campaign. (https://chicken-dinner.com/5e/5e-point-buy.html) If you're new to DnD, I'm happy to help with all the jargon and creating your first character. 👀 You can also keep your character sheet on any platform or even on paper. Same goes for rolling, physical dice are welcome, I won't stand between you and your clickity-clacks.
Sessions are every Thursday 🧛 The campaign is in an advanced state at level 9, but since it's an extended adventure all throughout Barovia, there are still many monsters left to slay. The party has just gained entry to the hallowed village of Krezk, where graves have been disturbed and bodies have gone missing, all the while the village's holy abbot remains strangely secluded. If you decide to join, every effort will be made to help you with onboarding, included: - Introductions to the setting, homebrew rules and Foundry before our first session, then a short session 0 with the party during our first game together - Help with character creation, and connecting them to the setting - Readily answering all your questions
What to expect
Preparing for the session
🎤 A decent microphone & Internet connection 🎧 A Discord account (free to register) 📝 Create your Character Sheet - let me know if you need any help 🎓 Beginners are welcome, I will help you learn how to play 💻 Cameras are optional
What Vincent brings to the table
🧭 Maps, handouts & unique magic items 🧙🏽 A player- and character-oriented approach 🦇 A cult-classic gothic horror adventure with deadly encounters ⚜️ Battle maps and a campaign map to explore on Foundry VTT 🎧 Our very own Discord server for voice chat 📜 A Quest Log to assist the note-takers of the party 🌒 Horrors Beyond Comprehension
Homebrew rules
I use a few pages worth of popular variant rules for 5e, the character limit doesn't allow for listing them, but once you join you'll have access to them. Some examples are: - Bulk capacity replacing the usual carrying capacity, borrowed from PF2e. - Variant exhaustion rules - it is a cumulative -1 penalty per level of exhaustion, up to level 11 (where madness or death occurs). - System shock and lingering injuries starting at level 4 - it only applies at truly devastating blows, and there is a chance to resist them. - Bonus action potion drinking. - Light flanking benefits. - Plunging attacks. - Free feat at every ASI level. - Shorter short rests and only partial long rests outside of safe havens. - Many downtime activities, such as Harvesting, Crafting, Cooking, and Training. - Up to 3 Inspiration Points and Mighty Deeds.
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Internet
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Vincent creates a safe table
This adventure deals with a variety of weighty topics and, after all, is a horror setting, featuring manipulative and abusive antagonists. But humor frequently goes hand-in-hand with horror, and our goal, ultimately, is to have fun playing. We will go over safety tools, consent, and how the party will get together in Session 0, and at the end of each session we can discuss what went well and what should be improved. I will also send out a consent form in which you can let me know what content you don't wish to see in our games. This is a newbie-friendly game, I will help with the mechanical and rulebook-sides of the game, you just need to tell me what your character would like to do. 🎲
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