Freaks & Facades: A D&D Campaign Recap

     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 !

       Hello, new friends.  For those of you that are brand new, my name is  Aboleth Eye , and I welcome you all to my  Reading Room .  Here we collect, dissect and digest all the wondrous writings set in our favorite gothic fantasy setting-- Ravenloft !        As an eldritch abomination with fathomless lore trapped in my head, I decided to share some of my thoughts with you all; rather than seek power and world domination through an eldritch cult of tabletop roleplaying nerds.  ( Maybe next year? )      Here in the Ravenloft Reading Room --these special posts that will probably be interjected between the Second Arc recaps --I am challenging myself to read the novels of Ravenloft.  As well as any other Ravenloft publications that pique my interest.  Or that you lovely viewers wish me to look at.  I will give my honest opinions on what stories they had to tell, and maybe what lessons or in...

     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 ...