Freaks & Facades: A D&D Campaign Recap

     Hark, gentle reader! For Freaks & Facades has returned, continuing to tell a tale of Friendly Freaks navigating a world of deception and dastardly evils!  Welcome back, beginning at Session Seventeen - Faith and Hope !      This particular recap might confuse readers, as we are picking up right where Session Sixteen ended.  Might want to give that a reread, but here's our usual brief summary:      Our misbegotten wanderers enjoy  a festive and educational excursion to the University of Dementlieu, during the nationwide festival days of Primeur .  The outlanders in our group have seen marvels of science and the arts never fathomed in their own worlds, and have come to find answers to their burning questions about this strange world they were dropped into.  Our Ravenloft natives are along for the ride, also impressed by the advancement of their mist-swaddled lands.     Fenri has gotten dissatisfying...

    Greetings, ghouls and goblins, to another exciting update of Freaks & Facades !        Tonight's tale is set to be another fun Primeur excursion through a notable Port-a-Lucine landmark.  Welcome,   Session Sixteen - Old Friends!       In our last update, our Friendly Freaks have a few days to spend in the gleaming capitol of Port-a-Lucine.  It is the glorious harvest festival of Primeur; and already the group has spent this festival week meeting new acquaintances, placing in a fencing tourney, surviving a house of waxwork horrors, met several people who claim their loved ones were replaced, and said goodbye to Vincente Quint and Claudine LaFitte, for now.       The group decides to spend the next to last day of Primeur procuring outfits for tomorrow's Descartes Primeur Ball, and then traveling up the northern coast of Pernault Bay to the University of Port-a-Lucine!  What wonders and ...

     Greetings children of Ravenloft!  Tonight we dine upon a sumptuous new excursion,  Session Fifteen - Strange Acquaintances !       But first, I think we need a recap of everything that's happened so far this Arc!  What a first day of the Primeur wine and harvest festival it has been!     Our band of Friendly Freaks started the morning with much ambitious naivete.  The group bid farewell to Vincente Quint , the ex-vigilante Night's Vengeance of Campanula.  Claudine LaFitte, charming and delusional as ever,    escorted him to her secret society of do-gooders, expecting many stories of their time in the city while she's gone....     The first stop our party took was to  introduced themselves to Solange's adorable family...  They learned the complicated, yet charming parents of Solange,  Leon and Tybalt Charron ...     The early evening had the group partake o f good foo...

Hey friends, it's time for another round of First Arc Q&As ! But who is left to offer their insight and theories about the story, you may ask?     In all my excitement to share the responses of My Players and their Player Characters ; I forgot to answer some questions myself.   So sadly there has been this  veil between you, our wonderful readers, and your beloved eldritch Dungeon Master.  Well, no more!     Aboleth Eye proudly presents...  The Dungeon Master Q&A Special for Freaks & Facades' First Arc !  These were questions my fabulous Players asked, along with a couple from non-Players on my private Discord.

     Welcome, fine and friendly creatures of the night, to our latest Freaks & Facades banquet:  Session Fourteen - The House of Wax !     It has been some time since our last update.  Our group of friendly Freaks decided to end their first night of Primeur at the mystifying House of Wax, tantalized by the mysteries it holds.  And tragically our hungry readers have been left in suspense!       No  more!  So what will come of this next leap into the festivities of Primeur?  Who is the mysterious figure following our Freaks as they walk the festival streets?       We  return to our story of Freaks & Facades , so chew our story thoroughly as this next chapter unfolds!  We wouldn't wish you to choke upon what horrors we have on offer tonight...     This is quite a long one so get cozy and enjoy! Warning : this is a horror campaign setting, so please bear that in m...

     Come in, my pretties.  Come in from the blazing sun!  It's time for another story of Freaks & Facades.  We are at unlucky?   Session Thirteen -  a story of Clashing Ideals !       Our party of Freaks are becoming immersed in all that celebratory Port-a-Lucine has to offer.  The city, the beating heart of the western Core, is full of activity for the Primeur festival!  A festival of bountiful harvests, wine flowing freely, and many gatherings promoting the city's greatest achievements.        But can our Freaks enjoy themselves with all that they have experienced?  Can they throw themselves fully into the Primeur fun despite the darkness staining their souls?       Was that morning in the Port-a-Lucine suburbs making connections enough to assuage their worries?   Let us find out! Warning : this is a horror campaign setting, so please bear that in mind befo...

     Welcome, friends, once more to Freaks & Facades !        It's the Second Arc , dear readers!  Finally!  (Thanks to everyone for being patient for this update.)        [[ Spoilers Ahead for the First Arc!  If this is your first time reading our adventures, check out our Campaign Index here for all the highest highs and lowest lows! ]]      When we last left our band of beloved Freaks [at the end of   our  Session Eleven   finale ] they had just departed the northern village of Campanula  with much trouble in their minds.  And quite a bit of blood on their hands.        The Black Dog (malevolent huntmaster Baron Montagne ) was removed from power and the Material Plane, leaving the village without its leader and tyrant.  Hoping the village can now thrive without a malicious noble pulling its strings, the party traveled to the capit...

