"The Barovians still bury their dead because of old customs, but the Vistana burn their living, because they know better." -- Count Sherlock Hulmes

48 minutes in and we've had Yesper, Vesper and Wesper. Looking forward to meeting their psychic brother, Esper, and their speech impedimented brother, Lisper.

Curse of Strahd...serious campaign...Bard...Trott... This gonna be good.

"This campaign contains elements of horror, graphic violence, body horror, etc". Me, thinking of Cam's natural 20, and Granny: "I'm bulett proof, nothing to lose!"

Proper props to Yesper for keeping the roleplaying afloat

I like that one of the players is taking the place of something that is typically the job of an NPC, getting the group together.

I like it how trot keeps switching between lucius and yesper

I like how yesper almost always sounds like he’s on the verge of crying 😂

*Mark pops up on my screen without a beard* Me: "Who the heck is that?"

Kim looks great. The Goth look suits her.

Can’t wait for mark to scream “what is a man” and throw his glass across the room.

I work at a grocery store and I'm the only source of income for my family currently. Recently I've been working 50 hours every week and I've just been exhausted. Today was my only day off this week, and I woke up to my boss texting me and telling me I had to come in for 4 hours. 4 turned into 5, then 6, then 8, and finally 10. I worked 10 hours with no break today and I was on the verge of breaking. I was laying on my floor crying, when I checked my phone and saw this upload. You guys have been a constant source of support and entertainment for me, and I can't thank you enough for what you do. I wish I was able to catch your Livestreams, and I wish I had money to give you guys as a way of thanks, but I do cant do either these days. Seriously I thank you from the bottom of my heart, keep up the amazing content!

Has 3 greatswords strapped to his back somehow. Yep definitely a DnD character.

"sorry? ...Sorry..." 45:50 the delivery on that line holy shit

Everybody is it killing with their character play! Loving Kim in her Tabaxi (shadow domain?) cleric. Loving Trott providing his bardic introduction to the story. Excited to see Tom making a complete character switch with a brooding, provocative fighter. Rhiannon, bringing light and color as she always does. Happy to see Katie a bit more on the foreground, being a wild elf in Aerois isn't easily a prominent role. And Marks storytelling really sets the scene with these dark stories (it really brought life to Lightfall descent)! Looking forward to the next episode!

Love Trott's accent accent in this. Yesper is such a cool character

Man, Kim voices a perfect cat lady. Looking forward to more!

Yespers character sounds like Beni Gabor from The Mummy 😂amazing

Kim's RP is already gonna be my favorite of this campaign I can already tell!

Tears in my eyes when Shadow says to the soulless barkeep "My heart breaks for you, friend."

1:10 of course, Chaos Twins never disappoints.

I am SUCH a fan of the man of few words Xiros. It is a character that isn't the easiest to do right, but when done right, is so so SO fun to watch. when Xiros said "we play his game" I got chills down my spine it was such a good delivery! Kudos!

Hi everybody! I’m so excited, I love CoS! Watch out for spoilers in the time stamps below 2:35 - Disclaimer/TW (Elements of horror, graphic violence, body horror) 3:20 - Introduction 4:00 - Yesper’s introduction 5:25 - Xiiki’s introduction 6:00 - Xiros’ introduction 8:05 - Shadow’s introduction 8:45 - Rose’s introduction 21:40 - A new song 26:50 - Impractical inspiration 30:00 - Setting the scene 31:30 - Welcome to Barovia 32:10 - Sorry, what? 34:00 - The Gates 36:50 - Staring Contest 44:05 - Strahd? 45:50 - …Sorry? (Holy hell, that delivery) 55:50 - Initiative? 1:03:40 - Rest, brother 1:04:20 - The Letter 1:13:25 - Yesper the tour guide 1:16:00 - Shadow is trustworthy and therefore offended 1:21:20 - The barman 1:22:55 - The Vistani + the Barovians 1:24:55 - Strahd lore 1:28:10 - Siblings? They’re working on it. 1:29:40 - Duty to the Lord 1:29:55 - A voice at the door 1:32:00 - You can’t just ask people why they don’t have a soul 1:34:15 - The scream 1:36:40 - Xiros’ reaction 1:43:15 - the demands of the devil 1:44:30 - Turn Undead 1:46:50 - Strahd’s request 1:47:35 - End of game 1:48:30 - No spoilers please! 1:49:50 - Donations 1:54:35 - Post-game DM + player chats 1:54:50 - Tom’s feelings on the quiet type 1:55:35 - Why Trott is a vistani 1:57:05 - What’s Rose’s past with wolves? + Kim already has a thing for Strahd 1:57:31 - LEAVE 2:00:10 - Insider DM knowledge This is going to be something amazing, you guys. If I missed any of your favourite moments, write them below so I can see!

