Recommended college: Lore, You are a natural leader, and have always been an excellent public speaker. All classes in the Player's Handbook are available. Dhampir Choosing this background simply means that event has become the sole defining point of your characters life and personality. Yeah I have narrowed it down to celestial tomelock or hexblade tomelock. You are not limited to just choosing the current season; all characters, regardless of story origin, may play in any legal D&D Adventurers League adventure. CURSE OF STRAHD PLAYER GUIDE. Where do you originate? 0000087001 00000 n
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Recommended circle: Land (any) or Moon, You have lycanthropic ancestry in your family tree. Choose one from the Forgotten Realms or Non-human Deity list in thePlayers Handbook or the Sword Coast Adventurers Guide (you can use a SCAG deity even if it isnt otherwise a valid rules source). This is a character sheet I worked up for our group playing through Curse of Strahd. D&D Backgrounds: H\n0} NCj"wf|YoB75f6S7;B6/M5tmx{9 >*/w~/sL=?0,$T|*i/oe? Acolyte- You may serve a church or temple of a real-world religion, work with a druidic or wiccan circle, or be part of a cult that worships something from D&D lore. Any Domain of Dread is a fascinating setting for an adventure; each is a limited sandbox for player characters to explore encompassed by the Mists. /*# sourceMappingURL=https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/chunkCSS/IdCard.ea0ac1df4e6491a16d39_.css.map*/._2JU2WQDzn5pAlpxqChbxr7{height:16px;margin-right:8px;width:16px}._3E45je-29yDjfFqFcLCXyH{margin-top:16px}._13YtS_rCnVZG1ns2xaCalg{font-family:Noto Sans,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:18px;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex}._1m5fPZN4q3vKVg9SgU43u2{margin-top:12px}._17A-IdW3j1_fI_pN-8tMV-{display:inline-block;margin-bottom:8px;margin-right:5px}._5MIPBF8A9vXwwXFumpGqY{border-radius:20px;font-size:12px;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:0;line-height:16px;padding:3px 10px;text-transform:none}._5MIPBF8A9vXwwXFumpGqY:focus{outline:unset} If you really want more information than you could ever use on the Forgotten Realms, do a Google search for "Forgotten Realms wiki." Hi there! Werewolves in the Mist is excellent for player characters built for Adventurers League and for uniting characters with disparate faction allegiances. An easy start would be a forgotten realms start with one of the factions. Recommended archetype: Either, You are a member of a wiccan coven, a druidic sect or a cult that reveres the natural world or nature spirits. Encourage and reward creative problem-solving. Like so many RPG video game sandboxes, the mists surrounding Barovia act as a warning: leaving the playable area that limits the narrative of the game, but they are especially unique in one regard: they act as both barrier and catalyst for adventure. ._12xlue8dQ1odPw1J81FIGQ{display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle} You tend to be vaguely uncomfortable in cities. Combat comes naturally to you when put into that position. They add so much to the atmosphere of creeping down a hallway or a climactic trek to a forbidden mountain temple. Why you shouldn't start ANOTHER thread about DDB not giving away free redeems on your hardcopy book purchases.Thinking of starting ANOTHER thread asking why Epic Boons haven't been implemented? Starting Equipment: Street clothes, cell phone, laptop/tablet computer or notebook and pens. An Order of the Ghostslayer blood hunter could be a fun tale, though if the paladin leaves it would leave your group very light on recovery abilities. Define in your backstory how you came by this knowledge, and what pushed you to seek more of it. The module also includes the Tarokka card decks using the Roll20 interface to shuffle and deal, as well as the deck of illusions, which appears in the adventure. You may only select spells from legal rules sources according to your story origin. May substitute thieves tools proficiency with hacking tools proficiency. Player characters who areRavenloft Natives(usually human, but occasionallyelven, half-elven, halfling,dwarven, and tiefling) have access to common Barovian Lore and other information relevant to life in the Demiplane of Dread. Fiend Draconic (fire or poison, though others can be justified for specific fiends). I'm a newer DM but have a good sense for most all of the general rules and styles of dnd and would like to run the Curse of Strahd. Warforged, New Classes Map Artisans. 2023 Wizards. The main themes of Curse of Strahd are being isolated and stuck in a strange, scary, and unforgiving place, trying to survive, and trying to escape. 0000009321 00000 n
