Campaign of the Month: February 2023
The Domain of Dread Council Meeting
Welcome to Ravenloft!
Home to famous stories like Curse of Strahd, and the forever skirmish wars of Vecna and Kas the Domains of Dread are a place where nightmares live.
You are no adventurer.. no you are a ruler of your own Domain of Dread!
Locked in a forever board game of Risk where each of you are trying to get the one over your neighbors
For in Ravenloft FEAR is power, and the more fear you wield the more powerful you become.
Recently however there has been a turn, a blossoming of new domains of dread that the old guard consider well.. rather rubbish.
People don’t fear Vampires or Zombies like they used to and so the Council has formed to try and resolve the loss of fear
it’s as if people no longer Dread you anymore!
To solve this a unlikely alliance of Vecna , Strahd von Zarovich, Tasha the Dark, Daniel Daybringer and a invisible newcomer have decided the only way to solve the problem is to teach people to fear once again.
But while they may have near-unlimited power and ego’s
it turns out that they may well be their own worse enemies….
Campaign Links:
Character Sheets | DND Beyond | https://www.dndbeyond.com/campaigns/2180204 |
Virtual Tabletop | Roll20 | https://app.roll20.net/campaigns/details/11221193/domains-of-dread-council-meeting |
Adventure Log/Legend Lore | Obsidian Portal | https://thedomainofdreadcouncilmeeting.obsidianportal.com |
Voice Chat | Discord | Invite Only |
CUSTOM RULES/HOMEBREW:
*IMPORTANT STUFF: | The Rule of UNcool * | Pause Rule * | ||
CAMPAIGN RULES: | Character Creation * | Setting Information | How Levelling works for Dreadlords | Inspiration System |
EXPANDED RULES: | Death Curses | Rules of Names | Comedic Timing | New Spells, Feats and other Homebrew |
The Original Council of Dread
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Strahd von Zarovich | Tasha the Dark | Vecna the Whispered One | The Invisible Person | Daniel Daybringer |
The New Dreadlords
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Dreadlord of Shadows? | Assterion | Koran |
Party Pets/Summons:
Name | What is it | Owner | Source | Status |
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Bruce | Bull | Daniel Daybringer | Daniel promised to free Bruce during the events of Cyre-1313, alas he did not succeed | RIP |
Sir Bonesalot | Vampire Skeleton | Strahd | Raise Dead cast on Vampire Skeleton found in The Ashen Wastes | RIP |
Who cares? | Zombie Horde | Vecna the Whispered One | Vecna also has Raise Dead and used it to create a zombie horde using his Necromancer skills | RIP |
Good Boys | Shadow Wolves | Strahd | Strahd has the ability to summon a Pack of Shadow Wolves | Regenerates each time |
Assterion | Vampire Skeleton | Strahd | Raise Dead cast on the remains of Assterion after Strahd killed him | RIP |
Milly and Molly | Vampire Cows | Strahd | Two Vampire Cows that survived the initial fight at Ravenloft Castle and now under Strahd’s command | UN-dead and loving it! |
Adventurers who have Joined the Party on Side Quests
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Original Daniel Daybringer | Verdan Crowle | Mollymauk Tealeaf | Valrick Human |
Known Domains of Dread
The Ravenloft Remix List of the known of the Domains of Dread
Number | Name | Dreadlord | Session Visited | Adventure Log Entries | Themes | Genre |
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1: | Castle Ravenloft | Assterion and Koran | Should be part of Barovia but was set adrift prior to start of campaign, Visited in Session 0, XX-XX | Features in Curse of Strahd in Spaaaaace!, Defeat of Vecna , Revenge of Strahd in Space, The Fight for Castle Ravenloft – Round 1, The Fight for Castle Ravenloft – Round 2, The Fight for Castle Ravenloft – Round 3, The Fight for Castle Ravenloft – Round 4 The Fight for Castle Ravenloft – Round 5, What’s In a Name? | "Classic horror tropes, Fight b/w good and evil and videogame cliche’s | Comedic Horror / Deathmatch |
2: | Death House | The Invisible Man?? Thing?? Person?? | Visited in Session 1 | Featured in The Meeting of Dreadlords | Haunting | Comedic Horror |
