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<blockquote data-quote="WarpedAcorn" data-source="post: 7323319" data-attributes="member: 6819400">I'm running a &quot;Solo&quot; 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 understanding how this is put together. I get that this is more of a sandbox setting (which is cool), and it will be up to my girlfriend to figure out where to go and what to do. Also, following the dungeons or encounters that pop up is no problem, I can read the book just fine.My question comes in a more &quot;between the lines&quot; aspect of, how exactly are characters supposed to be leveling up? I am using the table at the beginning as a guide that states what level characters should be at for each &quot;section&quot;, but especially early on I don't see where a lot of the XP is coming from. Should it be from the random encounters during travel? I'm just a little lost on this bit.Also, if you just have any good general tips for running the game please let me know. My girlfriend LOVES horror stuff (major reason we are playing it), so anything in that vein that super spooked your players would be fantastic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WarpedAcorn, post: 7323319, member: 6819400"] 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 understanding how this is put together. I get that this is more of a sandbox setting (which is cool), and it will be up to my girlfriend to figure out where to go and what to do. Also, following the dungeons or encounters that pop up is no problem, I can read the book just fine. My question comes in a more "between the lines" aspect of, how exactly are characters supposed to be leveling up? I am using the table at the beginning as a guide that states what level characters should be at for each "section", but especially early on I don't see where a lot of the XP is coming from. Should it be from the random encounters during travel? I'm just a little lost on this bit. Also, if you just have any good general tips for running the game please let me know. My girlfriend LOVES horror stuff (major reason we are playing it), so anything in that vein that super spooked your players would be fantastic. [/QUOTE]

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