Curse of Strahd

Curse of Strahd is a very established (voted most popular) campaign setting with a horror theme for DnD 5e written by Tracy and Laura Hickman that I have adapted in order to enhance certain aspects of the adventure/story.

• Levels: 1-15
• Milestone XP/lvls

Startup

• Make a character on the DnD Beyond sharing
• Level 1
• All official sources are ok - if unsure: check
• Point buy abilities
• Automatic hit points
• You gain one additional feat of your choice
• Choose 3 grants of aid (can choose the same multiple times) that you'll receive after aiding Daggerford and agreeing to aid the area further still:
  • (Ducal of Daggerford) - 1 weapon silvered by the local blacksmith (or 20 pieces of ammunition)
  • (Ducal of Daggerford) - 1 potion of Greater Healing
  • (Order of the Gauntlet) - 1 potion of Heroism
  • (The Harpers) - 1 scroll of Remove Curse (or choose freely any 1st lvl spell scroll)
  • (Emerald Enclave) - Pouch with 4 Infused Belladonna Berries (1 round after after eating and for the next hour: +2 to any saves against the curse of lycanthropy and if you or an ally kills a werewolf you gain Inspiration)
  • (The Retinue) - Pouch with 4 vials of Holy Water
  • (Lord's alliance) - 1 scroll of magic weapon (or choose freely any 1st lvl spell scroll)
  • (Black Network) - Pouch with 4 vials of Low Quality Serpent Venom (2d6 instead of 3 and unsellable)
• Try to keep background connected to another player's character or a little bit open-ended to make it easy to tie appropriate details together later

Please note

• Don't accept to play if you are not comfortable with horror-y themes, which include death, undead, body horror and the like. DO inform clearly if there are any themes you want to exclude before starting!
• The people of this campaign setting only very rarely meet characters of other races than human and a (very) few elves, so anything other than that WILL be very noticed and in some cases seen as unwelcome guest in the lands.
• The area is fairly low magic in the settlements and it may be hard to get supplies at times.
• Not everything that looks evil is evil and not everything that looks good is good. But it's a sort of good indicator.
• Just because you are ALLOWED to be a damphir does not mean it's a good idea. Could be interesting or could be a pain.
• Having at least ONE character with atleast limited healing and/or divine skills is useful - not a requirement.
• Not everything that looks dead is undead.
• If Blinsky is not involved, there is no fun to be had.