[LFP] 4-5 for D&D 5E Halloween Special: Ravenloft 10th level one-shot

[wthrasherb]

UPDATE as of 10:47 A.M MDT Nov 2, 2017

This game didn't happen... Post closed...

Happy Halloween!






Hey, fellow geeks and ghouls!

Halloween just passed and I typically play a Halloween-themed D&D game. Alas, no one wanted to stay up all night and hunt vampires...

I am gonna go for it again. I haven't been able to play in a while, so I need a D&D fix

I've extracted the essence of the Curse of Strahd adventure, had my way with it, and turned it into a faster pace "horror" episode.

I plan to run it more "Theater of the Mind" so your imaginations aren't limited by the game maps. I feel like this will add a little sense of tension and possibly personal subconscious fears to the game.

I'm picturing a tense, survival game... you've become trapped in a nightmare and have to find your way out!

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Is this real??? Is this a nightmare???

Escape from the dreaded mists of Barovia, if you can...

By some wicked twist of fate, your adventuring party has become trapped in a land of the damned...

You can't remember the last time you felt the warmth of the sun upon your skin...

Every settlement you've encountered has been nothing more than a ghost town or a hive of zombies, ghouls, or worse...



Your food has run out. Your gear and other supplies are critically low. You haven't found another living soul, animal or human, yet and it has been 3 days... Or at least that's how long you THINK it has been since... since.........

*Hmpf*

Now that you think about it, you can't remember being somewhere else or what brought you to this awful land... You just KNOW you are lost...

The fog parts momentarily and reveals a road just through the woods...

A cold rain begins to fall and you don't hear your stomach growl as earth-quaking thunder rumbles through the sky...

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That's where we will start...

Expect to have "less than normal" equipment. I don't have specifics yet. This is supposed to be one of those games where the struggle is real and part of the threat is the shortage of supplies. I want to set expectations upfront.

I have all the major rules built into Fantasy Grounds, so I should have everything you need.

I would like to keep it mostly human and demihuman races vs monsters... BUT, this is fantasy, and there is no real "setting" limitation on stuff for this one-shot, so I have Volo's Guide to Monsters loaded where players can pick from those races if they so choose. I want you to play whatever you want...

Just remember these core concepts for this game:
1) You can't remember where you came from, all you know is you have a sense of being lost on the way to somewhere else. The more time passes, the harder it is to remember...
2) You have a growing sense of dread and a desire to get back to where ever it is you can't remember.
3) You are truly becoming scared, as you have yet to encounter anything else LIVING... are you dead???

All are welcome, but experience may be needed since you'll need to create a 10th level character.

Come join me for a spooky themed evening of fun!

I will be looking for posts here, private messages, and on Discord.

That's all I've got for now. Please PM me if you have questions or if you want to play!

Hope to hear from you soon!

Here's the rundown:

FG License: Ultimate
Game System: Dungeons & Dragons 5e

Time Zone: MDT/GMT -6
Day of week and time: Wednesday 7 PM MDT/GMT -6
If new game, planned start date: Today!
Planned Duration & Frequency: one-shot til we drop
Term: one-shot

Text or Voice: Voice
Voice software used: Discord

Roleplay & Combat mix: Mostly combat/exploration... Role-playing could be interesting depending on the creativity of the players
Number of Players in game & needed: 4-5
Character starting level & equipment: 10th level; equipment will be modified to set "horror conditions"
Character restrictions: nothing I can think of at the moment... Equipment, in general, will be restricted

Details of your scenario: Home-brewed Curse of Strahd condensed into one Howling Halloween night of a good time!

That's all folks!

TTFN

[wthrasherb]

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[wthrasherb]

still waiting on players folks! I'm up until I physically can't stay awake (or until my *** hurts enough from sitting here waiting on players... lol)

I'm up just prepping stuff, so when you European folks wake up and realize you need to get your D&D fix, hit me up...

Australian and New Zealanders, you guys should be wrapping up your day soon right? What better way to unwind than with a cold brew and some D&D!

Come join me folks!

[damned]

Good luck! I hope it comes off!

[1ifeblood]

It would be a shame to do all the prep only to not play. It may not technically be Halloween anymore but I'd still be down to play this tonight!

[wthrasherb]

@1ifeblood, send me a PM if you are interested! Thanks!

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[wthrasherb]

I got 1 online!!! YAY!