The Lore Behind "Curse of Strahd" Dungeons & Dragons

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In this episode I discuss the Ravenloft Adventure "Curse of Strahd" and the lore behind Barovia and Ravenloft!
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@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын

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@giffinjeremyj 5 жыл бұрын

I am confused about the part where you said the dark powers were a 4th 5th ed change are you saying they added them or that they took them out in those editions?

@jerrin1528 5 жыл бұрын

It’s weird seeing a KZfaqr comment in there own comment section and it not having about half a million comments in it

@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын

@@giffinjeremyj the shadowfell was the 4th/5th edition change. The Dark powers existed in the 1990 Ravenloft Campaign Setting.

@giffinjeremyj 5 жыл бұрын

Ok good thought I was remembering things wrong lol

@Jon-en3ph 5 жыл бұрын

"Welcome to curse of straphd, the ph is silent..."

@JimBob-qj2ye 4 жыл бұрын

We need THIS campaign setting

@robbabcock_ 3 жыл бұрын

😂👻

@craigjones7343 2 жыл бұрын

Only the P is silent

@nstrug 5 жыл бұрын

“Death House allows you to get from levels 1 to 3 safely.” AHAHAHAHAHA!!! *wipes tear from eye and re-rolls new character after the TPK*

@Swarbie8D 5 жыл бұрын

nstrug Death House is absolutely brutal xD that one spectre alone almost wiped the party I ran through it

@magerious2150 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, that specter

@Klaital1 4 жыл бұрын

@@magerious2150 Not to mention throwing a shambling mound at level 2 party in fairly small room...

@link7459 3 жыл бұрын

Our whole fucking party almost died to the stupid swinging blades at the end😭😭

@rolestream 3 жыл бұрын

My exact thoughts. Surely this is a jest?

@sandrock605 4 жыл бұрын

“Death House allows you to get from levels 1 to 3 safely.” HAHAHAHAHA!!! Man, I love it when Jorphdan jokes.....wait..... is he joking? He's joking right?

@PsychoOfTheDead 10 ай бұрын

When he said that line, I went "mmmmmmh press x to doubt". The first time one of my DnD character died was in the Death House. My first time playing as the healer started rough lol

@DooD7th 5 жыл бұрын

I just finished running the entire module with my friends, and oh man I really really think it's the most well polished campaign ever and the writing is insanely good!!

@capuchinseven 4 жыл бұрын

Just picked this up for a group of 3 and have been blown away by just how good it is. Really looking forward to running it.

5 жыл бұрын

I am currently running CoS. And i am really happy that we are not emglish speakers. The descriptions are great but the need for me translate them lets me put my own spin on them. Also I urge everyone to che the curse of strahd subreddit. There are several people who wrote huge posts on how to improve the module.

5 жыл бұрын

Also I try to make combat rare but brutal. One of my players went exploring alone and encountered some zombies. He was dead before he could act - Ravenloft should be deadly. The next session there was no combat at all but a lot of interactions with npcs and other sources of lore. Also make Ireena sort of your GMPC. You wantnyour players to care about her. My druid player loved it when she started asking him how he can change into these fantastic beasts (it helps that he is an Eladrin and therefore his beast shapes tend to be colourful). On the note of Eladrin barely anyonr in barovia has ever seen a non human and those who have might have seen an elf or dwarf at most. Feel free to screw over players of other races by locking doors in front of them.

@davemckinney6555 5 жыл бұрын

Ravenloft is an AMAZING setting. You're right on the point that it requires an experienced dm.

