Blood of the Vine After narrowly escaping The Death House in the last session, the party are invited for a drink at the village tavern by a young man named Ismark. On the way to the tavern, the party caught a delicious scent of meat and herbs, and spotted an...
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Curse of Strahd DM Diary - Session Two
Exploring The Death House
Durst Manor After a brief encounter with Strahd in the last session, my players arrived in the Village of Barovia where they were led to a manor by two sobbing children. The children, Rose and Thorn, told the party that their baby brother was alone in the nursery upstairs. I...
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Curse of Strahd DM Diary - Session One
Welcome to Barovia
You Start in a Tavern! My journey as a Curse of Strahd DM began, as many great adventures do, in a tavern. Specifically, at The Lady’s Luck tavern in the town of Daggerford. I decided on using the Secrets of the Tarokka adventure hook by DragnaCarta, so my players all...
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Creating a Vistana PC for Curse of Strahd
During my Session Zero for Curse of Strahd one of my players told me they wanted to play as a fortune-teller. I felt this was a perfect opportunity to tie their character into the adventure by making them a Vistana, they agreed to my idea, so we set out to...
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Waterdeep Dragon Heist: Final Thoughts
Several months ago, I began my journey as a DM by running Waterdeep Dragon Heist for a group of friends, and last week we finished the adventure. I decided on WDH because I frequently saw it recommended for new DMs or players, and the story seemed straightforward but interesting. While...
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