Curse of Strahd: Platinum Edition
Enter the mists of Barovia, face Strahd, uncover dark secrets, and fight for hope in a gothic horror adventure where every choice matters. Join now!!!
$25.00
/ Session
Details
Weekly / Wednesday - 1:00 AM UTC
Session Duration / 3–4 hours
Campaign Length / 11+ Sessions
0 / 6 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
The mists do not part—they claim. You are drawn into Barovia, a land where the sun has died, prayers go unanswered, and every road leads back to one name: Strahd von Zarovich. He is the ancient. He is the land. And from his castle on the hill, he watches… and waits. You are not chosen. You are trapped. To defy him, you must become more than prey. Seek the relics that can wound the unwoundable. Read fate in forbidden cards. Unearth buried histories of love, betrayal, and damnation. Win allies who fear the night—and survive those who serve it. Every kindness is costly. Every victory, temporary. Every choice… remembered. Because Strahd is not just a monster to be slain—he is a mind that studies you, a will that tests you, a tyrant who invites you to his table before he decides your end. Climb the mountain. Walk willingly into his halls. Break the curse… or inherit it. Kill the vampire in the castle on the hill—if you can. 18+ themes: gothic horror, manipulation, obsession, corruption, and the slow erosion of hope.
Game style
Sandbox / Open World
Rules as Written (RaW)
Hexcrawl / Exploration
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
About me
Check out my full catalog - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sZdHgoCrzHh5XP60u1C34U2oaB15CnCP/edit?pli=1 See something you like? Let's negotiate some rates! I started mastering because noone in my area of my military base would run at that time in '99. I invited five people, thought I would get two... but they told two friends who told two friends...and eleven (+a date!) showed up to my first Vampire DarkAges in '99 I am a GM for D&D and Exalted on here. I prefer newbies to "experienced RPG players" because the new people tend to bring less preconceptions and their lack of the GM secrets or overarching world allows me to enjoy their expressions of surprise and elation when battling baddies and revealing larger plots. I tend to run 70% Roleplaying/30% Combat (I hate combat, but it has its place) I have enjoyed many games over the years besides the ones already listed including Rolemaster (my intro to gaming with dice), Palladium, "Serenity/Firefly the LARP" run in Houston, OWOD Larping in (Akron OH, Houston TX, Darmstadt Germany), the Exalted LARP I ran at Rice University, Witch Girls and the amazing Mastermaze tournaments held at Rice University, a Rockband/StarWars/Amber game, the massive Tower of Munchkin tournament I ran at Texas A&M, Chrononauts and many others. I have also assisted in running the gaming section of Conflagration in 2013. I also recently started DMing D&D 5E within the last 6 or 7 years. I love gaming and my work always over-assumes the players are awesome, because...well, they usually are. I understand that at 15 per game, 5 dollars an hour sounds pricey, I really do. Amusement parks are 60 and you are there less than 12 hours. Movies are 20 a person and you are there less than 4 hours. You are paying for me to put all the tokens and sounds and movements and descriptions into a cool game with journals and handouts (and sometimes even a physical trinket or two) and all of that time comes together at the end for a very cheap price. Do you want a guy who bought a pre-made module to run you a so-so phone-cam level game for cheap? You get what you pay for. Or do you want me to give you the bells and whistles and upgrades and accessories to make your story an interactive option with additional content and changes to better that game across the storyline? You get what you pay for. I aim to give you Robert Rodriguez level entertainment, "cheaper-than-you should-pay" costs for "getting-what-you-pay-for" entertainment. In the world of making games. I aim for "cheap" to get you in the door and "exciting" to keep you there.
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Creating your character
Pre-Session Zero: Let me know how many are playing. Just shoot me off a LvL1 character concept no more than three short sentences. Post-Session Zero: Just shoot me off a LvL1 character concept no more than 500 words. No Essays. Pointbuy 27 points. (No essays please) Books Allowed: PHB,XGE,TCE,VGR
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Out-of-Game Conversation/Chat - https://discord.gg/y5jwXf2H3T The table - https://app.roll20.net/join/21246432/4cB1jA, Modern Day Music Playlist for ambiance (might be used in game) - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5EJuV8Czpo1A7l305N2KaY?si=muX4OVQJRpuoKoyylxNnog Sound Effects(leave in a background tab) (Will be used in game) - https://app.syrinscape.com/1c6bf90dc8b441b8ab57c9e782bca0bc/player/
What Morgan "Archie" brings to the table
I have Syrinscape/Spotify for audio effects. My voices are meh. I am not the combat guy but there will be moments...and more if y'all go that route instead of the passive route. I'm fairly rules as written, but the rule of cool comes out a touch. I love Inspiration and if you make game fun, I will feel inspired to give you some.
Homebrew rules
* If you offhand drink a potion, BAction. If you force a potion on someone else, thats a regular Action cause it's harder to do. * Trading an object mid-battle is a BAction * If 3 Inspiration are spent on an action(Party bid), the die becomes a NAT20, because the players need the story to go a certain way at cost. * If Strahd knocks you unconscious, you recover using Meatgrinder(15+) rules. He is the only one who has this power. All others are standard at 10+
Equipment needed to play
Computer or Mobile Device
Headphones
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Morgan "Archie" creates a safe table
The Content warnings are the base game as written by WOTC. We will curb large portions of this in Veils and discuss Lines as they come up. Lines and Veils are always allowed to be added upon. Session Zero will be sent via unlocked Google Drive. Xcard is verbal, or onscreen for webcams. I use RedLight,YellowLight,Greenlight which is just a reskinned XNO
Content warnings
Safety tools used