@DooD7th 4 жыл бұрын

I only ran keep on shadowfell part 1 and storm kings thunder but then! I ran the entire module of curse of strahd and it immediately made me better in making each NPC unique in their own way

@OctoberGeek 4 жыл бұрын

There are (in my humble opinion) two ways to play Curse of Strahd (and Ravenloft): 1. with the players knowing they are going to play CoS, that they are going in to Barovia, and all that entails; and 2. as an evil surprise. IMO (again) the latter is the better way if you really want to fill the _players_ with the dread their characters should feel. I started my players/campaign with Lost Mines of Phandelver. As we neared the end of that adventure, I told the players we were going to transition to Storm King's Thunder with the same characters. After they had cleared out the mines, and finished the main story of LMoP, the PCs traveled back to Thundertree to finally confront Venomfang. When they got their they parlayed with Venomfang and the Cult of the Dragon, and decided to camp the night before determining what to do about the dragon and his minions. Previous to this, for days of in-game time, I started describing the weather as rainy and grey every day, miserable, dark and foggy. Thus, when the mists of Ravenloft rolled in during the night, they suspected nothing! Bwa ha haaa! Suffice to say, I surprised my players with Curse of Strahd so that they would actually dread what was to happen. They didn't plan to be there, so they were unprepared for what was to come... as it should be!

@Jorphdan 4 жыл бұрын

Love it

@mrblackdx 2 жыл бұрын

I actually did something similar myself on their way from Phandalin to Neverwinter! About 75% through CoS since December last year

@quintinsteevessenior5568 5 жыл бұрын

The Ravenloft Gazetteer books are pretty good for tying the domains together. No Darklord is more involved in the workings of the lands then Azalin. Even more so than Strahd

@woodslore8537 5 жыл бұрын

First campaign in D&D I ever did was ravenloft. Never forget, a guy walked into the hall and passed a great long mirror. I was the only one to notice no reflection. I broke a chair and stabbed him with the leg. Good times.

@StevenUzeel 4 ай бұрын

How did it end up?

@jcirmsa 5 жыл бұрын

I am running this now as DM! My players will probably finish Death House on Saturday and then onto bigger and better things! Nervous, but very excited!

@KJ-ud9uf 5 жыл бұрын

jcirmsa death house final encounter is deadly Unless you have any resurrection spells Then its really easy Just have one player commit suicide then resurrect him J O B D O N E

@keep3xplor1ng 4 жыл бұрын

@@KJ-ud9uf Not quite. A sacrifice calms down the phantom cult and allows players to leave, but do not extinguishes the evil that lives in the house and keeps making more and more victims.

@gloryfire2161 3 жыл бұрын

How did it go?

@WarWeasel69 5 жыл бұрын

I love reading about the Ravenloft setting..the Ravenloft novels like I, Strahd: The Memoirs of a Vampire or I, Strahd: The war against Azalin definatly a must read ...personally the setting is a bit too creepy especially for a 1st level character when the overall setting is basically a giant prison for extremely powerful evil NPCs

@user-qd8yy9lc4g 5 жыл бұрын

The Ravenloft setting is pretty damn cool, and unlike other D&D settings with their "medieval stasis"-type deal in their setting, includes many a domain that are essentially low-magic takes upon historical locales, oftentimes corresponding to whatever horror media piece they were ripping off there, alongside little bits of other settings. Late Renaissance-styled ones, Dementlieu and Mordent, and the weird Polish-Lithanian Commonwealth/Medieval Muscovy/Medieval Scandinavia hybrid, Nova Vaasa, are my personal favorites for the first cathegory, and Kalidnay, a small piece of Athas in the Domains of Dread, for the second.

@thesamwisegamegee 5 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: the Death House module is available for FREE by WOTC! So you can try that out to see if the game has the kind of feel of you want before buying the module. :) Death House was the first thing I ever DM’d, and it encouraged me to try running the whole module! I’m having a blast, and personally find CoS a perfect first DM module because of its sandbox-yet-contained nature. It keeps players on task without necessarily sticking them on obvious railroad tracks- they want to leave Barovia, and they’re characters stay focus on that. I also second the notion of using Milestone Leveling!

@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын

Here's the link to Death House! :D media.wizards.com/2016/downloads/DND/Curse%20of%20Strahd%20Introductory%20Adventure.pdf

@calebchristensen900 5 жыл бұрын

9:35 , yeah : "Safely". In order to get out of the death house one of my party members had to be sacrificed in the basement.

@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын

eeep!

