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I've just started a Ravenloft campaign in 4E, and I'd like to bring in the arc of Strahd's reincarnated love, Tatyana. In the old AD&D adventure the players eventually found her and she helped them get to Strahd. But she was an NPC. I've got one player in my game who gave herself a basic...

I thought I'd check in with a quick update. We had our game and like all good players they wanted to do everything but what I had ready for them. Absolutely no interest in having their fortunes told. I had to really tempt them to give it a try, and then they did nothing but hassle the gypsy...

Thanks! :) I'm hoping it works out well. Yes, I definitely want a "plot curse" sort of thing. Nightmares, discomfort, paranoia, that's all good. I like that. I think maybe I've been trying to be too specific with it.

Yes, it's going to be put on them as part of the first session's opening sequence. The quick version of what's going to happen: Two of my players have never played 4E before, so I'm going to start the three as generic minions, working in the house of an evil lord. By being minions in the...

Anyone out there have any more thoughts on cursing a player? I've decided that making the players look like Gnolls is a little stronger than I'd like for the world I'm putting together. My next thought is that they're cursed to reek of death and decay. So a smelly curse. But maybe that's too...

Yeah, definitely still looking for ideas and suggestions. We're not going to play until mid-August, so I've got time.

Agreed as well. I always roll everything in view of the players. We all have hot and cold streaks when rolling. I think it's important for the player to see that I get those too. And as a player I like to see that. As far as the 10/11 thing goes, I like the 10. I appreciate that extra 5%...

With that kind of commotion, maybe locals will alert the town guard? 3 or 4 rounds in you could have some troops join the fray and start fighting against both the players and the drow? Then the players would have to choose between fleeing and killing everyone, including the guard. That might...

As much as I'd like to go out and buy a tarot deck, I'm pretty set on using the one I've got. You're right, it doesn't exactly lend itself directly to fortune telling. But I think I can make it work. It's still better than a regular deck of cards, and I already paid for it. :) I do like...

I like that, changing the Owl to wisdom. I think I'll do that. Then make the Hawk perception. Yeah, I was trying to stay away from assigning specific stats to different details. I don't want it to be used to randomly generate the character's background. And I don't want it to determine how...

So I'm getting ready to run a Ravenloft campaign, and I've been going back through the old AD&D Realm of Terror box set. I'm trying to adapt some of the old mechanics and details of that to 4E. There's one section of the sourcebook that talks about Gypsies, and gets into specifics of fortune...

Yeah, the Despair Deck is what I'm interested in. I actually read some more online that said they based the deck off old 2E Horror/Apathy rules created for Ravenloft. So I'm probably going to have to pick it up. I didn't know about the Domains of Dread adventures in Dragon. I'll have to...

With the Sanity idea, I don't want it to force the players into losing their character. I'd rather it drive changes in their role playing. The campaign isn't going to be super combat heavy anyway. So I'm not sure I'd go for the death save structure. But you mentioned gaining a phobia. That...

I'd like to start a Ravenloft campaign in 4E, but there's no official WotC setting for that. I know the following: The Domains of Dread in the Shadowfell are sort of a version of Ravenloft, but aren't detailed (in the Manual of the Planes, at least). So I can pretty much adjust that as I see...

That's not a bad idea. They have to win some kind of item. And maybe it could be one unique thing that they all want for their character to give them an edge over everyone else? That way they're not just playing against the NPC, but against each other too. I might like that, and it gives...