Curse of Strahd: The Owlbear Chronicles

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Dungeon Master

Runs the game

At the table

Ryan Mathews is the Dungeon Master of this Curse of Strahd campaign. The campaign began with Session Zero in November 2023. He plays Strahd and everyone else in Barovia, describes the land as we travel it, and rolls for whatever waits in the fog.

Malron writes this log from inside Barovia and does not know there is a table at all, so the stories never name Ryan. Where a post talks about the table, he is “the DM”.

What he shared with the table

Besides running the sessions, Ryan posted texts on the group’s Discord for the party to read. Each date is the session it belongs to.

He also shared the rules for items and companions as the party found them: the Talisman of Echoes, Zorya’s stat block, the Clairvoyance Stone, the Symbol of Ravenkind, the Staff of Khazan and Olfin’s Longsword. Many wiki pages, from the Dusk Elves to the Order of the Silver Dragon, were filled in from his texts.

Appears in 54 sessions

  1. The Beacon of Argynvostholt 14 slides
  2. The Red Door: A Reunion Beneath the Abbey 6 slides Gumbo and Liren return Gumbo and Liren leave
  3. The Fallen Star: Ape, Sacrifice and Redemption 7 slides
  4. The Abbot Unveiled: Wings, Lies and the Fallen Star
  5. The Shard’s Warning and the Abbot’s Madness
  6. The Slipper and the Shadow of the Bat
  7. The Echoing Choirs of Ravenloft
  8. The Master of Runes and the Hellborn’s Spear
  9. The Fall of Volenta Popofsky 13 slides
  10. Depths of Ravenloft 22 slides
  11. Retrieval of the Dragon Skull
  12. Unwelcome Guests
  13. Shadows and Steel: The Ravenloft Infiltration Plan Crusty joins, Shabasta returns Zorpheus leaves
  14. Varushka's Key
  15. The Boon, the Bride, and the Beating Heart Gumbo leaves
  16. Velvet, Vintages, and Veiled Intentions Oogway leaves
  17. The Oath, the Spy, and the Silver Moon Liren leaves
  18. Echoes of the Silver Dragon
  19. Blood and Oaths Under Moonlight
  20. Echoes of the Black Terror
  21. Shadows Over St. Markovia
  22. Welcome to Krezk
  23. The Whispering Wall Zorpheus joins
  24. Stop Winter Splinter
  25. Finishing up at the vineyard
  26. Wizard of Wines vineyard
  27. Act 3: The Broken Land Veyren joins
  28. Entering the Spirit Realm
  29. The Windmill Heist
  30. The Hunt for the Heart Stone
  31. Helping Victor
  32. Delivery for Lady Fiona Oogway joins
  33. The Fall of Izek
  34. Shadows Over Vallaki
  35. Consequences in Vallaki
  36. The Quest for the Missing Bones
  37. Finding Arabelle! Gumbo and Liren join
  38. The Staff is a lie
  39. Looking for Khazan's Tower
  40. Whispers in the Barons Mansion Schlopkht leaves
  41. A doll for Arabelle Shabasta joins
  42. Welcome to Vallaki*
  43. Dream Pies
  44. Skeletal Rider Weeble leaves
  45. Tser Pool Grom leaves
  46. We meet again for the first time...
  47. Leaving Village Barovia Grom joins
  48. Rest for the Wicked
  49. Barovia, Barovia
  50. Walter, we are coming for you!
  51. Finishing the Manor?
  52. Deeper into the Manor
  53. Entering Durst Manor
  54. Session Zero

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