@Cybrwulf1201 5 жыл бұрын

Fortune Teller Jorphdan is a character I'd like to see more of 😂😂

@DarkAutumnScribe 5 жыл бұрын

I was a fanatic about Ravenloft when the original adventure came out and especially when the campaign setting came out. This new version is fantastic! Everything about it; even reading the forward was great!!!

@robertoakes5117 4 жыл бұрын

Werewolf gypsies! Damn I really miss that. It's been too long since I've played. Thanks for doing this vid man! Great job!

@KevlarIlluminati 5 жыл бұрын

'Get from level 1 to 3 (Safetly)' HAH! Great joke Jorphdan!

@HungryHungryShoggoth 5 жыл бұрын

First time as a player through this adventure my Paladin died. LOVE running death house as a one shot itself though

@keep3xplor1ng 4 жыл бұрын

@@HungryHungryShoggoth It may be a paladin thing then because my players had their paladin crushed by the shambling mound too. The player got really upset. And now he's got a bard and they're heading to Vallaky

@ArcRevenant 5 жыл бұрын

Good breakdown, Jorphdan. I really enjoyed the inserts from other media. They helped break up the monologue.

@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@mrl9418 5 жыл бұрын

That's good info about the one shot version!

@benbattersby2837 5 жыл бұрын

I wish I had seen this years ago. It was the first book I had ever bought as a new DM and was sooo in over my head.

@Rabiesdemon 5 жыл бұрын

We are currently playing in Neorovia, a distant future where Strahd never got stopped in the old days and managed to rejoin Barovia with the world, themes are 80's and SciFi, were using the retroverse rules and its such a different feeling to the OG CoS

@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын

That sounds super cool!

@user-ov6jg4ug9d 5 жыл бұрын

Thats amazing

@francislelievre5172 5 жыл бұрын

this would suit a couple of my players so well. I'm DMing Vampire: the Masquerade set in a more Neon version of 1983 Auckland NZ

@WarDogMadness 5 жыл бұрын

I've been playing ravenloft loft scence 3.5 I've always had strad capture the player at least 2 times before he kills them.

@Mike_W78 5 жыл бұрын

There is also several second edition books that build the demi plane. I think I have about 4 of the adventures and lore books.

@HowtoRPG 5 жыл бұрын

One of my favourite adventures. Thanks for the lore video.

@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching :)

@goragabdula8203 5 жыл бұрын

I am going to make my next adventure using Ravenloft setting. Thank you so much for this video!

@goragabdula8203 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, They can try. I support the idea abou D&D as a sandbox

@SamuraiMujuru 4 жыл бұрын

I'm currently running Curse of Strahd (my group just left Vallaki for Krezk.) I've found that even when I've nerfed encounters when necessary they're still hard enough to catch that tension and fear. (2 hags at once instead of three, half the party in vampire spawn at the coffin maker, both tweaks had my players barely scratch by alive) A thing I've really liked is most areas have enemies that explicitly do not pursue parties that flee so you can roflstomp with the first encounter in the area, sending them running, without mandating a party wipe

@Venestt 5 жыл бұрын

Wow I'm pretty new to DnD and was just seeing if you made a video on this two weeks ago! Keep the content going!

@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын

Going Strong! :D

@funk8782 5 жыл бұрын

Dude you could not make this at a better time. I'm starting the Campain into Ravenloft super soon thank you lol

@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын

huzah!

@RyanVonAegir 5 жыл бұрын

I'm running curse of strahd atm with some friends and its a blast. My Phoenix Origin Sorcerer has been a good call for it. Glad you made this video!

@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@anmimc 5 жыл бұрын

This was the first adventure I ever ran as a DM. I have a great fondness for it!

@Nickz666 5 жыл бұрын

Your first? Damn. How'd it go? As the module intended or did it morph into your own little domain of terror?

