Interest in Ravenloft over the "Holloween Season" this year?

[Treebore]

If so, say so here. I am only able to run one group this year, and can do it on either Friday or Saturday. Hope to start first week in October and run it until no one is left alive or Strahd is defeated. If there is a lot of interest, hopefully others can step forward to CK other groups. We'll be using Roll 20 with SKYPE for chat.

Level: 7th.

Attributes: (Arranged as desired) 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, and 13.

Gear: +2 armor of choice, +2 Weapon of choice, the rest can be Expert (Additional Powers allowed, just hit and damage or AC bonus must not be greater than +2). 4 Potions of Choice. 12 levels worth of spells on scrolls. 20,000 GP worth of miscellaneous magic items, none of which may give greater than a +2 enhancement. Everything is to be selected from the M&T and M&T of Airhde, subject to my final approval.
Other mundane, non magical, gear, 1,000 GP. Except weapons and armor, you can put 500 gp towards those, specifically, in addition to the 1,000 GP.

Riding Horses with basic gear (Saddle, Bridle, Saddle Bags) assumed.

At my discretion, I may hand out additional magic items come game time.

Classes: All are allowed, but I strongly recommend against Illusionist, Assassin and Druid. Strongly recommend Clerics, Paladins, and Wizards.
Alignment: one component must be "Good". Lawful, Chaotic or Neutral is fine.

For those of you not familiar with how I do this. I run this module (I6 Ravenloft) as a "living" module. Meaning it is assumed Strahd has never been defeated (a couple of groups have) and he has grown in power based off of his victories. This time around I am doing a bit of a "reset", so he will not be as powerful as previous times, as a nod to those who did defeat him. So this module will not be ran "by the book", but it will be ran fair, and will be fun, at least until you die.

People who have played before are welcome to play again, but if you were among the successful groups, any "out of the box" or "off the wall" winning strategies will not be allowed to be repeated. So basically, if it is too similar to the original and creative ways he has been defeated in the past, I will not allow it. Only new and original ideas will be allowed. Of course the old standby of "luck" and lots of "thump" will always work. That actually has coe darn close to working several times. Darn close.

Comments by past players are welcome, but nothing to give anything away.

[nwelte1]

Me and I can CK a group on Friday or Saturday as well.

[Aramis]

Great idea. People who are looking to try out online C&C would do well to sign on and game with either of these two excellent DMs

As for me, I have managed to play Ravenloft (and defeat the dastardly Strahd) under both Nwelte and Treebore.

In Treebore's version, I found myself in one on one combat with Strahd. I hit him with my best trick, for which he made the save by "1", and then I was promptly pummelled into a fine mince jelly in one round

In Nwelte's version, wherein Rigon was famously ambushed by every door-lurking, hall-loitering undead in the place, Rigon and I found ourselves turned to a smoky, oily smear on the floor by a "Strahd special".

But, like I said, in both cases, we defeated him in the end. Let that be a lesson to any potential players. You can win, but to be victorious, Aramis has to be killed

[Tadhg]

Yes.

Even if a certain excellent female player who is your daughter, and I ~ killed that Strahd bastard in your RL game a few years back!!!

[alcyone]

Have you come up with a schedule for these? My face-to-face group, when they all are on the same page, meet on Saturdays, so I can only commit to Fridays, but I am interested in playing this adventure for the first time.

[Treebore]

Have you come up with a schedule for these? My face-to-face group, when they all are on the same page, meet on Saturdays, so I can only commit to Fridays, but I am interested in playing this adventure for the first time.

Your the only one who has shown interest. We need at least 4 players willing to play on a given day, so you would be 1 of 4, or up to 6, for the Friday slot.

[Tadhg]

Your the only one who has shown interest

Say what?

Me

Yes.

[Treebore]

Your the only one who has shown interest

Say what?

Me

Yes.

OK, we have 3 out of the 4 needed, if everyone can play on Fridays.

[alcyone]

My wife said she'd play. The family that slays together, stays together.

[alcyone]

Suggestions from the party are welcome, otherwise, this is:

Argyle, Lawful Good Paladin of Durendale 7

xSTR 16 +2
DEX 14 +1
CON 15 +1
INT 13 +1
xWIS 19 +3 (17/+2 w/out periapt)
xCHA 18 +3

Languages: Defer until I know what there is
AC 10base + 8plate + 2magic + 1dex +2shield = 23
HP: Will roll after I find out house rules.