3: | Barovia | Strahd von Zarovich | Castle Ravenloft is no longer part of Barovia – see 1, Barovia is yet be visited | Mentioned in The Meeting of Dreadlords Catching the ‘Ghost Train’ | Vampires/Unhealthy Relationships | Gothic Horror |
4: | The Domain of Awesome | Daniel Daybringer | Not yet Visited | Mentioned in The Meeting of Dreadlords | Unknown | |
5: | The Elements of Dread Cluster | Various – see 6, 7, 8 | Visited In Session 1 | Features in Lost in the Mists | Phobias | Psychological Horror |
6: | The Endless Fall – Elements of Dread – Acrophobia | None? | Visited in Session 1 | Visited in Lost in the Mists | Existential Dread | Psychological Horror |
7: | Muppetland – Elements of Dread – Pupaphobia | Happy Chappy | Visited in Session 1 | Features in Lost in the Mists | Phobia/Loss of Control | Body Horror/Eldritch Horror |
8: | The Hairy Inn | The Bearded Elf | Visited In Session 1 | Featured in Lost in the Mists | Obsession/vanity | Psychological Horror/Really..really bad Erotica |
9: | Timor | The Hive | Visited in Session 2 | Features in Teen Drama! | Bullying/Creeping Dread | Teen Horror |
10: | Strangerville | Tasha the Dark (Iggwilv the Witch Queen) | Visited in Session 1-2 | Features in Teen Drama!, The Beast Below, Meet the Parents, Why every party needs a healer | Nostalgia/Loss of Innocence | Psychological Horror/Dark Fantasy |
11: | Cyre-1313 : The Mourning Rail | Queen Dannel of Cyre and Norran d’Cannith | Visited in Session 3-5 | Features in Why every party needs a healer, Catching the ‘Ghost Train’, 999 Carts Long, Love and Monsters, Man vs Machine, First Class Upgrades, End of the Line | Cold War Paranoia with Robots and AI | Post-Apocalypse / War / Scifi |
12: | Cavitius | Vecna the Whispered One | Visited in Session 6, 7-11: | Featured in The Ashen Wastes, A Matter of Time, Defeat of Vecna | Undead / “End of the World” / Dark Sun if it was like.. even MORE dark/inhospitable? | Disaster Horror IN SPAACE! |
13: | The Carnival of Dread | Madam Isolde ‘Boss of the Carnival’ | Visited in Daniel’s Choice part 1 | Features in Daniel’s Choice, A Light in the Dark, The One Rule Above All | Recovery, Hope and Acceptance of Differences | Dark Fantasy |
14: | The Place of Shadows | Dreadlord of Shadows? | Visited in Daniels Choice part 1 | Features in A Game of Shadows | Darkness/Jump Scares | Eldritch Horror |
15: | Tovag | Kas the Bloody-Handed | Yet to be visited | Mentioned in The Ashen Wastes | Vampire-Nazi’s?!? | Unknown |
XX: | The Place Within | “Her” | Visited in Session 16 | Featured in What’s In a Name? | Demiplane Prison accessed via Tasha’s Guide to the Planes | Prison of the Mind |
Notable NPCs/PC’s
Enemies of Strahd:
| Ireena Kolyana | Queen Dannel of Cyre | Norran d’Cannith | Assterion | Koran |Captain Adelaide Cholmondeley |
Allies of Strahd:
| Sir Bonesalot | Good Boys – aka Strahd’s Pack of Wolves | Augustus Ivor | DarFunkus |
Enemies of Vecna:
|Kas the Bloody-Handed | Vocar the Observant | The Serpent |
Allies of Venca:
| Alberta of Athas (Drowberta) | Norm | Vocar the Observant ?? |
Enemies of The Invisible Man?? Thing?? Person??:
Madam Isolde ‘Boss of the Carnival’
Enemies of Tasha the Dark (Iggwilv the Witch Queen)
| Koran | Most of the upper/lower planes? |
Enemies of Daniel Daybringer
| Alberta of Athas (Drowberta) |
Allies of Daniel:
| Bruce | Madam Isolde ‘Boss of the Carnival’ | Alberta ‘Banana’ Banathantis | Amelia ‘the vampiress’ | DarFunkus |
| Mollymauk Tealeaf | Norm | Verdan Crowle | Queen Dannel of Cyre |
The Domain of Dread Council Meeting Comments
Congratulations to the whole team on winning Campaign of the Month. A well deserved effort for a bold campaign straddling several parameters of the D&D universe. Great design work throughout the campaign, and a really interesting interview!
twigs
This campaign has a nice creepy feel to it. I love the way the little pics appear when you hover over the links.
twigs
How to join the campaign > sign up to Obsidian Portal – then either hit ‘become a fan’ or send me your username so I can send you a player invite.