@tassaron Жыл бұрын

I've been running COS as my first real campaign and I love how many options and ideas are in the book. Seems like there is always something behind the players and around the corner ahead of them 😊 I know I'm not doing the "horror" aspect justice due to my newbishness, but I think my group enjoys horror/comedy anyway. We're having fun and that's what counts lol

@LeetMasterAce 2 жыл бұрын

Death House: "kind of an introduction to Barovia to allow you to get to level 3 safely." You and I have very distinct definition of the word "safely."

@betci90 4 жыл бұрын

haha im running CoS as my first campaign, im a new dm and i LOVE the sandbox and being free to adjust everything to how i see it, change the chapters to make them more exciting. So i get why you`re saying its better suited for veteran dms, but its definitely managable as a new dm if you invest time to think about the world and the consequences

@chadreese9501 Жыл бұрын

Our DM did an amazing job running CoS!

@theyellowninjadude 5 жыл бұрын

Speaking about the part of Adventurers League, the 5 factions actually had no presence in the Curse of Strahd hardcover and the 14 modules written during the story season of Barovia.

@pure35 4 жыл бұрын

I miss these - you should continue them, if you want!

@RPGmodsFan 5 жыл бұрын

Still need to do a video about I6 Ravenloft.

@Canadian_Ry 5 жыл бұрын

Does that first card have Andre the Giant on it?! Reminds me of his character in The Princess Bride.

@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын

It does! My Princess Bride playing cards.

@Canadian_Ry 5 жыл бұрын

@@Jorphdan That's awesome! I had no idea that Princess Bride playing cards were a thing! Thank you for enlightening me to this fact (and the lore surrounding Strahd).

@ashenwuss1651 5 жыл бұрын

I knew there was something unique going on with those cards.

@paulcoy9060 4 жыл бұрын

@@Jorphdan I don't have The Princess Bride version, but I do have a Star Trek original series deck of cards. Each card has a picture from the show or a publicity shot, with a little caption giving background information. Not the kind to use when substituting for a Tarokka deck.

@PaRRaPWNaGe 5 жыл бұрын

A 17 minute Jorphdan (The PH is silent) lore video? I think I like this already. (Clicks like button) yusssssss....

@willdgol7501 2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking about starting a modified homebrew version of CoS but I'm might have to find a newbie DM friendly campaign to start with thanks for the info

@tj1993rx7 3 жыл бұрын

Besides another great video, enjoyed seeing the old Thor comic on the wall!

@Jorphdan 3 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah! 1982 I believe 🙂

@jasonmcintyre9426 4 жыл бұрын

Good stuff.....Ive got the original ad@d ravenloft boxes set.....its used and abused.....and that's how much we loved playing it back in the day!!!!!!Strahd is a badass.....but I always liked it.

@robertoakes5117 4 жыл бұрын

Sweet! Was my favorite in 2nd Ed. Advanced!!

@misomiso8228 5 жыл бұрын

Would be quite cool if you did a video on 'Greyhawk Lore'. It's such a strange setting but a good synopsis of the history lore would be great. Also to promote the channel, the most popular videos you have are teh forgotten realms devils and demons ones, but for the 'upper' planes you did them as planes and not as 'angels'. Could be worth a look at. best dude.

@robertoakes5117 4 жыл бұрын

Just so many options. Dread Domain can connect to any material plane thru the mists. It's awesome! Cool that it's part of the Shadowfell now. Is Azilon the Lich Lord still around?? Been awhile, I think it's name was Azilon. I may be wrong tho

@MrMeltphace 5 жыл бұрын

Some of the information is not 100% accurate, for those interested in strahd himself read his journal "I strahd, memoirs of a vampire". Overall fantastic job, this is a solid introduction to the setting for new folks.

@badhombre2484 4 жыл бұрын

great vid! where did you find that beautiful map @ 04:30?

@jeramibanks3276 3 жыл бұрын

The Death House became a total party wipe.

@missmelia.rosario7560 4 жыл бұрын

Holy crap I need those PB playing cards!

@missmelia.rosario7560 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video.

@Jorphdan 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@xavierdevenoges4610 5 жыл бұрын

For the records, Jeremy Crawford runs an adventure, DDAO Shadow of the Vampire, which is AL compatible and takes place 100 years after the events of Curse of Stradh. And yes, my group has failed it.

