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COMING SOON! The rest of the tale! MSD's RAVENLOFT RED BOX CAMPAIGN (2015 - 2021) EPISODE #1 - "Dawn of the Scarlet Sun" (Ravenloft adaptation) EPISODE #2 - "The Awakening" EPISODE #3 - "The Turning Day" EPISODE #4 - "The Created" EPISODE #5 - "Ship of Ho...

EPISODE #10 - "A Deep and Creeping Darkness" Remnants of the PCs past romp through Karg remained, so they were indiscreet and well-disguised. Previous ally Bandersnatch helped maintain their cover long enough for them to infiltrate the previous scene of the crime. Their stop-over at the l...

EPISODE #9 - "CLAIM THE DEAD" [adventure interlude by MSD] After the events of "Hour of the Knife" followed by my own "Year of the Knife", the PCs were understandably on edge. I thought it might be wise to refresh their memory as to their initial core goals, lest they ...

YEAR of the KNIFE (an MSD Original Adventure) In the Summer of 2002 I finally had the courage to undertake a full-length Ravenloft campaign. In name, setting, and official canon - not just themes and vibes that I bit for my entire homebrewed campaign anyway. I vowed I would take my players on a Tour...

HOUR of the KNIFE (climax) Time within the Mistz has no meaning. I stand upon the precipice of a new dawn yet again, but first I must gaze back at the smoldering wreckage of my past. Namely - the demise of my Red Box Juniors Campaign and how this particular module played a major part. Let me lay it ...

HOUR OF THE KNIFE [part 1] Yes, Gonzoron! That's exactly what I'm looking for! Thank you very much! I've downloaded them both. Lord P, these are some really good thoughts. Something juicy to sink into. I'll show you how I will incorporate this as the sessions unfold. I'm currently 2 sessions down in...

So there we have it. Up to current day campaign. About to embark on Hour of the Knife cuz I think that happens in 742 on the timeline. I haven't even finished reading the whole thing yet LOL Has anybody played this before? I watched some Jack the Ripper stuff to get pumped and are amazed at the meti...

:shock: MSD?!?!? Returns???? Great to see more of your story! Thank you, old friend! I came back because I need your help. I'm almost up to present-day in my campaign, so I'm hoping y'all might be able to help me coordinate a good strong adventure timeline heading up to the Grim Harvest. I know I h...

Holy cow, the man's alive! Quarantine's bringing everyone of the woodwork.... Welcome back, MSD! looking forward to reading all these updates.... I'm so glad to see my favorite ancient vampire still ruling these halls! So much to catch up on. I am eager to dig in as much as I can. I'm trying to pos...

SHIP of HORRORS Thank you again for indulging me this narrative pleasure. It's a project that I put off for so long, because I insisted my kids be the ones to keep the journal diary going this time around. But that never happened, and with everything going on now I felt it imperative to get a lot of...

THE CREATED By this time, we moved the game to our friendly neighborhood New England Comics Store where we pretty much have run of the place on Thursday nights. Mostly Magic players here, though there is another game of friendly D&D players that are older (and louder). All love, and the perfect ...

THE TURNING DAY Back to Gundarak where the Marquis Gavin der Stahlzah has asked for their assistance. Flashback to Episode #1 ("Dawn of the Scarlet Sun") when I introduced young Thomas Zhavov as an NPC to the players. He was the wealthy son of a landowner who absolutely INSISTED on aiding ...

THE AWAKENING I'm still keeping with my loosely-timeline affiliated run of RL Red Box adventures and next up in the cut is THE AWAKENING. This thing is feature-length full story; the first of its kind for my players. This thing went on for MONTHS. Maybe even longer. Ran through a whole assortment of...

[ -- Hello? Is this thing still on? --] We're still rolling; perhaps stronger than ever before. Please allow me to indulge myself: When we last left off, I began my new Ravenloft Red Box campaign using old 3.5E era rules and a Pathfinder adventure called "Dawn of the Scarlet Sun". I rejigg...

I used the "Gathering Information" chapter of the module to give the players a fuller taste of Village Solyss (a homebrewed Level-2 province that was founded in Gundarak, but really belongs to Barovia). In the wake of the Grand Conjunction, Strahd has been encouraging military conquests an...