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Thank you all for your ideas. Ok, so Mother Night is a bit more unpleasant than I was thinking. Shar is a very good analog. With some Wee Jas and Raven Queen. Still, I'm not making her outright evil. The Dark Powers as its source could work, but I haven't thought much about them and honestly...

Honestly I'm a bit annoyed at all these good drows... Evil should run deeper in their blood, turning good should shouldn't be this easy. Now there's even a good drow goddess... I don't think I'll allow drow elves again in my games. Actually, a good goddess helps explain the aberration of good...

Last time she danced I told the player that she felt a faint divine spark, of feminine energy, moonlight and night. Next time I was planning on making her realize that this divine energy feels different from what she remembered. My Mother Night won't be evil. She's probably even benevolent...

My understanding is that it's the Morninglord who has abandoned the Barovian people. Mother Night is the reason for Madam Eva and Baba Lysaga. You even get cursed by her if you steal anything from her shrine. She seems pretty active to me. The people's belief that she sent Strahd is just that...

We all know everything about the Morninglord, but what about Curse of Strahd's mysterious Mother Night? Have you detailed this deity any further in your campaigns? One of the D&D people (Crawford maybe?) said the domain to describe her is Trickery... But that's very poor, I need more. The...

Guys, how is the Abbot supposed to react to Ireena? He has this exquisite golem bride made for Strahd, but Ireena the one he really wants. And the Abbot does't want to anger Strahd or go against him... I don't know how to handle it, what do you think? @pukunui, I love that idea of having...

The players must do whoosh sounds every time they attack with it. *NOT* lightsaber sounds. If someone does lightsaber sounds they lose a level.

― One! One dead adventurer! 'Ah 'Ah 'Ah 'Ah (except that it was such a tense moment that I completely forgot to say it :-S )

Well, actually the reason I persevered with Yogscast High-rollers is Mark Hulmes, who's adorably cute! He talks way too much, and there's too much background music and sounds, it's very distracting... But he's so cute! I also watched Critical Role because Travis (Grog) is so handsome... And...

I'm now 37 and I'm playing D&D more than I ever did! I also started at college, but most games I played then lasted about 2/3 sessions. I even tried my hand at DM'ing but it was way too much work as I had to do it all myself (and honestly, the resulting story would be alright at most). Now I...

There you go, you should play that character as paranoid, you've nailed it already! So, weed effects in game: - Disadvantage on Concentration, Perception, and all Int. checks; - Same effects as Cackle Fever, minus the contagious aspect; - You gain the flaw: Paranoid: You think you're being...

Last night Something Blue happened in my game... What an emotional rollercoaster (for me at least) First, they didn't let Ireena get in the pool. I was shocked! I described the pool shimmering even though there was no sun, an apparition of a handsome young man with a noble visage, Ireena...

Hi guys, my players have just arrived at Krezk, next session Something Blue will happen, hopefully (yeah, we're slow.. we only play fortnightly) I'm planning on having dark clouds form in the east approaching quickly, Strahd comes flying on Beucephalus and attacks the party. I want to give them...

Oh! Hahaha cool. Alright then. In that case, Strahd should just forget about inviting them in, no more carriage. Which means, no more easy way into the castle on the nice black carriage. About forcing them in... DEFCON1's scenario with mists could work, even teleporting them in. But never mind...

See, I think this is a case of people being too used to video games and expecting D&D to work like that. In video games you always have the main quest ("you need to go urgently to Haureasqwe, they're being attacked by a dragon!") and lots of side quests. And you can spend in-game weeks doing...

That's a brilliant idea! Never thought of that before. The Conditions section is actually the piece of information I use the most, i love having it in a nice layout like that. I think the rest of the current DM Screen has useful improvisation stuff to have handy but I rarely use it... So much...

My favourite number of players is 3, things run much faster, even with chit chat and rules checking, and everyone is much more active in the game. It's amazing how smooth it goes. But I still think the ideal is 4, not too many, not too few, with a bit of spotlight for everyone. That said I...

That would fit the 10 year time frame. To make the best bride golem he can he's taking it very slowly and picking only the best parts he can find. Yeah, I thought about the 10 years too. Maybe Strahd got fed up with Adventurers almost killing him (like Mordenkainen) and decided to develop an...

They've been fighting all kinds of monsters in Barovia, of which there are plenty. Rictavio and Ezmeralda are also pretty high level... I think that at 5th level the strangeness is no longer new... But you already told them that they came from outside, I think it works well having a lost group...

Glad to hear that :) Actually being a local Barovian Cleric works perfectly for her, lazy because the gods don't really show themselves in here, reluctant because with all this misery the god(dess) doesn't intervene, and the Fighter level because of fighting wolves and undead to keep herself...