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Re: Upcoming DM Events
« Reply #50 on: April 20, 2022, 01:06:09 AM »




"I was infinitely lost standing at the edge of oblivion before she came into my life. An empty void that has finally been filled after two lonely decades. I know not what the night holds in store for us, but it is a comforting thought to finally share that concern with someone I have come to love."

~Lord Peiter von Khorvich



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Recommended Levels: Any
Recommended Classes: Any
Risk Level: Moderate - High - The plot is already on going. Best way to get involved is through existing characters already in the plot, or to keep your eyes and ears open. You never know when you might get swept into the story ;)
% until plot is ready: 100%
% of plot completed in game: 100% Finished!
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Re: Upcoming DM Events
« Reply #51 on: May 30, 2022, 09:21:45 AM »
To Reap and Sow: the Silent Fields


At length I remembered the last resort of a great princess who, when told that the peasants had no bread, replied: "Then let them eat brioches."

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Confessions

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Domains: Dementlieu, Richemulot, Borca
Levels: All. High level PCs must be considerate of others involved.
Classes: Any
Alignments: Any.
Risk Level: High.  Potential for consequences up to and including closure, depending on involvement and choices.
Themes: Politics, Murder, Famine, Warfare, Lies, Manipulation.
How to Get Involved: Involve yourself with key NPCs, answer IC notices.
% until plot is ready: 100%
% of plot completed in game: 100%

Fin.
« Last Edit: February 02, 2023, 08:38:54 PM by DM Indolence »
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Re: Upcoming DM Events
« Reply #52 on: June 20, 2022, 08:44:17 PM »
Flyers begin to mysteriously appear across Vallaki, even reaching so far as the Tser Pool and the Keep of the Dyad.

Where they come from, no one can tell. For each one taken down or removed, another two take its place. No one sees who or what is placing the mysterious flyers.

Each flyer is beautifully decorated with elaborate colors. Stare too long, however, and the words and shapes on the flyer become hypnotic and entrancing. The images themselves seem to waver and shift, and the words flicker and change from one moment to the next. Moreso, what appears on the paper seems tailored different to every individual. To some, the expectation of great thrills and excitement. To others, the irresistible draw of curiousity. To yet others, a dark and foreboding promise.

There are however, some distinct words that can be made out by every one who reads the flyer. Words prominently in bold that imprint themselves into the vision of all those who read the magical flyers.


CARNIVAL - COMING SOON


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Domains: Barovia
Levels: Any.
Classes: Any
Alignments: Any.
Risk Level: ?
How to get involved: Come along and enjoy the show. Running on the weekend of July 1st - 3rd.

((Edit - this event has been delayed. Will post updated dates when available.))
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Re: Upcoming DM Events
« Reply #53 on: August 05, 2022, 04:36:01 AM »
THE BLACK DUKE


“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
- Edmund Burke


Domains: mainly Barovia, Hazlan, Har Akir, Sithicus, Nova Vaasa
Recommended Levels: All
Classes: All
Alignments: Any
Risk level: generally mid - in certain rarer situations extremely high
Themes fiendish horror and exploration
% until plot is ready: 100%
% of plot completed in game: 100% - plot is over
How to get involved: There are traces of fiends out there you just have to keep your eyes and ears open and look closely...
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Re: Upcoming DM Events
« Reply #54 on: October 26, 2022, 12:18:56 AM »
(NCE) The Outbreak



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Domains: Barovia
Recommended Levels: All
Classes: All
Alignments: Any
Risk level: Mid-High
Themes: Infection, body-horror, pain
% until plot is ready: 100%
% of plot completed in game: 75%
How to get involved: Look for the signs (Or send me a forum PM)


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Re: Upcoming DM Events
« Reply #55 on: December 11, 2022, 08:46:37 AM »

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Domains: Barovia
Recommended Levels: upto 13
Classes: All
Alignments: Any
Risk level: low - in certain situations medium
Themes: Golems, Galvinism, Creation Horror, Monster hunting
% until plot is ready: 100%
% of plot completed in game: 100% - Plot is completed

How to get involved: Listen for rumors and strange goings on. Or send me a PM

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Re: Upcoming DM Events
« Reply #56 on: March 19, 2023, 09:29:08 AM »
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The Shadow of Blight
The land is sick. The land remembers.
Something stirs in the woods of Barovia.The balance of nature has been tipped. Who can stand against the land when it desires to consume?

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Domains: Barovia
Recommended Levels: Any level
Classes: All
Alignments: Any

Druids, Rangers and Nature aligned Clerics might enjoy it most but the plot is open to any and all races/classes/alignments/levels.

