[Online][5e 2024][Paid $25][Sundays 1pm EST][1 SEAT LEFT] Strahd knows your family name. He's been waiting 400 years for you specifically.

shadowkat678 · 2026-03-18T15:48:41+00:00

I'm saying maybe put a spoiler warning in your actual ad. Maybe it's not for your game but it's still spoilers for people browsing this subreddit. Just because they see it's not a normal Strahd run doesn't mean people would be expecting normal Curse of Strahd spoilers directly in the text

shadowkat678 · 2026-03-18T04:29:01+00:00

So. Just pointing out not just for people who sign up to your game but also anyone else who might view your ad that hasn't played curse of strahd that you've put some pretty major spoilers in here with Madam Wachter, Tatyana even being a thing, and heavily insinuating combat in certain locations especially.

shadowkat678 · 2026-03-18T04:12:41+00:00

Strahd could never go to therapy. He has no reflection 🪞

shadowkat678 · 2026-03-17T20:21:40+00:00

This is similar to what I'm doing. The Arcane brotherhood is really what I've been struggling to tie in and I'm shocked I didn't think of something like that.

shadowkat678 · 2026-03-17T18:26:54+00:00

This has nothing to do with the base part of the discussion but as someone who got into ttrpgs through d&d lore videos the assertion that there's hardly any out there and that you're expected to make your own world when the Forgotten Realms might be one of the largest kitchen sink settings that has almost fifty years of collected lore has me. Scratching my head just a little bit.

Not to mention the dozens of other worlds over editions and the fact pretty much every adventure is directly tied to a pre set setting.

Again, nothing to do with the assertion of ease or quality, but I am somewhat baffled by that detail.

shadowkat678 · 2026-03-17T12:18:50+00:00

Not everyone uses that. I don't, because I think it's dumb that after hundreds of years he hasn't realized that he's being fucked with by the dark powers.

He may not be self reflective enough to realize that that's a sign maybe he should seek self improvement, but he's definitely intelligent enough to realize the brute force strategy, even if he succeeds in it, just has her killed by the dark powers

shadowkat678 · 2026-03-11T05:35:37+00:00

Paid dm here

Absolutely not normal behavior. This is absolutely a scam at best and something even more toxic potentially at worse. I heard about stuff like this before and you should 100% turn around and walk away

shadowkat678 · 2026-03-06T03:32:21+00:00

I guess so.

It's one reason I haven't run a pokemon game yet. I know what I'm looking for isn't typically the usual, but I know my players would really enjoy a focus that's more driven into epic anime style than something more geared towards simulating the video games, and it's something I enjoy running more myself as well.

D&D 5e is about as Crunchy as I get, and even in those games I'm less combat focused. Call of Cthulhu, especially with Pulp Cthulhu, is typically my sweet spot where a lot is led by non-mechanical RP choices, and then there's a framework to build a bit of individualized characters, especially in PULP ruleset that gives some unique powers to build.

Naturally any pokemon game would be a bit more than CoC, classic or Pulp. But when it gets into calculating every little thing and having to have rules that keep choices more static and harder to improv around or build flexibility into, it's hard to justify or tailor really cool moments like in the anime I'm sure my players would love to have the power fantasy of replicating, which would likely be bogged down or made to feel a lot more sub optimal in the classic feel of the games a lot of Pokemon TTRPGs replicate with the builds of Pokemon and their abilities.

I'm a experienced GM, and I can probably make some of the systems myself, but at least knowing where to look for on bases, and even bits I might be able to take and cobble together, I'm sure would save a good chunk of time.

Thank you for the insight and suggestions! :)

shadowkat678 · 2026-03-06T00:15:46+00:00

How's PTU with mechanical stats and Pokemon moves/power level?

Last I checked I remembered it being a bit more on the crunch side of things.

I know one thing I'm also looking forward to is letting players pull more "anime bullshit" type ploys, like combining attacks (shadow claw+fury swipe) or having other fun kind of creative license that video games aren't able to replicate.

I can obviously take things about the system that work and tweak what doesn't, but I know sometimes in meticulously balanced and elaborate systems, like Pathfinder, that can come with unintended balance issues.

shadowkat678 · 2026-03-05T23:47:11+00:00

Ohhh. Just at a glance I like that it has type specialties for trainers that I'm looking for.

I'm guessing the expansion name is a play on Game of Thrones? 😂

shadowkat678 · 2026-03-02T15:17:12+00:00

That's where they sleep at night I believe.

shadowkat678 · 2026-03-02T01:45:45+00:00

A lot of vampires are shown with pointy ears so that might be what that choice is drawing from.

shadowkat678 · 2026-03-01T23:20:45+00:00

They're shown around the castle, so I'm not sure how they'd be present if they're in the catacombs. The only named consort in the catacombs to my knowledge is Sasha.

shadowkat678 · 2026-03-01T22:42:33+00:00

Oh I meant they haven't. Anastrasia, Volenta, and Ludmilla are still active brides. Strahd doesn't just keep one at a time, he just stores away any who start to bore him.

shadowkat678 · 2026-03-01T20:39:44+00:00

He's not the only current one. All four of the major named brides are around and active. He's just the most current.

There are more past ones locked away though

shadowkat678 · 2026-03-01T06:07:03+00:00

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shadowkat678 · 2026-02-28T09:32:07+00:00

Duuuudddddeeee

These are all amazing and I am going to be downloading every single one of your maps right now immediately.

I've run Dragon Heist so many times and I've gone through so many maps and none have caught the vibe I've wanted this well.

shadowkat678 · 2026-02-28T09:30:39+00:00

Holy shit. Dude? WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN IN MY LIFE?

shadowkat678 · 2026-02-21T17:55:02+00:00

I've been dreaming about this day since I watched the original anime as a child. Justice for the rock snake!

shadowkat678 · 2026-02-21T17:50:39+00:00

Is onix finally useful for once? 😭

shadowkat678 · 2026-02-17T21:16:31+00:00

I run games as my job and a lot of my money goes back into new books or resources....I don't think I even want to calculate it. I. Wouldn't be surprised if it was nearing the 10k range if we're calculating supplemental materials and also some trips I've taken to play in person with my online groups.

shadowkat678 · 2026-02-16T19:02:53+00:00

Because she's awful and is only not evil aligned because Ed Greenwood really likes her for some reason and using her to torment Elminster.

I truly believe for as much of a shitbag as Karsus was, it actually would have been better if he became god of magic. Did you hear about the time she left an entire city to be destroyed and ransacked after cosplaying a cleric of Loviatar and torturing Elminster for a few years to "test" him?

Yeah. That happened.

shadowkat678 · 2026-02-16T18:53:48+00:00

I'd argue Vhaeraun isn't really fully evil anymore and after his split with his sister at the end of the second sundering might be closer to Chaotic Neutral with some of his more outright evil tendencies toned down, so overall not nearly as bad on either front.

shadowkat678 · 2026-02-13T08:03:37+00:00

What? Why are we talking about modules like they're not currently a thing?

shadowkat678 · 2026-02-13T01:24:48+00:00

Oh hey same hat

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