Black Bird Perch - A Curse of Strahd Campaign

  Sessions 99 - 101: Climbing Mount Ghakis Parts 1-3 Note on May 5, 2025: I'm back at the Curse of Strahd blog posting for posterity's sake. We finished our campaign in March 2025. I'm using ChatGPT now to summarize my session notes into these blog posts. Thanks for your patience, constant readers. - Ben ________________________ As the Gang draws closer to the ominous Amber Temple, the journey up Mount Ghakis becomes both physically and spiritually treacherous. These three sessions, full of lore, brutal combat, and unexpected encounters, lay the foundation for the final confrontation with Strahd. The path forward is cold, haunted, and steep—but that won't stop Bentham, Kyros, Levo, Sobprym, and Ruckus from cracking jokes, killing monsters, and maybe learning a thing or two about ancient goddesses and eldritch corruption. Session 99: Kasimir's Lore Dump Date: Dec 20, 2022 Barovia Day: 33 Party Level: 9 Location: Foothills of Mount Ghakis Fresh off Baba Lysaga...

  Berez Parts 1-10 The Ruins of Berez pts. 1-2 (89-90) Marina's Monument pts. 3-4 (91-92) Baba Lysaga pts. 5-9 (93-97) The Standing Stones pt. 10 (98) Session 98 - Berez pt. 10...Standing Stones / Dec 13, 2022 // Day 31 in Barovia /// Party Level = 9 //// Berez [Lonnie out] The Gang is still recovering from battling Baba Lysaga and her Creeping Hut... Muriel and the Standing Stones The Spindle The Gang found a Spindle in Baba's treasure chest Kyros' Detect Magic detected ...something magical... but it's incomplete because the spindle is incomplete or inactivated... detects Ancient fey energy...doesn't know what it does Bentham wants to burn down the Creeping Hut Bentham "sparks" Kyros hands together for a cantrip to light the blaze "then let's visit Muriel across the river" The Gang travels across the river and visit Muriel. < A dozen moss-covered menhirs form a near-perfect circle in the spongy earth. These weathered stones range in heigh...

  Berez Parts 1-10 The Ruins of Berez pts. 1-2 (89-90) Marina's Monument pts. 3-4 (91-92) Baba Lysaga pts. 5-9 (93-97) The Standing Stones pt. 10 (98) Session 93 - Berez pt. 5 ...Baba Lysaga / Oct 18, 2022 // Day 31 in Barovia /// Party Level = 8 //// Berez Swamp Zombies and Bleating Goats Just after The Gang witnessed Ireena's past lives and came back to the Swamps of Berez, thirteen zombies attack! As The Gang begin to draw their weapons... ...the Zombies burst open into swarms of flies. The Gang hears evil-sounding laughter the north. Then! They can hear some goats bleating and see some running away from the pen. The Gang rushes back the Goat Pen. Ruckus: let's put these two goats back in the pen. Sobprym Polmorphs into a goat and tries to talk to it but gets nothing Levo picks up the goats and puts them back in the pen...they continue bleating loudly Then! The skulls mounted along the pen posts begin screaming! Louder and louder! Kyros: should we hide? Ruckus: Did Sobpr...