Risk level: Medium to high - There is the possibility of permenant conesquences to characters that get invovled and there is a small chance of Perma Death.
Themes: blight, sickness of the land. Infection.
% until plot is ready: 100%
% of plot completed in game: 100%
How to get involved: In game events. Listen for rumors and happenings.




THIS EVENT IS COMPLETED


« Last Edit: September 11, 2024, 07:12:59 PM by DM Brimstone »

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A Dance in the Orchard [NCE 2023]
« Reply #57 on: August 27, 2023, 03:22:46 PM »
A Dance in the Orchard [NCE]


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Once again that fearful bellow—
‘May a hornet come and sting you!
Hush, you naughty little fellow,
Or the Noonday Witch I’ll bring you!
 
Come for him, you Noonday Witch, then!
Come and take this pest for me!’—
In the door into the kitchen,
Someone softly turns the key.

— Karel Jaromír Erben, Polednice

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Domains: Barovia
Levels: NCE
Classes: Any
Alignments: Any
Risk Level: High.  Potential for consequences up to and including closure, depending on involvement and choices.
Themes: Barovian Folk Tales, Agriculture
How to Get Involved: Involve yourself with key NPCs, answer IC calls for aid
% until plot is ready: 100%
% of plot completed in game: 100%
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Re: Upcoming DM Events
« Reply #58 on: October 28, 2023, 07:20:51 AM »


White Howl - NCE PLOT by DM Locust and DM Despot

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I think... I think I smell meat down that mountain. Fresh, and far more inviting than the game we've been chasing.



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Domains: Barovia
Levels: NCE 8-14
Classes: Any
Alignments: Any
Risk Level: Low (Could escalate to medium depending on players' choices.)
Themes: Monster Hunting, Scouting, Battle
How to Get Involved: Take the wrong (or right!) turn up the mountains. Rumors. Scouting.
% until plot is ready: 100%
% of plot completed in game: 100%


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Re: Upcoming DM Events
« Reply #59 on: November 22, 2023, 02:49:24 PM »


Of Lost Time and Retribution

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Here... even the walls have ears, and secrets don't stay buried forever.



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Domains: Barovia
Levels: Any
Classes: Any
Alignments: Non-Lawful Preferred
Risk Level: Medium (May escalate based on player choices and interactions.)
Themes: Mystery, Morality, Crime
How to Get Involved: Look for IC signs, contact via forum/discord
% until plot is ready: 100%
% of plot completed in game: 100%

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Re: Upcoming DM Events
« Reply #60 on: November 27, 2023, 09:03:52 PM »

'We thank thee, O Morninglord, for this beautiful dawn and the glory of your new day...' - Martyn Pelkar
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Domains: Barovia
Recommended Levels: All
Classes: Clerics, Favoured Souls, and even Paladins of the Morninglord will find their capabilities quite useful in this story. All other classes are welcomed though.
Alignments: Any alignment within the good sphere.
Risk level: Medium risk. Actions have consequences and risk is always but a factor when dealing with the night.
Themes: Morninglord, Barovian Culture, Undead, and Prophecy
% until plot is ready: 100%
% of plot completed in game: 0%
How to get involved: Be apart of the Cult of the Morninglord faction or their close allies.
« Last Edit: February 20, 2024, 07:46:46 AM by DM Despot »
"Morninglord?" - Martyn Pelkar

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Re: Upcoming DM Events
« Reply #61 on: May 31, 2024, 03:14:22 PM »


The Velvet Canvas

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From the Finer Things to Fundamental Truths
Smile Again



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Domains: Dementlieu
Levels: Any
Classes: Any
Alignments: All
Risk Level: Medium (May escalate based on player choices and interactions.)
Themes: Art, Mystery, Slow Pace, Politics
How to Get Involved: Get involved in any capacity with the Velvet Canvas IG / Send me an OOC message
% until plot is ready: 100%
% of plot completed in game: 0%

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Re: Liliacul Negru
« Reply #62 on: July 10, 2024, 07:41:48 PM »
LILIACUL NEGRU
The Black Bat of Barovia

“Donning the cloak of noapte, wings like a snake’s hide enveloped the moon,
Casting shroud upon the land and welling dread in the souls of the wicked and impious.
Destruction and pestilence emanated from the buffeting of its flight,
Keening and lamentation, all that remained in its wake.”

- Mythology & Folklore of Barovia, Vol. III


Domains: Barovia
Recommended Levels: All
Classes: All
Alignments: Any
Risk level: High
Themes: Monster hunting, fear of the night, old folklore, survival horror, escape, man vs. predator
% until plot is ready: 100%
% of plot completed in game: 50%
How to get involved: The beast is on the hunt.. and will likely find you.


