From Barovia With Love is a Dungeons & Dragons module set in the Demiplane of Dread known as Ravenloft.
The story is DMed by TanisJr93 and hosted on his channel on Twitch.
Party[]
- Vive (Megquins) – Satyr Twilight Domain Cleric
- Lily Darya (N3rdyTeacher) – Water Genasi Circle of Stars Druid
- Draven (FloodedBasement) ‐ Dhampyr Oath of Devotion Paladin
- Ira Vela (GeekGirlLyssa) – Fallen Aasimar Path of the Storm Herald Barbarian
- Avishka Corvialus (NimueOfAvalon) – Shadar-Kai Archfey Warlock
- Shayne Feywilder (Capwithoutacountry) – Changeling Hexblade Warlock
Summary[]
Session 1 (08/09/2022)[]
As the party of Vive, Ira, Draven, Lily, Avishka, and Shayne return from a successful mission, they are beset by a mysterious mist that Draven briefly recognizes before it engulfs the group. The six of them are planeshifted and wake again on a dusty road in a wooded area near a small village; they begin venturing toward town, drawn toward the sound of a child crying, and soon find a girl and her younger brother holding a stuffed doll outside a three-story house. The children claim that their parents are trapped inside by a monster in the basement, and that their infant brother is upstairs; Draven immediately heads into the house, followed by the rest of the party.
The group moves through the entrance and main hall, discovering a variety of items marked with windmills and wolves before making their way into the kitchen, where Draven discovers a dumbwaiter with a note written in blood: "HELP ME." They then proceed to the den, where Shayne discovers a book lying on an oak table near a cask of wine; summoning his Pact Weapon in the form of a letter opener, he opens the cover of the book, and discovers his own handwriting and a familiar name. He closes the book, leaving it on the table as the party heads back to the main hall and starts up the red marble staircase toward the second floor.
The groups finds a family portrait of Gustav Durst and his wife Elizabeth, as well as their children Rosavalda and Thornbolt, and their newborn Verrin. They pass four suits of armor and find a library, and Avi searches the desk to find an iron key in a drawer. Browsing the book shelf, Shayne discovers a secret door that opens to reveal a small room containing a wooden chest, its lid closed on a skeleton with three darts embedded in it. He discovers a letter from Strahd von Zarovich to Gustav Durst, three spell scrolls (Bless, Protection from Poison, and Spiritual Weapon), three blank books, the deed to the house, and a will; he takes then all, as well as the three darts. Vive also investigates the servants' room, where they find the dumbwaiter with another note: "CLOSER."
The group continues up the red marble staircase to the third floor where they confront a suit of armor that Ira promptly strikes with her trident. The armor becomes animated and attacks the group, but Shayne destroys it with a Shatter spell that inadvertently strikes Ira as well. The group moves into the master suite, where Vive discovers a jewelry box, three gold rings, and a platinum necklace; Draven, however, finds a mirror in which he sees a woman from his past emerge from the shadows, and Shayne finds the dumbwaiter with another note: "TOO LATE." Avi, Lily, and Ira investigate the nursemaid's suite, where they find a woman rocking a cradle; when Avi approaches the cradle, the woman transforms into a specter and attacks the group, but is destroyed by Vive's radiant attack.
Discovering a secret door in the nursemaid's suite, the group continues upward to the attic, where they find a door locked with an iron padlock. Avi uses the key from the library to open the room, where the group discovers the skeletons of two children on the floor with a stuffed doll that Shayne recognizes as the one that Thor was holding outside. He picks up the doll, causing the ghosts of the children to appear, and then hands the doll to Thor; the children explain that their parents locked them in the room to protect them from the monster in the basement, after which Thor takes Shayne by the hand and shows him to a secret door inside a storage room across the hall.
Thor attempts to compel Shayne to stay with him and Rose, but Ira successfully convinces the children to stay in their room while the party descends to the basement to confront the monster. Ira bundles up the skeletons of the children, and the party proceeds through the storage room into the circular staircase.
Session 2 (08/16/2022)[]
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