Curse of Strahd (Pathfinder Edition)

What is Curse of Strahd
Curse of Strahd is a campaign redone for 5th edition D&D harkening back to its original version from 1983 for 1st edition Advanced D&D by Tracy & Laura Hickman that changed D&D campaigns forever. Characters will be starting at level 3 and adventuring up to level 10 or beyond depending on what events transpire. It's important to note that Curse of Strahd is first and foremost a horror campaign in a strange new land, if I do my job as DM correctly, and though it has its bright moments, it also has many dark parts.

Character death is a possibility, although in Barovia it is often not one's final fate, and you may find your character coming back from the brink, although as many will learn, death is not the worse fate a character can suffer.

Past that, expect many Gothic horror themes, seemingly hopeless situations, and the dark realities of this cursed land, but if the party can find the strength to muster through then they may just be able to end the Curse of Strahd. Players are expected to have never played or experienced the module before and that this campaign is there first taste of Curse of Strahd.

Creating a character for Curse of Strahd
Ideally characters would have already been a group doing a few adventures together and the session will start with them in an inn celebrating from their latest encounter. They will be approached by a mysterious man with a letter calling for the parties aid to assist a small unknown town suffering from a curse.

No evil characters for this campaign. My preference is on good alignments for this campaign, but neutral is acceptable also. Whether it is the promise of wealth or the willingness to help, something should drive the character to take up the call to action.

Before the campaign begins I would like a 1 on 1 talk with each player to discuss their character's backstory and how they may additionally fit into the game. I am also available most days to talk to further assist in character creation.

Session Details
Sessions will be running weekly on Wednesday, 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm EST (2300 to 0300 GMT). Sessions will be ran using Discord voice chat and Roll20.

Character Rules
Campaign will be starting at level 3, using a 20 point buy with the conditions that after applying racials no stat is under 8 or over 18. The campaign will be heavily using the spheres of power and spheres of might (http://spheresofpower.wikidot.com/) and you are encouraged to use them as well. For those unfamiliar with the system, I can assist in character creation.

Past that, this will be a low wealth setting so we will be using, Automatic Bonus Progression (https://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/other-rules/unchained-rules/automatic-bonus-progression) and the pool of magic items available for purchase will be limited. As part of that, the party will only start with half the available wealth (1500 gp) and any purchases of magic items needs to be approved by the gm. Cloak of Resistances, Stat boosters, rings of protection, etc are already given through the automatic progression bonuses and therefore are outright banned. Most out-of-combat magic items or any that provide unique effects beyond just giving a flat bonus to a number are most likely to be accepted.

Beyond that, we will be using traits and drawbacks (https://www.d20pfsrd.com/traits/) of up two traits and one drawback+additional trait.