Fangs in the Fog | Curse of Strahd | Beginner Friendly

Fangs in the Fog | Curse of Strahd | Beginner Friendly

Barovia is cursed, the mists have claimed you, and the vampire lord Strahd watches. Will you escape his grasp, or become part of his dark legend?

TYPE

Campaign

LEVELS

1–10

EXPERIENCE

Beginner

AGE

18+
About the adventure

In the land of Barovia, the dreaded vampire lord Strahd von Zarovich rules with an iron fist. You and your companions are drawn into his domain, where you must navigate treacherous landscapes, unravel dark mysteries, and face the horrors that lurk in every shadow. Starting from level 1, this campaign will take you through chilling encounters and eerie locales as you strive to uncover the secrets of Barovia, gather powerful allies, and ultimately confront Strahd to break his reign of terror.

Game style

Combat Heavy

Roleplay Heavy

Sandbox / Open World

2 SEATS LEFT
$15.00

/ Session

Details

Weekly / Monday – 5:00 AM UTC

Aug 4 / Session 3

Campaign Length / 20–40 Sessions

2.5–3 Hour Duration

4 / 6 Seats Filled

GAME MASTER

Josh Ainsworth

he/him

5.0

(6)

Schedule

Mon, Aug 04 | 5:00 AM – Session 3

Mon, Aug 11 | 5:00 AM – Session 4

Mon, Aug 18 | 5:00 AM – Session 5

Each player will be charged when a session starts.

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Meet the Game Master
DMs Guild Writer
Podcaster

1 year on StartPlaying

20 games hosted

Highly rated for: World Builder, Creativity, Voices

Average response time: 21 hours

Response rate: 60%

About me

Hi I'm Josh, a worldbuilder, writer and forever DM by choice! I'm a huge fan of mixing roleplay heavy games with interesting and engaging combat and challenges for my players. I have been a Dungeon Master for over 4 years, throughout that time I have maintained multiple active campaigns, one of which lasting from level 3 to a conclusion at level 20. My favourite part about RPGs and mainly Dungeons and Dragons is writing and creating. I love building engaging worlds for and with my players and I create homebrew classes, races, subclasses, magic items, and everything in between for fun and to fit the worlds I create. I am in the process of establishing a small publishing independent "company" called RPJeez where I publish the homebrew I create and I run a small podcast of the same name to discuss all things TTRPGs. Basically I love this hobby and am looking for more opportunities to spread the worlds and stories I create with more players who can help me make them.

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Character creation
Creating your character

We will work together prior to the first session on creating your character. All official 5e content is allowed and most Unearthed Arcanas are allowed too. Any homebrew content created by me found on DrivethruRPG is allowed and other homebrew can be allowed too if checked with me first. Level 1 PCs, roll for stats on the roll20 game when link provided Rolling: roll 4d6 drop the lowest When rolling HP you can reroll 1s

What to expect
Preparing for the session

What to install and/or sign up: Roll20 - used for rolling dice, accessing character sheets and for combat Discord - used for communicating with each other https://discord.gg/RhxDgFRXYy What equipment needed: Microphone and headphones - for voice communication

What Josh Ainsworth brings to the table

What I offer in DMing: I use character voices for NPCs (Some better than others), I encourage epic character moments through things like describing actions in detail, flashbacks and dream sequences for cool roleplay opportunities. I enjoy interesting combat where defeating every enemy is not always the solution and while I use the 5e rules I do encourage creative use of the rules in a Rule of Cool fashion. Resources I offer: Content on Roll20 for PC creation including PHB, Monster Manual, Dungeon Masters Guide, Tashas, Xanathar's, Volos and Mordenkainens.

Homebrew rules

Some house rules I use: Using health potions costs a bonus action Giving someone else a health potion costs an action Flanking grants advantage When you drop to 0 hit points and are healed you gain a point of exhaustion

Equipment needed to play

Computer

Headphones

Internet

Microphone

Safety
How Josh Ainsworth creates a safe table

I am a DM that loves to engage in roleplay scenes and epic character moments. I love challenging my players with tough and interesting encounters and encourage players to make fun choices and actions to push not only the campaign but their PCs own story too. Lines and Veils: This will be sent to players before the first session to be completed Session 0: At the start of the first session for no more than 30 minutes I will dedicate time to reiterating our safety tools and how they work. Character creation will be done before the game to get into the action as soon as possible but any extra new or pressing questions would also be addressed in session 0. X, N & Os will be digital via discord DM Houserules: Flanking - if 2 characters are directly opposite a creature, melee attacks are with advantage Potions - bonus action to drink, action to feed to another

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