The Black Bat of Barovia has returned.
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Re: Upcoming DM Events
« Reply #63 on: July 21, 2024, 06:27:09 PM »
THE RED RIOT TOURNAMENT
A SPECTACLE OF BLOODSPORT & MAYHEM
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Boss Resker "Knives" Ratta, ever the purveyor of chaos in the underbelly of the Drain, has succumbed to a deep and relentless boredom. Driven by a ravenous hunger for anarchy and violence, he has decreed a new spectacle to quench his cravings. Thus emerges the RED RIOT tournament, a ruthless bloodsport designed to incite mayhem and draw challengers from every corner of the Core.

Participants will be thrust into three weight class brackets: Blood, Viscera, and Carnage, each escalating in its ferocity and bloodshed.

In this spectacle of violence, challengers will clash in a best-of-three, single-elimination format.

The victors of each weight class will not only earn the right to bask in their newfound glory as a RED RIOT champion but will also be rewarded with a prize of their choosing from Boss Knives' own horde of coffers.

Whether as fierce competitors or eager spectators, all who attend are promised to witness a grand spectacle of carnage and entertainment.


Domains: Barovia
Recommended Levels: 6 - 20
Classes: All
Alignments: Any
Risk level: ???
% until plot is ready: 100%
How to get involved: Red Riot Tournament Registration
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Re: Upcoming DM Events
« Reply #64 on: August 11, 2024, 10:34:57 PM »
LAMENTATIONS OF THE DYAD
The Sacred Labyrinth Beyond The Gate

Quote from: Words of The Grand Herald
Heed the words of the Grand Herald, you whom are of the Lost, for I carry portends from beyond the Gate.

In the depths of the Sacred Labyrinth, where reason is but a distant memory, an ancient one stirs.

It lies dormant in the Other World, yearning for release, seeking to unravel What-Is and What-Should-Be.
It is without name. It is beyond time. Yet the hour of reckoning draws near.

For it is foretold, twenty souls among the Lost, neither more nor less, will cross the threshold into the Other World.

There, in the mirror where reality twists and frays, you will find it… and you will put it to slumber.

For if you do not, All-That-Is-Known will unravel, and All-That-Is-Known will return to oblivion.

Whence the last grain falls, it shall awaken.
Whence the last grain falls, the Gate unseals its ancient bonds.
Whence the last grain falls, it opens way into the Sacred Labyrinth; for those numbering twenty in all.

Choose wisely among you, for the path is narrow, and what lies beyond is not meant for mortal minds to comprehend.

Choose wisely among you, for those who fall in the Other World, shall not ever return.

Domains: The Mists
Recommended Levels: 15 - 20
Classes: All
Alignments: Any
Risk level: Permadeath
% until plot is ready: 100%
How to get involved: Investigate the rumors. | Countdown timer.
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Re: Upcoming DM Events
« Reply #65 on: October 05, 2024, 04:48:48 AM »
(Oc)cult of Personality
2024 Halloween NCE Plot

“Knowledge forbidden? Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their Lord Envy them that?  Can it be a sin to know? Can it be death?”
-John Milton, Paradise Lost


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Domains: Barovia
Levels: 2 - 10
Classes: Arcane classes; predominately wizards, but some bards and sorcerers with aspirations for esoteric knowledge could fit.
Alignments: Any, though good alignments may find themselves particularly challenged or endangered within the plot.
Risk Level: High.  Players involved should prepare themselves for potential consequences (up to closure) depending on their involvement and choices.
Themes: Epistemophilia, Occult, Corruption, and Temptation.
How to Get Involved: Look for IG clues, investigate rumors, be a good sport (in winning or losing), and be willing to accept risks.  AMPCs or AMPC concepts who would like involvement can send me a forum PM.  Players interested can send a forum PM to me with their character’s background, objectives, and fears.  As usual, I’ll prioritize players that are new or have yet to be involved in a DM plot before.
Be mindful that my typical online times are late night to early morning CST (~9/10PM – 2/3AM CST) and most events/interactions will occur around those times. If you cannot be present during those times, you’ll likely be unable to participate.
% until plot is ready: 100%
% of plot completed in game: 100%
NOTE:  Those participating should be aware that Barovians are highly superstitious of magic.  If longevity is the desire, one should be aware of that and operate with discretion in-character.  If you choose to do otherwise, I simply ask that you are prepared for any consequences which should occur and be a good sport about what transpires.


