Verus Arcanum

It's a birthday party!

Our party makes their way through the underground cavern beneath the Amber Temple. As they proceed, they begin to have visions of things from the past. Garbin recalls the death of his crew at sea. Ug'te and Cedric recall the death of Cedric's wife - at Ug'te's hand. Eneith sees a vision of her people making a deal with a priestess. Aurora lives through a priestess's sacrifice of her child. As they...

The party has moved to the heart of the swamp following some mysterious music to find a large tree with a ramshackle hut. As Nyx approaches, and subsequently falls on his face, the music stops. Garbin approaches and begins conversation with the huts inhabitant, Baba Lysaga. After some cordial conversation, they are interrupted by the actions of Eneith who attempted to remove a stone from the trunk...

As the heroes begin their rest for the evening to recover from the tribulations of their recent fight, Garbin and Aurora pay respects to their respective gods before Garbin does some preparations around the manor that would have unexpected results as they slept. Each of the members who kept watch noticed their new regular companion - the mist approach to harass them. During second watch, Nyx found...

Our adventurers make their way out of the swamp and make their way to the south. As they rest, they celebrate with alcohol they had taken from the winery - which has some ill effects on the cleric. They also re-encounter the fog which is acting even more strangely than before - almost seeming to strangle the barrier they have put up. Cedric decides to test the fog with tremendous results for his p...

As our party found themselves face to face with the man that helped end the resistance against Strahd before, they find themselves outnumbered by his undead cohorts. As things began to turn in their favor, Vlad made a quick escape out the window to set up another defense - a larger defense. Upon overcoming the dangers inside, the party come face to face with long dead remnants of the Silver Scales...

Our adventurers come across some hijinks afoot as local drunkard Bluto attempted to dispose of a body in the nearby lake.... a very much living body.... of a young girl. This is Arebelle of the Vistani who recently went missing and the heroes return her to her very appreciative father, after picking up some trinkets at the local toy store. They find out that the missing Ireena was recently spotted...

ur adventurer's meet the Burgomaster of Vallacki and are less than impressed. While looking for information, our heroes learn of a ton of goings on around town including: Missing Children, Wolves harassing the town, a crazy mage zapping fish in the nearby lake and constant festivals going on in town. Ug'te, Garbin and Cedric investigate a mysterious wagon being harassed by some youths. Upon gettin...

Our heroes just barely survived their encounter with the Night Hag pie makers. They also found some nifty new items and learned some things - including hints on their next destination through discovering one of the Tarokka cards. Battered and beaten our adventurers resolve themselves to sleep in the windmill for the night...and eat the remaining pies. Eneith and Ug'te find themselves in dreamland...

Our adventurers have made their way towards Vallaki and have taken a detour to the Old Bonegrinder mill; the home of Morgantha and her daughters and their bakery business. The heroes discover this is the origin of the trance inducing pies they found (and Cedric makes a snack out of one). Sensing something is not right, Garbin tries to usher his friends away - just to be stopped because he's trying...

Our adventurers make their way from the Vistani camp and make their way downhill to the North following the river. As they progress, a storm picks up and things get crazy. After an "illuminating" run in with a treasure chest, our adventurers end up tripping after having some tasty meat pies found inside. Chaos ensued and eventually our friends made camp and made some additional discoveries. What h...

Our Adventurers have learned that the mirage they saw of the gallows just a short while ago might have some harrowing secrets. They spent the night at the Vestani camp before setting their course back to town, their route taking them through swamp land. We shall see how they fare on the next adventure.

.In this shorter session, our travelers have reconvened at the Vestani camp to sort their wares and meet with Madam Ava.

Our party finds themselves hopelessly outmatched as enemies surround them with the intent of making this their final resting place. What could be driving this to happen? Is this one of Strahd's machinations? Or something else? Will our heroes find a way to survive or become more unwilling victims of this curse-blighted land?

Our adventurers make it back to town and find that it has recently been the site of a gruesome attack. They discover that Strahd's hordes had attacked in search of "someone" before leaving merely hours ago (coincidentally around the time he encountered them). They visit their companions and learn that the items contained in that box were meant to lead them to powerful relics that would help them t...

Our adventurers made it to the core of the Murder House to a cultist altar and a terrifying beast. After a bloody fight, our warriors managed to limp away with their hard-won spoils - including a mysterious note and a magical set of Tarokka cards. As they escape the house, they are assaulted by Strahd and three mysterious women who had them attack each other and steal the cards for him. He quickly...

Our mighty adventurers drifted asleep following their previous tribulation to wake up surrounded by MIMICS! With a heavy heart, Nyx charged into battle alongside his friends, mourning his best boy and following a message from their companions in town. As they fight their way out they're joined by the bestest boy - after an infernal upgrade - and they continue to the furthest depths where a dungeon...

Our adventurers have entered the Murder House. The bard had an impromptu surgery performed by their newest party member as she removed his hand's remnants and replaced them with a prosthetic. As they adventured into the house, they discovered that everything was more than what it appeared as suits of armor and dolls began to attack the party. As they climb through the house, they face off against...

Our adventurers have entered the Murder House. The bard had an impromptu surgery performed by their newest party member as she removed his hand's remnants and replaced them with a prosthetic. As they adventured into the house, they discovered that everything was more than what it appeared as suits of armor and dolls began to attack the party. As they climbed through the house, they faced off again...

After a hard night of drinking following combat with Strahd, our adventures are plagued with nightmares and dreams. While some of them have had these dreams of the dark depths of the ocean and the feywild, none of them were prepared for what they experienced, and one didn't walk away unscathed. They awakened to a nightmare with strange visitors in their rooms to haunt them, which no one else saw c...

Our adventurers have survived their deadliest fight yet - with themselves AND the lord of the land, Baron Strahd. During this fight, they finally put a face to the evil that is plaguing the land and found new allies who are willing to help them. They also believe they may have insight into a way to end Strahd's tyranny for good. Who are these mysterious guardians who fought beside them? What could...

Our adventurers left the Vistani camp behind with a few items and cryptic fortune tellings from Madame Eva. As they enter Barovia, everything seems a little off. The dead trees, burned houses, and birds watching the road. Some peculiarities come to light as our adventurers discuss their next steps at the local tavern. What's with the strange mercenary and the pale man in the corner? What is going...

After a few days' journey, our mighty adventurers are set upon by the remnants of the bandits who helped bring them together (and their pets). After a long and harrowing fight, our adventurers stood tall over the corpses of the wolves that attacked while the bandits managed to sneak away. Will they meet again? Will Toby get revenge for his dead parents? What do their fortunes hold for them? Find o...