Character Creation The artificer also has basic recovery, but as an artificer player whose party is relying on her for recovery, allow me to say this - don't do that to your artificer, plz q_q. Figure out what your players care about and what leans into the aspects of play they enjoy, and make that narrative happen in the cards. Members of the Zhentarim or Lords Alliance may choose to be Lawful Evil. "Death House" will run your player characters through levels 1-3 if they survive. The Wild Magic origin, in particular, works well for someone just granted magical ability they cant quite control yet. All characters must be human, no exceptions. The five factions are: You may find your faction sending you on special or secret missions during adventures. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Here are some ideas: JavaScript is currently disabled. Recommended tradition: Way of the Open Hand, You are a member of a secret cult, worshipping something supernatural, that emphasizes training both the body and the mind. Theres so much lore, however, some people may find it a bit overwhelming and difficult to decide what's pertinent or important. 0000077494 00000 n
example: Your character mightknow who the burgomaster of Vallaki was, or that werewolves are prevalent in the Svalich Woods. The module contains everything you need to run Curse of Strahd. uc>t,MeCo You must choose a legal background according to your story origin. First of all, the Roll20 Curse of Strahd conversion includes the Castle Ravenloft maps and Tarokka deck addon, so no need to buy them separately. You may substitute Sleight of Hand proficiency with Insight proficiency if your scheme does not involve Sleight of Hand, and you may substitute forgery kit proficiency with hacking kit proficiency if your scheme involves computers. Keeping level 1 characters alive is no small task, and "Death House" monsters have high armor classes and hit hard. Thread starter darjr; Start date Feb 20, 2016; darjr I crit! 0000090684 00000 n
You wont be able to play those adventures until your character has reached those levels but there are lots of other adventures you can play! If youre interested in online play, heres the official facebook group:D&D Adventurers League Online Play. Cosmetic wings from the Appearance variant that dont grant a fly speed are fine. Setting Guides. Watch Crits for Breakfast, an adults-only RP-Heavy Roll20 Livestream at twitch.tv/afterdisbooty, And now you too can play with the amazing art and assets we use in Roll20 for our campaign atHazel's Emporium. The Ravenloft Setting and Setting Expectations, Icovered the Tarokka reading in another article. register a sa forums account here! Some games require a character of higher levels. U%_ .9atR|wh/iiL,| >*
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We'd love to know what questions or ideas you have in looking at adapting published campaigns for your own duet games! Recommended traditions: Way of Shadow or Way of the Four Elements, You are a member of a secret society of assassins and/or ninjas with world-spanning goals either altruistic or malevolent (Think League of Shadows). A.m];l|{8NSy'c38 L[4LFx,6uSfJY+K(|d> Sr^s 8ca&WlnukFM^_ w
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Skill Proficiencies: Medicine, Investigation or Animal Handling. You can find a free Players Pack (including the log sheet, character sheet and table tent) at the DMs Guild. You can also gain experience points for your characters by running adventures. If you want to have some fun with it, let them come up with their own stories and do some collaborative world-building. I'm a new DM and new to D&D in general (my only D&D experience is watching all of Dimension 20 and DMing LMoP and a short homebrew) and I've started reading Curse of Strahd in order to DM it. The ageless Patrina returned to Ravenloft in the hope of winning Strahd's love. You should place your group on a world of your choice. I havent picked a class yet but already rolled stats and rolled amazing. Anti-Paladin Count Strahd von Zarovich stares down a sheer cliff at the village below. Recommended path: Battle Master, You have some kind of supernatural ancestry, or you encountered something supernatural in your past that granted you magical ability. Recommended paths: Either, but confirm Totem with DM. Pretty much just an indecisive DM who rarely gets to play as a PC. @keyframes _1tIZttmhLdrIGrB-6VvZcT{0%{opacity:0}to{opacity:1}}._3uK2I0hi3JFTKnMUFHD2Pd,.HQ2VJViRjokXpRbJzPvvc{--infoTextTooltip-overflow-left:0px;font-size:12px;font-weight:500;line-height:16px;padding:3px 9px;position:absolute;border-radius:4px;margin-top:-6px;background:#000;color:#fff;animation:_1tIZttmhLdrIGrB-6VvZcT .5s step-end;z-index:100;white-space:pre-wrap}._3uK2I0hi3JFTKnMUFHD2Pd:after,.HQ2VJViRjokXpRbJzPvvc:after{content:"";position:absolute;top:100%;left:calc(50% - 4px - var(--infoTextTooltip-overflow-left));width:0;height:0;border-top:3px solid #000;border-left:4px solid transparent;border-right:4px solid transparent}._3uK2I0hi3JFTKnMUFHD2Pd{margin-top:6px}._3uK2I0hi3JFTKnMUFHD2Pd:after{border-bottom:3px solid #000;border-top:none;bottom:100%;top:auto} This is no longer the case: all new characters just start with the background and class equipment packages listed in the Players HandbookorBasic Rules. A few miscellaneous notes on locations, things to remember, and further suggestions: Castle Ravenloft is a massive dungeon crawl that will drain your characters resources, but they may never need to go there. gYpV:+_W+ You must be a dwarf to take the Path of the Battlerager primal path, and you must be an elf or half-elf to take the Bladesinging arcane tradition. Recommended tradition: Way of Shadow, You are descended from an outsider of one of the elemental planes. Tool Proficiencies: Disguise Kit Languages: Any one. Recommended path: Champion, Youre a strategist. With a Master Tier subscription, save your party some gold when you share this book/content with other players in your D&D Beyond campaign! Maps & Map Tools. Character Creation | Curse of Strahd | Obsidian Portal Character Creation Character Creation I will need backstories but they don't have to be extensive. I am available on my Discord server for help with character creation and questions before the game begins. May substitute Survival, Stealth and/or Nature for Medicine or Religion proficiencies. All characters begin atLevel 1and have0 Experience Points. 0000062298 00000 n
