Monday, December 15, 2025

Ox ---> Tiger --->Rabbit --->Dragon --->Snake Campaign Session #204

 Himmelstaub & Krell's Etheric Artifice Atelier

 

 

 

Session 204- A Return to Barovia Part 54; Lamordia 3

12/6/2025

  • After leaving Osterhagen’s, Drasha notices a man following the party 

    and she alerts Tim to the situation as they walk over to Himmelstaub 

    and Krell’s Etheric Artifice Atelier to look at magic weapons, armor, 

    and consumables.  Tim takes note of the man as they enter the shop 

    and discretely tells Fecus once they are all inside.

  • Professor Otmar Krell sells out his entire inventory to Rams and 

    closes the shop early for the day.  They purchase Grave-insulated 

    Brigandine armor and the Galvanic Stabber for Victor and they buy 

    out the assortment of small/consumables such as Suspend Death 

    Ampoules, Frostpulse Grenades, Mist-surveyor Chalk, and 

    Revenant Syringes.

  • The Follower stands across the street from Himmelstaub and Krell’s 

    as Rams exit, so they cross the street to confront him verbally, 

    but he doesn’t speak or respond in any way.  Doesn’t even blink.  

    He frankly looks frozen and dead, but appears to breathe a little, 

    in a mechanical way.  After no response verbally and no aggressive 

    moves towards the party, Shelby tests it by casting Heat Metal to see 

    if it causes any effect, which it doesn’t appear to have any metal that 

    that spell would effect.  They surmise it’s a surveillance device and 

    leave it be.

  • They ponder buying a few conventional weapons for poorly equipped 

    members like Fritigern and Drasha, but Fecus ends up equipping 

    them from his own inventory. Tim says “That’s so Minotaur.”   They 

    have fitting and repairs of those items completed at the conventional 

    armory for some gp.

  • Afterwards, back at the coffin hotel, they bump into Valan, who has 

    been drinking at the Laughing Golem today.

  • Watches set and no encounters.

     

     

    Perchance Prompt 12/11/25 A small steampunk occult items shop with 

    an assortment of small/consumables such as Suspend Death 

    Ampoules, Frostpulse Grenades, Mist-surveyor Chalk, and Revenant 

    Syringes., horror concept art 

Monday, December 8, 2025

Ox ---> Tiger --->Rabbit --->Dragon --->Snake Campaign Session #203

The Salty Corpse

 

 


Session 203- A Return to Barovia Part 53; Lamordia 2

11/29/2025

  • For the sake of discretion, Fecus has the stranger from the mists, 

    Valan, get off the magic carpet and walk into Neufurchtenburg.

  • Rams wind their way through the bustling mining town (on the 

    verge of a small city) and find an inexpensive inn called the 

    Salty Corpse, a coffin-style hotel.  Tim has a “AAA” card from 

    the “MIner’s Union” and gets a discount for the rooms.

  • The team go in search of food and beverage and end up at 

    The Laughing Golem, a tavern run by the elderly, but spry 

    Fleta Himmelreich.  Rams are astounded at the beer, wine, 

    and liquor selection and Fleta mixes a drink to order for each 

    member after Tim offers to buy a round for the whole tavern.

  • Drasha quietly notes a well-dressed woman slinks out when the 

    info is confirmed that Rams are visitors from beyond the mists.

  • Rams learn a few things while drinking and eating sandwiches:

    • There was a scandal involving the scientist, Dr. Viktra 

      Mordenheim and her team resulting in the mists closing 

      the borders.  They were banished from Neufurchtenburg.

    • Ever since the borders closed, trade has been nearly 

      impossible.  Many worry about the coal stores.

    • The Schult is weak.  If he were serious, he’d ask the 

      scientists to find a way through these strange mists.

  • The well-dressed woman, Rohesia Frey, re-enters The Laughing 

    Golem and approaches Tim and Fecus and extends the invitation 

    of Shult Ulrich Herzewalde to visit his townhouse.

