Freaks & Facades: The Introduction

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    Welcome one and all, to the beginning of Freaks & Facades, a 3e/3.5 Ravenloft campaign story recap!  

    I am your humble avatar of the Dark Powers and Dungeon Master for these marvelous misadventures, Aboleth Eye!  

    My amazing D&D/TTRPG friends have come together across time zones and international borders to tell an amazing story of curiosity and resilience, against the forces of Ravenloft!  They are my inspiration for creating a dynamic world of horror, just for them.  

    And we welcome you into that world, and all the highs and lows of their adventures!  

  • **Warning: this is a horror setting campaign recap, and there will be dark subjects touched upon.  Currently we do not wish to delve into any truly adult topics, nor will we be especially gory or in-depth with the recaps.  The horror is expected to be Rated T for Teens as of writing this.  
    • **Multiple ttrpg safety net tools have been made available to our players, but as we are sharing this to the public we will do our best to tag our content to warn against possible triggers.  
    • **Please do not hesitate to request additional warnings, this project is run by one person with some friends so we will do our best to keep things updated and safe for a general audience.**

Below the cut, meet the Host, the Player Cast and the Premise!


The Host

    A humble worldbuilder and sculptor of adventure, Aboleth Eye has been hosting the the beloved tabletop roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons for over 10 years.  They started sharing their thoughts and love of fantasy and tabletop roleplaying games through Tumblr in 2015.  

    Ever since their days of playing in college, Aboleth Eye has continued to evolve their ways of sharing their hyperfixations and inspirations.  They are a stalwart believer in crediting artists, writers and all creators for their original work!  They are also obsessed with tagging every tumblr post to high heaven, mostly to help creative minds find things they love. :-)

    Aboleth Eye is a a mostly-eternal Dungeon Master between multiple overlapping groups of players, and they love to create free-to-use content for new D&D 3e/3.5 races, classes, etc.  Classic Ravenloft (3e/3.5 Sword & Sorcery) is their absolute favorite setting for Dungeons & Dragons.  They are extremely privileged to have gathered together fantastic and creative people to be a part of this project.  

    Inspired by several S&S Ravenloft modules and sourcebooks (as well as a re-listen to The Magnus Archives), Aboleth Eye has gathered friends new and old alike to survive the gothic fantasy.  They host the game every two weeks, recaps written by them with the aid of the players' recollections.   

Dungeon Master  - @aboleth-eye / @aboleth-workshop; AbolethEye on twitter


The Player Cast

In alphabetical character name order below, from whence their characters started the campaign:

  • Fenri Sunwillow - halfling cleric - Redbrown (not on socials, recently a guest on Random Encounter Productions PvP tourneys)


The Premise

    On an especially Misty night in the Core of Ravenloft, five strangers (all sorts of Freaks in wonderful and weird ways) arrive at a mysterious tavern.  Each of them, some plucked from realms far beyond the Demiplane of Dread, experienced great horror before their arrival.  They pursued, fled from and sacrificed themselves to their fears; and have all been brought together for purposes unknown.  

    All Freaks in their own right...  

    Wearing masks of many stripes, hiding all they wish to hide (though some not very well)...    

    What do the Dark Powers want with these five Freaks?  

    Why did they arrive in the mysterious tavern?  

    How will their adventures, starting in the elegantly bilious realm of Dementlieu, bring them together?  

    Or, will they be torn apart by the pull of the Dark Powers in the land of mad opulence?  

    Stay tuned.  We welcome our audience to watch these adventures unfold!  

    We begin our story with an eye on each Freak...  In Session One: Vignettes!

    You can also check out our entire Campaign Index if you are already caught up!

  

Let us begin the nightmare!!


**thunder crash, lightning flash!**


Thank you for reading this far!  We truly hope you enjoy our campaign's story!  


Love, 

Aboleth Eye