Armor: Full Plate +2
Shield: Med Steel, Expert (2 foes)
Helm: Normal (+5 AC to head)

Weapon: Flaming Sword +2 (BtH6 + Str2 +2magic = +10)

MISC MAGIC (up to 20,000gp)
Garner's Restful Hammock 1500 M&TA 159
Patrice's Index of Potions 1500 M&TA 168
Bag of Holding 2500 M&T
Cloak of Resistance +2 4000 M&T
Ring: Animal Friendship 1650 M&T
Periapt of Wisdom +2 4000 M&T
Bag of Tricks, Rust 4000 M&T
TOTAL: 19150 gp

12 LEVELS WORTH OF SCROLLS
(7) Resurrection
(5) True Seeing

POTIONS (4 Free)
Heal x 4

MUNDANE WEAPONS AND ARMOR (up to 500gp)
Expert Med Steel Shield 150
Expert Dirk 75
Arrows, Silver, Expert, 2 50
Bow, Long, Composite 100
Arrows, 20, Expert 50
Poniard 25
Flail, Light 8
TOTAL (MAX 500): 458

MUNDANE GEAR (up to 1000gp)
Backpack x 2 4
Bandages, 20 wounds 1
Bedroll 0.1
Belt 0.6
Blanket 0.5
Canteen 2
Chain, 20' 2
Crowbar 2
Grappling Hook 1
Hammer 1
Holy Symbol, Silver 35
Holy Water * 10 300
Lantern, Bullseye 12
Manacles 15
Marbles, 25 1
Mirror, Small Steel 10
Nails, Iron, 50 0.5
Oil, 5 5
Padlock and Key 25
Pitons/Spikes 5
Quiver, Score 4
Rations, 1 week 3
Rope, Silk, 50' 10
Scroll Case x 2 2
Soap, 2 1
String (50') 0.4
Tent, small 10
Tinder Box 1
Wine, Common 0.2
Wine, Fine 10
Winter Clothing Set 5
Wolvesbane 2
Prayer Beads 2
Sack, Small 0.1
Sealing Wax 1
Liquor, Cask 25
Shovel 2
Garlic ?
TOTAL (MAX 1000): 501.4

Riding Horse w/gear

Paladin Skills:
Cure Disease
Detect Evil
Divine Aura
Divine Health
Lay On Hands
Turn Undead (As 5th Level Cleric)
Divine Mount
Aura of Courage

[Treebore]

With your wife playing we can start next Friday, since I had already made plans for tonight with my family.

Now the first two magic items on your list are from the M&T of A, right?

[alcyone]

Yes, sorry, the first two are M&ToA.

[nwelte1]

Tree, confirm you received my e-mail.

[LordSeurek]

Did you all play this last Friday? If not, I'd like to join in, if there is a slot available. Friday works for me, Sat would be out. Let me know....
L.S.

[Treebore]

Tree, confirm you received my e-mail.

No, not at:

treebore the ruby lord at g mail dot com, no spaces, etc...

[nwelte1]

Think i got it this time.

[Kayolan]

Hey I want in

[Aramis]

OK- first pass at my character. I copied Aergraith's and just edited to suit. I am going for a Batman/superhero feel, with flying capes and winged helmet and all. The idea is to forget about building a character to win the dungeon, and instead leave a cool, cool corpse.

I mostly bought stat boosting magic to partially make up for my foolish/cool decision to be an elf, and thus have only 2 primes in save crazy Ravenloft

Valnor "The Falcon"
Lawful Good
Paladin of Aerdrie Faenya (goddess of Birds, Air, Weather)


STR 18 +3
xDEX 18 +3 (+1+1)
CON 14 +1 (-1)
INT 14 +1
WIS 18 +3 (+1)
xCHA 13 +1

Saves:
+1 stone
+10 charm
+2 evil
+1 resistance



AC: 23 10base + 8plate + 2magic + 3dex
HP: 60

Armor: Full Plate +2, fire resistance
Shield:
Winged Helm: Normal (+5 AC to head)
Dragon Hide Boots (for coolness factor)

Weapon: Composite Strength Longbow +2 (BtH+6+Dex+3+magic+2+elf+1+expert arrows+1= +13) Damage: 1d8+2+1+3

MISC MAGIC (up to 20,000gp)

ring of resistance +1 all saves 1000
gauntlets of dexterity +1 1000
lucky whetstone +1 all saves 750 M&TA
Periapt of Wisdom +1 1000
Wings of Flying (appears as Falcon Wings) 15,750