Ok but Kim's black lipstick and pentagram bra straps are killing it with setting the mood of the campaign

And I see Katie has the same hair color as her character >:)

It's not that the guy cleaning glasses in the bar was born without a soul, he's just worked customer service for more than a few months

In most DnD campaigns, the PCs plunge head first into danger. The best part about Strahd is that the players will be hesitant and terrified to investigate a single scream

"This Dr. Practiced murder" Maybe of my taste buds :p

Mark's spoopy poem at 0:02 Disclaimer at 0:36 Announcements at 1:56 Intro at 3:27

With Tracadia from the Unexpectables being based on Curse of Strahd and PuffinForrest doing videos on him Curse of Strahd campaign...I was curious about learning more about the campaign. So I'm glad the High Rollers are doing a campaign! :D

Trotts character reminds me of Benny from The Mummy.

I love this!! Great Idea Mark. Start something new while we're all stuck at home looking for good streams. Great way to get new viewers on board.

That giggle from Kim at the end nearly killed me

Sweet. Always wanted to play this campaign, just haven't gotten the chance. Getting to watch high rollers play is the next best thing.

"Jokes and japes out of the way-" *Chris Trott intensifies*

...wish I'd know this was airing back when it came out, the start of lockdown was difficult for me and I filled life with D&D, yet somehow I missed this!

Adds flavor for me that Cam and Mark were guests on the Dice Camera Action Curse of Strahd campaign. OH the dark tales we shall see! Two thumbs up!!!

Loved it! You all did so well with the stream. Can be so awkward sometimes speaking over one another in groups I've been part of, but you guys managed it really well! Loving the theme and can't wait to see how the story and characters develop

Well this is awesome! I literally ran my first game as a DM ever last night, and we are playing Curse of Strahd! I cant wait to follow this along! My players made it to the dungeon in Death house, but haven't started exploring it just yet!

I am so damn hyped for a new Curse of Strahd adventure!! :D Also, I *need* Chris Trott to rekindle his romance with Escher. Please, ever since Falkon my heart has been broken for this poor boy! Loving all of the characters so far, and excellent job setting the mood, Mark!😊 Already enjoying the little twists you put into the story, and I'm really looking forward to seeing more of this!!

The mansion scene is genius and I can’t wait to steal your take on it. It introduces the characters to Strahd’s obsession with Ireena while also revealing a weakness of vampires, all while creating an exciting scene instead of just describing things that already happened.

quick reminder for quillek to cast sending to the druid in training you guys met who helped you fight brookstone

1:32:33 - "What is it like, not having a soul?" "What is it like _having_ one?" Barovian soullessness sounds like it has some superficial resemblances to the autism spectrum.

13 minutes in and I am already hooked. I loved Holmes' work on Nights of Eveningstar and instantly clicked when I saw he's doing my favorite module.

I love it! This is great, a new HR campaign and it's with imo one of the best villains ever! Woot woot. And please more post-session talks since it really interesting to see how you guys think when starting new characters.

Oh snap I just finished playing CoS this past January, right before everything went down. That campaign went for a little over 2 years, so excited to see what these guys bring to it!

DMing CoS myself and absolutely loving it! Subbed and really enjoying the content :)

LOL when trott held up that starbucks cup i died of laughter... to be honnest though i admit as a American it is such a need in our daily lives that starbucks could probs buy america

This is amazing!! I have not played Curse of Strahd, but I have the Castle Ravenloft boardgame. Looking forward to this story with all of you guys! Thank you for making working from home a lot more entertaining!

Such a great start. I just bought the campaign and will be DM-ing it soon for a group of friends. It will also be my first game as a DM and I wasn't even sure where to start with it and this has helped with so many ideas and creative ways to go with it. So excited to see where you guys go with it!

Dayyaum this was a great variation on the module! I loved it! First time watching you all too and loved it! Very good!

I am so excited to see this campaign! Everyone looks amazing! Love Katie's new hair! Thanks to all!

