They play D&D in survival mode "we need water" words I believe we have never used in a campaign at home.

I'm not sure why sometimes Aerthy, and only Aerthy, occasionally has his token rotate wildly in every which direction, but somehow it feels very in character.

Truffle is a gem. I hope nothing bad happens to the little guy.

of all things for the party to obsess over in the Death House, I love that the fear of dehydration was their top priority

@DragnaCarta

3 жыл бұрын

proper hydration is very important 😤

@simplyclover7410

2 жыл бұрын

Hydrate or die-drate

The party is going to be in death house for weeks. And I love it! 😄

This is so good. I love the play style of not worrying about progress, but story. The interview interludes are wonderfully too, this one was great.

I absolutely love the reactions of the players at the revelation of Aerthrandir's class and the HDYWTDT for Caoimhe against the armor.

The role-playing is fantastic, great interactions between all the players.

Love the character banter/interactions and thanks Dragna Carta for all you’ve done in the reddit! My COS party thanks you!

Raven: "Azarath metrion zinthos." Metrion: "What?"

This Party: Spending 2 sessions trying to figure out an elaborate way of getting rid of the Animated Armor. My Party: Destroying the Armor in 3 Turns.

@OmegaEnvych

Жыл бұрын

Same with mine. But then wizard provoked shadows and only fighter managed to stay alive. And eventually Shambling Mound ate wizard. Party was no sad about it.

@Indigo1218

5 ай бұрын

I'm all for role-playing but I was Jesus just go up the stairs

That moment with Caoihe and Truffle was a horror flick classic. What a fun way to interpret a failed check.

Here in 2024 just now beginning this series after running this module last year.

I love that in the planning stage they all assume this a water barrel. The dm just said a barrel was in there. Love the fact that water got inserted somewhere and character that was actually in the room never corrects them by saying she doesn't actually know what if anything is in said barrel. Cant wait to see this play out. I am loving the death house played this way. Very different from just walk in, check every corner of every room, roll perception and appraise on everything, grab everything that isnt nailed down that will sell, and kill everything that gives xp. Keep up the great work guys.

I have never in my life seen people struggle so hard with that armor.

As the Mage Hand spun around the armor all I could think of was "One more pass"

@shaulkramer7425

Жыл бұрын

Maybe they should have wound the fishing line around the legs?

Stumbled onto this series all be it alittle late. But this is awsome!! Just wonder why Amity does medicine checks with disadvantage. Definitely gonna run this campaign with my group next.

@herbybrew

11 ай бұрын

I’m guessing it’s because of the level of exhaustion she accrued?

Oh man, when Aeri tells his friend (via his sending stone) "I'm not coming home" -- MY HEART. (Also, mechanics question... Dragna, do you give a full long rest to elf characters when they trance for four hours? Or is it just a short rest?)

@cshairydude

3 жыл бұрын

Can't speak for Dragna, but the PHB (p. 23) says: "After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep."

"It's a trap for good people"

The DMs description at the end is fantastic. Makes me want to get into this module all the more. Very good so far.

why cant my players be like this propably because they arent dms, note to my self only get forever dms as players.

I'm getting serious jonesy vibes from truffles.

The clue reference 😂

What would someone have to do to play a Curse of Strahd game with either Mandy or Dragna? Screw Klondike bars, this is my REAL want.

Is heavy sigh a claw they rolled or are they asmatics. I like it, sigh. They have good idea, sigh.

@laughingpanda4395

13 күн бұрын

Idk why but it seems to be a crutch for RP. I've dm'ed for so many players who constantly sigh instead of saying uhhhh or ummmmm. It's a stall technique until they can finish their thought process for what their character may say. I've never seen an entire group do it so often though.

the voices are a bit low. and when the players scream, my ears are bleeding. besides this aspect. looking forward to finishing the campaign. gl

@rCurseOfStrahd

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, we were still working out the kinks at the start. Audio should get better as the campaign progresses.

Can anyone tell me what the intro music is? Loving this series so far!

What's the name of the song you play in the beginning that has a pipe organ?

what is the intro music for this episode?

What is the name of the website you use to host the games ? Looks brilliant !

