Great video! I noticed you referred to Tatyana as Strahd's former lover when she was going to marry Sergei. Is that lore outside of CoS? I'm curious if that's a lore point I hadn't heard or if it was a script error.
@FlutesLoot Glad you enjoyed the video! Ahh, that was a bit of a script error! I think my mindset when writing that bit was "Strahd would see Tatyana as his past lover and would probably portray her as such." Unfortunately, I don't think that translated too well. Thanks for alerting me to this!
@@DnDWalkthrough Actually if you go by I, Strahd, one of the primary sources for modern lore for CoS, yes they were lovers, kinda. After Sergei's death he tried to manipulate Tatyana into coming to him, and it nearly worked, they kissed, but then she came to her senses and threw herself from the cliff. With Marina, the first reincarnation of Tatyana Strahd found, he managed to effectively once again manipulate her and stand in himself for her past life's memories of Sergei, but she was stoned to death by the Burgomaster to prevent her becoming a spawn of his. With each reincarnation of Tatyana, Strahd tries to seduce her, sometimes he is successful, sometimes not, but either way she is taken from him each time. In the second I, Strahd book, the final words one of Tatyana's reincarnations utters is "Sergei". So from this you can interpret whether or not Strahd and Tatyana were technically lovers. From Strahd's perspective they were (dude cant take a fucking hint to save his life), but from Tatyana and her reincarnations, probably not? Though a couple reincarnations of hers acted as a lover to Strahd for a time before they were taken.
It may seem overwhelming but Curse of Strahd is such a fun experience that I'm sure will be worth the effort! Best of wishes to both you and your party!
Very entertaining. Definitely a shortened version of the overall campaign but fun to listen to nonetheless. The great thing about this campaign is how different it is everytime it is run. With Madam Eva's card changing the locations of important items and people the story is never the same way twice. Curse is by far the best WOTC published adventure module.
VELMA: "And the vampire Strahd von Zarovich is... (pulls off mask) CAST (in unison): "Old man Jenkins?!" SCOOBY-DOO: "Errrrr?!" SHAGGY: "Zoinks Scoob." STRAHD: "Yeah... and I vould have gotten avay with it too, if it vasn't for you meddling keeds!!!" Sorry... someone had to do it. I've done a Halloween Ravenloft.... it was AWESOME!!!! LARPing recommended!!!!
Intersting, so this is how it should have gone. By the end of the campaign, we wanted stardh to come back since he was a protector that brought peace to the land.
@@LeonF90V No, no... the Dracula's are the fourth castle, further down the street, just passed the Lestat's, that Sesame Street Count von Count's castle, and then Count Chocula's... happens all the time.
@@LeonF90V That miserable blade! It's somewhere in my castle... you may, but only IF you can find it and still leave alive?! (Cue "Bloody Tears" organ music) Yet another volunteer... for the nightly March of the Dead procession at the stroke of every Barovian midnight. Muuuuhahahahahahahah!
Thanks for the kind words! CoS is an absolutely great adventure and I'm sure your players will love it. Wishing you the absolute best on your future DMing career!
What an epic stroy! I played it in 3rd edition (maybe 10 years ago)with lots of changes. With this video I will play it again! I will incorporate Jeren Sureblade, the character of the 80s AD&D gamebook (which i know better than Van Richten).... too many ideas, great video.
Question. As a player, why would they agree to get the sword for Strahd though? And how should I go about handling players who don’t take lightly to being threatened?
Some players won't and that's fine too! In my opinion, Strahd will just use the players to locate and obtain the sword for himself. I think for players who don't take lightly to being threatened, I'd kick them around for a bit until they give in or adamently refuse against a threat. One of the themes of Curse of Strahd is the feeling of hopelessness. If your party eventually gives in, then it furthers the idea that everything is hopeless. If they overcome the consequences, I'd view it as overcoming the despair in Barovia! That's just my take on it though.
Thanks so much for the subscribe! While I'm glad you enjoyed it, I'd highly recommend doing the card reading!! It adds such a fun element to the adventure that makes it soooo unique and I personally love it. Regardless, I wish you the best on your run and hope you have a yourself blast!
there are countless re-tellings of this classic. Our game is evolving in a much different way than yours did. The with covenant is taking central place in the narrative
@@DnDWalkthrough A friend of mine and myself have a huge collection of 1st and 2nd edition. I think IMO they went overboard with changing the way the game works with the changes after this period. I looked at the newer stuff as it started to come out and it just wasn't the same for me personally. As someone who struggles with maths it was too many variables to keep juggling.
