Curse of Strahd (Trouble, Terror & Trauma Awaits!)
Barovia was once a beautiful settled land but everything changed when the Strahd took power. The Valley was engulfed by mist the light to never return
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3 players following this game
Bi-weekly / Thursday - 3:00 AM UTC
Session Duration / 2.5–3 hours
0 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
Curse of Strahd is the infamous gothic horror campaign perfect for anyone with some experience in Dungeons & Dragons. I do not recommend this campaign for beginners as the world being ruthless and unforgiving is very much the nature of this genre. There will be creepy music, There will be traps, and someone is going to die >:)
Game style
Combat Lite
Roleplay Lite
Sandbox / Open World
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(38)
4 years on StartPlaying
915 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Storytelling, Voices
About me
Heyoo! I'm Stephen (he/him pronounced Steven, but spelled with a PH (I don't get it either!) I’m Happy to be your Dungeon Master that will be your break from your work week! I've been running games for dozens of players, ranging from brand-new adventurers to seasoned veterans who’ve remember the days of the Satanic Panic! I hope to take you through unforgettable campaigns, spine-chilling dungeon crawls, and wildly hilarious, rule-bending Adventures to give you stories to tell and annoy your friends about for years to come! I’ve been playing Dungeons & Dragons since my senior year of high school in 2015, when members of the disbanded D&D club joined the Yugioh club I was running I had turned my club into a Table Top games club and became the Dungeon Master for those players! Since then, I have watched and learn about many other DMs and their styles picking and stealing things that I thought would be fun and enjoyable for my table! Combining different modules and playstyles can be difficult but it is a challenge I enjoy and has helped me grow our very own small community of DnD players that love RPing, Dungeon Crawling, and just telling a great story that makes us wish we had enough money to animate it! This has been the greatest job of my life and I dedicate myself to growing my community of DnD Nerds who love to tell tragic stories, create heartfelt scenes, and badass cinematic moments that will always feel like epics that we will remember forever! I'm always happy to have more people join our discord server and community though I am only 1 person so i can only hold so many spots at a time. If you read this far and are interested in getting to know me or more community of DnD players more that have been playing together for 4+ years please message me and we can even potentially have you sit in and watch a game for free!
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Creating your character
Character creation and party composition building will take place in session 0. As we build our characters I will happily inform the players of the conditions of the environment so you can make the best character to fit and handle the scenarios they will be placed in! We will be using Point Buy or Standard Array
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Players should prepare by joining the discord server and the Dndbeyond campaign link that will be provided upon your approval of joining the DnD Campaign!
What Stephen brings to the table
I bring Foundry VTT, A Plethora of DnD Books from Dndbeyond, My own homebrew systems to better improves tools, professions, martials, and crafting magical items!
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Headphones
Internet
Microphone
Mobile Phone
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Safety
How Stephen creates a safe table
The story is filled with mystery. Trying to attack something because you feel it is evil right away or because "it's what my character will do" will get you killed. Most enemies you need to learn about either through conversation, studying at a library, or talking around to other NPCs for rumors and information. Combats are meant to test if you properly set yourself up to succeed. What happens outside of combat matters just as much if not more then what happens in combat.
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