  • Rohesia tries to hurry Team Rams, but they stretch it out and get 

    a second round and feed Valan another sandwich before he looks 

    like he’ll pass out, then they send him back to the Salty Corpse 

    and then they follow Rohesia up to the Schulthaus.

  • The Schult is direct in his request for help in finding some 

    scientists.  He thinks that Rams could find the assistant of 

    Dr. Viktra Mordenheim, Dr. Yonas Savitch.  He  offers a 50 GP/party 

    member purse up front with a promise of 100 GP/ party member 

    more after delivering the message to Dr. Savitch that they need his 

    help finding Dr. Mordenheim.  Shelby casts Augery and gets the 

    result of Weal, so the team agree to the job, thinking it might help 

    lead to finding their ally.

  • Rams go back to the Salty Corpse and set watches which are 

    uneventful except some rowdy drunkards come stumbling back 

    when Gugula sits 1st watch.

  • Next morning, Rams set out to sell some inventory and go to 

    Osterhagen’s Jewelry and Gem Market first.

     

     

    12/2/25 Perchance Prompt coffin-style hotel in a fantasy steampunk 

    frozen city background, horror concept art 



Monday, December 1, 2025

Ox ---> Tiger --->Rabbit --->Dragon --->Snake Campaign Session #202

Entering Lamordia

 

 

 

Session 202- A Return to Barovia Part 52; Exit Barovia, Enter Lamordia 1

11/22/2025

  • After the tumultuous and chaotic aborted wedding, watches are set 

    and a nearly uneventful night passes.  No encounters, but,

  • The members of Team Rams dream of an alien landscape 

    dominated by an impossibly tall mountain.

  • After breakfast the next day Fecus gets to work building a sun 

    shaped effigy to harness the power of the 3 gems.

  • The magic-users enact the ritual to bring forth the new sun-shaped 

    being.  It snaps into existence with a crackling plasma-like 

    appearance of pink, red, and purple energy.

  • Concerned that they didn’t see him at breakfast, Rams visit Clovin 

    and try to re-assure him and comfort him while he grieves deeply 

    for Vasilka.

  • Tira gives a Blessing to the members of the party that are leaving 

    Barovia.  That includes Ezmerelda, Fritigern, Gugula, Fecus, 

    Drasha, Victor, Tim, and Shelby.

  • The team ride east past Tser Falls, the gallows, the village of 

    Barovia, and the eastern gate of the land of Barovia.

  • After several hours moving through the cold disorienting mists, 

    the team encounters a lost commoner wandering.  They listen to 

    his ravings of dangers and horrors before wrapping him in cloaks 

    and blankets and Fecus puts him on the Magic Carpet and tows it 

    behind his horse.

  • Near the end of the afternoon, the team wanders out of the mist 

    into a snowy frozen bog.  “We’ve coyote’d our way through the mists.”

  • They pick their path through the bog with no encounters, making 

    their way towards a smudge of haze on the eastern horizon in the 

    hills that they speculate is a town or village producing wood or coal 

    smoke.

  • Just as the sun sets, they reach the gates of the mining town of 

    Neufurchtenburg.

     

     

    Perchance Prompt 11/26/25 fantasy adventurers on horseback 

    riding slowly across a frozen bog towards smoky hills, 

    horror concept art 



Monday, November 24, 2025

Ox ---> Tiger --->Rabbit --->Dragon --->Snake Campaign Session #201

 

Madame Eva's Tarroka Reading

 

 

Session 201- A Return to Barovia Part 51

11/15/2025

  • Madame Eva approaches Tim and Fecus and gives them some 

    of the pieces of Patrina’s backstory that they didn’t get because 

    they didn’t work with her brother Kasimir.

  • Madame Eva gives the party a Tarroka reading that indicates the 

    powerful Patrina might have fled to another Domain of Dread.  

