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I'm running a "Solo" Curse of Strahd Campaign for my girlfriend, so its just her character and my DMPC. We just finished the Death House intro adventure and she is about to set out into Ravenloft for real. I typically don't run pre-planned campaigns, so I might be having a little bit of an issue...

Welcome to the boards first of all! And second of all, welcome to the wonderful world of D&D! Now, you have already taken your first step towards building a character, picking a class. The next important steps are Race and Background, as both will influence the type of character you will play...

Just read the entire thread. Glad someone finally mentioned this NPC's low mental stats. He seems to operate very intelligently for someone lacking in both intelligence and common sense.

I'd go with Bard. They've got a wide range of skills and spells that can supplement a standard adventuring party while also providing unique buffs and support spells to disable enemies.

So we finished Death House this past weekend. And my GF decided to fight the Shambling Mound despite my most horrific and dangerous description of it. She did not feel like retreating was an option. And here's the thing...she beat it. But only just BARELY. Honestly I was SHOCKED. So for...

Can you break down how you are getting those numbers? They seem exceptionally high. Assuming you have Sharpshooter and Crossbow Mastery, and are using a Heavy Crossbow with 20 Dex that's: d10 (Weapon) + 10 (Sharpshooter) + 5 (Dex) +8 (Battlemaster Dice) = 33 At 5th you get 2 attacks so that...

How in the world is a level 5 Archer getting 88 Damage a Round!? 0.o

Out of curiosity, do you want to switch characters because of mechanically how they play or because of how the character itself has evolved? Basically, do you want to switch from a Bard to a Paladin or from a free-spirited smart-assed loudmouth to a by-the-book law-abiding do-gooder? Or is it a...

My first thought is to just change the Sunsword to any other favored weapon that one of your PC's use. Like change it to an Axe if you have an Axe loving Dwarf. But you keep it as is. My second thought would be to have the Sunsword in Barovia be extinguished or depleted. Your Players find it...

We finally ended up getting our little 1-on-1 game going last night. After waking up in the mists, her Druid set out. I had a small encounter with Skeletons on the road to introduce the DMPC, and of course I scored a critical hit on my DMPC and she was bleeding with 2 failed Death Saves against...

From what you wrote, you handled the situation the best you possibly could. Stating that he needs to roll the dice where it is visible to the DM is an easy way to solve this "problem". Having to call a player out in a game is no fun for anyone, but ultimately its the DM's responsibility to play...

I finally got my copy of Curse of Strahd in today and have been reading some of it here at work. I think one I would like to do that might make things more cinematic is to have more than one Ally. There are a lot of potential Allies in Barovia, and it would be neat to try and get all of them to...

Oh yeah, that goes without saying. As much as I enjoy talking with myself, the Paladin will pretty much only talk with my GF's character (who actually has considerably high Charisma thanks to super stats). But I hadn't thought about the Paladin giving her Advantage...I like that idea!

Oh yeah! I sprung a Shambling Mound on my players at 3rd level right after they fought their way through an old elven temple. They thought the finale was a pair of Black Dragon Wyrmlings, but the Shambling mound rose from their blood. I did it in a cinematic way though where the Shambling Mound...

Thanks guys! Since she is new, I don't want to dissuade her from playing a Druid if that is something that has caught her eye. I like the ideas about reskinning magic items (especially plot important ones) so they will work for her character. I plan on having the starting DMPC (not sure if she...

Hey Guys! So the situation is that I have lured my girlfriend to the dork-side and now after hearing about D&D, playing a 1-on-1 session, and having had her first legit game, she is totally in. She mentioned that she REALLY wanted us to continue playing 1-on-1 sessions, AND she is a HUGE Horror...

Wow, I had thought that Hex applied to Saving Throws as well. How about that!

Hey Guys! During our last game our group ventured into the Feywild. We ended up meeting the being that gives our Warlock her power and my character has been completely enamored with the whole situation (he has hated the Fey previously, but has spent an unknown time now in the Fey feasting and...

My current character if a Battlemaster Fighter / Light Cleric, so pretty close to what you have. If I could, I would switch the Domain to War, but the last time I checked my DM veto'd the notion. Personally I serve as the group's tank and combat medic, so for Fighting Style I definitely went...

My suggestion would be to allow it, but only allow weapon damage on the extra attack(s) gained in this way. So, for instance, a Str 18 with a Longsword would get their first attack at 1d8+4, but the second attack at only 1d8. This preserves some "specialty" for players who have taken enough...