@ashenwuss1651 5 жыл бұрын

DDAO?

@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын

Author Only Adventures! dndadventurersleague.org/storyline-seasons/author-only-adventures/

@HeirophantCarneus 5 жыл бұрын

Are these available to the public?

@xavierdevenoges4610 5 жыл бұрын

@@HeirophantCarneus If Crawford ever releases it.

@WarDogMadness 5 жыл бұрын

This guy made a hombrew campaign on obsidian portal called City of ravenloft it still gothic fantasy but barovia was a built up city state instead of a branoy with little village and one or two ruins. It was great to have my pc ride the ghost train across ravenloft when a group werewolfs bandits Rob the train and took people to feed on they stopped them but it resulted in a we're hunt and slowly the pc found themselves working for strad because everything was controlled by him. But the only problem with was strad was this boggie man and no body knew how to get to him and in trying to find a way to the pc party was wiped by one of strads vampire underlings.

@tommartin1223 Жыл бұрын

I loved the character Jandar Sunstar from Ravenloft

@randyayo2846 4 жыл бұрын

Played Ravenloft in either 1st or 2nd edition, great mod!!

@dford4014 4 жыл бұрын

I need those cards!

@brokenlightning Жыл бұрын

I'm a new DM and I came up with the great "Idiea" lol to run Curse of Strahd with guns.

@seansteele6532 2 жыл бұрын

You know the Jorphdan doesn't mention the canonical ending where Strahd gets bitten in half by a Tabaxi polymorphed into a T-Rex.

@craigjones7343 2 жыл бұрын

“They’ll soon learn they might need to back off…” No party in the history of DnD has ever learned to back off from an encounter. 😀

@SeriouslyIssues 5 жыл бұрын

Can you do a video on R.A Salvatore characters please :)

@crashmartini 3 жыл бұрын

lol I was so confused when I picked this up and saw the Daggerford plot hook

@shawnmacgillivray4421 3 жыл бұрын

Strahd is the Land and cannot be Destroyed. I expanded Strahd to a PC with motivations to escape his prison instead of just playing him as the Big bad. For 20 years my players have fought with and sometime aided Strahd in his goals.

@samsamsamsamsamanilla5281 2 жыл бұрын

How about a Barovian demiplane collision with the Maelost demiplane story arc?🤔

@Numskll 4 жыл бұрын

Great clip, keep up the great work... D204life...

@oscarsiri2763 Жыл бұрын

I played a gamebook in the 80s where a paladin enters the castle and faces Strahd. Very good book. Then years later I read "I Strahd", so when i played the 3.5 module, I was ready!! but like you said, too much text! to much descriptions! so, to avoid it, just watch classic black and white movies the day before (like Dracula 1931), get into the "mood". I think this 5th ed module looks more agile, tiem to return to Barovia!

@masterwudong9824 3 жыл бұрын

I ran this as a new DM, it's really not that bad. You can run it vanilla, by the book, ect. You can also run it like Jorphdan said, "how you want to" (which is what did). They give you a lot of options and you just need to not be scared to fail.

@ahmedakmal9244 5 жыл бұрын

Nice !

@RunestoneGaming 5 жыл бұрын

Whats the deal with the off camera camera?

@IndorilNerevar-MoonandStar 5 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah, Strhad is my favorite module ever

@olivercarter8002 5 жыл бұрын

Please do somthing on kara tur

@bandi138138 5 жыл бұрын

Oliver lad_squad seconded

@J0K3R_the_Nerd 5 жыл бұрын

I have a question because wikis aren’t helping. Is Leilon an active town or ruin? It sounds like has had some rough times but it doesn’t out right say it was destroyed.

@badmojo0777 Ай бұрын

Mandy Mods and dragnaCarta make this the msot epic adventure published by WOTC and definatley worth a look by any aspiring DM.