I really wanted to know the story cause I got the campaign from my friend who used to DM this campaign but he moves to Canada so I'll have to campaign it unfortunately and not experience it myself as a player 😢
It's been a long while since i ran this but I believe it was over the course of a few months? My friends and I tend to goof off and converse when we gather so we don't get too much done in a given session!
I think I need to redo this video lol. It was just a quick re-telling of CoS that included bits of the story that I found important to make a cohesive story. It's based on the order my group went through CoS but I left out Murder House cause, story-wise, I kinda found it pointless? Nevertheless, I should really redo this to include the whole CoS adventure!
I had Strum do it. Strahd's youngest brother who is barely talked about. After Strahd killed his older brother he threw him from the top of castle ravenloft with the sun sword in hand. He had his minions attempt to recover it, they told him it was gone. Strum picked it up and fled to a safe location. Later he realizes the sword is sentient. With little allies in Ravenloft, the sword spoke to him and told him that he would need to forcefully bring strong destined heroes from planes outside the mist to Ravenloft. He undergoes a summoning ritual and does exactly that seeking their aid.
Because they might be invited by a plea to help, or they might be following werewolves through the mists, or they might be taken there bybthe vistani, if I recall correctly the adventure hooks from the campaign.
I actually joined Strahd as he saw me as a fit successor so I also became a vampire and killed my party and let him marry Irina and retire in peace as Klaus the cleric now rules over Barovia
FWIW the module doesn't really tell it like this. It's much more sandboxy and the sense of a linear narrative conveyed in the video really isn't there in the book. Plan to have your own campaign emerge from the actions of your players rather than a series of events described by the book. But honestly none of the 5e campaigns really make sense as a linear story out of the box, so they all need to be grounded in the events that actually happen at the table. Usually the things your players do will give you ideas to glue things together more sensibly.
Great video! I noticed you referred to Tatyana as Strahd's former lover when she was going to marry Sergei. Is that lore outside of CoS? I'm curious if that's a lore point I hadn't heard or if it was a script error.
@FlutesLoot
Glad you enjoyed the video!
Ahh, that was a bit of a script error! I think my mindset when writing that bit was "Strahd would see Tatyana as his past lover and would probably portray her as such." Unfortunately, I don't think that translated too well. Thanks for alerting me to this!
@@DnDWalkthrough makes total sense; he would see her that way.
@@DnDWalkthrough Actually if you go by I, Strahd, one of the primary sources for modern lore for CoS, yes they were lovers, kinda. After Sergei's death he tried to manipulate Tatyana into coming to him, and it nearly worked, they kissed, but then she came to her senses and threw herself from the cliff. With Marina, the first reincarnation of Tatyana Strahd found, he managed to effectively once again manipulate her and stand in himself for her past life's memories of Sergei, but she was stoned to death by the Burgomaster to prevent her becoming a spawn of his. With each reincarnation of Tatyana, Strahd tries to seduce her, sometimes he is successful, sometimes not, but either way she is taken from him each time. In the second I, Strahd book, the final words one of Tatyana's reincarnations utters is "Sergei". So from this you can interpret whether or not Strahd and Tatyana were technically lovers. From Strahd's perspective they were (dude cant take a fucking hint to save his life), but from Tatyana and her reincarnations, probably not? Though a couple reincarnations of hers acted as a lover to Strahd for a time before they were taken.
Thanks soooo much for the captions! It's so difficult for Deaf DMs to find accessible CoS content!
YES, I agree! I wish DnD to be enjoyed by all and do my best to accommodate! I hope you are able to find more CoS content to enjoy!
I'm planning on running Curse of Strahd, but the module just seems so overwhelming. This really helped simplify everything, thank you!
It may seem overwhelming but Curse of Strahd is such a fun experience that I'm sure will be worth the effort! Best of wishes to both you and your party!
