The Curse of Strahd

  Cast of Characters Agnak Stonestalker Monekekali :  He's big.  He's tough. And... he loves kids. Awwwww. Solomon Hawkins : Wait... is this guy actually their leader?  Gilphine : The tough girl.  Really tough.  Tough as bark.  And she looks like a sapling. Sheen :  The unconscious bard.  It's Weekend at Sheen's. Basil Vellurian : The new guy.  Just what we need.  Another pasty human.   When last we left our intrepid warriors, Solomon's witty banter with a mysterious man left his friends burnt to a crisp in a dark alley.  Their powerful new "friend" tossed him a handful of healing scrolls and departed in a mist, taking with him a ton of missed lore dump opportunities. Solomon, now faced with a Sophie's choice of which of his friends (are they friends yet?  Is that maybe too strong a word?) to save.  The choice was easy.  Up came the adventurers being played by people who didn't flake out after one game....

  Cast of Characters Agnak Stonestalker Monekekali :  A seven foot Veruca Salt.  With an axe. Solomon Hawkins : A monster hunter whose tongue is as sharp as his wooden stake.  Or so he thinks.  Gilphine : The deadly archer and would be big spoon. Sheen :  The bongo wielding dwarven bard...just a seven year old boy at heart.  Has just been knighted "Sir Soon to Be Written out of the Plot Because His Player Ditched Us." Basil Vellurian : The new guy.  Just what we need.  Another pasty human.   When last we left our heroes, they had inexplicably decided to go down a dark spiral staircase into a most certainly monster filled basement.  Agnak insists on leading the way, despite being the only one in the party without the ability to see in the dark.   There is much stamping of feet and pouting until the others grudgingly agree to do things Agnak's way.  Sheen cowers in the back, whimpering incoherently about monsters....

Chapter Two:  The Mists...and a Totally Not Haunted House   Cast of Characters Agnak Stonestalker Monekekali :  A seven foot Goliath and walking EEO complaint.  With an axe. Solomon Hawkins : The haunted human monster hunter.  He makes brooding an art.  Gilphine : The feral half elf.  She likes trees.  More than she likes you. Sheen :  The bongo wielding dwarven bard.  He likes everyone.  He really likes you. Despite all clear warnings to stay on the road, it takes our adventurers about five seconds to go "Ooooh!  Shiny!!!"  Shiny, in this case, being potential werewolf tracks.  Sheen, being apparently the only one with the sense his momma gave him, declares that he will wait on the road while the others explore.  He is quickly goaded into joining them in pursuing their certain doom. (Editor's Note: As I mentioned.  Sheen is a first time player.  This explains the fact he still has something vaguely res...

Chapter One: Exposition and Heavy Handed Plot Hooks Cast of Characters Agnak Stonestalker Monekekali:  A seven foot Goliath and walking EEO complaint.  With an axe. Solomon Hawkins: The haunted human monster hunter.  He makes brooding an art.  Gilphine: The feral half elf.  She likes trees.  More than she likes you. Sheen:  The bongo wielding dwarven bard.  He likes everyone.  He really likes you. It was a dark and tropey night in Daggerford. As with any tale of adventure based on shameless plagiarism, our story begins in a tavern.  Not just any tavern.  (OK, actually it really could be any tavern.  They're pretty much all the same).  On this dark and stormy night, a cheerful ebony skinned dwarf is making merry playing a set of bongos to the delight of the crowd.  He winks at the few lady townsfolk as he continues to beat out his joyful rhythms.  This is Sheen.  He is a dwarf.  And he likes the ladies....

D M's Forward and Disclaimer I am not what one would call an experienced DM.  I much prefer making off color jokes and rolling dice until the monster is dead.  And looting corpses.  But Pandemics make strange bedfellows... or something... so here I am, running a 5e DnD campaign, the Curse of Strahd.  The world is supposed to be DnD's "Dark Gothic Horror" setting.  With our group, it will be more likely to resemble an Abbott and Costello movie.  I will most likely be partially to blame.  Because let's face it.  I only picked this campaign so I could do bad gypsy accents. Some of our adventure is straight from the campaign book.  Some I have stolen borrowed from other DMs.  Some I came up with all on my own.  If you have not played Curse of Strahd, there will be spoilers.  If you are trying to cheat on Curse of Strahd and are looking for a walkthrough, you will be disappointed.  This is our own stumble through the mists....