@redhead3dranger964 3 жыл бұрын

Tbh I've never DM'd before but I've played for 5 years now and I'm gonna try my luck with the revamped version that's coming out here soon. I've seen many sources thats said it's no good for new DMs but Imma give it a shot anyways 🤷‍♂️

@Smrt927 5 жыл бұрын

Lol it's the first adventure in DMing other than a couple of one shots. Having a great time with it. My players are op and have a bunch of NPCs with them, so I'm not letting them level to 10.

@LucasNunes-rf7ic 5 жыл бұрын

Can you please make a Silverymoon video?

@wadejohnston4305 Жыл бұрын

Anyone who sees this comment and wants more lore the novel vampire of the mists is a GREAT DnD novel and really goes deep into strahd lore from the view of an outsider but also sort of a kindred spirit as your POV is from another vampire one older and possibly stronger than Strahd.

@MrJerOrt72 5 жыл бұрын

Jorphan - where did you get the full sized Sword Coast map... I need one of them!

@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын

I got the file here: dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/map-faer%C3%BCn and printed it out at my local library!

@PartridgeQuill 5 жыл бұрын

My group is currently running through Curse of Strahd. Our party is originally from Eberron, and it consists of: Rita (drunkard pessimistic female human wizard bladesinger) Hubbard (kind-hearted and naive male juggernaut warforged forge domain cleric of the Traveler) Pom Pom (flamboyant and very pansexual male protector aasimar zealot barbarian) Mala (grandma tabaxi hunter ranger) Roxir (prim and proper gender fluid dark elf warlock with fiend pact) It's a blast so far!

@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын

Sweet!! I imagine the Barovians don't know what to think of Warforged :D

@ashenwuss1651 5 жыл бұрын

I see two crit role influenced characters! Molly and Yasha all in one? That's brilliant.

@PartridgeQuill 5 жыл бұрын

@@ashenwuss1651, actually, the aasimar is brand new to DnD and just described the type of character he wanted as a "sassy queen who beats people's asses with holy vengeance and get super angry." The bladesinger wanted to mechanically create who would essentially be the child of Trevor Belmont and Sipha from Netflix's Catslevania series. That being said, I immediately noticed the similarities on our first session, and I love it so very much, because Critical Role is the best thing ever!!!

@PrimordialAnnihilator 5 жыл бұрын

Do you have any information about the faction called the chill?

@thomassosby9068 2 жыл бұрын

In 2E role playing was supposed to yield experience. This was stated in several adventures that I've seen from that time specifically set in Ravenloft. Unfortunately, this ended up being a lot of hack and slash. Ravenloft was a hard campaign setting to run. Very fun though.

@misomiso8228 5 жыл бұрын

2:12 such trendy cutting J!

@benbattersby2837 5 жыл бұрын

Off topic but I can't figure out how to send a PM on youtube anymore and I have a question. Is there a specific campaign book for 5e that takes place in Waterdeep, Neverwinter, or Luskin? I am interested in running games in the forgotten realms and really want as much info, and mechanical layout as possible for these settings.

@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын

I don't think PMs exist anymore on KZfaq. You're probably looking for Waterdeep Dragonheist for 5e. Or the Neverwinter Campaign Setting for 4th edition D&D. amzn.to/2EIIWJU www.dmsguild.com/product/163174/Neverwinter-Campaign-Setting-4e?affiliate_id=728035

@mckinneym.2743 4 жыл бұрын

Hey quick thing! Raven loft is fantasy, all works that have fantastical elements, even works that take place on earth and are incredibly small scale are fantasy. Forgotten realms is a fantasy world with the aesthetics of more classical fantasy/dnd fantasy ands genre is more the same, but ravenloft is equally fantasy. Ps. The videos amazing!

@markusnavergard2387 2 жыл бұрын

well, Barrovia could be a place in forgotten realms, that is magically sealed, you can enter but you can not leave. You are the DM, these books and moduals are just guidelines.

@tenn0663 3 жыл бұрын

Where did you get that sweet Princess Bride playing card set?

@grassgrazer22091 4 жыл бұрын

Bravovia, shows picture of yosemite.