Sun Medallion +4 to turns. Daylight 1d10 rounds 1/week -freezes vampires

TOTAL: 19500 gp

12 LEVELS WORTH OF SCROLLS
(7) Resurrection
(4) Restoration
(1) Invisibility to Undead

POTIONS (4 Free)
Heal x 3
Restoration x1

MUNDANE WEAPONS AND ARMOR (up to 500gp)
Arrows, Silver, Expert, 2 50
Arrows, 100, Expert 250
Godentag, Expert


MUNDANE GEAR (up to 1000gp)
Backpack x 2 4
Bandages, 20 wounds 1
Bedroll 0.1
Belt 0.6
Blanket 0.5
Canteen 2
Chain, 20' 2
Crowbar 2
Grappling Hook 1
Hammer 1
Holy Symbol, Silver 35
Holy Water * 10 300
Lantern, Bullseye 12
Marbles, 25 1
Mirror, Small Steel 10
Nails, Iron, 50 0.5
Oil, 5 5
Pitons/Spikes 5
Quiver, Score 4
Rations, 1 week 3
Rope, Silk, 50' 10
Scroll Case x 2 2
Soap, 2 1
String (50') 0.4
Tent, small 10
Tinder Box 1
Winter Clothing Set 5
Wolvesbane 2
Prayer Beads 2
Sack, Small 0.1
Sealing Wax 1
Garlic
TOTAL (MAX 1000): 501.4


Paladin Skills:
Cure Disease
Detect Evil
Divine Aura
Divine Health
Lay On Hands
Turn Undead (As 5th Level Cleric)
Divine Mount (something cool looking-like the batmobile)
Aura of Courage

[LordSeurek]

Was gonna go paly, but too much 'holiness' is, well, too much

Will post my cleric later

L.S.

[Treebore]

Was gonna go paly, but too much 'holiness' is, well, too much

Will post my cleric later

L.S.

There are 5 of you, maybe you can play a third Paladin, we already have a cleric as well:

Daisy, the cleric (human level 7 chaotic good) 36 hit points


16 Strength prime +2

14 Dexterity +1

15 Constitution +1

13 Intelligence +1

18 Wisdom prime +3

17 Charisma prime +2



Spells Memorized:

Zero level: light (3) , detect magic (1), detect chaos etc (1)

1st level: bless water (1), cure light wounds (3), sanctuary (1)

2nd level: consecrate (1), lesser restoration (1), silence (1), daylight (1)

3rd level level: cure serious wounds (3), dispel magic (1)

4th level: healing circle (1)


Free armor and weapons:

full chain suit +2 ac 8

weapon silvered magic +2 heavy mace


Flasks and Scrolls:

flasks holy water (2) 60gp 2lbs 2

4 potions of heal

scrolls 1 restoration (level 4), 1 consecrate (level 2) 2 cure serious wounds (level 3)


Magical Presents:

ring of shooting stars 9 300gp

Figurine of wondrous power: Bronze Griffon 10 000gp


Mundane-ish stuff:

backpack 2gp 2lb

wolfsbane ` 2gp . 1lb

mmtinder box 1gp 4lbs 2

flint and steel 1gp . 5lb

bandages 10 wounds 5sp 1lb

waterskin 1gp 4lbs 3 (1 gallon)

rations 1 week 3gp 7lbs 4

bed roll 1sp 5lbs 3

small mirror 10gp .5lb 1

winter clothing set 5gp 6 lbs 4

expert buckler (shield) +2

silver holy symbol



riding horse & gear


movement 30

turn undead range 60 1 d 12 (+2)

melee bonus to hit (+3) str +2 magical mace +2 = 7 (d20 +7)

ac = 10 + 10 (armor) +1 (dex) = 21 for one foe but ac = 19 for >1 foe

weapon damage 1d 8 + 2 (strength bonus) + 2 (magic bonus) = 1d8 + 4

[Treebore]

Oh yeah, Kayolan makes 6 players.

[LordSeurek]

Nah, got cleric mostly done now and its my fav class, lol

2 questions:

1. Do you allow Cure Moderate as a 2nd level spell (not in PHB and most, as u know HR it)

2. Do you allow spells to be instantaneously converted to curing spells ( like convert Prayer to Cure Ser Wounds) ?

Thanks.

[Kayolan]

I'll play a wizard, will post character soon. Also, how many spells does my character begin with?

[Treebore]

Nah, got cleric mostly done now and its my fav class, lol

2 questions:

1. Do you allow Cure Moderate as a 2nd level spell (not in PHB and most, as u know HR it)

2. Do you allow spells to be instantaneously converted to curing spells ( like convert Prayer to Cure Ser Wounds) ?

Thanks.

