High Lords will host Baba's Hut and Curse of Strahd teaching raids on Sat, May 8

[Vooduspyce]

This is a repost because the original had the wrong date in the title.

In our last teaching raid Defiler of the Just we had 3 attendees who were new to or still learning the raids. This week we hope to see even more folks for our double feature in Ravenloft!

Next in our series will be Old's Baba's Hut and The Curse of Strahd on Saturday, May 8 at noon!

All events in this series are for players new(er) raiding or players who are looking to learn raids better. First timers welcome! Please have sound and be willing and able to follow instructions.

The goal is to welcome newer players into the raiding scene, to teach people how raids work, to get players more comfortable with raids and to enhance the Sarlona community. There is no level cap for any of our teaching raids.

If you are new to Baba and Strahd, you will need access to the Mists of Ravenloft expansion, which is now available as a classic expansion bundle that includes DDO’s first 3 expansions!

You can run the flagging quests on heroic or legendary to flag just the same. The raids are legendary, however, and due to the very high level of the raids, we encourage attendees to be at least level 27. There are not heroic versions of these raids.

Old Baba's Hut

There is no flagging required but you may need to run the intro quest Into the Mists to access Barovia and the Blue Water Inn, where the raid entrance is located.


The Curse of Strahd

After running Into the Mists to access Barovia, you will need to flag by completing the story arc through 3 quest chains. Note that there are guides located in each tavern who can teleport you directly to the quest entrances, so it is not necessary to travel through the wilderness zone and find the quests. Some of the flagging quests are intricate and non-linear and may take some time to complete, so plan accordingly.

Chain 1: "In the Shadow of the Castle" - speak to Ireena Kolyana in the Blood on the Vine Tavern and follow the story arc through the quests Death House, Fresh-Baked Dreams and An Invitation to Dinner.

Chain 2: " The Vampire Hunters" - speak to Rudolph van Richten in the Blue Water Inn and follow the story arc through the quests Oath of Vengeance, A Raven at the Door, Mad Tea Party and Sealed in Amber.

Chain 3: "The Light of the Land" - speak to Ezmerelda D'Avenir in van Richten's Tower and follow the story arc through the quests The Final Vintage, Wrath of the Earth, Ravens' Bane and Sunrise.

Once you have completed all 3 chains, you can pick up the raid from Rudolph van Richten in the Blood on the Vine Tavern.

I do not have tutorial videos for Ravenloft, but I recommend my guildie Nimvind's Youtube series of tutorials for all Ravenloft quests at Nim Does Ravenloft!

Space is limited so reserve your spot ahead of time! If you would like to reserve a space in this Saturday's event, please send a tell or in-game mail to Voodu.

This event will be live streamed on my Twitch channel vooduspyce so even if you're not on Sarlona, you can watch, learn and ask questions live. We will also be simulcasting the event on up to 3 additional Twitch channels, so that viewers can see moments when the party splits or from tank point of view, etc. This week's event will be simulcast by my guildie Gijo on his Twitch channel highlordpudding, Littlemama on her new Twitch channel mysticdragon_littlemama and my guildie Cmecu’s channel cmecu_grogerian. You can watch all streams at the same time at multitwitch.tv/vooduspyce/cmecu_grogerian/highlordpudding/mysticdragon_littlemama.

Thank you to the community for all the support and special thanks to DDOCast and DDO Chronicle for mentioning our events. We hope to see you in raids soon!

Much love,
Voodu and The High Lords of Malkier

[Vooduspyce]

Nice smooth runs in our Baba and Strahd teaching raids on Saturday! We had 5 attendees who were new to or still learning the raids. You can watch the replay of the live stream on my Twitch channel vooduspyce.

Just 6 weeks left in our teaching raid series before we wrap it up for the year. In no specific order, the remaining events will include Legendary Tempest's Spine, Project Nemesis, Killing Time, Riding the Storm Out, Fire on Thunder Peak, Temple of the Deathwyrm and our final event will by Dryad and the Demigod again. All of these raids have little to no flagging required, so we hope to see some new faces in the coming weeks