Where do you originate? Tool proficiencies: Choose one from Herbalism Kit, One Musical Instrument or One Gaming Set. All rights reserved. The nature of this deal can be discovered throughout the adventure. As in previous seasons, this is my article about the guidelines for creating a legal character to play in official D&D Adventurers League adventures. Alternate Feature:All-Nighter- You have a lot of experience going without food and sleep while trying to meet deadlines. Curse of Strahd runs to level 10, but if you level your characters every time the texts suggest you do (typically at the end of a chapter), theyll be massively overleveled for the titular villain and climactic end of adventure fight. Your characters' real world histories will come into play in the game. The Guide is in effect from March 4th, 2016 until August 25th, 2016, when the next season will begin. Skill Proficiencies: Pick two from Athletics, Animal Handling, Nature and Survival. DM Screens. However, here are some ideas: Note: Choice of Fighting Style may be deferred until 3rd level at players discretion. On a more practical level this will help you prepare ahead rather than waiting for your players to do that reading. Plot Hooks. You may substitute Survival and/or Persuasion for Sleight of Hand or Stealth. Note that you still have to worship a deity in the PHB appendix other gods that are described in those articles are not yet available. oh, and grats on RC, Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen (December 6, 2022), Spelljammer: Adventures in Space (Available now), Journeys through the Radiant Citadel (Available now). .FIYolDqalszTnjjNfThfT{max-width:256px;white-space:normal;text-align:center} It has also been updated to reflect Wizards of the Coast's June 2020 errata. Recommended domains: Any, You have been possessed by a celestial, fiendish or fey spirit that is granting you unusual abilities for some unknown purpose. Ragebear McMemebuildtechnicallyhas access to restorative magic, but he's very unlikely to use it in combat since it'd involve sacrificing his multi-turn build-up to Ragebear state. CHARACTER CREATION RULES Remember, you're making a living, breathing character, not a "build," so begin with concept first and let the rest fall into place! It was released on March 15, 2016 and is based on the Ravenloft module published in 1983 . JavaScript is currently disabled. 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Language: Any one. Recommended school: Abjuration or Divination, You had a run-in with the undead, and sought the knowledge to defy death. A canny DM will try to ensure that Strahd has answers for that, though. You may modify its name, traits, flaws, bonds and ideals as you like, but you must keep its starting equipment package, skills and features. Youve picked up a few incantations here and there that have been very helpful. Recommended circle: Land (underdark), You were always a jock, star athlete, all that jazz. Starting Equipment: Street clothes, insignia of rank or VA card, car or truck, cell phone, wallet with ID and Wealth d4. ._3-SW6hQX6gXK9G4FM74obr{display:inline-block;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:16px;height:16px;font-size:16px;line-height:16px} Curse of Strahd begins with an optional one-shot called Death House, a three-floor dungeon that lets players explore while advancing their characters from first to third level. We've already been saving your edits, so if you Right now, the party consists of a Barb/Druid who rages into a bear, a Bladesinger wizard, and ranged artificer, and a Paladin. Bearer of Strahd's Truth. While attuned to the Tome of Strahd, you have advantage on saving throws made to resist Strahd's spells and effects. %PDF-1.7
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She writes and edits D&D 5e and independent TTRPG adventures, rulebooks, and supplements in her free time. If you dont have a healer (or they dont have that ability yet, like paladins or rangers), consider adding a potion of healing or two to the hidden room in the library. Monk: While monks focus on martial arts, they have several abilities that can be considered magical. The PC party is already established, your character's background should take this into account. Check back in for post #2, character creation for Curse of Strahd! .ehsOqYO6dxn_Pf9Dzwu37{margin-top:0;overflow:visible}._2pFdCpgBihIaYh9DSMWBIu{height:24px}._2pFdCpgBihIaYh9DSMWBIu.uMPgOFYlCc5uvpa2Lbteu{border-radius:2px}._2pFdCpgBihIaYh9DSMWBIu.uMPgOFYlCc5uvpa2Lbteu:focus,._2pFdCpgBihIaYh9DSMWBIu.uMPgOFYlCc5uvpa2Lbteu:hover{background-color:var(--newRedditTheme-navIconFaded10);outline:none}._38GxRFSqSC-Z2VLi5Xzkjy{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)}._2DO72U0b_6CUw3msKGrnnT{border-top:none;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-metaText);cursor:pointer;padding:8px 