🗡️Curse Of Strahd: Extended!🩸|Heavy RP and Narrative Focus(🌈)
Dungeons & Dragons 5e | Campaign
$25.00
/ Session
Details
Weekly / Tuesday - 12:00 AM (UTC)
Oct 1 / Session 0
3-4 Hour duration
6 / 6 Seats filled
Schedule
Requirements
Experience required: Open to all
Age: All Ages
About the adventure
Our wills and fates do so contrary run That our devices still are overthrown; Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our own. ~ William Shakespeare (Hamlet, 3.2.208). --- How does one define a monster? A prison? A curse? It is in the perspective, I suppose. But Barovia does not conform itself to the understanding or belief of what lays beyond the mists. The valley is an ancient one, as is he who rules it. Spirited away from your own life, this is a fact you must remember. Always. They have seen your kind before, and surely will witness the fates of many more after your bones have sunk into the earth and your spirit joins the march. In the shadows, beings more ancient still spin their machinations, and powers long overthrown plot to seize back their reign of the valley. Accept or resist your fate as you will. Did you seek your lot out, or did voices and visions reach out to you from lands beyond, whispering of their secrets and luring you to the darkness? What is it that pulled you here? Promises of power? Of love lost? Legacy? Truth? Revenge? Redemption? Or are you merely one in a line of many puppets whose strings secure the wishes of something greater still? This Mists welcome you all the same... --- Hello, I'm Robin, a full-time Paid DM who's been running games professionally for over two years now. I come from a writing and amateur acting background, so my big love as a DM is making a realistic, breathing, and growing world for players to impact and explore. I particularly pride myself on making a cast of dynamic NPCs to interact with! This campaign is run through Discord and Foundry, where I have spent numerous hours fine tuning the systems through modules and high quality props to enhance the experience. You will need a computer with a graphics card that can handle Foundry in order to join, though the requirements are not too high. Just be aware that they are there, and the specifics can be found on Foundry VTT's website! --- Join this module if you enjoy: 🎲An Open-Ended And Character Driven Sandbox 🩸Investigation and Socially Focused Gameplay 🎭A Huge Cast of Diverse NPCs In A Dynamic Living Setting 🖼️Beautiful Art and Handouts For All Major Characters and Locations ⚔️A Tailored Campaign Driven By Your Choices and Relationships! No prior D&D experience necessary! Genre: Gothic Horror and Mystery Combat to RP ratio: My Curse of Strahd, while combat is still deadly, focuses less on that aspect of the game. So if you've ever wanted to play the campaign but were put off by its reputation as a meat grinder, this may be the version for you! I will also be using various community additions to Curse of Strahd, as well as my own tweaks. Session 0 and 1 is free to make sure you're comfortable before fully committing. --- "The curtain, a funeral pall, Comes down with the rush of a storm. While the angels, all pallid and wan, Uprising, unveiling, affirm. That the play is the tragedy." ~Edgar Allen Poe, The Conqueror Worm
In the misty, hidden country of Barovia, hope is something very fragile indeed, but not yet gone entirely. As the newest unwilling adventurers pulled into the mist's depth, it's up to you if the scales will tip that hope towards a flame, or to leave it to extinguish entirely and secure your own safety and passage back home. This game is starting with a session zero on September 30th, allowing us to start the game just in time for spooky month! Campaign Rundown document going into more detail for character creation, expectations, session-zero topics, ect: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sXG1suETWgSedXJD5loF-9SBuvhsfD2nY5oXlyEV0Mo/edit?usp=sharing GAME STYLE: Exploration: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Humor: ⭐⭐⭐ Social RP ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Puzzles: ⭐⭐ Combat ⭐⭐
5.0
(44)
2 years on StartPlaying
150 games hosted
Highly rated for: Storytelling, Creativity, Inclusive
Average response time: 4 hours
Response rate: 100%
Additional details
How to prepare
🎙️A working microphone that is clear, as well as headphones to keep from picking up feedback from your speakers. 🖥️I will need you to have a Foundry account, Discord, and D&D Beyond where we'll start out making characters for me to port to the Foundry game. 🎲If you are new, you do not need to be fully familiar with D&D's rule system. I am more than happy to help you learn! 🔍A willingness to put yourself out there, and help drive the story and dig into more investigative plotlines. Other than that, come in with a expectation for a very story heavy, immersive, and character driven experience! But remember that it's one that you will be taking with others, and the best story is one that is shared.
What I provide
✨Every published product on D&D Beyond, allowing you instant access to all character creation options. ✨A fully setup Foundry server (free for players to play on). I already have maps set up with multiple levels, beautiful special effects, and modules that make note taking, time tracking, and ambiance leagues above Roll20 (which I say after logging over 9500+ hours on Roll20 pro tier), and I have worked to make it as intuitive as possible to Foundry beginners! ✨ Extensive lore knowledge used to work in more dynamism and world-building into the adventure. ✨ A dependable DM who knows the setting and works to have your characters feel real and developed into the story! ✨ Voices, though I am by no means a professional actor! I do like to think I am constantly improving in that area, trying my best to provide distinct voices for my characters that add and do not distract from gameplay, and have been told that I can do a near perfect sheep impression. ✨A high value on communication and mutual respect. I take check ins and dealing with issues you have seriously, and I am always open to discussing issues at the table you might have with respect.
Gameplay details
This campaign is heavily sandbox, and the characters will be stuck inside a location with many different events happening around the map. It is up to you and your group to decide what to engage with, and to face the consequences for what you ignore. There are a number of NPCs that can help or hinder you depending on how you interact and grow relationships with them, and a number of paths to go down as the story unfolds. This game prioritizes an active more than a reactive playstyle.
Content warnings
Safety tools used
• Bleed
• Breaks
• Debriefing
• Lines and Veils
• Luxton Technique
• Luxton Technique Discussion
• Monte Cook RPG Consent Checklist
• Open Door
• Session 0
• Stars and Wishes
How will character creation work
⚔️Boosted 32-point buy with standard 15 Cap to assist more MAD classes ⚔️One free feat, but none with major mechanical benefits and it has to tie to their backstory. ⚔️Starting level 3, to incorporate subclasses into character premises! ⚔️Any official classes, races, and backgrounds that are not disruptive to existing day to day, such as not being able to climb stairs with a centaur or dying without being submerged in water every so often like a Grung. If you give me a compelling enough story, and they're not meant to break the game like an Coffeelock, I'll find a way to tie them in! ⚔️Additional options from third party sources such Valdas Spire of Secrets, Grimhollow, or The Book of Ebbon Ties, though these need to be run past me and are accepted on a case by case basis, potentially with tweaks with certain options.
Players can expect
Combat / Tactics
Low
Roleplay
High
Puzzles
Low
Experience level
Open to all
Platforms used
• Discord
• Theater of the Mind
• D&D Beyond
• Foundry VTT