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Escape The Curse of Strahd! | LVL 1-20 Gothic Horror Campaign

Escape The Curse of Strahd! | LVL 1-20 Gothic Horror Campaign

Dungeons & Dragons 5e | Campaign

About the adventure

Embark on your journey through dark forests, gloomy towns, and haunted houses, or allow the cards to dictate your fate as you attempt to escape the land of Barovia and uncover the curse of its lord. But, beware: the Count of Barovia may appear cordial, yet he harbors many secrets beneath his charm. He knows you are in his land and he has much planned for you.

Game style

Roleplay Heavy

“Roleplay Heavy” games place the focus on the story, the characters, and the world they live within, and tend to lean hard into the various roleplaying elements of the game. These games will frequently find the party talking with NPCs, exploring the personal elements of their backstories, or even having emotional moments around the camp fire.

Rule of Cool (RoC)

“Rule of Cool” emphasizes creative story beats over sticking to a system’s rules as written. Players have the ability to push the limits of the rules or even break core rule mechanics at times if the Game Master thinks it is interesting, fun, or cool enough.

Theater of the Mind

“Theater of the Mind” uses little to no visuals for scene settings and combat. Instead, the narrative imagery comes from the Game Master’s descriptions and character action and movement comes from Players’ descriptions.

Recruiting notes

We'll be using the 2024 rules.

Neurodivergent

1 year on StartPlaying

28 games hosted

Highly rated for: Creativity, Voices, Knows the Rules

Game Master Reviews (8)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Creativity

Voices

Knows the Rules

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Kyle

Curtis is very gracious with new players and very helpful.

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Scraw (Sam)

Curtis is an excellent game master and I would definitely seek him out to play great games! He came very prepared for session 0 with clear structure and did a great job of getting some strangers all on the same page. His NPCs are interactive and he has a strong understanding of mechanics. For those looking for high-rated 5e community content, like 'Heliana's Guide for Monster Hunting', Curtis can provide these 5e+ materials to make sure your game is memorable with new tools to use.

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Vinni The Troll

Curtis is very vocal and entertaining. He works hard to keep all the players engaged. I highly recommend! I had a lot of fun!

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Novadragon

This DM is a great partner for those who are also into game development and gaming. In game he is reasonable , and allows for a lot of player creativity. Good with voices , storytelling and some world building.

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Smunchdanu

When I had my first campaign, I was immediately impressed by the fact that he has an outstanding ability to come up with scenarios and make natural changes on the fly based on player choices and input. No railroading here, player agency and creativity are a top priority with this GM. Everyone has their time to shine. Ex. Who knew that my humble bard character would help defeat the final boss just by using the "go ethereal" ability not many people think is really that useful, and not many GMs know how to utilize it in combat. a true virtuoso of interactive storytelling and someone who is always willing to meet you half way when it comes to having your character play a role in sometimes year long overarching plots.

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Baily “BailCat2020” Wagoner

I've had him as my DM in a Fellowship Campaign for over a year now. He has a great sense of humor and highly adaptable in both storytelling and scheduling. Excellent in building OC characters and has no shortage of plans for multiple mission options. Inclusive and respectful of character diversity and within OC development. He leaves a lot of room for creativity in player's choices and in some rule adaptability when needed. Well versed in rules of our current Fellowship campaign. Ensures all players have room to be included and involved in game play and are given important lore or development depending on each characters needs or for the progress of the campaign, whichever is appropriate or needed at the time. He's full of surprises and unusual twists in environments, likely when its least expected. His great strength is in diverse character voices and scene descriptions. Great at keeping track of actions/consequences of choices being made. NOTE: He's not afraid to make you care about OCs and kill them off out of the choices you make! Look out for your OC pals! ;)

Additional details

How to prepare

Players will need: - A working microphone. - A Discord account. - A Roll20 account. Optional: - Beyond20 extension to use D&D Beyond sheets. - Any other content you want to bring to the table.

What I provide

- A private discord server for players to chat and make posts. - A Roll20 pro account that allows dynamic lighting and the new Jumpgate features to improve the flow of gameplay. - The core 2024 and 2014 rules and a few supplements and expansions shared through the Roll20 compendium, including "Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft". - The "Grim Hollow" campaign setting PDF for additional options. - Voicemod will help change my voice for different characters and add soundboards for some sound effects.

Gameplay details

I will provide a document for any table rules that must be covered. We can take 10-15 minute breaks during longer sessions if needed. This is an open-door campaign, so players can come and go as required. Please let me know if you won't attend a session or need to leave early. If any issues arise, we can discuss how to improve future games.

Content warnings

• Alcohol Use

• Blood

• Body Horror

• Death

• Violence

• Murder

• Mind Control

• Forced Blood Draining

• Child Death

• Execution

• Suicide

• Torture

• Mental Illness

• Hangings

• Cults

• Kidnapping

• Cannibalism

Safety tools used

Breaks

Session 0

Stars and Wishes

How will character creation work

Here are some guidelines for character creation: - Character sheets will be available to create and edit on the journal tab on Roll20. - You can use the character creator feature to simplify building your adventurer or start from scratch. - The starting level is 1 and you can decide between rolling or standard array for character stats. - You can use the rules provided in the Roll20 compendium. However, you can inquire about using other references as well that can be edited into your sheet. - If you just want to jump in without all the complicated steps of making a character, Roll20 provides several premade ones you can select to start playing!

Players can expect

Combat / Tactics

Medium

Roleplay

High

Puzzles

Low

Experience level

Open to all

Platforms used

Roll20

Discord

1 NEEDED TO START
$20.00

/ Session

Each player will be charged when a session starts.

Details

Bi-weekly / Wednesday - 1:00 AM UTC

3.5-4 Hour Duration

2 / 5 Seats Filled

Requirements

Experience required: Open to all

Age: 18+

This game will begin once 3 players have joined