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! Starting Equipment: Street clothes, lighter, cell phone, truck, tool or gaming set, wallet with Wealth d4. We talk about this in more detail in another post, which wed love for you to check out. Plot Hooks. Before "Death House" youll likely want to run one of the initial adventure hooks: Plea For Help, Mysterious Visitors, Werewolves in the Mist, and Creeping Fog. 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. 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H\n0\/*-HiZtH#@/xqI}HPVvqmgiUQM7}=4c_vPyfg3\p7guJ8`v. trailer <<5DDAB1D2037E4EE3B64407F93A2A4750>]/Prev 118261>> startxref 0 %%EOF 89 0 obj <>stream H\n0} NCj"wf|YoB75f6S7;B6/M5tmx{9 >*/w~/sL=?0,$T|*i/oe? Dynamic lighting is included for Plus and Pro subscribers with the Curse of Strahd module, and youre able to add your own Jukebox tracks in the VTT sidebar. 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. Some ideas are below: Paladin: Like clerics, paladins must be beholden to an outside force to receive their abilities. Here are some ideas: Wizard: Since wizards seek out magical knowledge, your character must already be aware of the existence of the supernatural. Its worth considering leveling up Strahds Enemy (the partys ally from the Tarokka reading) and any NPC tagalongs alongside the characters. Talk to your local organiser about helping out! Ravenloft is a pocket dimension, and travelers from all worlds can end up there. In this first player-focused post for our Curse of Strahd re-vamp series, . Follow her on Twitter @ashtonnduncan for video game deep lore and pictures of her dog. $24.99. I am available on my Discord server for help with character creation and questions before the game begins. Since rangers dont receive supernatural abilities until 2nd level, magical ability does not have to be justified in your backstory if your character is unaware of these abilities. 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. This could be high school, college, grad school, whatever, but going to class and learning things takes up a majority of your life right now. Paladins are excellent combat medics, but if yours leaves that's an Issue.You could split the difference with a Divine Soul sorcerer (eugh) or a Celestial-patron warlock. 0000088078 00000 n Curse of Strahd: Reloaded - A compilation of resources and revisions to the module . 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. Alternate Feature:All-Nighter- You have a lot of experience going without food and sleep while trying to meet deadlines. Note: Choice of Fighting Style may be deferred until 3rd level at players discretion. Keep in mind your characters connection to animals and the natural world when choosing an ancestry, however. Skill Proficiencies: Insight and Persuasion or Performance. I would ideally like to have a party of five players. In Curse of Strahd, the Tome of Strahd possesses no magical powers. Classes: The first step to creating a character to play in the Curse of Strahd season is to choose a story origin. Recommended domains: Any, depends on the cult, Youve been contacted in dreams or in person by some unknown being claiming to know your ultimate destiny. Recommended oath: Any, depends on the cult, Youve been contacted in dreams or in person by some unknown being claiming to know your ultimate destiny. Recommended favored enemy: Beasts. We are playing through the new Curse of Strahd adventure for D&D. We play every Thursday from 3:30 - 7:30 pm Pacific time. If you wish your item to have a minor magical quirk, you can choose either to have it glow with the light of a candle, or you can select an option from the What Quirk Does It Have? Dhampir May substitute thieves tools proficiency with hacking tools proficiency. The Curse of Strahd. Ideas are listed below, under Classes. Recommended archetype: Assassin or Arcane Trickster, You have some kind of supernatural ancestry, or you encountered something supernatural in your past that granted you magical ability. Clerics drown in artifacts in CoS. That would be good from a meta perspective. Rahadin that the king made the dusk elf an honorary member of his family. 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. You tend to be vaguely uncomfortable in cities. All classes in the Player's Handbook are available. 0000068806 00000 n You can find a free Players Pack (including the log sheet, character sheet and table tent) at the DMs Guild. 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. 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. 