Curse of Strahd: Blood Well Remix

Creating your character

You should prepare a level 3 character of any alignment on DnDBeyond or Alchemy for review before they start the campaign. Stats will be determined by point buy and standard array methods. I will arrange an hour long character creation session before your first game where we discuss: - Your character (stats, back story and goals) - Your goals as a player - Lines, veils and basic house rules at the table - How your character is introduced in the campaign **You're welcome to play any class or race, homebrew will need to be submitted for review before your first session.**

Preparing for the session

Players should: - Create a character sheet on Alchemy/DnDBeyond - Have a short backstory that can be fleshed out during Session 0 - Sign up for an Alchemy account - Have a microphone - Join the Alchemy game: https://app.alchemyrpg.com/i/bNra_wTU6 - Join the Discord server: https://discord.gg/hRR79rNP8b - Look through the Lines and Veils document

What Joannah Stewart brings to the table

I will bring battle maps, music, and a fun experience for my players. Players can expect dangerous combat encounters with less focus on rules and more focus on play. This is a description heavy setting where roleplay is encouraged and there will be a lot of opportunity for it. But there's no need to put on voices, simple descriptions will do just fine.

Homebrew rules

Game House Rules - Drinking a potion is a bonus action, pouring it down someone else's throat is an action. - Critical Hits and Fumbles: When a player rolls a natural 20 on an attack roll, they max out the dice and roll a second set. Conversely, when a player rolls a natural 1, they automatically miss. - Everyone levels at the same time by milestone. Players use standard array or point buy for character creation. - Help action. Only one player may roll to attempt an outcome for the party like disarming a trap. They may receive “help” from another player if that player is proficient in the relevant skill. The first player gets advantage on their roll. - Magic users can use their life force to power their magic. When they run out of spell slots they may expend one or more uses of their hit dice to recover a level spell slot per hit dice they use. - Inspiration can function like Portance, at the beginning of our game you may bank a roll and use it at any point during the game. Like portance that dice can also be used to make enemies, NPC's or other players fail or succeed. Optional Combat Rules - Disarm - A creature can use a weapon attack to knock a weapon or another item from a target's grasp. The attacker makes an attack roll contested by the target's Strength (Athletics) check or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check. If the attacker wins the contest, the attack causes no damage or other ill effect, but the defender drops the item. The attacker has disadvantage on its attack roll if the target is holding the item with two or more hands. The target has advantage on its ability check if it is larger than the attacking creature, or disadvantage if it is smaller. Death Rules - Players may voluntarily fail a death save to take an action. That action can be an attack or movement but not both. Movement is halved as you drag your body to a new position.

How Joannah Stewart creates a safe table

I use a number of safety tools in my games including: - digital game pauses on Alchemy - a group lines and veils list on Alchemy - private messaging - session 0 safety discussions I also encourage players to fill out and submit the following form to me on Discord: https://www.montecookgames.com/store/product/consent-in-gaming/