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Battle of Valliaki

Long story short, they decided they were going to kill the Baron and held true to their promise. We all despise combat so we were all very happy that it took maybe thirty minutes and about ten minutes of that was me playing the various NPCs fighting each other and sometimes attacking the PCs. Combat shout-outs: Jem immediately went to help Lydia out of the situation Seneryx cast toll of the dead on the Baron and took out several guards Gordan (But at that moment, Qerek) stopped hiding for a moment and cast Hideous Laughter on the Baron which very much helped the rest of the battle Fiona Watcher (an NPC) landed a nat twenty on suggestion to make the Baron put HIMSELF in the noose which led to.. Eira fully hung him. After that, Fiona declared that she would sacrifice Viktor next but he killed her very quickly. That only happened because one of my players is head over heels for Viktor along with his list of NPCs he told me he was romancing. Viktor declared that Valliaki was going to be a democracy so he could go with Seneryx (and the party too he guesses) They left, going on the road to the Vistanti camp to return Arabelle! Also, they leveled up! Level six!

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The Reason for This Insanity

My current players staged a coup against their previous DM and traded him in for me, someone who has never DMed before but has a passion for gothic shit. During this past summer, I had a few friends come to me asking if I could DM for their Curse of Strahd campaign. I knew their DM, I had actually played with them as a guest character one session, and I fully understood their reasoning. So of course I said yes. We've had two sessions so far and I think it's insane enough to make a blog dedicated to it. For some background on the PCs, they're below the cut!

My players and their characters are insane. They each have secrets but only one of them uses Tumblr and he said I can share everything about his character. If one of my lovely players is reading this..buzz off. You'll find this shit out soon, I'm sure. Gordon Cobnabbit- He's a depressed, alcoholic gnome bard with what the player calls 'shitty DID.' Their previous DM had gotten him killed in the Death House which made him absorb all of the souls inside of the house. The player's current goal is to have enough to make a guess who board and it's really funny. (if wanted, I can probably make a post about the souls trapped in this pathetic gnome jester) Eira (Kiera)- She is an undead 7-foot-tall seventeen-year-old who was dead for twenty years. Eira lost all/most of her memories from before her death, but she knows that Ratka killed her. She's a part of the Vistani, with Madame Eva as her grandmother. She also carries a fucking undead head, like a madman. Jem- A poor religious tiefling, low-key rejected by her church. Her parents abandoned her to a church of the Morninglord where she was constantly put down because she was a tiefling. She despises fighting and the idea of causing someone's death. Jem constantly is overcompensating by trying so hard to be happy and get people to join her church. The girl needs a therapist. Seneryx- Holy shit ya'll. Seneryx has a lot of issues and is the one who has the most secrets. The player also is obsessed with Curse of Strahd/ Strahd point blank so he has so many ideas about how to make the module better so of course I agreed. Seneryx was born in Barovia as an unwanted dhampir. He was dropped off at the Abbey of the Dark Order where he was raised to worship Strahd and kind of be an angsty prick. He's constantly fucking and low-key in a romantic relationship with Strahd. The party thinks the Order wants to take down Strahd and that his goal in the campaign is to kill Strahd. It's very much not.