Hello Curse of Strahd DM's! The inaugural Curse of Strahd Shotgun Scenario Competition organized by the CoS Discord is now live! We’re inviting you to submit a word-limited shotgun scenario that can be dropped into and run in a Curse of Strahd campaign. Do you have a creepy encounter, a horrifying location, or an exciting showdown with the devil? We can’t wait to see what you submit. The top three entries will win exciting prizes, including a Foundry VTT license and gift cards to D&D webshops.
The contest rules for the Inaugural Curse of Strahd Shotgun Competition are given below. Inspired by the Delta Green Shotgun Competitions, Shotguns are highly condensed descriptions of possible adventures, plot-hooks, themes or sub-plots, to be viewed more as inspirational setpieces and plug-ins rather than full fledged scenarios. The purpose of the contest is community creation, to generate creative works that other DMs can easily insert into their Curse of Strahd campaigns.
Submission Rules.
- Entries must be submitted by May 31st 00:00 CET.
- Entries must be structured follows:
- SUMMARY, giving a short paragraph describing the scenario, as well as any relevant trigger warnings,
- TITLE (+optional table of contents),
- CONTENTS (The meat of the scenario) This section may not exceed 1500 words.
- STATBLOCKS, where any statblocks used by the scenario are to be referenced with their relevant book like so:
- Giant Badger - Monster Manual 2025.
- Word count are defined by Google’s word count tool.
- Each entry is permitted a single homebrew statblock. Homebrew is qualified by the publisher not being Wizards of the Coasts. This must appear in the STATBLOCKS section.
- You may submit as many shotgun scenarios as you wish.
- Submissions will be accepted via Google Forms.
- When sharing your google docs link, ensure that whoever has the link can view the submission. The organizers will not request access if you have not set this setting.
- Entries that utilize AI will be disqualified.
- Any art utilized within the scenarios should be credited.
- All submissions must work with the base Curse of Strahd campaign module. Submissions that rely on community homebrew supplements are not permitted.
- By submitting an entry, you are agreeing that your creation shall become publicly available through the master index, to be voted on.
Voting Rules.
- Voting begins on June 1st at 00:00 CET and concludes on June 14th at 00:00 CET.
- Moderators cannot win any of the prizes.
Prizes
- The submission with the most votes, shall receive a Foundry VTT License.
- The submissions with the second and third most votes, shall receive a gift card worth 30$ for the Foundry/DNDBeyond or Forge stores.
If you want to discuss the contest, head over to the subreddit discord! I can't wait to see what you all create.