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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MrHotter" data-source="post: 7298842" data-attributes="member: 76055">I have a similar campaign going. One thing to keep in mind is that a single player game will have a much different feel than a group game. I love the single player games I have because it can be a story that completely caters to the one player's needs/wants.  Be sure to adjust the story to make it relate to your player's backstory. Since she is a druid, there should be plenty of opportunities to link in some connections with the druids in the game or the elves.You pretty much have to tone down the fighting in favor of story solutions to obstacles. A 4 player party has much more fun with the battle parts of the game. With a single player, fights seem to drag on past the point where they are interesting. When I have a DMNPC or two with the party I try not to let them make any rolls. They are normally doing something in the background while the player is doing the fighting. I'll normally say what the NPC is doing, and if the PC wins their battle then I assume the NPC also won their fight or completed their task. If the player needs the DMPC to do something, I let them roll for the NPC. I would think a DMPC should be pretty much mandatory. It does not have to be the same DMPC for the entire campaign, and definitely, use the DMPC to fill in the weaknesses of your player and have as little overlap as you can. If you are using the Tarot cards, you can hand pick the ally card that best fits the player's needs. In my single player (sometimes 2 players if my wife and daughter can both play) I have my daughter playing the role of Esmerelda and we started off as a level 3 Eldrich Knight. She changed the name and most of the backstory, but she is still looking for her mentor. My wife is playing as Ireena, but she is now a battlemaster fighter.  There are a lot of story tie-ins for these two characters, and I tossed in more by giving my daughter a silver dragon medallion that is always cold to the touch as her trinket. She has always had the medallion, but does not know where it comes from. I tossed in an NPC bard (Wilhelm Shakenspear) who never wanted to enter barovia in the first place as a support/comic relief character.  At some point, the bard will become a vampire and an enemy or he will just find a good place to hide and leave the party.  I loaded the Tarokka deck to have them pull the card for Rictavio as Strahd's enemy. By the time they enter Strahd's castle to fight him, Rictavio will be about the right level to be an asset in their melee heavy group.</blockquote>

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