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). You tend to be vaguely uncomfortable in cities. U+u4UXV;T*mF~VKZZ5 x. 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. Feb 20, 2016 #1 The Curse of Strahd character sheet and AL log sheet and table tents, the players pack, is up on DMSGuild. The campaign begins with adventurers being drawn into the mysterious mists and emerging in the dark, nightmarish land of Barovia. 0000078100 00000 n
Recommended oaths: Any, depends on the being, You are possessed by a celestial, fey or fiendish spirit that is granting you increased combat ability and divine powers, as long as you do not break your oath to it. Recommended favored enemy: Aberrations, Beasts, Fey, Plants or Undead (depending on the nature of your organization). She was taken to Sigil by the Vistani, where she grew up. 0000090684 00000 n
Humans may use the variant human traits from the Players Handbook. ._3oeM4kc-2-4z-A0RTQLg0I{display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-ms-flex-pack:justify;justify-content:space-between} Heres an overview of the gods commonly worshipped aroundHillsfar and Elventreefor if youre playing the D&D Expeditions games. Anti-Paladin 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. Artificer, Paladin, and Druid all have solid healing options, so your party's not hurting for healing or support. Hermit- You may be homeless, a permanent wanderer, or a secluded shut-in. His father carried Izek back to town while his uncle distracted the beast. Warforged, New Classes Your character may not even know they have them yet when the game starts, and their origin can potentially be explored in game. Factions are likely to take a lesser part of the Curse of Strahd storyline, but are still important if you play through adventures from other seasons. 0000078739 00000 n
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. On the way back to town, a dire wolf attacked Izek and bit off his right arm. A supernatural ancestry can explain why you were chosen by said force, but cannot be the sole explanation for your abilities. 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. The material components in her summoning spell are an oat milk latte and a high fantasy novel. Wallet with Wealth d4. The players I'm about to DM for are new, and in order for them to create good characters, I need to provide them a lot of information (information about the world maybe, the people who are living there, their day to day life, professions and such). Even if your character knows nothing of druidics and magic when starting the adventure, they should still have some wilderness experience or affinity. It grants you unusual abilities that you may or may not be aware of. You can gain experience points by playing adventures. 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. ._3K2ydhts9_ES4s9UpcXqBi{display:block;padding:0 16px;width:100%} The primary source for the rules is the D&D Adventurers League Players Guide Curse of Strahd. Starting Equipment: Monster Hunters Pack, car, burner phone, false IDs, pistol or shotgun, wallet with Wealth d2. 0000010186 00000 n
Recommended circle: Land (any) or Moon, You have lycanthropic ancestry in your family tree. Language: Any one. You should check them out. After explaining this to the players, explain it's a gothic horror setting, tell them to think Bram Stoker's Dracula, Castlevania etc for character inspiration. Recommended school: Any, You met a friendly fey creature, who showed you the ways of magic. 0000004360 00000 n
If youre interested in online play, heres the official facebook group:D&D Adventurers League Online Play. 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. ._1QwShihKKlyRXyQSlqYaWW{height:16px;width:16px;vertical-align:bottom}._2X6EB3ZhEeXCh1eIVA64XM{margin-left:3px}._1jNPl3YUk6zbpLWdjaJT1r{font-size:12px;font-weight:500;line-height:16px;border-radius:2px;display:inline-block;margin-right:5px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;vertical-align:text-bottom;white-space:pre;word-break:normal;padding:0 4px}._1jNPl3YUk6zbpLWdjaJT1r._39BEcWjOlYi1QGcJil6-yl{padding:0}._2hSecp_zkPm_s5ddV2htoj{font-size:12px;font-weight:500;line-height:16px;border-radius:2px;display:inline-block;margin-right:5px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;vertical-align:text-bottom;white-space:pre;word-break:normal;margin-left:0;padding:0 4px}._2hSecp_zkPm_s5ddV2htoj._39BEcWjOlYi1QGcJil6-yl{padding:0}._1wzhGvvafQFOWAyA157okr{font-size:12px;font-weight:500;line-height:16px;border-radius:2px;margin-right:5px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;vertical-align:text-bottom;white-space:pre;word-break:normal;box-sizing:border-box;line-height:14px;padding:0 4px}._3BPVpMSn5b1vb1yTQuqCRH,._1wzhGvvafQFOWAyA157okr{display:inline-block;height:16px}._3BPVpMSn5b1vb1yTQuqCRH{background-color:var(--newRedditTheme-body);border-radius:50%;margin-left:5px;text-align:center;width:16px}._2cvySYWkqJfynvXFOpNc5L{height:10px;width:10px}.aJrgrewN9C8x1Fusdx4hh{padding:2px 8px}._1wj6zoMi6hRP5YhJ8nXWXE{font-size:14px;padding:7px 12px}._2VqfzH0dZ9dIl3XWNxs42y{border-radius:20px}._2VqfzH0dZ9dIl3XWNxs42y:hover{opacity:.85}._2VqfzH0dZ9dIl3XWNxs42y:active{transform:scale(.95)} The rare elf subrace gives you no mechanical benefits. 0000004786 00000 n
Background information to help ready new . If you pick a Fighting Style your character has no experience with, its assumed hes just a prodigy and will discover his natural abilities when he first wields the appropriate weapon. All sidebars and optional rules in the Sword Coast Adventurers Guide are legal for D&D Adventurers League play, with the exceptions noted here. With Roll20 as your virtual tabletop, your adventures are limitless. 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. You can find this resource in Appendix A: Character Options, and I'm talking specifically about the Character Background: Haunted One. Tool Proficiencies: Land or water vehicles, artisans tools or gaming set. Your characters' real world histories will come into play in the game. 