To "replicate" game play as closely as originally intended, I am going by the book with this game. So none of my incredibly awesome house rules will be used in this game. So the short answer for both of your questions is "no".

[Treebore]

The only rules deviation from C&C I am doing is on movement. We will do it more like 1E AD&D. So you are not limited to 15 and attack, you can do 30 feet. Spell casters can move in the same round in which they cast spells.

If anything else changes it will be in favor of how it was done in 1E. Like I mention above, this is to replicate the game play to be as close as possible to what was originally intended. Since it was written for 1E, that will be my guiding factor for any rule changes and rulings I make during game play.

[LordSeurek]

Name:Lady Corhana
Campaign: Treebore's Ravenloft
Level 7
Race: Female Human
Class: Cleric
Deity: Pelor (or some other goodly god)
Movement: 30 ft
Allignment: Lawful Good
XP: 70,001

Age: 53 years old
Height: 5ft9
Weight: 126 lbs

Abilities:

Str: 13 (+1)
Dex: 15 (+1)
Con: 16 (+2) Prime
Int: 14 (+1)
Wis: 18 (+3) Prime
Cha: 17 (+2) Prime

HP: 52
AC: 23


Combat:

Attack: Flail:1d20+3(bth)+2(magic)+1(str)=1d20+5
Damage: Flail:1d8+2+1=1d8+3


Gear:

+2 Full Plate Armor -- Includes Great Helm (+10 to AC)
Expert Large Steel Shield (+2 to AC)
+2 Light Flail


Potions of Choice: (4 Free)

Gaseous Form
HealX2
Restoration


2 Scrolls (12 Levels worth Free):

Prayer (3rd), Magic Circle v Evil (3rd)
Restoration (4th) , Sanctuary (1st) , Shield of Faith (1st)


Spells: 5/5/4/3/1

0: Detect Evil X2 , Detect Magic X2 , Light
1: Cure Light Wounds X 3 , Detect Undead , Protection from Evil
2: Consecrate , Lesser Restoration , Silence , Speak with Dead
3: Cure Serious Wounds X2 , Dispel Magic,
4: Healing Circle


Misc Magic Equipment:

Phylactery of Undead Turning
+2 Cloak of Resistance


Basic Equipment:

Backpack
Bandages, 20 wounds
Bedroll
Belt
Blanket
Canteen
Chain
Crowbar
Grappling Hook
Hammer
Holy Symbol, Silver
Holy Water 10
Lantern, Bullseye
Marbles, 25
Mirror, Small Steel
Nails, Iron, 50
Oil, 5
Pitons/Spikes
Quiver, Score
Rations, 1 week
Rope, Silk, 50'
Scroll Case x 2
Soap, 2
String (50')
Tent, small
Tinder Box
Winter Clothing Set
Wolvesbane
Prayer Beads 2
Sack, Small
Sealing Wax
Garlic

Riding Horse with gear

Raw Hit Point Rolls:
8, 5, 3, 8, 5, 4, 7

[Treebore]

This may be interesting, a male player playing a female PC, and a female player, playing a female PC. Which will do the better job, I wonder?

For those who don't know, Aergraith's wife will be playing with us. It is her cleric I posted.

[LordSeurek]

This may be interesting, a male player playing a female PC, and a female player, playing a female PC. Which will do the better job, I wonder?

For those who don't know, Aergraith's wife will be playing with us. It is her cleric I posted.

Haha, we will be the sisters of the light

[LordSeurek]

8 years ago, the widow of 30 years saw her only son; Alexandros enter the death lands of Count Strahd von Zarovich.
Like so many before, none returned. Whispers reach the lost woman that her son may have survived as his body was the only not found on a raid by 'holy men', that retreated when overwhelmed by Strahd's minions..

Lady Corhana dusts off her old Phylactery, dawns her much used and dented plate armor and meets a band of hopefuls that wish to once and for all destroy the dead walker.

Will Corhana find any clue of her son? Will she survive the biggest quest of her long life? Its been 28 years since she has left the comforts of home, on the adventurers path. She was very good at what she did one time ago; casting down enchantments to banish evil and protect her companions.

Picking up scrolls and potions and very old backpack filled with necessities for the trip, she closes the door behind and pauses. "Pelor", as she looks the the heavens, "one more time I beg of you. Guide my heart as you always have". With a sigh, she slowly closes the door and looks north, to the mist covered lands where evil runs supreme.

[Treebore]

Hey, that Alex guy sounds like a statue that can be found on the Ethereal plane under a certain set of stairs in Castle Ravenloft!