Curse of Strahd: The Masterful Horror Experience You Deserve!
Step into Barovia as a haunted hero. Voiced NPCs, rich roleplay, and masterful storytelling in a world that bends to your choices.
$50.00
/ Session
Details
Bi-weekly / Monday - 12:00 AM UTC
Feb 16 / Session 15
Session Duration / 3ā5 hours
4 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
š„ Enter a grimdark world, where darkness pervades and survival against evil comes at the highest price. āļø Enjoy creative and challenging combat scenarios. In this world, the things that go bump in the night know what they are doing. š ļø Adventure in a world filled with high Role-Play and complex characters like those seen on Critical Role! š§ Navigate complex political and personal social encounters in the original Gothic Horror campaign world. Enter the land of Barovia. A land of greys and shadows where light struggles against eternal darkness. ============== Do you love Critical Role and other amazing games filled with deep story telling and lots of role play? Are you a fan of Gothic Horror shows like Penny Dreadful, filled with moral greys and flawed heroes fighting seemingly insurmountable odds? Have you been dying to find a long-term campaign that might last for years, where your character choices make a difference and the other people at the table are there for the same reasons you are??? Then this is the game for you! So come, forge ahead in to the mists... Who knows what hides in it's darkest depths...
Game style
Roleplay Heavy
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(54)
4 years on StartPlaying
602 games hosted
Highly rated for: Storytelling, Creativity, Sets the Mood
Average response time: 24+ hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
It started with a few friends, a pile of crayons, and some six-sided dice. Hunched over a bedroom floor in the late ā80s, we crafted adventures with reckless abandonādungeons sketched in frantic lines, monsters marked up with battle wounds, and Parcheesi tokens standing in for heroes. Rules? Who needed them? The thrill of the story was all that mattered. Even before I owned my first D&D set, I was hooked on the magic of tabletop roleplaying. Decades later, that same passion still fuels every game I run. Years of playing across countless systems have taught me that while mechanics shape the way we tell stories, itās the stories themselves that truly matter. I take the best of these experiences and weave them into my games, crafting epic campaigns that blend rich storytelling, strategic challenges, and moments that make players feel like heroesāfully immersed in the emotion of the adventure. Storytelling is my wheelhouse, character arcs are my passion, and I love crafting encounters that get hearts racing. More than just running a game, I aim to create experiencesāwhere choices matter, characters evolve, and the dice feel like fate unfolding. Whether you're a seasoned player or brand new to the adventure, Iām here to craft a story youāll be talking about for years. So, grab your character sheetāletās roll the dice and make something unforgettable.
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Creating your character
Current Character Level is Level 4 for this campaign. Stats can either be 5e standard point buy or you can roll for them in the game's discord dice channel (Dice rolls are 4d6-drop lowest 7 times). Characters will be created in D&D Beyond with approved content sources only. Please avoid reading any of the Curse of Strahd content available in official or unofficial sources. Let this story be revealed naturally so you get to enjoy the surprises!
You will be joining this game mid-campaign. The players have completed the first two of MANY chapters of this story and are currently level 4. Your character will also be joining at level 4.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
We will be using Discord for voice and video chat. A good mic is a necessity and I always recommend a camera as well but it is not a requirement. A chrome based browser is best for VTT use. You will need a free account on D&D Beyond to access all of the character creation resources I make available via the campaign link. Games are run on either Roll20 or Foundry. Roll20 requires a free account. Foundry does not require any account creation steps.
What DM StoryMaster brings to the table
š Most importantly, you will always be guaranteed a safe place to be who you are. Everyone of every stripe is welcome at my table and I will not put up with any personal attacks or derogatory language toward any real-world person. It's a horror game, and bad things happen *in-game* but it will never be allowed to flow out of the game. š§ Experience. I've run this campaign many times already. I have researched it exhaustively, and I know what it needs for an epic story to be told. ā°ļø Significant homebrew improvements and changes to the story. Even if you've played this adventure before, I will likely bring quite a bit of new material to the story for you. š¼ Professional quality soundscapes and music through VTT. šØ GORGEOUS map and token assets, many created/kit-bashed together specifically for this campaign š Passionate and Descriptive story-telling. As a theater geek and writer, I will bring my A-game to our table and do my utmost to tell this story as immersively as possible. šØāšØāš¦āš¦ A Discord Community for campaign tracking, In character and out of character chat, and making new RPG friends š Full access to every official WOTC D&D book catalog published for 5th edition character creation š Premium accounts on both the VTT and DNDBeyond āļø Creative and challenging combat scenarios. In this world, the things that go bump in the night know what they are doing. š An open line of communication with me as the DM. Feel free to reach out to me any time via Discord direct message and I will get back to you as soon as possible. I am always happy to talk shop, character ideas, answer questions, and discuss any concerns that come up during the game.
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Headphones
Internet
Microphone
Webcam
Platforms used
Safety
How DM StoryMaster creates a safe table
Session Zero will be handled asynchronously via Discord Chat, though I am available for a voice session if that will help you with any decision making challenges that arise. Character creation and updates will be handled via D&DBeyond, using my Master Account, which includes access to 17 official Character Creation books. A number of homebrew rules are in place, each was discussed and agreed upon by the core group of current players. Each rule has been curated to drive home the horror aspects of this adventure and allow for the heroic rules of basic D&D 5e to morph in to something befitting the greatest Vampiric Horror Story of any RPG! Tools in place for player comfort: *Thorough Session Zero to discuss expectations for players and DM alike. Clear establishment of soft-stop (veils) and hard-stop (lines) subjects. * During active game play we will be using the X-card method to establish if the story is moving in an uncomfortable direction (a veil or line is on the horizon) when ever a player would like to take a moment to discuss, gather themselves, or request a specific change. Tools in place for player comfort: *Thorough Session Zero to discuss expectations for players and DM alike. Clear establishment of soft-stop (veils) and hard-stop (lines) subjects. * During active game play we will be using the X-card method to establish if the story is moving in an uncomfortable direction (a veil or line is on the horizon) when ever a player would like to take a moment to discuss, gather themselves, or request a specific change.
Content warnings
Safety tools used