depravity score?

[dragonwarriorfan]

cool - but way more complicated than I want to keep up with as a relatively new dm!

 

[malraux]

It has to be in there somewhere. It's not a normal 3.5 mechanic.

-O

IIRC, and my books are currently packed up so I can't check, depravity was a mechanic from Heroes of Horror. It was meant to emulate the physical and mental corruption that truly evil situations can impose. I remember there were various benefits and penalties that it would imbue as your score went up, but it always struck me as also being really random (ie you would hit a new score, then roll on a chart to see the effect. It could easily turn your character unplayable.)

Anyway, I'd ignore all of that for a 4e game, especially for a new dm. It varies wildly from the default assumptions of the game and could easily turn everything unfun.

 

[Nemesis Destiny]

Or just run the original Ravenloft module and convert to 4e - I hear tell that it's much better than the 3.x remake.

 

[spayne]

Despair Deck