Very entertaining. Definitely a shortened version of the overall campaign but fun to listen to nonetheless. The great thing about this campaign is how different it is everytime it is run. With Madam Eva's card changing the locations of important items and people the story is never the same way twice. Curse is by far the best WOTC published adventure module.
This Halloween my party will be playing.
Scooby-Doo and The Curse of Strahd
Haha, I love it! Barovia is a great setting for a Halloween themed adventure. Hope the Mystery Gang prevails through the Curse of Strahd!
VELMA: "And the vampire Strahd von Zarovich is... (pulls off mask)
CAST (in unison): "Old man Jenkins?!"
SCOOBY-DOO: "Errrrr?!"
SHAGGY: "Zoinks Scoob."
STRAHD: "Yeah... and I vould have gotten avay with it too, if it vasn't for you meddling keeds!!!"
Sorry... someone had to do it.
I've done a Halloween Ravenloft.... it was AWESOME!!!! LARPing recommended!!!!
@@DnDWalkthrough holy crap you replied!
Im exicted for it got the minis and everything.
@@MarkLewis... I approve this message.
@@strahdvonzarovich... Dude this is awesome
I love what you did with St Andrel's feast
I'm glad you like it!
Intersting, so this is how it should have gone. By the end of the campaign, we wanted stardh to come back since he was a protector that brought peace to the land.
How quaint... do you honestly think you can defeat me?!
Moon Knight: "Strahd... I know you're here, you owe me money you Incel fuck!"
Richter Belmont: BE GONE, MONSTER!
YOU DON'T BELONG IN THIS WORLD--- oh sorry, wrong castle
@@LeonF90V No, no... the Dracula's are the fourth castle, further down the street, just passed the Lestat's, that Sesame Street Count von Count's castle, and then Count Chocula's... happens all the time.
@@strahdvonzarovich... Ricter: Oh dear, my apologies and thank you. But say, can I borrow the Sunsword for a sec?
@@LeonF90V That miserable blade! It's somewhere in my castle... you may, but only IF you can find it and still leave alive?! (Cue "Bloody Tears" organ music) Yet another volunteer... for the nightly March of the Dead procession at the stroke of every Barovian midnight. Muuuuhahahahahahahah!
Thanks, I'm trying to learn how to DM and play CoS soon, this gave me a lot of ideas. Looking forward to see your channel grow!
Thanks for the kind words! CoS is an absolutely great adventure and I'm sure your players will love it. Wishing you the absolute best on your future DMing career!
Christ dude, you're putting out this kinda quality content with only 140 subs? Well, make it 141.
Thank you very much!! It means a ton to me cause it takes me a hot minute to put these out. Welcome and hope you enjoy the channel!
@@DnDWalkthrough I can imagine. I used to run a youtube channel and the editing is really taxing.
And my axe! Make that 142.
Thanks and welcome to the channel!
This is a much better story than my DM gave our group. Lol!
Your journey through the adventure was a bit different from ours but entertaining nonetheless! Thanks for showing us how YOU played out the adventure!
Yeah, the adventure has soooo many options and paths to take! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
This a great idea, I hope you keep creating content!
Thanks for watching!!
What an epic stroy! I played it in 3rd edition (maybe 10 years ago)with lots of changes. With this video I will play it again! I will incorporate Jeren Sureblade, the character of the 80s AD&D gamebook (which i know better than Van Richten).... too many ideas, great video.
😊 pop cr😊y😮
@@fletchertucker9749 hieroglyphs! the mysteries of Strahd have started!
Awesome! You are on to something here. I subscribed. Great content and great format. Keep it up!
Appreciate the very kind words! Glad you enjoy the content as I try to do my best!
WOW! Thanks for the gift man!
Question. As a player, why would they agree to get the sword for Strahd though? And how should I go about handling players who don’t take lightly to being threatened?
Some players won't and that's fine too! In my opinion, Strahd will just use the players to locate and obtain the sword for himself.
I think for players who don't take lightly to being threatened, I'd kick them around for a bit until they give in or adamently refuse against a threat. One of the themes of Curse of Strahd is the feeling of hopelessness. If your party eventually gives in, then it furthers the idea that everything is hopeless. If they overcome the consequences, I'd view it as overcoming the despair in Barovia! That's just my take on it though.