     We've heard from our amazing group for the First Arc Q&A - Players Edition , so now let's hear what each of our Players'  Characters  have to say.        It's now time for the First Arc Q&A -  Character Edition !      Our band of beloved Freaks has had quite a journey just within the First Arc.  Let us see what they're bringing into the Second Arc from their experiences!  All new traumas and tribulations to explore, hehe !     I gave each of our amazing Cast of Characters a set of questions that were submitted from myself, fans of the story and from one another.  Let us see how these characters grew (or have withered slightly) since arriving at the First Arc's beginning!  Here we go!

     Friends foul and fair, we welcome you to the first ever Freaks & Facades Question & Answer - Player Edition !        Our journey through the First Arc has come with many ups, downs, critical rolls good and bad; and now we get to hear from our amazing Players!  We compiled some great questions that our loyal readers want to know about our Cast and their Player Creators !      So let us dive right in, starting with Player Questions !

     Greetings, my spooky little audience!  Welcome to something new for Freaks & Facades :   MEMES !        That's right, we got memes swarming around in the F&F crew!  After almost a year of journeying through Ravenloft, Aboleth Eye and the entire F&F Cast present this Meme Parade for our readers' enjoyment!      Everyone in the cast had a hand in making and refining these for your discerning palettes. So dig in, all you fellow Freaks!  You're one of us now! LOL -- Aboleth Eye Rick & Morty: *As DM and Party before Ravenloft Portal* "Let's go, in and out, two-arc adventure." R&M: *One Arc Later, bereft of hope* POV: Pryrrish (age 12) *Glitchy screaming AAAAAAAA at laptop* Ad for House Schrodinger: got bones? i want them all of them i mean it Fenri: me in my silly little bed... avoiding my silly little Dark Thoughts. Solange: *drowning hand* Dark Powers: *reaching out* *hi-fives* Solange: *dr...

      Hello friends.  Tonight's our final recap of Freaks & Facades ' First Arc!  Welcome to   Session Eleven - The Black Dog ; and my oh my, what a situation our Freaks have ended up in!     The Freaks were in the middle of a battle with Lord Isaac Montagne (son of the villainous Baron of Campanula) and his local mercenaries.        Their secret vigilante companion, Vincente Quint, just ousted himself as Night's Vengeance to put a halt to the fighting.   Claudine LaFitte, dedicated agent of some unknown faction of do-good nobles, watches carefully; while keeping her unwanted admirer Jacquard at arm's length.       This one gets wild, y'all...  So let's get right into our story. Warning: this is a horror campaign setting, so please bear that in mind before reading on.  Possible triggers include: mentions of violence, bloodshed and death; physical abuse mentions, animal harm ment...

     Welcome friends, to a very special interlude of Freaks & Facades !   Tonight, instead of our usual bullet journaling recaps, we give you original fiction, set in the world of Aboleth Eye's campaign!       We give you all...   The Last Moments of Marie Thibeaux !     This is a special story that accompanied our roleplaying for Session Ten : Get Out of Town .  It's a little exercise in gothic fantasy that host/Dungeon Master Aboleth Eye was inspired to write.  And tonight, we merrily and malevolently share it with our beloved readers.     This story does contain spoilers for Freaks & Facades ' first arc, specifically the Session Ten recap.  If you have not caught up with the story and do not want to be spoiled, please feel free to read on up.       If instead you were brought here from the Session Ten recap, by all means read on!  And, i f you are compelled by ...

     Greetings, friends!  And welcome back to Freaks & Facades.  This is the penultimate session of our first arc, Session Ten : Get Out of Town!      Things got wild last session.  Damage was done, people got hurt (and not just physically), and now our group Freaks has to come together.  Otherwise, all they endured and sacrificed was for naught!     Our party split up to accomplish the goal of ridding Campanula  of an evil preying on the people of Dementlieu (while feasting at the top with the wealthy elite)!        Solange, Channa and Pryrrish investigated the Baron Montagne's manor while he was out at the races.  And our trio may have made their presence known...  Stealing a dossier of incriminating evidence and the semi-haunted hope chest of a late Lady Marie Thibeaux .  Oh, and they set his house on fire .  Do you think the Baron--almost certainly the vicious Black Dog ...