@robbabcock_ 3 жыл бұрын

I have mixed feelings about Ravenloft. So you know I started out on OD&D back in the late 70s, then moved to AD&D and really hit my gaming stride in 2E. In my campaigns I DM about 95% of the time in my homebrew setting. One of my good friends was a pretty decent DM and would run a game sometimes so I could actually play. To minimize the prep needed his sessions were often set in Ravenloft. I have most of the original material but not every single module and product. In my mind the Ravenloft setting has some good qualities. First it's a real change of pace! Kind of a neat thing to get some gothic horror tossed in there. One big strength too is the modularity. Being a demi-plane you can easily use it with your homebrew world or one of the commercial settings (eg Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, etc). The main downside is that it's extremely cliched and derivative. Call it a homage if you prefer but they basically take the most popular monster movies and horror novels and slightly tweak the names and present it as their own. I suppose it's a lot easier and cheaper to simply rip off other authors but there's very very little that's novel or original in Ravenloft. All that said, I feel it's a nice change of pace, something the DM/GM can pull out to give the players something different or when she isn't really prepared to run an original session in the normal campaign.

@levgoldiner3098 3 жыл бұрын

awesome cards lol

@leifedmondson2813 3 жыл бұрын

Where did you get the Faerun map on the wall in the background?

@Jorphdan 3 жыл бұрын

It's available from WoTC's D&D website, and I printed it out at my library which has a super large printer for stuff like maps!

@flipperjones509 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a first time DM and I just picked this up....ooops!

@Jorphdan 3 жыл бұрын

You'll be ok 😉

@evilminion4989 4 жыл бұрын

I read an online story retelling of a campaign running of CoS... I loved it... there were about 20 pc deaths along the way.... I'd advise players to not go into the adventure with the characters they want to... "maybe survive"... just saying

@mikesteph2826 4 жыл бұрын

This is the first module i dm lol

@companyoflosers 4 жыл бұрын

now if only theyde give us a full campaign setting for ravenloft and not just a campaign set in barovia.

@ramgladore 8 ай бұрын

Deatn House.....get from level 1 to 3.....safely?!?!? 9:07 There are ghouls and shadows in this very house that you cannot exit.

@jhund81001 5 жыл бұрын

Can you explain where in relation to 5e material the Dark Sun setting is? Is it possible to travel to Athas from Toril?

@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын

with portals anything is possible. But if you want to do it the hard way Athas is in another crystal sphere adjacent to the Forgotten Realms. So you'd need to get a spelljamming ship, figure out how to break out of the Forgotten Realms Crystal Sphere, fly through the phlogiston and break into the Dark Sun Crystal Sphere!

@jhund81001 5 жыл бұрын

@@Jorphdan I thought the crystal spheres were indestructible? I've been reading a lot about Athas and it's place in the universe, but it's really confusing!

@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын

they are indestructible but there are spells that open holes or portals so you can leave a crystal sphere. The spelljammer campaign setting has more information. It is confusing, but it can be fun to keep digging! Best of luck! :D

@markusnavergard2387 2 жыл бұрын

I legit think that even a Low level party should be able to defeat high level bad guys if they plan for it and are smart

@quintinsteevessenior5568 5 жыл бұрын

Look into The Grand Conjunction

@charlesbeavers9771 4 жыл бұрын

The P H is not silent you silly Jorph-Dan

@autismpointofview4031 5 жыл бұрын

If you didn't know. 2nd edition has much more information about all of Ravenloft. Many campaign settings and many adventures and rule books. You make it sound like 3rd edition is where the basis for Ravenloft started. Maybe look further back. If you want to tell about d&d. You should probably look into more than just 3rd edition and newer. 2nd edition is where most of the d&d stories started. Go back and read more then you'll have more info to go on. You could start with the Van Richtens guides. Much more info than you ever thought possible. Guide to the lich, vampire, ghost, werewolf, vistani, fiends and on and on.

@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын

I did actually read a lot of the 2e Ravenloft stuff. Sorry that didn't come across. :)