So it's time for a brand new campaign, having finished Princes of the Apocalypse we're moving onto a more socialish campaign with Curse of Strahd. A vampirey-dracula-y more horror based setting.

We're cruising through Waterdeep when we encounter a pair of young siblings, Rose and Thorn, who tell us there is a monster in their house. Rolling our eyes we go into investigate their house.

The house is quite a nice one for the town and we take a look around, seems fancy and in good enough condition but we hear a noise from upstairs. The kids told us they had a brother upstairs and since the parents weren't answering our calls we decided to investigate. Rolling through the house we soon find everything is not as planned. The access to the upper levels of the house is guarded by none other than a walking animated suit of armour. We're soon sorely reminded that we aren't the level 13 adventurers of the previous campaign as an incredibly incompetent battle plays out where no one can hit anyone.

All the same we win eventually and continue to the higher levels of the house. At this point it's clear we're on some other kind of plane or world as everything turned grey and dusty for a lived-in house. I checked the balcony and the house had suddenly become surrounded by an impenetrable fog. I attempted to fly out into it and it started to suck the life from me - much to the hilarity of the other players.

We continued to explore until we found the room of the two children who had recruited us to help...along with their bones lying in the middle of the room. After our cleric tried to sanctify the bones the two children showed up, now clearly ghosts and explained that they had been trapped in this room and had not been the ones to recruit us to investigate the house. Seems whatever dark force ruled this place had also lured us here. After a little discussion the children revealed they had been locked in here by their parents who went to try and contain a monster in the basement. We ask the children if they could escape and in response...they tried to possess our Paladin and Witchhunter. Both of whom passed their test forcing them out leaving us with one pouty little girl ghost and one little boy ghost bawling his eyes out. I feel sorry for them so I explain we could use a guide and that we're all probably their only way out. I get possessed by the cowardly little boy and the Witch hunter takes the pouty little girl before we leave the room.

We work our way down to the basement using the secret passages revealed by the ghost kids, finding a couple of other corpses and a letter from one "Count Strahd" taunting the missing parents as minor cultists with a stillborn demon (presumably the missing brother we've been unable to find). All the same the basement appears to be a dark dungeon. We find crypts for the entire family, which sets off the little kid in my head being all terrified. We eventually make our way through to some abomination made of refuse in some kind of cult pit surrounded by chanting.

Our monk eats some unfortunate damage in the fight including a critical and goes down but fortunately between myself and the powerful cleric we dish out enough damage to end the fight immediately after he goes down. Some quick heals later and the ghost children tell us they are free before leaving us of their control. Good deed done we make to get out of our house.

Unfortunately when we return to the main lobby...we find the place filled with horrible poisonous smoke as the GM declares that the house is trying to kill us. The doorways are filled with rapidly slicing scythes and the poisonous smoke is doing damage each turn to us. It's a bit scrappy but with some damage and some healing from our Cleric we barrel through the exit and collapse through the door.

Except instead of being in the comforting city of Waterdeep we find ourselves on the dirt road in some unknown country path god knows where in the world. I have a brief moment to lament the loss of my trusty mule and cart Rodney which I had left back in Waterdeep before the session ends.

Our team:
Gabriel Mercy (Me) - Winged Tiefling, Mastermind Rogue, Guild Merchant
Yes the name is tacky but apparently Tieflings ARE tacky...seriously all the naming conventions are like that. Built myself to be more charismatic than most rogues as I was told the campaign would be more social in nature. My stat rolls...weren't great and as a result I'm pretty squishy. The Mastermind Feature lets me use the help action (make someone roll two dice on an attack/skill check) as a bonus action and within 30 ft instead of 5 ft. Plus y'know...I can fly being a winged demon dude.

Durokon Fairguys - Dwarf Life Cleric, Priest of Soon
Apparently pretty handsome as is befitting of a Priest of what is basically the God of Beauty. Has a very glittery beard and immaculate hair.

Sebastian Braebann: Witch Hunter Half Orc
So our GM allowed a custom class in here, the Witch Hunter one is pretty fitting to the setting considering it's about hunting monsters. Seems mostly based around cutting yourself to bestow various buffs upon your weapon in a tone reminiscent of a Dark Knight in Final Fantasy.

Waxiros Bhhlartir(unspellable name): A Dragonborne Paladin with the Oath of Vengeance.
Fancies himself the "Batman" basically and talks with a voice befitting of one. Oath of Vengeance gives him a bit of a dark tone for Paladins but he's no Oathbreaker.

Racknor: Tall Human Monk on the Path of Shadow.
Basically a ninja with some neat powers to go with it. I like the Monk class and hope to see cool things from this...like disappearing into shadow and teleporting in between shadows...should be pretty handy in a horror/vampire themed campaign.