16px 8px 8px;text-transform:none}._2DO72U0b_6CUw3msKGrnnT:hover{background-color:#0079d3;border:none;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-body);fill:var(--newCommunityTheme-body)} Acting, storytelling, and oration are all valid performance abilities. Humans may use the variant human traits from the Players Handbook. You make a living breaking into places and taking stuff that doesnt belong to you. example: Your character mightknow that the Wizards of Krynn havedeveloped dark magics thattaint dragon eggs, or that the world of Eberron has great flying ships powered by elementals. Starting Equipment: Street clothes, backpack, winter blanket, whatever tool youre proficient with, Wealth 1. Death House session 1: Report and DM Notes, Adventures, Designer Assumptions, and GM Capabilities. Lighting splits the clouds overhead, casting stark white light across him. Unravel the mysteries of Ravenloft in this dread adventure for the world's greatest roleplaying game. Starting Equipment: Appropriate holy symbol, appropriate prayer book or equivalent, vestments or street clothing, cell phone, wallet with ID and Wealth d2. Celestial is obviously better for the healing aspect but I like the survivability and mechanics of Hexblade a lot more. The following rules options are either not allowed, or are restricted in some way: The Winged variant granting a fly speed for tieflings is not legal for D&D Adventurers League play. Players should come prepared with a base character, and we will flesh out details in a Session 0 as a group. Recommended origin: Wild Magic. Dont forget cosmetic spell modifications (outlined in chapter 2). You can use any official species (formerly known as race) and class. You can find this resource in Appendix A: Character Options, and I'm talking specifically about the Character Background: Haunted One. Im not partial towards playing any class, more looking to fill a role or a hole in the party. Medic- You might be an EMT, a combat medic, or a trauma surgeon, but you know how to fix people and keep calm in bad situations. If you wish your character to be ignorant of the supernatural at the start of the adventure, perhaps someone else made a deal involving them, without their knowledge. It has also been updated to reflect Wizards of the Coasts June 2020 errata. No-one can be Neutral Evil or Chaotic Evil. Recommended archetype: Hunter, Youre a hunter of animals, either for food or sport. Other ideas are below: Bard: Bards should justify their performance ability, but this doesnt have to be musical. 0000041323 00000 n
Just make sure you keep an up-to-date log sheet of any and all experience points and gold you gain! Have a pre-game session where everyone at the table contributes details about the world they come from and decides how they know each other. Only stipulation stats wise, is I cant start with a stat higher than 18 after racial bonuses. Character Creation Options | Ravenloft: Curse of Strahd | Obsidian Portal Character Creation Options All player character races and classes found in both the Player's Handbook and Volo's Guide to Monsters are allowed in this campaign, in addition to the custom options defined below. It's pretty important to have a session zero for this one, there are a lot of dark themes, harm to children, torture, suicide, abuse, cannibalism etc. The primary source for the rules is the D&D Adventurers League Players Guide Curse of Strahd. Starting Equipment: Backpack, small knife, street clothes, Wealth 1. Recommended archetype: Thief or Assassin. You have anger management issues! However, here are some ideas: Sorcerer: You do not have to justify your sorcerer abilities, maybe you just woke up one morning with superpowers. Half-Vistani Starting Equipment: Street clothes, lighter, cell phone, truck, tool or gaming set, wallet with Wealth d4. Thinking of starting ANOTHER thread asking why Epic Boons haven't been implemented? DMing For Kids. You may been a traffic cop, detective, sheriff, whatever. You may choose or randomly determine one trinket. 0000011202 00000 n
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._3oeM4kc-2-4z-A0RTQLg0I{display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-ms-flex-pack:justify;justify-content:space-between} Icovered the Tarokka reading in another article, but it solidifies the structure of your Curse of Strahd campaign from here, and in short, my advice is: rig it. Your character may not even know they have them yet when the game starts, and their origin can potentially be explored in game. joining the sa forums will remove this big ad, the annoying underlined ads, and stupid interstitial ads!! This time, it was clear that Patrina craved Strahd's power and that Strahd would. Van Richtens Guide to Ravenloft, which expands the Domains of Dread for fifth edition, has an excellent sidebar on the importance of cultivating hope in your Ravenloft games. Ranger: A ranger should have some experience with tracking and survival in his background, but this doesnt have to be wilderness experience. This site works best with JavaScript enabled. 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