You just earned yourself a new subscriber. Now I'm tempted to skip the card reading and run it exactly as you did in the video. :)
Thanks so much for the subscribe! While I'm glad you enjoyed it, I'd highly recommend doing the card reading!! It adds such a fun element to the adventure that makes it soooo unique and I personally love it.
Regardless, I wish you the best on your run and hope you have a yourself blast!
Nicely done!
Thanks for watching!
there are countless re-tellings of this classic. Our game is evolving in a much different way than yours did. The with covenant is taking central place in the narrative
the original 1st Ed module is great and the 2nd ed Ravenloft version equally awesome
Yeah, I hear lots of great things about the original!
@@DnDWalkthrough A friend of mine and myself have a huge collection of 1st and 2nd edition. I think IMO they went overboard with changing the way the game works with the changes after this period. I looked at the newer stuff as it started to come out and it just wasn't the same for me personally. As someone who struggles with maths it was too many variables to keep juggling.
Please come back and do more of these vids plz
This will help me so much!
Awesome video. Good job.
Thanks! Appreciate it!
amazing thank you
And thank you for watching!
I really wanted to know the story cause I got the campaign from my friend who used to DM this campaign but he moves to Canada so I'll have to campaign it unfortunately and not experience it myself as a player 😢
I sent this to my friend/dm as he couldn’t make head or tails of the module I sent him for his birthday
How long did this campaign take to finish. It seems like everything goes down in only a few days😂
It's been a long while since i ran this but I believe it was over the course of a few months? My friends and I tend to goof off and converse when we gather so we don't get too much done in a given session!
You can do it in 5-10 sessions depends on the group
Did you skip the murder house or did the updated version remove it?
I think I need to redo this video lol. It was just a quick re-telling of CoS that included bits of the story that I found important to make a cohesive story. It's based on the order my group went through CoS but I left out Murder House cause, story-wise, I kinda found it pointless?
Nevertheless, I should really redo this to include the whole CoS adventure!
Oh, and to my knowledge they didn't remove Murder House haha. Imo, they should've
4:18 oh…you mean some people don’t murder the vamp in the basement? Haha😅
Followed!
Thanks and welcome to the channel!
As a DM I still cant understand what is the reason to bring the players to Barovia.
I had Strum do it. Strahd's youngest brother who is barely talked about. After Strahd killed his older brother he threw him from the top of castle ravenloft with the sun sword in hand. He had his minions attempt to recover it, they told him it was gone. Strum picked it up and fled to a safe location. Later he realizes the sword is sentient. With little allies in Ravenloft, the sword spoke to him and told him that he would need to forcefully bring strong destined heroes from planes outside the mist to Ravenloft. He undergoes a summoning ritual and does exactly that seeking their aid.
@@zerolv30000 much better
Because they might be invited by a plea to help, or they might be following werewolves through the mists, or they might be taken there bybthe vistani, if I recall correctly the adventure hooks from the campaign.
@@ollikoskinen1 I adapted
new subber
Thanks and welcome!
"Late 20th century"? Late 20th century horror was dominated by the slasher genre. I think you mean early 20th century horror
You're right! Apologies for the confusion
@@DnDWalkthrough it's okay. I had to point it out as a horror film historian
I actually joined Strahd as he saw me as a fit successor so I also became a vampire and killed my party and let him marry Irina and retire in peace as Klaus the cleric now rules over Barovia
Wow….okay….thats….wow….
@@ghostgirl6746 It was intense and heartbreaking lead to some amazing dialogue and tearjerking moments.
Tbh this story makes no sense to me at all. I thought about running this adventure, but after watching this video I don't think I will.
FWIW the module doesn't really tell it like this. It's much more sandboxy and the sense of a linear narrative conveyed in the video really isn't there in the book. Plan to have your own campaign emerge from the actions of your players rather than a series of events described by the book.
But honestly none of the 5e campaigns really make sense as a linear story out of the box, so they all need to be grounded in the events that actually happen at the table. Usually the things your players do will give you ideas to glue things together more sensibly.
Sounds a little bit railroaded.
Literally every story is “railroaded”.
This is only one of the MANY ways any of these events can go, and CoS is by and large a sandbox module more than anything
You mean linear.
Also: so?