0000068875 00000 n U%_ .9atR|wh/iiL,| >* endstream endobj 25 0 obj <> endobj 26 0 obj <>stream Youve always had problems controlling your temper, and are notorious for getting into fights. With Roll20 as your virtual tabletop, your adventures are limitless. Starting Equipment: Street clothes, baseball cap & sunglasses (Disguise Kit), cell phone, car or dedicated car service, wallet with ID and Wealth 2d4. Each magic item and named NPC has a distinct handout you can show to your players, and the adventure text interlinks to these, to descriptions of locations, and to included rules text, so you never have to leave the virtual tabletop to look up pale tincture or desecrated ground. You thought you were going crazy, but the magic is definitely real. 0000090684 00000 n Experience in an urban setting is just as valid, and a ranger may choose Urban as their favored terrain in their Natural Explorer ability. Building a new character for Curse of Strahd! A subreddit dedicated to the various iterations of Dungeons & Dragons, from its First Edition roots to its One D&D future. D&D 5E Curse of Strahd Character Sheet and players pack on DMSGuild. 0000005502 00000 n 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. The naming conventions for those adventures has changed a little bit, but the same types of adventures are still available: Big multi-table Epics at conventions, the hardcover adventure releases from Wizards of the Coast, and the shorter D&D Adventurers League adventures (DDAL) that once were known as Expeditions, which are now available at the DMs Guild. On a more practical level this will help you prepare ahead rather than waiting for your players to do that reading. System Reference. car, crowbar or other equipment needed to break into an abandoned house, burner phone. 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. 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. The campaign will be gritty, graphic, and all things go. Clerics drown in artifacts in CoS. That would be good from a meta perspective. You thought you were going crazy, but the magic is definitely real. Or maybe youre just in good physical shape and can keep your cool in a fight. Whatever it was granted you strange, uncontrollable abilities. Note: Choice of Fighting Style may be deferred until 3rd level at players discretion. 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Death House session 1: Report and DM Notes, Adventures, Designer Assumptions, and GM Capabilities. 0000088078 00000 n You have lycanthropic ancestry in your family tree, and sometimes you can't control it. Your character might not even realize their powers until starting the adventure. 0000049028 00000 n Tool Proficiencies: Hacking kit, artisans tools, or land vehicles. 4M/%K%=)x~ 0000002104 00000 n Recommended path: Eldritch Knight, Youve studied martial arts, and are pretty excellent at them. My question is: What information do I give them? Hermit- You may be homeless, a permanent wanderer, or a secluded shut-in. The specter and the animated armor might seem obvious threats, but the shadows that surround characters, the ghouls in maze-like corridors, the mimic door that prevents escape, and the ghasts guarding needed supplies are even more deadly. Races or other options that are mentioned but whose rules are found in another source (for example, aasimar and genasi) do not become legal without other campaign documentation unless that source is also legal for your characters story origin. Mysterious Visitors assumes that your campaign is based in or near Daggerford, a town on the Sword Coast in the Forgotten Realms. register a sa forums account here! Recommended archetype: Thief or Assassin. Starting Equipment: Street clothes, medical bag (healers kit), cell phone, wallet with ID and medical license, Wealth d6. The module contains everything you need to run Curse of Strahd. Starting Level: 1st. D&D fans, meet horror fans. 0000002805 00000 n I've also listed below what you might need to justify in your backstory if you pick a specific class, and some ideas on how to do so. There's a new 5E sourcebook for Dungeons & Dragons (also known as D&D, or DND), and it looks set to inject a good dose of gothic horror into the long-running TTRPG . Notes from a DM who's run CoS twice. At present, legal adventures (and where you can play them) are as follows: You can find a list of the D&D Expeditions adventures on my individual season pages. Homebrew. Recommended school: Any. Recommended path: Battle Master, You have some kind of supernatural ancestry, or you encountered something supernatural in your past that granted you magical ability. In Curse of Strahd, the Tome of Strahd possesses no magical powers. Players do not roll their characters ability scores. Under raging storm clouds, a lone figure stands silhouetted against the ancient walls of Castle Ravenloft. 