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. Recommended college: Either, You have fey ancestry, granting you both unusual musical and magical ability. You may choose or randomly determine one trinket. /*# sourceMappingURL=https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/chunkCSS/TopicLinksContainer.3b33fc17a17cec1345d4_.css.map*/Where they come from is honestly not super important because they will be leaving that setting behind for the entirety of the campaign, and they'll be trapped in Barovia until they either kill Strahd or all die. you must be an elf to take the Bladesinging arcane tradition I believe half-elf is fine too, three months late, but you can create a custom background as well. Starting Equipment: Street clothes, lighter, cell phone, truck, tool or gaming set, wallet with Wealth d4. , so there's nothing to lose. 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. Bearer of Strahd's Truth. She writes and edits D&D 5e and independent TTRPG adventures, rulebooks, and supplements in her free time. Welcome to the Fleshing Out Curse of Strahd: Player Primer!This character chronicler was designed to inspire the creation of player characters for the Curse of Strahd campaign and includes documents for both Dungeon Masters and players alike.Within this product, you'll find 4 different documents to help you prepare for the Curse of Strahd module: Player. Note: Choice of Fighting Style may be deferred until 3rd level at players discretion. Recommended college: Valor, You are a scholar or otherwise spend a lot of time gathering stories and knowledge. $24.99. Setting Guides. 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. 0000002104 00000 n
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. 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. Since your character is from the real world, if you choose a class with unusual abilities, you should justify these abilities in your backstory somehow. Monk: While monks focus on martial arts, they have several abilities that can be considered magical. Lets talk a little bit about the things the conversion has that the book doesnt have: The topdown Castle Ravenloft maps in Roll20s conversion were lovingly, painstakingly crafted by Kristin Carlson, andwhile the isometric maps provided in the original content really capture that Curse of Strahd unique aesthetic styleweve only introduced isometric support recently on Roll20! Recommended patron: Fiend or Fey, Armed with knowledge of the occult, you deliberately sought out a patron to grant you magical ability, and found one. The five factions are: You may find your faction sending you on special or secret missions during adventures. Note that Aarakocra are not legal. Plot Hooks. ._3-SW6hQX6gXK9G4FM74obr{display:inline-block;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:16px;height:16px;font-size:16px;line-height:16px} ._1sDtEhccxFpHDn2RUhxmSq{font-family:Noto Sans,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:18px;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-ms-flex-flow:row nowrap;flex-flow:row nowrap}._1d4NeAxWOiy0JPz7aXRI64{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-metaText)}.icon._3tMM22A0evCEmrIk-8z4zO{margin:-2px 8px 0 0} Skill Proficiencies: Investigation and Deception, Insight, History, Nature, Medicine or Religion. The ageless Patrina returned to Ravenloft in the hope of winning Strahd's love. 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 archetype: Beast Master, You are a thief! Although if you're going Tomelock, Celestial is fun because it gives you two additional cantrips, so you can basically be Dr. Cantrip, but that's more just for the gimmick of getting as many cantrips as possible. (Having non-functional wings is fine). By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Here are some ideas: JavaScript is currently disabled. However, here are some ideas: Sorcerer: You do not have to justify your sorcerer abilities, maybe you just woke up one morning with superpowers. Follow her on Twitter @ashtonnduncan for video game deep lore and pictures of her dog. trailer
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Bumping up HP and AC are obvious first choices, but giving him access to a mythic action and regenerated health after initially being reduced to zero may be more fun for your players (and mimics the final form video game boss experience players may be familiar with from other Dracula-inspired vampires). Aside from that, it's always handy to have a cleric. 0000024241 00000 n
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SECRETS let DM's weave character backstories into the module and make the action personal. Obsidian Portal has a lot of really cool features that use JavaScript. . While attuned to the Tome of Strahd, you have advantage on saving throws made to resist Strahd's spells and effects. Obsidian Portal has a lot of really cool features that use JavaScript. Starting Equipment: Badge, uniform or street clothes, car/horse/bicycle/motorcycle, sidearm (pistol), handcuffs (manacles), cell phone, wallet with ID and Wealth d4. League adventures tied to the Curse of Strahd storyline. 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. You thought you were going crazy, but the magic is definitely real. Creeping Fog is perhaps the easiest lead into Death House if you deposit your player characters near the village of Barovia, but also the least ceremonious. The campaign will be gritty, graphic, and all things go. Curse of Strahd emphasizes clerics in the assignment of its anti-Strahd relics, yes. Or maybe youre just excellent at LARPs and battle reenactments. 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. 0000039179 00000 n
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Recommended oath: Devotion, Vengeance or Oathbreaker, You are a member of a secret cult who worships and gains power from some fantastic deity or planar creature. Fiend Draconic (fire or poison, though others can be justified for specific fiends). It has also been updated to reflect Wizards of the Coast's June 2020 errata. Shaman 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? The Curse of Strahd is not really about the characters, but more about the events they are facing, am I right? Recommended archetype: Either, You know monsters exist, and you hunt them down and kill them for a living. Urchin- Youve been in and out of foster homes all your life, and are used to being on your own. 0000011202 00000 n
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