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The Curse of Strahd

Howls in the Night

After days of following the Delimbiyr River east of Daggerford, the snow-dusted Sword Hills rise over the horizon. A wind cuts through the passes, carrying a wolf’s howl that seems to echo from everywhere and nowhere at once.

Among these lonely hills lies your destination—a forgotten hamlet called Kazan’s Rest. You come answering a crudely inked notice calling for knights, sellswords, and any with courage enough to face the dark. For six months now, a choking fog has crept from the Misty Forest with each full moon. When it lifts, only paw prints and missing children remain.

The road turns to packed mud as you near the village. Roofs sag under the weight of snow, and every shutter creaks in protest of the wind. Somewhere, a door slams, and the few lamps still burning gutter in their glass. The one building of stone—a low tavern—spills faint light through cracked shutters. Inside, a dozen gaunt villagers huddle near a weak fire, whispering prayers or names.

The air reeks of smoke, wet fur, and fear.
What do you do?

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Character Creation Info:

-starting at level 3. You may choose between 2014 and 2025 options as you wish, though I’ll generally be keeping 2025 rules in mind if a ruling is required

-I allow just about any player options (species, subclasses, etc) from official or 3rd party sources found on DNDBeyond. I generally don’t allow homebrew outside of what I create specifically for the adventure or a PC

-Your party has been traveling together for a while now (how long is up to you) and you’ve had your share of adventures. As we begin this adventure, you’ll be answering the call to aid a village in tracking down some missing children; so some level of bravery and heroism is required

-You may use standard array, point buy, or manual rolling for your ability scores

-Your characters may start with one uncommon magic item and one rare consumable item, as well as 300 gp

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I’ll start working on creating the first game post later tonight. In the meantime, if you want to create your character sheet you can do so for free through this link. It’ll allow me to share all my player options with y’all and makes it easier for me to find character sheets

dndbeyond.com/campaigns/join/70883784…

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@Neziul@Randomguyso how’s about one post a week work for y’all?

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Thanks! My post formatting and site knowledge should return pretty soon, sorry for all the questions in the meantime

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Ok, so we each make our own and then just embed the link to the roll?

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I’ve never done a tabletop-based pbp before. Is it pure RP, do we have dice rolls (and if so, how?)

Also, I have an overnight shift of work tonight so I’m gonna try to catch up on as much of the IC posts as possible

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Oskarr Gorunn

Name: Oskarr Gorunn (dndbeyond.com/sheet-pdfs/user-1002595…)
Age: 120
Race:dwarf
Class:Circle of Stars Druid
Level: 3
Background: Feylost
Personality: Very loyal to his friends, can’t stand a bully, can’t stand to see someone helpless in pain. Terribly ashamed about his lack of facial hair and tries to hide it with a fake beard that’s half bird’s nest and half lichen
Stat Generation: standard array

Oskarr Gorunn’s life began much like most dwarfs. Born dark-eyed and bushy-bearded under the comforting weight of a mountain; and with talented stonecutters for parents, he had a reliable future ahead of him. That all changed when he stumbled upon a crumpled parchment advertising a place called the Witchlight Carnival. Should Oskarr have burned the refuse, or at the very least toss it back where he found it? Perhaps, but his 50th birthday was in just a few days and with that came a whole heap of adult responsibilities. He figured that one last childhood romp couldn’t hurt anything…
Though he didn’t quite understand how he knew the exact way out of his mountain and to the carnival, and though he can’t remember if the journey took a couple hours or multiple days, or even what he did and saw at the Witchlight Carnival; what he does remember is a night of novel sights, amusing and varied performances, and a giddy happiness unlike he’d ever felt before; though with a fuzzy memory of feeling as if he was being watched…
His memories remain hazy and half-formed up until the exact moment he realizes he’s home in front of his parents. His father wears an expression of rage that could scare the fire off a balor and his mother looked as if she just discovered her prized golden chains were in fact mere pyrite—a look of utter disgust.

Oskarr next remembers stumbling back out of the tunnels he called home, into a world of open skies and towering trees that seemed much more menacing than when last seen. His skull, back, and legs are pelted by lumps of coal amidst hateful shouts of, “Get the beardless!” and “Stone the heretic!”.

He remembers a freezing night, shivering against damp air instead of the blazing thermal vents he’s used to. A bleary-eyed morning, waking to find himself surrounded by slight-framed and big-footed beardless folk who called themselves halflings. They took him in, gave him a place to call home, showed him true love and friendship (one that wasn’t based on the healthiness of his beard or his eye for shaping gems), and taught him to not fear the sky but to seek the wisdom of the stars.

Now an adult of 120 years, Oskarr thought he was past the trauma of his childhood. That is, until dreams of the Witchlight Carnival begin to return on a nightly basis. The archdruid of the halfling grove suggested to Oskarr that this may be the sign of an opportunity for true closure. Or perhaps even a chance to save other children from having their lives upended.

And soon, through means unknown, Oskarr once again found himself walking through the gates of the Witchlight Carnival…

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@Guardian Angel Haruki

How’s it look?

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Awesome! What kind of posting speed works best for you?