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Re: Upcoming DM Events
« Reply #66 on: October 09, 2024, 02:26:17 AM »
THE GHOSTS OF ZEIDENBURG
Gundarakite Rebels NCE 2024 Plot

Quote from:  A Comprehensive History of Gundarakite Uprisings, 779 - The Ghosts of Zeidenburg
There are whispers that stir in the winds of Barovia, tales of a shadowed group whose name has long haunted the western reaches of the land — the Ghosts of Zeidenburg. Their story, as elusive as the figures themselves, stretches back to the days when Gundarak still stood, and the iron grip of Strahd had not yet fully claimed the region. The Ghosts were once led by Ubul Szerieza, brother to the famed rebel Ardonk, a man as feared as he was revered among those who sought freedom from tyranny.

The Ghosts of Zeidenburg were not a mere band of insurgents. They were spirits of vengeance, slipping through the night like phantoms, striking with brutal precision and then vanishing, leaving only death and disorder in their wake. Their mastery of the forests and wilds of Barovia was said to be unmatched, their bodies as one with the shadowed alley and the leaf.

Yet for all their brutality, they were whispered to steal from the wealthy Barovian elite, redistributing stolen taxes and riches to the downtrodden Gundarakite people. For some, the Ghosts were more than terrorists; they were champions of the oppressed, watchers in the dark who sought to restore balance where there was none. In villages where Strahd’s grip was suffocating, their covert deeds sparked hope for their people.

In 767, the head of this vengeful serpent was cut off when Ubul Szerieza was captured and executed. His death marked the apparent end of the Ghosts, or so the Barovian authorities claimed. For years, the Ghosts were little more than rumor, a distant echo of radical dissent. But now, in the year 779, murmurs have begun once more.

Some say they are led by a new, unknown figure who claims to continue Ubul’s legacy. Others speak of the Ghosts operating independently, driven by personal vendettas and a thirst for revenge.

Perhaps they are merely stories, resurrected by desperate men.

Or perhaps, as with all things in Barovia, the last spirits of a dead country do not rest so easily and the Ghosts of Zeidenburg rise again, more dangerous and elusive than before.

Domains: Barovia
Recommended Levels: New character concept
Origin: Human only
Classes: Any stealth class or multiclass
Alignments: Non-Lawful preferred
Risk level: Permadeath
% until plot is ready: 100%

How to get involved:

This plotline is open to applications only. A prelude will be run for approved character concepts. While there may be opportunities for extended play beyond the NCE, be prepared for a short-lived character due to the high-risk nature of the story. Expect difficult moral choices, intense action, and a high likelihood that your character may not survive. Participation in this plot assumes opt-in for PvP.

For those interested in applying, please use the following form and send me a forum PM:

Spoiler: The Ghosts of Zeidenburg - Application Form • show
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Are we necessarily and specifically Gundarakite in origin?
Yes, the majority of the Ghosts of Zeidenburg are Gundarakite patriots. While there may be rare exceptions, such individuals will never attain leadership roles within the cell. Gundarakite applications will be given priority over any non-Gundarakite applications.

Can we be certified rebels already, instead of just strangers or mercenaries looking to join the cause?
Yes, your character can already be a part of the resistance. The Ghosts are made up of highly trained operatives, some of whom may have been handpicked or recruited from other cells or organizations. However, keep server rules in mind - your character’s background should reflect what can be reasonably accomplished by 2nd level (no overpowered backstories).

Do we need both Balok and Luktar as starting languages (requiring 12+ intelligence scores or early language skill investment)?
Yes, Luktar is required.

Will trappers be useful for the plotline?
Yes, trappers will be potentially useful.

Will heavy magic use be appropriate? (e.g., Ranger/Beguiler/Bard transitioning to Wizard/Sorcerer/Warmage)?
Yes, magic use is appropriate.

Does the human race limitation include Half-Vistani?
Half-Vistani are acceptable, but note the preference for Gundarakites (see #1).

Will guns be off-limits as part of the Ghosts' modus operandi?
Yes, guns and sapper explosives conflict with the Ghosts' focus on stealth operations. They prefer silent weapons. While black powder may be used for specific objectives, it's not typically deployed in regular combat.


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The Lachrymal Catacomb
« Reply #67 on: November 19, 2024, 01:36:24 PM »
The Lachrymal Catacomb



Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
- Plato

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Domains: Dementlieu
Levels: Any (High level PCs must be considerate of others involved.)
Classes: Any. Clerics of the 3rd Sect will find unique opportunities.
Alignments: Any
Risk Level: High. Potential for consequences up to and including closure, depending on involvement and choices.
Themes: Archeology. (False) History. Religion. Politics.
How to Get Involved: Involve yourself with key NPCs, answer IC calls for aid, favor considered action over brute force.
% until plot is ready: 100%
% of plot completed in game: 40%
« Last Edit: December 05, 2024, 09:34:04 PM by DM Indolence »
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