       You!  Yes, you!   Welcome to Freaks & Facades Session Nine : Chaos and Collisions !  Our band of friendly Freaks are on the move, but their forces are split right down the middle!      Following the scheme set forth by the secretive Claudine LaFitte ;  Solange, Channa and Pryrrish are heading to the nigh-abandoned Montagne estate!  There may be evidence linking the malevolent Baron to an infamous spree killer, known as The Black Dog , free for the taking!      The Baron Montagne himself, and everyone of influence in the village of Campanula, are attending the Chaveau Derby on this day.  An even more important figure, a member of the Council of Brilliance, is supposedly attending this last derby of the season!  Therefore, to keep track of the Baron's movements, our odd couple pair of Fenri and  Schrödinger  will be attending the races!        Their loc...

      Greetings, our great and ghoulish readers!  Hungry for more Ravenloft fun?     Then w elcome back to the storied return of Freaks & Facades !  To Session Eight : A Hard Break !      Riddled with spider bites and exhausted from a day of riots and revelations, our band of Freaks camp out.  The physical proof needed of the Baron Montagne's plots has not been acquired.  But, they have uncovered different truths (some quite terrible in scope) that they never anticipated.  Some too dangerous to confront...      And now, while tending to their wounds, a figure emerged from the dark.  Someone who has seen all the Freaks are capable of, good and bad.  Our band of aspiring adventurers suddenly face the serious face of the seemingly ridiculous and lovesick socialite, Claudine LaFitte !      What does she want with the party?  Is Claudine a possibly ally in the Freaks' pursuit of ...

     Welcome!  To all of our felonious friends and you suspicious strangers too!   We bring you back to Freaks & Facades , in time for   Session Seven : What Remains !       Our beloved Freaks have been fully introduced to the many faces of the frivolous Campanula nobility: such as the prideful Lord Isaac Montagne , the stable Lord Jacquard and the chaotically delightful  Claudine LaFitte .        They also saw the  terrible  power these prideful paragons of wealth could truly wield--through meeting the cold, calculated Baron Montagne , the lord over all of Campanula.        Night's Vengeance is still wanted for the Bonmot Family Massacre , framed by the Baron.  And while attempting to attend tea with this terribly powerful noble (after clashing rapiers out of the blue), our group failed to obtain evidence linking the Baron to the crime!  Inste...

       Welcome back to Freaks & Facades !       Our story tonight has our misanthropic misfits  surviving Session Six:  Teatime at House Montagne !     At the end of last session , Our beloved Freaks are literally strutting into the mansion of the most powerful noble in all of  Campanula , the enigmatic and dangerous  Baron Montagne .  F ather to the pompous scion Lord Isaac Montagne II , and the presumed conspirator against the local masked mischief maker,  Night's Vengeance !        Our group has been invited to afternoon tea with this powerful nobleman, though perhaps the group was too hasty to accept it...        After all, one of our Freaks (not naming names,  Fenri ) incited a riot in town just a few hours ago!  In the Baron's own town of all things, proclaiming him as a murderer !      With good intentions, our righteous Fe...

    Greetings, our fans both foul and fair!        Welcome back to  Freaks & Facades!  To Session Five :  Consequences of Bravery !       During the previous session , our beloved Freaks decided to intervene in the attempted murder of the mischievous vigilante,  Night's Vengeance !      Powers were revealed, conspiracies were unearthed and the night ended on disagreement (and fear at having revealed one's truer self).  Our friendly- ish  Freaks went to bed disheartened...        For Campanula has a dark kingpin, willing to destroy entire lives and households...        And our group of new strangers has intervened in their dark machinations...        Can they truly work together to unmask this corrupt conspiracy, or will they continue to not meet eye to eye?    Come along with us, at th...

     Welcome back, my favorite people on the internet!        This is our story recap of Session Four of Freaks & Facades: Perilous Roads .       Our cast of beloved Freaks is officially in Ravenloft proper...  Intervening in others' business, with violent results...       Since waking up in the backwoods area of Campanula, our friendly band appears to get along well with one another.  They are not exactly fast friends all around, and every one of them holds their cards close to their chest; but perhaps with time they could be a proper adventuring party.     The Freaks currently are all in agreement: t hey must discover why they have been brought together.  Some of them from entirely different worlds!  And the nation's capitol of Port-a-Lucine is their best bet to obtain the resources to understand their situations...      But now they are in a scuffle ...

     Welcome back, readers and rogues alike!        This is the recap of Session Three of Freaks & Facades: The Misty Morning .        Our cast of beloved Freaks has had quite the night .  Quite a dark, dark night indeed…        The Freaks’ time at the Ravens Loft Inn has come to a close, many questions left burning like the ashes of that mysterious tavern’s hearth.  First impressions were made, masks held tight amongst the group of strangers.  The Inn’s strange circumstances placed each of them in a bloodstained room during their stay, and their futures were read by a near-comatose Vistani seer.        When night came they found a curtain of darkness and animated furniture attempt to swallow them up!  Many were flung into the darkness unaware; while others struggled to hold the light.        One of our Freaks discovered a n...