    Along the way they will need to visit Bluetspur, Darkon, Borca, 

    and Lamordia to receive information, tools, and an ally.

  • Cyrus suggests that Vasilka should be buried in the courtyard.  

    Tira performs the rites for the burial.

  • Fecus is planning to build an effigy of a sun to make the new 

    entity powered by all three winery gems.

  • The Vistani guests leave.  The burgomasters offer their help if 

    needed then leave.

  • Rams eat the wedding dinner as a funeral dinner for Vasilka.

     

     

    Perchance Prompt 11/17/25 A middle-aged gypsy woman gives 

    a tarot card reading to a group of adventurers in a gothic castle, 

    horror concept art 




Monday, November 17, 2025

Ox ---> Tiger --->Rabbit --->Dragon --->Snake Campaign Session #200

 

Morgantha crashes the wedding.

 

  

Session 200- A Return to Barovia Part 50

11/8/2025

  • The morning before the wedding ceremony the PCs take a few 

    moments to reflect on how they feel going into the wedding.

  • Fecus is oriented towards getting through the wedding, taking 

    Strahd out of Barovia, and returning home.

  • Shelby is concerned for the safety of everybody involved in 

    today’s event and wants to return home.

  • Tim is excited to deal with Strahd.

  • Gugula is ready to fight.

  • Fecus asks Ezmerelda for a favor after she leads Rams out of 

    Barovia and the Mists.  Could she bring the 3 gems back to the 

    winery in Barovia?  She agrees.

  • Fecus then checks in with Cyrus regarding the food for the 

    reception.  He is relieved when Cyrus tells him that Ismark 

    took care of the catering.

  • Tira, who is officiating the wedding in the chapel, gets to the 

    part where she asks if anyone objects to Ireena (Vasilka) 

    marrying tiny puppet Strahd.  Unfortunately for everybody, 

    there are some objectors.

  • Patrina Velikovna shows up to stop the wedding and, 

    uncoordinated to her and her brother Kasimir Velikov, 

    Morgantha’s coven shows up with the real Ireena as a hostage.

  • Patrina wins initiative, followed by Morgantha’s coven, 

    and Rams going last.

  • Patrina casts Time Stop, rips Ireena’s (Vasilka’s) chest open 

    pulling out her heart that encases the Pink Gem from the 

    Wizard of Wines, and throws the heart at Morgantha, picks 

    up tiny puppet Strahd, and then she Misty Steps to the balcony 

    of the chapel.

  • Offalia freaks out and Plane Shifts away.

  • Fecus enables his Fire Flying power that was a gift from the 

    Sovereign to fly towards Morgantha’s coven.

  • Tim Magic Missiles Patrina, then begins to follow her.

  • Semyon and Fritigern move to protect Freek, Myrtle, and 

    Arabelle.

  • Shelby asks Rabe Voron to manifest and help Team Rams.

  • The Abbot shifts into Daeva form and flies after Patrina to 

    attack her.

  • Patrina Teleports away from the interior of the castle with 

    tiny puppet Strahd.  Her brother Kasimir covers her retreat.  

    They are pursued by Rahadin.

  • Tim abandons the pursuit of Patrina and shifts his attention 

    to the hag coven.  He trades Magic Missiles with them much 

    to his chagrin because Morgantha lights him up.

  • Bella dumps the real Ireena on a foe, then Plane Shifts away.

  • Rams finish Morgantha off.  Fecus retrieves the Pink Gem 

    from her.

  • Lady Wachter and her entourage make a show of leaving 

    the ruined wedding.

  • Tira heals Tim.

  • Clovin weeps over Vasilka’s body.

  • Morgantha killed = 2900 XP

  • Pink Gem

  • Tim and Fecus each receive 966 XP

  • Gugula and Shelby each receive 483 XP

     

     

    Perchance Prompt 11/14/25 A hag casts magic missile at 

    a group of adventurers in a gothic chapel, horror concept art