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I recently had an elf lose their ears (they were cut off by the Lord of Hillsfar as a trophy after he headbutt him during interrogations) after the party botched 3-14 and was captured in the attempt. Both of the party elves were executed (and their bodies later recovered and revived with faction...

You will need to create a new character. Like the DDEX x-1 adventures, Death House is limited to characters of 1st and 2nd level only as indicated in the Launch Event document. I assume that restriction is also listed in the Curse of Strahd and Dragon+ versions of the adventure, but I have not...

Missed seeing the part about him being autistic. I think you handled it well in the circumstances, as being sensitive to someone's disability should come first IMO. Mechanically, he was "cured", but you let him have the roleplaying aspect of it at your table. At another DMs table however, they...

Both the FAQ and the ALDMG (v4.0) state clearly that Lycanthropy has to be cured before the start of the next adventure / episode. Here is the quote from the ALDMG

In AL - it will grant whatever mechanical effects are specifically listed in the adventure. If there are no effects listed, don't add any. With that being said, seeing another living breathing head on your neck is call for a madness save. Possibly two if it starts to scream and/or can control...

Google "DMing and DM Empowerment" by Arthur Severance. That is the closest you will find to a clear-cut set of rules for modifying an encounter. With that being said, some people have argued Arthur meant "type" as in creature type (opening the door to widely different encounters), when in fact...

Those guidelines apply primarily to the DDAL modules though, as they give fairly clear guidelines as to what changes to make for each difficulty level. Hardcovers lack the difficulty tables and so are left more to DM interpretation as to how difficult the encounter was intended to be - and how...

Normally it means the intended level of the dungeon/adventure (eg. One of the elemental keeps is a L6 dungeon so the DM reward would be based on that). CoS however doesn't have level markers like that so we have been instructed to use party APL instead for that adventure.

The intent is for monsters to be identical. Replacing a bugbear with a chief will result in a creature with different (yet similar) abilities. It also changes the CR and XP granted by the foe. You could however add a second chief to an encounter that has one already (and refer to the second...

Ah, I see where the confusion lies. Based on the wording above - I would think that the intent is for the ability to last 24hrs from one night to the next, as the ruling implies that you need to spend the HD each night (although it isn't explicit). An alternative interpretation would be that the...

Actually - it is Chris Lindsey which is Chris Tulac's direct replacement. With that being said, Mike Mearles and Chris Lindsey are both involved with the AL these days although (as with the ruleset itself), Mikes role is more administrative and is several-steps removed from the program and may...

The process is simple. Many of the RCs have an application form that you can fill out, after which the RC will contact you and will determine whether you are what they are looking for. Even if there is an LC in your area, nothing is stopping you from applying as the goal is for each LC to be...

The goal is to have the certs in the stores hands "Yesterday" (as in, ASAP). If your store has not yet received an email or phone call by an LC/RC, have the store manager or owner contact the RC as it may not have come up on the list yet.... I myself have a good 30 stores to contact today alone...

I don't use any tables myself but sometimes decide that a character is X or Y. Unless it comes up in conversation however, I don't draw attention to this fact any more than you would draw attention to a Herero characters orientation. It just is. I see no need to draw attention to it and force it...

There is no faction charity within Barovia. Faction charity is only available in non-ravenloft games or prior to being trapped by the mists. For example: characters playing parts 1-4 of 4-1 could gain faction charity but once the mists claim them (in part 5 iirc) FC is off the table as there...

Sorry no hints. The admins prefer players themselves to play the adventure without prior knowledge (if possible) and with an eye toward the surprise of discovery (rather than playing the adventure with X character because it contains Y). While a hint wouldn't affect your non-AL group, it would...

That confirms my above post: the SRD contains monsters that are not included in the Basic Rules. Even if it was added as a rules source - the FAQ for summoning creatures would also need to add it or the players options would still be restricted to PHB/MM (appendix A) - Basic Rules - MM (in...

You don't even need to justify the reasons as your DM has no authority to deny your choices. With that being said - skills should still ideally make sense for the character. As such, I would think less about the specific skills and more about why the character themselves would have chosen to...

He was referring to the cost of nondetection IIRC.

Please Note: The SRD is deliberately absent. While it contains the same player rules as the Basic Rules and/or PHB, it does potentially contain monsters and rules from the DMG which are not included in the Basic Rules (I have yet to check). If past SRDs are anything to go by, the SRD may be...