Monday, October 6, 2025

Ox ---> Tiger --->Rabbit --->Dragon --->Snake Campaign Session #194

Treasure from Castle Ravenloft's Dungeon

 

 

  

Session 194- A Return to Barovia Part 44

9/27/2025

  • The remaining 9 Wights are killed in 3 waves along with 17 total 

    Skeletons.

  • At the conclusion of the battle, Cyrus calls down that the Abbot 

    wants them to come upstairs for dinner.

  • 9 Wights killed = 6300 XP

  • 17 Skeletons killed = 850 XP

  • 2000 CP = 20 XP

  • 2000 SP = 200 XP

  • 2000 EP = 1000 XP

  • 2000 GP = 2000 XP

  • 8 Large Banded Agates 25 GP each = 200 XP

  • Gold Chalice Set with Amethysts 1500 GP = 1500 XP

  • Shield +1

  • Total XP = 12,070 XP

  • Tim and Fecus each receive 4023 XP

  • Gugula and Shelby each receive 2011 XP

     

     

    10/4/25 Perchance Prompt Gold Chalice Set with Amethysts, 

    horror concept art 

Monday, September 29, 2025

Ox ---> Tiger --->Rabbit --->Dragon --->Snake Campaign Session #193

Skeletons

 

 

 

Session 193- A Return to Barovia Part 43

9/20/2025

  • Continuing in crypt 14, Rams open another coffin and fight a Wight.  

    After killing it, Shelby casts Dispel Evil on the 7 Skeletons and they 

    disintegrate back to loose bones.

  • Fight and kill Wights #2 & #3 then 6 Skeletons.  Shelby Heals 

    Fritigern.

  • Fight and kill Wights #4 & #5 then 7 Skeletons.

  • 5 Wights killed = 3500 XP

  • 13 Skeletons killed = 650 XP

  • 9000 CP = 90 XP

  • 3000 SP = 300 XP

  • 3000 EP = 1500 XP

  • 4000 GP = 4000 XP

  • 3 Large Onyx 75 GP each = 225 XP

  • Pair of Painted Gold War Masks 1500 GP = 1500 XP

  • Rapier 1d8+1, +3 Vs. Regenerating Monsters

  • Total XP = 11,765 XP

  • Tim and Fecus each receive 3921 XP

  • Gugula and Shelby each receive 1960 XP

     

     

    Perchance Prompt 9/23/25 skeletons with rusty swords in a cramped 

    crypt, horror concept art 




Monday, September 22, 2025

Ox ---> Tiger --->Rabbit --->Dragon --->Snake Campaign Session #192

Gargoyles Guard Endorovich's Bones

 

 

 

 

Session 192- A Return to Barovia Part 42

9/13/2025

  • Cyrus pops in after Rams kill the skeletons in the Guard’s Quarters 

    and tells them the Abbot wants them to join him for dinner.  They 

    follow Cyrus through a route that reveals a secret door that is behind 

    the pipe organ in the Dining Hall.

  • The Abbot discusses some details of the upcoming wedding such as 

    where the cake will come from and who needs to be invited.  He 

    quietly mentions to Tim and Fecus that Vasilka doesn’t want Ireena 

    Kolyana to be invited.  He’s worried that will offend them, but they 

    don’t think Ireena would have wanted to come to the wedding anyway.  

    The Abbot has had Cyrus make a list of all the rooms in the castle 

    that are the most likely to contain a problem for Rams to clear.

  • After most of the dinner party has gone off to bed, the Abbot remains 

    to have a bit of conversation with Tim and Fecus regarding some 

    concerns he has about the eye shaped pendant Cyrus wears.  He 

    worries it might be an object that can spy on the castle using hag 

    magic.  Tim and Fecus take note of the pendant and brainstorm a 

    strategy to deal with it.  The Abbot then tells them that Madame Eva 

    is the half-sister of Strahd and that is why the Vistani are not preyed 

    upon by Strahd or his minions.

  • An uneventful night passes with Tim studying while he takes the 

    1st watch, Fecus looking at his map of Barovia wondering who Luke 

    Zarovich is until he realizes Luke is actually Lake while taking the 2nd 

    watch, and Drasha quietly passes the 3rd watch.

  • After breakfast, Team Rams decides to take the list Cyrus compiled 

    and start in the Catacombs.

  • In crypt 7, Fecus touches the bones of Endorovich the Terrible, 

    triggering an attack by the 2 Gargoyles guarding the crypt.

  • Crypt 14 has a tunnel that leads down to a room that contains 15 

    sealed coffins surrounded by bones and rusty swords.  Rams open 

    a coffin up to discover a Wight.  After killing the Wight, 7 Skeletons 

    assemble from the scattered bones.  Rams quickly defeat the 

    Skeletons, partly due to Tira’s use of Turn Undead.

  • 2 Gargoyles killed = 900 XP

  • Wight killed = 700 XP

  • 7 Skeletons killed = 350 XP

  • 2000 EP = 1000 XP

  • Obsidian (4) 40 GP = 40 XP

  • Electrum Music Box 1300 GP = 1300 XP

  • Total XP = 4290 XP

  • Tim and Fecus each receive 1430 XP

  • Gugula and Shelby each receive 715 XP

     

     

    Perchance Prompt 9/22/25 2 Gargoyles guarding bones on a 

    marble slab in a dark crypt, horror concept art 

Monday, September 15, 2025

Ox ---> Tiger --->Rabbit --->Dragon --->Snake Campaign Session #191

Fighting the Shadow Demon

 

 

Session 191- A Return to Barovia Part 41

9/6/2025

  • Helga Ruvak’s confrontation with Team Rams ends in her death.  

