What Cannot Die: She is the Ancient
You have been swept through the Mists to Barovia, a land teeming with dangers. Barovia is hungry, full of gnashing teeth eager to devour you.
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Weekly / Thursday - 1:00 AM UTC
Session Duration / 3 hours
Campaign Length / 1+ Sessions
0 / 6 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
My Deepest Sympathies, Adventurers. You have been swept through the Mists to Barovia, a land teeming with dangers. There is little chance of survival. The wolves are the least of your problems. Barovia is hungry, full of gnashing teeth eager to devour you. Come dine with me at Castle Ravenloft immediately. I am your only hope of a safe return home. Warmest Regards, Countess Strahd Von Zarovich This campaign is Curse of Strahd as presented in She is the Ancient. My tables are queer, disability and neurodivergence friendly. While this game is horrifying, themes will be explored and adjusted to everyone's comfort level. You can expect horror from undead and human evil but tropes won't target marginalized communities in my games. She is the Ancient makes Strahd horrifying without perpetuating harmful tropes. This game uses the Liminal Horror system to ensure that your adventurers will be forever changed by their visit to Barovia. I will go over rules as we play and a rules summary will be available.
Game style
Roleplay Heavy
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Game themes
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About me
I'm here for collaborative storytelling and world-building. I aim to create a welcoming space for players to try new things, have fun and share our enthusiasm for RPGs. From hunting vampires to becoming vampires, I'll lead your characters on a fulfilling journey and we'll spin a good yarn together. I love to introduce beginners to ttrpgs and new games. I try a lot of new games myself so I am very familiar with how it feels to learn something new. I hope I'm able to help my players delight in learning games. My background includes training people at work and writing instructions. Helping people play games is a fun way to use that skill set. I've been organizing a TTRPG meetup for 6 years focused on creating a welcoming space for marginalized gamers. I helped guide the group to be open to all genders. Running the group really helps me to see how to create a supportive environment for marginalized people and how that environment supports the larger community. The biggest game I ever ran was a 20 person West Marches campaign. That game honed my communication and organization skills and certainly helped me to negotiate tricky situations between players. Making people feel welcome and comfortable in this amazing TTRPG space is my primary goal.
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Creating your character
Characters will be created in Session Zero and will be available in Foundry VTT.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
You will need an mic. We will use voice in Discord. Camera is optional. You will need to join the Foundry game and login during the session. We will go over rules at the beginning of the session but a rules summary will be provided in prep materials too.
What al brings to the table
Foundry VTT with character generator She is the Ancient and Curse of Strahd modules Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft setting book I'll be using my deep interest in the Gothic to guide you through this setting of vampires, werewolves and haunted houses. I'll walk you through the Liminal Horror system in no time. I promise, it's scary easy.
Equipment needed to play
Microphone
Internet
Computer
Platforms used
Safety
How al creates a safe table
A Palette document will be linked in Prep Materials. Each player should answers the questions by directly writing to the document. Don't edit or erase other players answers. The document autosaves. In Session Zero we will discuss the content, aim, tone and subject matter of the campaign. This is an open discussion where we will discover what we do and don't want from the game. I'll also give an overview of the system and we will create characters together.
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Safety tools used