@dominik1993sagner

7 ай бұрын

Should be foundry, link in the description

in my group of friends, I'm the only one who plays dnd and i have trouble finding my own group.. any tips? I find it hard finding one in Roll20 :((

@davidmazurek3929

3 жыл бұрын

Just invite your current friends to play. Unless you've already tried that, then try work friends. You may have to DM and there's usually some weeding out of flaky individuals but you're bound to find 3 or 4 people to play.

@TheWorldBelowDnD

3 жыл бұрын

I think it's r/lfg (looking for games) that specializes in helping people with this sort of thing... Barring that, see if there's a local games store near you?

@cocoonman

3 жыл бұрын

Pay a DM.

@skinny0408

3 жыл бұрын

There are also some discords with lfg options, but it can be hard to find a DM for a specific module. Makes it alot easier if youre DMing

Way too drawn out.Are you kidding?This group loves role playing a little too much.This module would take 10 years to complete,lol.Its decent role playing though.

I really hope you guys are amazing voice actors and nothing like these people in real life but why play characters that are annoyingly whiniey and scared of everything.

@laughingpanda4395

13 күн бұрын

The idea behind this campaign is that the pcs are regular people who aren't heroic. They have class levels but they take on the mindset of commoners who eventually grow into heroes. It makes for fantastic character growth and storylines but it can be a little frustrating to watch them over think everything and run from encounters most parties finish in 3 rounds.

Comical role play is not good role play sorry your all DM'S characters scared of their shadows really

@Arcticmaster1190

Жыл бұрын

If you recall the expectations put out in the first episode, the player characters are not heroic. They are normal people thrown into this realm that become heroic. So yeah, as normal people, at level 1, they are not going to rush into a problem and possibly get killed. They’re going to be afraid of things that are truly monstrous. The roleplaying of this game is actually pretty spot on for me, but I can get how this pace can be a bit slow for you and the reactions to not just run toward the fight can be… infuriating. But this group is more focused on the storytelling of escaping Barovia rather than the glory of fighting the vampire.

@RoadAveku

Жыл бұрын

Not to mention that they are all dms that are trying to no ot meta game the module despite all of them knowing curse of Strahd intimately. Thats acting talent.

@thedoctorbob7

8 ай бұрын

​@@Arcticmaster1190I understand this to a point, but there is such a thing as over roleplaying. They took four hours between this session and last session to decide they were going to fight the animated armor. That's excessive. You can montage some of that at that point for the sake of progress. As a DM watching this as part of my prep to see how some of the RAW encounters run and how to present them, it's very frustrating even at 2x speed.

@Arcticmaster1190

8 ай бұрын

@@thedoctorbob7 That’s how it is sometimes. 😅 Players are going to go overboard with how to approach a problem (or just wing it and bash it in, which is just as frustrating for the DM). Though I would say, if I hadn’t done already- they’re role playing average joes as opposed to our usual heroes. If you ever see how people act when thrown into extraordinary situations like a moving armor or similar things, they’re going to take an eternity to do one thing until they get into knowing how to react. It might have even been something that the players themselves were figuring out at the time- the average Joe, likely isn’t decked out like a hero with the good armor to tank and the good weapons to fight (and the players weren’t- most of them had Leather armor for AC, one weapon and No dedicated healer). These guys had to play like if they weren’t careful, they were going to die. The pace slowed considerably because of that, because to them the bravest of them all is likely the one who would die first. The nicest would be taken advantage of. The most honest would be lied to (hence why everyone was basically floundering at first with who to trust). But hey, it’s likely that you don’t have a group full of cowards and liars. 😅 That was ultimately the Achilles heel of this group’s roleplay. People typically want heroic types, not a group of cowards. That is what slows the game down- especially if you want them to roleplay like their characters are IN a super dangerous situation and not just bull rushing it to get to the next scenario. Hence why they fought the armor but NOT the Specter.

@thedoctorbob7

8 ай бұрын

@@Arcticmaster1190 I understand they're Rping average joes, but my point is that they could have just summarized "we continue arguing this way for another 40 minutes before stilling ourselves and deciding to go after the animated armor", instead of literally continuing to talk about whether the obviously magical mist was magical or not for 40 IRL minutes. Like at least for the purposes of presenting the session to the audience. It's just not riveting content to have them talking about nonsense for this long, at least from my perspective. And I watch quite a few DND streams and have DMed for quite some time.