    Victor is tired of vampires and uses a scroll of Ice Storm to finish 

    her off.

  • They find another Turret Post (K12), then they backtrack down 

    the Turret Post Access Hall (K13) to discover the South Tower 

    (K20) and South Tower Hall Staircase down to the Kingsmen 

    Quarters (K71).

  • They decide to explore a room they passed by before, the 

    Chamberlain’s Office (K72) where they are attacked by a 

    Shadow Demon that they kill eventually.  They discover a secret 

    door that leads to a staircase down that they choose not to explore.

  • While they are on the level of the Larders of Ill Omen, they go back 

    to the Guard’s Quarters (K69) and explore them more deeply and 

    encounter 10 Skeletons that they kill.

  • Helga Ruvak, a Vampire Spawn, killed = 1800 XP

  • Shadow Demon killed = 1100 XP

  • 10 Skeletons killed = 500 XP

  • Gold and Ruby Necklace 750 GP = 750 XP

  • 70,000 EP = 35,000 XP

  • 10,000 GP = 10,000 XP

  • 40 Eye Agates 400 GP = 400 XP

  • Potion of Gaseous Form

  • +Treasure Map to False Treasury of C.R. (K38) with the trap 

    indicated and the real Treasury (K41) along with the password.+

  • Total XP = 49,550 XP

  • Tim and Fecus each receive 16,516 XP

  • Gugula and Shelby each receive 8258 XP

     

     

    Perchance Prompt 9/11/25  Armored dark fantasy adventurers 

    are attacked by a shadow demon in the windowless chamberlain's 

    office of a gothic castle

Monday, September 8, 2025

Ox ---> Tiger --->Rabbit --->Dragon --->Snake Campaign Session #190

 

South Archers’ Post

 

Session 190- A Return to Barovia Part 40

8/23/2025

  • Zuleika and Emil wake up before Team Rams and leave Castle 

    Ravenloft to pursue their own business.

  • Team Rams go down to the Dining Hall (K10) for coffee and 

    “porridge”.  The Abbot casts Purify Food and Water on the meal.

  • The Abbot tells Team Rams that Vasilka is concerned about the 

    safety of the Castle Ravenloft for the children and the wedding 

    guests.  He suggests clearing and cleaning the Castle from top 

    to bottom.  Tira is enthusiastic about leading a cleaning crew.  

    Tim and Fecus agree to clear the Castle of monsters and hazards.

  • Hall of Faith (K14), Chapel (K15), North Chapel Access (K16), 

    Creaky Landing (K29), and King’s Balcony (K28) are explored.  

    Rolling for random encounters, none showed up.

  • King’s Hall (K27) is carefully explored by Tim and Fecus flying on 

    Fecus’ Magic Carpet.  They inspect the apparatus of the Vampire 

    Mannequin Trap and disarm it.  As they finish that up, 9 Crawling 

    Claws come through the western door and Rams quickly kill them, 

    with only Fritigern taking damage.

  • Guard’s Post (K26) leads to the Audience Hall (K25).  They find a 

    Trinket (42) a Lepidopterist’s Box Filled with Dead Moths with 

    Skull-like Patterns on Their Wings.  Fecus sits on the throne and 

    clowns for a bit saying “I’m Strahd, I’m Strahd, I’m Strahd.”  Tim 

    laughs, Gugula looks nervous, and Shelby looks disapproving.

  • They take the stairs down to the Grand Landing (K19) where Fritigern 

    triggers the Suit of Armor trap and takes damage.  The Team take 

    the time afterwards to disable the traps of both Suits of Armor.

  • They go back through the Audience Hall (K25) to the King’s 

    Accountant’s Office (K30) Tim finds the key to the chests in a hollowed 

    out book on the desk.  Opening the chests they find copper pieces, 

    gold pieces, and a Manual of Bodily Health.

  • Back in the Audience Hall (K25) they find the secret door to the Turret 

    Post Access Hall (K13).  From there they discover the Guards’ Stair 

    (K64) and take them down to another Turret Post Access Hall on the 

    Main Floor.

  • They discover a cache of mirrors in the South Archers’ Post (K11) and 

    pop into the Turret Post in (K12).

  • Back up the Guards’ Stair (K64) through the Turret Post Access Hall 

    (K13), Audience Hall (K25), and the Guards’ Post (K26) they poke 

    around and find the secret door to the King’s Apartment Stair (K33).

  • I’ll note that I rolled for random encounters every time they entered a 

    new room.  The dice were kind to the PCs during this particular 

    session;-)

  • Their last encounter of the evening is in the Servants’ Bedroom area

     where they meet the high strung maid, Helga Ruvak.  Helga claims to 

    be a kidnapped daughter of Barovia’s bootmaker, but Tim and Fecus 

    recognise the signs of Vampirism and move to confront her.  The 

    session ended here before initiative is rolled.

  • 9 Crawling Claws killed = 90 XP

  • 20,000 CP = 200 XP

  • 1000 GP = 1000 XP

  • 500 PP = 5000 XP

  • A Lepidopterest’s Box filled with Dead Moths with Skull-like Patterns 

    on their Wings

  • Manual of Bodily Health

  • Total XP = 6290 XP

  • Tim and Fecus each receive 2096 XP

  • Gugula and Shelby each receive 1048 XP

     

     

    Perchance Prompt 8/29/25 Armored dark fantasy adventurers 

    discover a cache of mirrors in the South Archers’ Post of a 

    gothic castle, horror concept art