0000058977 00000 n Additionally, your second identity will not stand up to serious scrutiny in the modern world unless youre proficient with a hacking kit. Recommended favored enemy: Aberrations, Fiends, Monstrosities, or Undead. Charlatan- Identity theft and email scams are available as possible schemes. Starting Equipment: Badge, uniform or street clothes, car/horse/bicycle/motorcycle, sidearm (pistol), handcuffs (manacles), cell phone, wallet with ID and Wealth d4. However, here are some ideas: Sorcerer: You do not have to justify your sorcerer abilities, maybe you just woke up one morning with superpowers. Just the mention of the race isnt enough, you need to have access to the full rules, and you are not allowed to use the SCAG and EEPC together. The adventures once known as D&D Encounters have been replaced by D&D Launch Events. Redneck- Youre from a rural small-town, and dont leave it very often. The story origin you choose limits your character creation and advancement options. Even so, multiple encounters could TPK your party in one round, especially if they run away through the territory of another creature. You may or may not be highly educated, but you likely make a living working with your hands (farming, mining, woodworking, etc). Starting Equipment: Street clothes, backpack, winter blanket, whatever tool youre proficient with, Wealth 1. Press J to jump to the feed. You should define the nature of your deal, at least in broad terms, in your backstory. 0000003573 00000 n Under raging storm clouds, a lone figure stands silhouetted against the ancient walls of Castle Ravenloft. Share them with anyone. 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). Its not form fillable at the moment, but if there's a real demand for it, I can always work that up. AwakenedUndead However, you may have some kind of supernatural ancestry in your family, which can be used as flavor to explain any supernatural or magical abilities your character might have. You may indicate you belong to a rare subrace of elves, but you only gain the regular benefits of elves found in the. She was taken to Sigil by the Vistani, where she grew up. This time, it was clear that Patrina craved Strahd's power and that Strahd would. All races in the Players Handbookare legal. League adventures tied to the Curse of Strahd storyline. 0000086438 00000 n All sidebars and optional rules in the Sword Coast Adventurers Guide are legal for D&D Adventurers League play, with the exceptions noted here. gYpV:+_W+ 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. JavaScript is currently disabled. The first step to creating a character to play in the Curse of Strahd season is to choose a story origin. The Curse of Strahd is not really about the characters, but more about the events they are facing, am I right? You make a living breaking into places and taking stuff that doesnt belong to you. In this case, you can have your player characters meet in the mist or camping together, but I would caution against starting in Barovia near Krezk. Any gold you have left over can be used to purchase mundane gear in the Players Handbook. Clerics must be beholden to some outside force to keep receiving their powers, though your character may not know what that force is when they first start the adventure. D&D Backgrounds: Any changes are listed below. Recommended domains: Life, Light or War for celestial, Light, Tempest, or Death for fiendish, Trickery for fey, You are a member of a wiccan coven, a druidic sect or a cult that reveres the natural world or nature spirits. You may choose or randomly determine one trinket. Setting Guides. The module contains everything you need to run Curse of Strahd. Curse of Strahd. Also, I've never run CoS, so I don't have any insight into the campaign. We've already been saving your edits, so if you You have supernatural blood in your veins, granting you magical ability. uc>t,MeCo Recommended college: Lore, You are a natural leader, and have always been an excellent public speaker. It is appropriate for any character or campaign . 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! If Hexblade is what you're feeling drawn to, I say go for it. Watch the Dice, Camera Action! Recommended favored enemy: Humans. D&D fans, meet horror fans. Set in the realm of Barovia, a Domain Of Dread within Ravenloft, your players find themselves transported here and trapped. Recommended school: Necromancy, You met another wizard, who became your mentor, or found an old magic book in the back of some dusty library. Your character might not even realize their powers until starting the adventure. Barovia is an ironic twist of Strahds desires where the people and land itself act out an endless cycle of despair and horror, and by defeating Strahd they may only save Barovia for a short period of time. Curse of Strahd Character creation. Cosmetic wings from the Appearance variant that dont grant a fly speed are fine. Their chosen Oath should reflect the aims of this outside force. Recommended archetype: Thief. 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A cold, bitter wind spins dead leaves about him, billowing his cape in the darkness. The Dark Powers delight in tormenting villains as much as they do innocents, the Mists equally confound both predators and prey, and Darklords frequently exhibit hubris or other exploitable flaws. 