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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tglassy" data-source="post: 7574351" data-attributes="member: 6855204">So we finally finished the game, and it went great, and the choice they made threw me for its simplicity and was, honestly, something I hadn't even thought of preparing for.  Love it when that happens.When they finally killed Strahd, the Dark Powers appeared and gave them an offer.  I wrote a huge, long poem about how either Barovia has a King the Dark Powers can feed off of, or they break free and roam the worlds, feeding at their whim.  But in order to become the Lord of Ravenloft, one of them had to kill another.  Doing so would make them into something...else.  My mom and one brother would become Vampires, my other brother would become a Lich, and my dad would become a Death Knight, though I didn't tell them that.  Basically, they had to be undead to rule Barovia.  At first, my one brother, who was a Warlock and wanted nothing more than to rule Barovia, tried his best to talk everyone in to letting him kill one of them to be the new Lord of Ravenloft.  He did a good job, too.  A solid 19 on the persuasion roll (IRL, no rolls were used).  My mom didn't want it, and my dad was, at first, willing to be the one who died to keep the Dark Powers locked away.  After some bargaining with my other brother, the Warlock seemed to be getting the upper hand.Well, my dad had a change of heart.  He realized both my brothers' characters were evil, or at least not good.  They would become just like Strahd, eventually.  So right before they were going to make their choice, he decided to fight instead.  He told the he wouldn't let them become the Lord of Ravenloft, because it wouldn't be any different than if Strahd was.  So it was a fight.  I told them to roll initiative.  We would solve this in a good ol' PVP battle.My dad won Initiative.  And fell on his sword.  We all just sat there, stunned.  I hadn't thought of that.  The Dark Powers said that one of them must be the new King, and he must become that by killing another.  Well...my dad killed himself.  I didn't even bother to have him roll.  I figure a Battle Master would know how to kill himself without needing to roll to see if he'd miss.  I was at a loss, and took a moment to figure out what happened.  The only thing that I could come up with was that he rose as a Death Knight, or something like it, and he could keep the Dark Powers at bay, but because he took control with a selfless act instead of a murderous one, the Dark Powers could not twist his mind.  He cannot leave Barovia, but he has all of Strahd's power within Barovia.  Now, my mom's wizard owns the Library in the Amber Temple, cause she made friends with the Lich there, so she knows every spell in the game, even if she's only level 11 and can only cast level 6 spells right now.  My one brother, the Bard, took every gift in the Amber Temple.  Yes, every one.  He's a beast.  The other brother, the Warlock, now has a Staff of Power, a Staff of the Magi (he wants to dual wield and won't share), and a Luck Blade, which he used to wish for "A flying castle that he can use to go to other realms".  So I gave him a Spelljammer.  I know, very outside of the realm of Wish, but I liked the concept, and since they basically are going to use Barovia as their gateway to any other realm, I figured why not?  He also had rescued all the kids from the werewolves, which the Bard rules, by the way, and takes them all to his ship to train them to be his own force he'll send out to other realms to do missions for him.  Not sure if they're going to keep playing with these characters or if they'll retire them.  My dad's Fighter is probably retired.  I figure they could start over as members of the Warlock's new crew, and it opens up every realm for me to play in.  I thought about getting the Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica, to send them somewhere very different, but I'll think about it.  What do y'all think?  What should I have done different?  Also, the Bard has the Dark Gift that allows him to use Reincarnate when he dies, but only three times.  Using a Wish from the Luck Blade, he wants to make that infinite, so any time he dies, he just reincarnates in a random body.  I'm not sure if I want to do that, but again, what do y'all think?</blockquote>

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