Strahd Dies Tonight! A Genderbent Curse of Strahd One-Shot!

Strahd Dies Tonight! A Genderbent Curse of Strahd One-Shot!

Dungeons & Dragons 5e | One-Shot

4 NEEDED TO START
$20.00

/ Session

Details

Once / Friday - 5:00 PM UTC

Jun 20

3-4 Hour Duration

0 / 5 Seats Filled

Requirements

Experience required: Intermediate

Age: 18+

This game will begin once 4 players have joined
About the adventure

You came to Barovia lost and unprepared. You barely survived your first weeks in the mists. You’ve stumbled, you’ve struggled, you've grown stronger with every fight, every friend buried, every small victory ripped from the jaws of despair. And through it all, Strahd has watched you, laughed at you, toyed with you. Let you live just long enough to break you slowly. But tonight? You’re done. No more hiding. No more running. Strahd dies tonight! This one-shot drops you straight into the blood-soaked stones of Castle Ravenloft. You’ve come prepared, battle-hardened, hearts scarred, armed with desperate hope and sharpened steel. The castle is alive with dark magic and bitter memories. Its halls twist like the Countess herself, pulling you toward one final reckoning. This is gothic horror turned personal. You’ve earned every step that brought you here. And whether you triumph or fall, tonight you make your stand. It’s time to stop surviving. It’s time to end this.

Game style

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.

LGBTQ+
Queer
Neurodivergent

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Response rate: 100%

Additional details

How to prepare

Players should have the following: - access to a webcam/mic - a dndbyond account (for building characters and accessing the campaign and map/VTT) - a discord account (for playing the game)

What I provide

I will provide the dndbeyond campaign which has content sharing available so anything I own you can have access to as well, a discord server where we will play the game. I have a music bot in the server that will provide some nice background music and the occasional sound effect. I also have the Curse of Strahd adventure module, She is the Ancient, and the Wedding of Ravenloft supplements. She is the Ancient is a Curse of Strahd supplement that makes a few changes to encounters, characters, their motivations, and the base story notably genderbending Strahd and other NPCs. I am a big believer and practitioner of the Rule of Cool and the "yes and" philosophy. Players can expect a rules light, roleplay heavy experience that focus on telling a good story.

Gameplay details

A list of what safety tools I use can be found in my discord server, and we will go over them at the begin of the session, as well as having a brief session 0 at the start of the session

Content warnings

Safety tools used

Lines and Veils

Monte Cook RPG Consent Checklist

Session 0

Stars and Wishes

X, N, and O Cards

How will character creation work

Players can make a level 6 character beforehand if they so choose, but there will be some time at the start of the session to whip up something up in DndBeyond. Players can use either slandered array or point buy to allocate stats.

Players can expect

Combat / Tactics

Medium

Roleplay

High

Puzzles

Low

Experience level

Intermediate

Platforms used

D&D Beyond

D&D Beyond Maps

Discord