onsdag 9 mars 2022

A DnD Tale: Curse of Strahd: Argynvostholt

The Great Stone Dragon!

Continuing the adventure they have all met up in the inn. My sisters explain how they ended up in Castle Ravenloft and how they needed to return to the mayors mansion in order to free the captured man and get more knowledge about what's going on in the house. Katrina and Cygnus in their turn tell them about the festival that descended into chaos when one guard was about to be arrested for laughing at the pitiful experience, but pretty much was saved as Rictavios circus tiger was set loose. Which Cygnus and Katrina had to help so that also could escape. They followed Rictavio to to Van Richten's Tower (which frankly is a stupid name for the tower since he's supposed to be incognito and it should have the name of wizard that built it which also keeps the information away from the players when they look at the map). There they aid Van Richten (who know reveals himself) and Ezmeralda in fighting off a pack of werewolves (which is the werewolves the members of the Silverhawks have been searching for). They beat them and then return back to the inn and the story intersects again.

So they decide that next morning they visit the mayor's house again, that is in turmoil since someone have attacked their son in the attic. Which allows them to do a proper investigation of the scene, but most things have disappeared, probably due to the son having removed the evidence. My sisters hints that it might have been the Wachter family, that the mayor instantly jumps on it. With that they leave, leaving the imprisoned man there since they still need to keep a low profile, so they head to Van Richten's Tower instead. They are able to figure out the trick to open the door and climbs to the top and then heads out again. Nothing else to do they head toward the Argonvostholt, the destroyed home of the Order of the Silver Dragon.

They arrive and begin going from room to room. They avoid the spiders in the damaged part of the mansion, they find an injured elf that was looking for a girl that have disappeared from the Vistani camp, and they are haunted by strange visions and unknown entities stalking the corridors. A curtain closes every time they open it, they see the vision of the lord of Argonvolthost, whispers from the dragon is heard and they even saw a vision of Ismarks decapitated head. They also meet the revenants of the knights that were part of the order of the Silver Dragon. They learn about the destruction of the mansion and the stolen skull of Argonvolt, the silver dragon. One of the Revenants is sir Godfrey Gwilym that decides to join them (as foretold in the card reading), which the other revenants at the table agree to keep it a secret from the commander. As they prepare to leave a black carriage appear with an invitation to dinner at Castle Ravenloft with the lord himself. They all get in and of it goes toward maybe the final confrontation.

I'm thinking about holding a little dinner at the castle next time. They arrive at midday and meet Strahd posing as Strahd IX and let them settle in a bit, maybe trying to explore until 20:00 and dinner is served. So maybe we will end this campaign and continue in another. I assume they would like Dragon Heist since they really started liking the emporium idea, and what better place to continue that thread with a treasure of  500 000 gold?

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