I’m very very new to DnD so this was extremely helpful on how to play! Thank you guys!

Wow. A new mini campaign? Awesome. I'm still working through Aerois vids, so hope I don't get too confused but happy to be able to comment on active episodes! Thanks High Rollers!

Great start. Great players, playing great characters and - of course - great GM. Really looking forward more.

This was so good that I had to stop for a bit because my face hurt from smiling so much. Now that I've watched the other half, oh boy! I can't wait for the next one, no really get on it, I need me some more HR D&D, I love you all, these videos really make me so happy, thank you!

Loving this, our group is currently doing the same thing. Running through CoS while unable to play our regular homebrew campaign. My character Ceara is very similar to Xiros in the stand-off no nonsense sort of character, thought i'm playing a Shifter (so big werewolf vibes). Loving all the new characters and definitely going to keep watching this.

Mark's clean shaven face is like that episode of Schitt's Creek where Mutt shaved his beard. Um, we didn't talk about this.

already love the characters. Thanks for doing this

The curse of Strahd. We have been waiting for this! Can't wait much love High Rollers

The first scene with Strahd was great, I’m really enjoying the show

All of the ladies look like a million spooky dollars! Thank you for continuing to stream (unlike some other D&D streams I can think of...) It means more than you know. Can't wait for all the vampy goodness. Cheers!

So excited for this campaign - really excited to see how you change it Mark! and Rhi your eyeliner is incredible! Tell us your secrets!

So spooky mark, I love it!

Okay, Hulmes has become a vampire he looks about 17-20 years old in this video. Jokes aside, an awesome job like always and really enjoy the video, just what I needed right now. So thank you for your hard work all on the High Rollers :)

I'm preparing a Curse of Strahd campaign myself for a group of friends. Very excited to see the High Roller's take on it!

Trott's voice reminds me of his character in dice camera, action

Watching this while I wait for the next Aerois episode and it's so good! Very different tone than main campaign, but horror is one of my favourite genres so I love it!

This is fantastic! I am on the edge of my seat. The sound design is great too.

OMG I love Kate's hair

I needed some extra TTRPG content. Thanks, my dudes.

Soooooo hyped. I already love these characters

I’ve been binging Aerois and I’m taking a break with this campaign 😂

This sounds like it is straight from darkest dungeon and I love it!

Okay, I was worried maybe this would spoil my Strahd experience with my own dnd group but this is so different and I love it

Found this after listening to Puffin's campaign, can't wait to see what choices you all will make :)

Wow love the interesting twist and changes for this campaign!

I love all the characters immediately

I am in for the long haul. Welcome to High Rollers me! I love it everybody. Great DM, and great players. I am very excited to see where this goes.

Awesome first episode!!! Cant wait for more!!!!

I am really liking the streaming setup the more I watch it

Is anyone else in love with the DM’s bookshelf?

Oooooo can’t wait for more of this! This new campaign sounds sooo cool

Shadow Beyond the Veil, dope naming convention...I've got an Air Genasi Sunsoul named Tall Cloud Cut by the Sun :)

I’m always down for more High Rollers

I just started running a campaign based around the curse of Strahd! Cool coincidence!

Yes! Really looking forward to this campaign. I failed badly at running this one so Im keen to see how it should be done. :D

Listening to the Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance Elfsong Tavern theme whilst watching this, perfect ambience.

Havent had much time to watch aerois but now im going to try to keep up with this new campaign

Maybe after you guys finish this module you could continue the same parties adventure just in a different module

YES finally! I love this campaign

First time Katie hasnt played an elf of sorts hehe. (Minus dungeon of the mad mark) I like all these characters.

i’m here from where trellimar had to leave the lightfall campaign, i needed a break for a little while and i was VERY happy to see y’all did CoS! y’all look so different from three years ago!

I've been looking foward to this!

As someone who played og ravenloft, I love this

Loving this so much!! I can’t wait to be able to dm Curse of Strahd myself. It’s gonna take some time though, too many campaigns going on.

I'm here from Eveningstar! Super late but glad to be here now~

Having Trott play a Vistana is so great i wish i could have that in my game

Mark's hair looks SO different! I just came from a re-watch of DCA and I can't believe how different he looks! Kind of reminds me a bit of Escher tbh.

Sounds like this campaign would be great for a witcher type character