Curse of Strahd
Go into the mists. You find yourselves trapped, and needing to figure out how to return home.
$20.00
/ Session
Details
Weekly / Thursday - 7:00 AM UTC
Feb 12 / Session 11
Session Duration / 4–5 hours
3 / 5 Seats Filled
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Meet your party members
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About the adventure
A grim dark horror adventure set in the lands of Barovia. The party wisked away from their normal travels in a new land. Trapped by a wall of mist the party needs to find a way and home. The classic adventure of Curse of Strahd! If you're a returning player I am open to change certain elements to make it a new experience for you. I will be adding some adventurer league content for slight balancing, but it will still be a heavily resource deficit campaign due to the nature of Barovia. The campaign will have a balanced amount of combat, exploration, and roleplay. Players are encouraged to participate with character stories tied into the plot since the world will change according to their decisions, making the campaign more engaging and fun. The campaign will have heavy elements of horror and dread and light elements of survival and mystery fiction but it is primarily a high fantasy adventure in the Forgotten Realms.
Game style
Roleplay Heavy
Rules as Written (RaW)
Hexcrawl / Exploration
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(22)
3 years on StartPlaying
444 games hosted
Highly rated for: Knows the Rules, Creativity, Inclusive
Average response time: 6 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
Hello! My name is Zach and I'd like to be your GM! I've been playing/running ttrpg's of multiple systems for the past decade or so from Hackmaster, Edge of the Empire, Pathfinder 2e and more. It's always been enjoyable to sit down with friends, and people who I didn't know, but would become friends, and tell stories together in the games we love. About 6 years ago now, a buddy sat me down and we started my first game of D&D 5e with Lost Mines of Phandelver, and I never went back. I've been GMing 5e for a few years now and would would love to tell stories with you all. Tony from Queens said I'm the best around. If you're interested in having a chat or asking me any questions please feel free to reach out!
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Creating your character
Players are free to create their own character on their own, but I will be available to help with creation as well. Characters will be level 3 in 2024 rules made with point buy in order to insure that there isn't a vast difference in power between characters. I do have some limitations on character creation that I will talk about in detail before hand. (Ex. Species and Background that give bonus feats are banned.) I will check characters when submitted to make sure there aren't any problems.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
I use Foundry for all my games. Other than that discord and a web browser are required to play.
What Zachary Brown brings to the table
I will be bringing all the core rule books through dndbeyond content sharing, a private server for the campaign, and hopefully good vibes.
Homebrew rules
I have some rules changes for my games to make sure that people get the most for their time in my games. We do use 2024 rules. If you have question feel free to message me.
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Internet
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Zachary Brown creates a safe table
I as a DM am pretty rules as written. As with the case with all games there are some rules and interactions that contradict themselves, and these will be dealt with as they come. I try my hardest to make sure that everyone is comfortable at my table. With some come several safety tools such as a session 0, lines and veils, and my DMs are always open if someone wants to talk through the events of a session. There will be some documents that I would like players to fill out before playing. It will help me learn more about you as a player and the character you will be bringing to the table.
Content warnings
Safety tools used