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I'm portuguese and I never used portuguese editions because of those differences in language, everything sounds odd and wrong. In fact every other portuguese D&D player I know (which are not that many to be honest) would use the english edition as well.

Is "everyone else" going to play this character? No one should be forced into playing anything. They should always play whatever they feel like. 5E is built in a way that any party composition works. Cleric is no longer an essential class that one poor player has to suffer. If they're worried...

In the other thread I also read several mentions to those fanes. What are those exactly? Where is Saint's Hill? I like that idea. Expanding on the stone circle at Old Bonegrinder desecrated with children's teeth, I can do something at Berez's (haven't read much about that yet). And the third...

If they're high enough level you could have Strahd come to them without worrying so much about deaths. Like, if these adventurers don't come to me, I'll bring the fight to them. Have them learn the true power of Strahd von Zarovich. He doesn't go inside churches and residences only out of...

My points of light appear briefly and the sky goes back to normal grey. Except at night, the clouds opens up. I had the Druid (highest Int) roll to notice that the constellations are completely wrong. I haven't decided yet on what to do after they cause enough points of light... I don't want it...

First start with the meta rule #1: Don't be a jerk. Role playing is nice and all but it should never be an excuse to be a jerk to the other players. Meta rule #2: D&D is a cooperative game. It is simply assumed that the players will work together, even if they have opposing alignments. In game...

Because it's much more effective at hiding her identity. Plus, elves tend to be a bit androginous and half-elves have some of that (males often are more pretty than handsome), so it's an easier disguise for a woman. I expect my table will be amused by this reveal (my table has most of the...

My turn now. My players had found their ally Davian and were about to go into the vineyard. Because it's worth a level and it was about the right time to level up, Davian called them and told them that they had a certain glow around them as if if they rest they will be more powerful the next...

I actually like your idea! Very simple houserule to reward very high initiatives. The others are right, Dex already is too important... However, you could remove the very low initiative (bottoms out at zero) and maybe make it roll over 24, to make it an exceptional occurrence. In my game...

How did you play that out? Did the character come back exactly the same (but without a mouth)? Or as an undead? How long did it take? I'm still thinking about how to handle death and I don't want it to be too easy...

I'm running CoS, players almost 5th level and I haven't had a single death yet :( However in the Death House I did pull some punches, didn't run the exit as written (those blades didn't make sense at all), and in the dungeon i made the creature concentrate the attacks on the character of a...

That's certainly less quarrelsome than my idea of him finding the journal page, get angry and fight him on sight. Good idea. The monk is basically a Brazilian Capoeira dancer, shirtless and all (until now, getting colder as they go up mountains). He's the only human in the group, Urchin...

Very good points, thank you. Precisely, I don't want to play him as a plain villain, he's there to help the party, but with a dark past that affects one of the players directly. Just to see how they respond to it. Ideally he would get his redemption... Or she, the half elf man could in fact be...

She does think that Strahd is no tyrant, only a negligent landlord at worst. And it seems like she never met him personally. Her family connection to Strahd seems to be Vasili von Holtz, who visited her grandmother. What if the "book club" is reading the Tome? And instead of worshipping devils...

Now I need your help... My players have just left Vallaki, went to Krezk to leave Ireena, but right after went to the Wizard of Wines to "buy" their way into Krezk. However they never felt curious about Rictavio at all, or his wagon... And I did mention it several times, like on their last day...

Vallaki in ruins? Definitely not. You don't need to keep all the plots running, especially the ones the players didn't notice. Did they get any hint about the stolen relics? If so, go ahead with the attack and then remind them that they did hear about it. If not, up to you, but why not, let the...

Just look at those muscles, that beard, and those tight trunks! :D ... wait, are we talking D&D class or the guy in the picture?

Well, yeah but i really dont want to play the Monastery... I'm hoping that the players wont be interested in going there. And I like Mme Eva, she might raise someone if asked very nicely.

I've also been thinking about character death options in CoS. I like your final list, I'm sure it will work great in your game, but there's too many options for me... In my case I want: A quick ressurection option. As a Revenant (VGtM); Reincarnate, Raise Dead and Resurrection should be the...

In my group, the druid took Magic Initiate: Cleric, to get some more radiant magic (Sacred Flame, basically), cause otherwise the only thing they all had was this druid's Moonbeam (2nd lvl spell). I played it as him having a chat with Father Lucian in Vallaki and learning a few tricks. And now...