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. 978-0786965984: Curse of Strahd is an adventure book for the 5th edition of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. This particular subclass goes great with the Haunted One background found in the Curse of Strahd Character Options online supplement. There is no escape, not without first defeating the seemingly unstoppable vampire Strahd Von Zarovich. 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Maps & Map Tools. Hi there! 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. 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. A lot of DMs will go by the book and make the people of Barovia weary/unwelcoming to non human/human passing races, so if this is something you want to utilise, tell the players they won't have a great time playing beast races etc. Recommended origin: Wild Magic. She writes and edits D&D 5e and independent TTRPG adventures, rulebooks, and supplements in her free time. Just in case someone or something tries to push them down the stairs. So Im rolling up a new character. 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). 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. HTkPWA}6t%u Recommended archetype: Beast Master, You are a thief! Check back in for post #2, character creation for Curse of Strahd! Recommended patron: Any, At a desperate time in your life, you sold your service to a supernatural entity in exchange for a favor. Tool Proficiencies: Appropriate artisans tools. Why you shouldn't start ANOTHER thread about DDB not giving away free redeems on your hardcopy book purchases. Outlandersare "visitors", most likely taken to Ravenloftfrom theirhome world against their will. 0000016580 00000 n You might have military, police or leadership experience, and you know how to give orders. Haunted One- You dont have to choose this background to have had a harrowing supernatural event occur in your characters life. If appropriate, you may substitute proficiency in Religion with proficiency in Occult. 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. Tatyana's death and Strahd's curse. ! Recommended archetype: Hunter, You have fey or lycanthropic ancestry that grants you an affinity with animals. It can be a creation of yours, the Forgotten Realms, or something else. Urchin- Youve been in and out of foster homes all your life, and are used to being on your own. '/W+9cB[ 0000087828 00000 n 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. 0000013359 00000 n 0000028025 00000 n The ageless Patrina returned to Ravenloft in the hope of winning Strahd's love. The Curse of Strahd is not really about the characters, but more about the events they are facing, am I right? 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This is no longer the case: all new characters just start with the background and class equipment packages listed in the Players HandbookorBasic Rules. Im open to any suggestions for characters though, even as far as subclasses and stuff. 0000077494 00000 n ._12xlue8dQ1odPw1J81FIGQ{display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle} 0000024241 00000 n "Death House" will run your player characters through levels 1-3 if they survive. I havent picked a class yet but already rolled stats and rolled amazing. I will need backstories but they don't have to be extensive. The Ravenloft Setting and Setting Expectations, Icovered the Tarokka reading in another article. DM Screens. Starting Equipment: Monster Hunters Pack, car, burner phone, false IDs, pistol or shotgun, wallet with Wealth d2. You believe they are either a gift from your god or a temptation towards evil. You sought to arm yourself with knowledge so nothing like that could ever happen to you again. Whichever method you choose, these numbers will then be adjusted based on your character's race. Starting Level: 1st. These players characters can bring any knowledge from their home world, and possibly the multiverse in general, to bear in the game. Hz'G endstream endobj 29 0 obj <> endobj 30 0 obj <>stream Recommended college: Valor, You are a scholar or otherwise spend a lot of time gathering stories and knowledge. 0000015902 00000 n 0000005820 00000 n It grants you unusual abilities that you may or may not be aware of. 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. 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. Rogue: Literally anyone can be a rogue, so this class can be chosen without justifying its abilities. Ascendant campaigns can view previous versions of their pages, see what has changed (and who did it), and even restore old versions. In the first edition of thePlayers Guideduring the Tyranny season, characters could start with maximum gold and select their own equipment. Skill Proficiencies: Pick two from Athletics, Animal Handling, Nature and Survival. Your character may know about the occult world or they may not, but if they do your backstory should specify why. 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