0000087001 00000 n The first one, Death House, is available to play at participating stores. Feature:Researcher(Sagebackground) 0000005820 00000 n Follow her on Twitter @ashtonnduncan for video game deep lore and pictures of her dog. These are the official backgrounds available. Skill Proficiencies: Pick two from Athletics, Animal Handling, Nature and Survival. Read this first to learn why you shouldn't! Choose or roll a reason from the list below: Artist- You are an artist, choose or roll a specialty from the list below. Its worth considering leveling up Strahds Enemy (the partys ally from the Tarokka reading) and any NPC tagalongs alongside the characters. Attending dinner at Strahds invitation can be a fun and unsettling peek at horrors to come, but consider your players stamina and level before encouraging them to explore further. Exoticplayer character races (dragonborn, gnomes,half-orcs, kenku, tabaxi, etc) are almost always Outlanders. 0000009684 00000 n This site works best with JavaScript enabled. Tool proficiencies: Choose one from Herbalism Kit, One Musical Instrument or One Gaming Set. no risk refund guarantee Student- Youre in school! Curse of Strahd was the first project I worked on as a Roll20 content conversion contractor in 2017 and the first Wizards of the Coast storyline I ever played (my ranger survived Death House in a particularly cutthroat way), so its a sentimental storyline for me. You may choose a harrowing event thats not listed on the table. Dhampir All classes in the Player's Handbook are available. Additionally, your second identity will not stand up to serious scrutiny in the modern world unless youre proficient with a hacking kit. The adventures once known as D&D Encounters have been replaced by D&D Launch Events. You make a living breaking into places and taking stuff that doesnt belong to you. 0000068737 00000 n 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. Some ideas are below: Paladin: Like clerics, paladins must be beholden to an outside force to receive their abilities. H\n0} NCj"wf|YoB75f6S7;B6/M5tmx{9 >*/w~/sL=?0,$T|*i/oe? Recommended favored enemy: Aberrations, Beasts, Fey, Plants or Undead (depending on the nature of your organization). 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. Character Quick Search. A canny DM will try to ensure that Strahd has answers for that, though. Your character can move between the adventures as you like (although its strongly recommended you finish one adventure with your character before starting a new adventure). CURSE OF STRAHD PLAYER GUIDE. Monk Tradition: Way of the Force HTkPWA}6t%u You do not roll for starting wealth. Obsidian Portal has a lot of really cool features that use JavaScript. Outlandersare "visitors", most likely taken to Ravenloftfrom theirhome world against their will. Charlatan- Identity theft and email scams are available as possible schemes. Encourage and reward creative problem-solving. example: Your character mightknow who the burgomaster of Vallaki was, or that werewolves are prevalent in the Svalich Woods. 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? upgrade now Preparing to take a character into Curse of Strahd and having them die in the optional introductory adventure may feel like an anticlimax to your players. 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. 0000002294 00000 n D&D Backgrounds: Dont forget cosmetic spell modifications (outlined in chapter 2). 0000004360 00000 n These are just examples, feel free to make up your own crazy reasons for why your guy has superpowers. You might be a professor, a research librarian, or just someone who really likes reading. You may been a traffic cop, detective, sheriff, whatever. The five factions are: You may find your faction sending you on special or secret missions during adventures. 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. Recommended oaths: Devotion (celestial), Ancients (fey), Vengeance (any), Oathbreaker (fiend), You are a bounty hunter, private investigator, or otherwise skilled at tracking people down. 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). The nature of this deal can be discovered throughout the adventure. All human languages listed on page 112 are legal options. Recommended patron: Any, You witnessed or were the victim of some kind of supernatural attack. 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. If youre a new GM preparing to run Curse of Strahd, youll need to know: your players can either start at third level, or they can run through the introductory adventure "Death House." 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